When Isabel Met Aviva

In this episode, Isabel & Aviva chat with Australia-based Christine Luby, a seasoned film and TV director! Christine shares her journey into the world of directing the romcom and discusses the challenges of balancing personal and professional life, the importance of script development, and the nuances of filmmaking, including budgeting and collaboration! If you've ever wanted to direct your film, this is the episode for you!

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We're back! It's our 4th season of the pod, and we're ready to be #consistent with our episode releases and our screenwriting! In this episode, Isabel shares advice from her producers and mentions that she got on the dating app Raya. Aviva talks about a general meeting she had, and Isabel gives a pep talk to Aviva and all our listeners to keep calm...and write that romcom!!

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It's our last episode of season 3! We interview Catherine Slaughter-King, a Development Executive & Producer in the United Kingdom! We had such a fun chat discussing the difference between British and American romcoms - can you guess which ones are our favorites?!

About Catherine

Catherine Slaughter-King is a Development Executive & Producer across all genres of feature films and television. She is currently working on projects with Oscar-winner Olivia Coleman's South of the River Pictures, Argo Films, Northern Ireland Screen and Channel 4. Catherine has produced six films over the last couple of years, including five films with Reel One Entertainment - the romantic comedy feature films A BET WITH THE MATCHMAKER (starring Brett Donahue, Emily Alatalo), THE LOVE SUBSCRIPTION and THE ROYAL BAKEOFF, the thriller films A PODCAST TO DIE FOR (starring Kate Miner, Claire Friesen), DEADLY SURROGACY (starring Emily Tennant, Jason Cermak) and DADDY'S DEADLY SECRET, as well as a variety of Christmas Films. Catherine also Executive Produced STEALING IN SUBURBIA forLifetime Movie Network.

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Hi, everyone! Welcome back. Today Isabel and Aviva chat about what they hope to manifest in 2025, what they accomplished this past year writing-wise and on the pod, their 2024 favorite films and shows, how they have some major beef with many romcoms made today, and more. As we approach the end of season three, we wanna give a huge shoutout to all the guests and supporters of the pod. We’ve had such a fun time!

We’d love to know . . . what was your favorite romcom of 2024? You might be surprised by our answer.

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Happy New Year! Our first episode of 2025 features some reflection on our writing careers and an inspiring interview with Rosa Camero, a Film Producer and Film Distribution & Marketing Consultant. Rosa tells us the story about how a moment of courage at the Twilight movie premiere in Mexico led to her working in the film industry. Also in the episode, Aviva hard launches her own production company, The Good Time Gals, and Isabel comes out on the pod. Enjoy! :DAbout Rosa: Rosa Camero helps film producers and filmmakers fund, sell, market, and distribute their films from beginning to end. She is originally from Mexico but currently lives in Copenhagen. Rosa has worked in the film industry since 2008 and has been part of over a hundred film releases, including The Twilight Saga, The Impossible, Divergent, RED, Last Vegas, Maya the Bee, and many other independent films.
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Today’s episode may be our longest one to date because we couldn’t stop chatting with our guest. Meet Isabel Dréan, screenwriter, producer, director, teacher, and master networker. Beginning in 2021, she sold five scripts in 18 months, such as CHRISTMAS BENEATH THE STARS and SECRET SANTA. In this chat, we discuss how to write a Christmas movie, what mistakes beginner writers make when trying to break in, how to network effectively, and which film festivals are worth attending. We got a lot out of this episode and think you will, too.

Isabel's website: https://isabeldrean.com/

Isabel's screenwriting class: https://21dayscreenplay.com/

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Today’s episode features Foster Garvey entertainment attorney Hillary Hughes! As screenwriters breaking into the biz, we thought a legal chat was long overdue. Hillary not only specializes in entertainment law, but she also works in food and beverage, beauty and wellness, consumer packaged goods, sports, fashion and apparel, and AI. She is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In this helpful and informative chat, Hillary shares what an entertainment lawyer does, when we might need one, how to navigate shopping agreements and copyright issues, and reveals her favorite romcom! (Spoiler alert: she has good taste.)

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Today’s episode features an interview with the one and only, Delia Ephron (YOU’VE GOT MAIL, THIS IS MY LIFE, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS, BEWITCHED, the list goes on)! In this inspiring chat, she tells us about her Broadway debut, Left on Tenth, how her writing career began, what makes a romcom timeless, and how her iconic films came to be. It was truly an honor to chat with Delia — we still can’t believe that this interview actually happened. She’s romcom royalty!

See Delia’s Broadway play in New York through early February 2025: https://leftontenthbroadway.com/

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In this episode, we chat with Screenwriting Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lindsay Stidham! Lindsay reviews all the basics about screenplay formatting and answers our burning questions, like, "Is there a right way to format a montage?" Aviva took Lindsay's Sundance Collabortion screenwriting class!

Lindsay holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute. She has overseen two scripts from script to screen as writer/ producer: SPOONER starring Matthew Lillard (SLAMDANCE) and DOUCHEBAG (SUNDANCE) both released theatrically.  Most recently Lindsay sold PLAY NICE starring Mary Lynn Rajskub. The limited series was distributed on both Hulu and Amazon. Lindsay has also previously developed a television pilot about the world of high school marching band with Disney.  Lindsay is currently developing an interactive rom com with Effin' Funny Productions, and a female ensemble comedy with producers of the AMERICAN PIE movies. She particularly loves writing about love.  

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We are honored to share that we had the opportunity to chat with screenwriter Jessica Bendinger! Jessica wrote a few of our fav movies - Stick It, Bring It On, and Aquamarine, to name a few! In this episode, we discuss the state of Hollywood with Jessica (forewarning, there are quite a few explicit words in this episode, because, like, Hollywood freaking sucks right now!!) and we also learn about how some of our favorite movies came to be.

ABOUT JESSICA:

Jessica Bendinger's movies have grossed over $500 million worldwide, and have spawned myriad sequels, TV shows and Jeopardy questions. Her directorial debut STICK IT (starring Jeff Bridges) had the highest per screen average its' opening weekend, and was the #1 download on iTunes for 7 straight weeks. An acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter who launched onto the scene with her original script BRING IT ON (which debuted at #1 in the box office and remained there for two weeks), Jessica was named by Glamour Magazine as one of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Women Under 40. Bendinger was a writer on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Season Four of SEX AND THE CITY, credited on the episode entitled, "TIME & PUNISHMENT." A former journalist for SPIN Magazine + MTV News, Jessica also directed music videos for artists such as Queen Latifah, Steady B, Coro, Tony Terry, Warrior Soul, Masters of Reality and Loudness.  Jessica's screenwriting credits include: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE, FIRST DAUGHTER and AQUAMARINE.  Her uncredited work includes: WHAT A GIRL WANTS, FREAKY FRIDAY, MEAN GIRLS, CHARLIE'S ANGELS 2, JUST LIKE HEAVEN, GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST, G-FORCE and HITCH. 

Jessica's Website: https://www.jessicabendinger.com/

Buy the "Stick It" Book: https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Screenplay-Book-Extras-Writer-Director/dp/B093C8L148/ref=sr_1_17?crid=1XHOPF18YF37U&keywords=the%20stick%20it%20book&qid=1649456254&sprefix=the%20stick%20it%20book%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-17

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