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Show Notes January 18, 2020 EP 169

SCRIPTWRITING CLASSES START SOON!
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Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #thurianChronicles

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Articles:

ARTICLES BY MARK SEVI

WRITE THAT HOLIDAY FILM, PART I

WRITE THAT HOLIDAY FILM, PART II – HALLMARK MOVIES

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

#chitchat

00:02:00 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? 

Mark, Chris

#thepatriot @downtonabbey #criminalminds #catastrophe #theexpanse

00:6:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON (cont)

All

#novella #scriptbible #specscript #shortstory #lettersof recommendation #pilotbible #anxietycloset #scriptdoctor

00:11:00 TOP FILMS OF 2019

CHRIS’ LIST

#highwayman #downtonabbey #deadwood #crazyrichasians #aquietplace

MARK’S LIST

#parasite #marriagestory #shelbyamerican #theirishman

00:17:00 BUCK HENRY

Mark

00:21:00 THANKS AND OUT!

Mark, Chris

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Year of The Mouse

Show Notes January 04, 2020 EP 168

WITH VICTOR PHAN

VICTOR’S IMDB PAGE:

Victor’s full bio at end of show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

WORLDS WE CREATE ARTICLE

00:00:00 INTRO
Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” /  Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

#chitchat #tabletalk

00:03:40 VICTOR INTRO

#victorphan

00:04:50 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING? 

Mark, Victor

#theirishman #carrolshebydocumentary #thepatriot #starwars #themandalorian #witcher #goliath #thewire

00:8:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON

All

#scriptbible #specscript #shortstory #pilotbible #anxietycloset

#scriptrewrite #scriptdoctor

00:15:00 TOP 10 FILMS BY DECADE

Victor

2010 #socialnetwork
2011 #hugo
2012 #darkknight
2013 #gravity
2014 #americansniper
2015 #madmaxfuryroad
2016 #lalaland
2017 #shapeofwater
2018 #blackpanther
2019 #thejoker

00:20:00 TOP GROSSING FILMS BY DECADE

Mark

2019  #AvengersEndgame 2.7B
2018  #AvengersInfinityWar 2B
2017  #StarWarsTheLastJedi 1.3B
2016  #CaptainAmericaCivilWar 1.2B
2015  #StarWarsForceAwakens 2.B
2014  #TransformersAgeofExtinction 1.1B
2013  #Frozen 1.3B
2012  #TheAvengers 1.5B
2011  #HarryPotterandtheDeathlyHallows 1.3B
2010  #ToyStory3 1B

00:22:00 DISNEY + DISCUSSION

All

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Show Notes December 20, 2019 EP 167

INTERVIEW WITH MEGA-PRODUCER CAROL BAUM

CAROLS’ IMDB PAGE:

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#scriptwritingclasses.org

#ocscreenwriters #ocfilmandtv #alejandroseri #finaldraft

QUESTIONS?  COMMENTS? 919-Scripts

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#ocscreenwriters

Creative Screenwriting Magazine

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#richdalessio #c3vapeandcoffee

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Meetup

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Be Inspired, Do Good Work!

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U.S. Copyright Office – www.copyright.gov

Podcast available on iTunes

All Material copyright (c) Mark Sevi

#marksevi

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Show Notes December 7, 2019 EP 166

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #thurianChronicles

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

WORLDS WE CREATE ARTICLE

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

#chitchat

00:02:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? 

CONGRATS TO CHRIS FOR SELLING HIS NOVEL, THURIAN CHRONICLES II !

Mark, Chris

00:6:30 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON (cont)

All

#novella #scriptbible #specscript #shortstory #lettersof recommendation #pilotbible #anxietycloset

00:10:00 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

#spartacus #hapandleonard #thesinner #marvelousmrsmaizel #americancrimestory #strangerthings

00:00:00 TOP SNOW FILMS

CHRIS’ LIST

#thething #whereeaglesdare #groundhogday #fargo #asimpleplan

MARK’S LIST

#thething #windriver #smiliassenseofsnow #frozenriver #fargo #fortitude

00:20:00 DISCUSSION ON LINDA WOOLVERTON

Mark

00:27:00 THANKS AND OUT!

Mark

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Show Notes November 23, 2019 EP 165

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #thurianChronicles

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

WORLDS WE CREATE ARTICLE

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

#chitchat

00:05:00 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING

Mark, Chris

#madamesecretary#rookie #fortitude #hapandleonard0

00:8:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON

All

#novella #scriptbible #specscript #shortstory

00:12:30 PROFILE OF JOHN HUGHES

00:00:00 TOP FILMS

None this week

00:16:40 DISCUSSION ON JOHN HUGHES

Mark, Chris

00:17:45 COMMERCIAL

Mark

00:18:50 GIVING THANKS FOR MY BUDDY CHRIS – AND OUT!

