650 - Overwritten
Scriptnotes Podcast
John August
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 July 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
John welcomes back Mike Schur (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) to ask, how do you fix an overwritten script? They discuss ways to rebuild scenes and restore muddy characters that have become burdened by too many notes, all while making sure your script retains its voice.
We also look at the new IATSE deal with the AMPTP, the WGA’s back-pay settlement with CBS, Skydance purchasing Paramount, and follow-up on our idea of keeping pages un-locked.
In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Mike listen to the AI generated songs named in the RIAA’s current lawsuit and wonder, did they really steal from copyrighted material? (The answer is yes.)
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- Mike Schur on Wikipedia
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- IATSE tentative basic agreement
- David Ellison’s Skydance Taking Over Paramount After $8 Billion Investment by Dade Hayes for Deadline
- WGA West Reaches $3 Million Settlement With CBS Studios Over Writer Fees and Benefit Payments by Cynthia Littleton for Variety
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome my name is John August and you're listening to episode 650 |
| 0:06.2 | wow of script notes a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to |
| 0:10.8 | screenwriters today on the show, |
| 0:12.8 | how do you rewrite without overwriting? |
| 0:15.0 | We'll discuss tips and techniques for not bogging down your script. |
| 0:18.4 | We'll also look at a bunch of items in the news, |
| 0:20.3 | including the sale of Paramount and a potential IOTC deal and in our bonus segment |
| 0:24.8 | for premium members we'll discuss the Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuits |
| 0:29.5 | against the AI music generators like Sono and Udo |
| 0:32.6 | about copyright infringement |
| 0:34.5 | and how this might relate to folks who write movies and TV. |
| 0:37.4 | Tell us to do this. |
| 0:38.1 | We welcome back a very, very special guest host, |
| 0:39.9 | the creator of the Good Place |
| 0:41.0 | and all around good guy. Mr. Mike sure welcome back. |
| 0:44.9 | I'm honored to be here for number 650 a nice round number. |
| 0:48.3 | Round numbers are our specialty here we just love when we hit them. So Chris McCorry always comes back for every 200 episodes, which is exactly how much you want Chris McCorry no more, no less. But to have you back, I could have you back every 50 episodes, it'd be great. Like, basically a yearly visit. Could I come back every 50 episodes. Like basically a yearly visit. |
| 1:03.7 | Could I come back for every 650th episode? |
| 1:07.8 | Good Lord, that would be a lot. |
| 1:08.9 | So the episode 1300 will book you. |
| 1:10.5 | That's right. |
| 1:11.5 | In 1950 and yeah. We'll get them on the counter now. |
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