Mark

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Show Notes November 7, 2019 EP 164

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #thurianChronicles

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

WORLDS WE CREATE ARTICLE

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

#chitchat

00:01:49 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING

Mark, Chris

#madamesecretary #chicagofire #broadchurch #rake #paranoid

00:6:30 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON

All

#novella #scriptbible #specscript #shortstory

00:09:28 COMMERCIAL

00:10:34 TOP FILMS WITH MUSIC THAT ARE NOT MUSICALS

Chris’ List

#almostfamous #footloose #victorvictoria #shallwedance #schoolofrock #americangraffiti

Mark’s List

#singstreet #almostfamous #runaways #straightouttacompton #thatthingyoudo  #glee

#partridgefamily #bernardslade

00:17:00 PROFILE OF FRANK PIERSON

Mark

00:23:00 Q&A

Mark

When you write a period piece do you write in the vernacular of the time?

00:25:00 THANKS AND OUT!

All

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Show Notes October 27, 2019 EP 163

THIS IS A REBROADCAST of an EARLIER SHOW from 2018

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires, Filmmakers Derek Nguyen and Bruce Kasra join Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #dereknguyen #brucekasra #theoval

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

DEREK’S IMDB PAGE

00:00:00 Intro

Mark

00:01:00 A BRIEF HISTORY OF HORROR

Le Manoir du Diable (The Devil’s Castle) #GeorgesMéliès
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKz-JYRmXo

Frankenstein (1910) by #ThomasEdison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-fM9meqfQ4

Mark

00:7:00 TOP FIVE HORROR FILMS

All

BRUCE: #humancentipede #blairwitchproject #it #nightmareonelmstreet #theshining

DEREK: #it #getout #nightmarebeforechristmas #ghostbusters #coraline

CHRIS: #alien #thedescent #thedeadzone #omen #tremos

MARK: #exorcist #ringu #psycho #halloween #thing

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Show Notes OCTOBER 12, 2019 EP 162

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend #thurianChronicles

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

MOVIE ENDINGS ARTICLE LINK

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

Center Field snippet by John Foggarty

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

#feelingold

00:04:16 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON

#novella #pilot #featurescript

Mark, Chris

00:9:30 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING

All

#bluebloods #chicagofire #fleabag #evil #ncis #madamesecretary #barbarahall

00:13:00 TOP BASEBALL FILMS NOT STARING KEVIN COSTNER

Mark

#kevincostner #mrbaseball #badnewsbears #pitch  #thesandlot #thenatural #eightmenout #bangthedrumslowly #moneyball #fearstrikesout #damnyankees #42 #leagueoftheirown

00:18:20 Q&A

Mark

How to show a letter or anything in close up.

Should you write to market trends?

00:25:00 THANKS AND OUT!

All

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Show Notes SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 EP 161

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

ENDINGS ARTICLE LINK

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

Hill Street Blues theme snippets 86by Mike Post

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

EMMY PREDICTIONS

All

00:03:00 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON

#novella #pilot #featurescript

Mark, Chris

00:4:30 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING

All

#lasttycoon #crimestory #cagnyandlacey #megfoster

00:7:00 PROFILE OF STEVEN BOCHCO

Mark

#hillstreetblues #nypdblues #coprock #doogiehauser #dennisfranz #davidmilch #jimmysmits #davidekelley #murderone #columbo #mcmillanandwife

00:13:30 TOP AMERICAN COP SHOWS

Mark, Chris

CHRIS’ LIST:

#barneymiller hillstreetblues #justified #bosch #bluebloods

MARK’S LIST:

hillstreetblues justified #thewire columbo #southland #homicidelifeonthestreets #theshield

00:17:00 Q&A

Mark

What is the hardest scene to write?

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Show Notes SEPTEMBER 14, 2019 EP 160

To help the victims of 9-11 please go to Charity Navigator and choose a worthy organization.

CHARITY NAVIGATOR

Author/Screenwriter Christopher Stires Joins Mark Sevi.

#thurianchronicles #Starbeasts #PaladinsJourney #RebelNation #TheInheritance #DarkLegend

Starbeasts

Chris’ Amazon Page

Chris’ BarnesAndNoble

Chris’ webpage

See Chris’ full bio at end of the show notes.

Creative Screenwriting Magazine – Mark’s Article:

ENDINGS ARTICLE LINK

00:00:00 Intro
Mark (podcast theme music by Mark Sevi)

00:00:20 WELCOME/TABLE TALK/USELESS CHATTER

All

00:02:40 WHAT ARE WE WATCHING

All

#carnival #bosche #goliath

00:07:45 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON

#novella #pilot #featurescript

Mark, Chris

00:09:00 TOP MOVIES WITH DEATH OR DEAD IN TITLE

Mark, Chris

CHRIS’ LIST:

#deadzone #nightofthelivingdead #diehard #shaunofthedead #deathwish

MARK’S LIST:

Same as Chris with the following honorable mentions:

#murderbydeath #deadheat #terryblack #RosencrantzandGuildensternAreDead

00:14:05 PROFILE OF BRIAN DEPALMA

Mark

#newholloywood #dressedtokill #untouchables #davidmamet #carrie #scarface missionimpossible #blowout #cartiltosway #bodydouble #blackdahlia

00:21:00 Q&A

Mark

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