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{{Short description|Podcast about screenwriting}}
{{Infobox podcast
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* [[John August]] * [[Craig Mazin]] | language = English▼
| length = 35 - 120 minutes▼
| began = August 30, 2011▼
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| genre = TV & Film▼
| url = [http://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes ''Scriptnotes'']▼
| num_episodes = 245 (as of April 12, 2016)▼
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'''''Scriptnotes''''' is a weekly [[podcast]] that began airing on August 30, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes|title= Scriptnotes|last1= August|first1= John|date= |website= johnaugust.com|publisher= |accessdate=March 9, 2016}}</ref> It is billed as "a podcast about screenwriting, and things that are interesting to screenwriters."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://johnaugust.com/2016/scriptnotes-ep-235-the-one-with-jason-bateman-and-the-game-of-thrones-guys-transcript|title= Scriptnotes, Ep 235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys — Transcript|last1= |first1= |date= February 4, 2016|website= johnaugust.com|publisher= |accessdate=March 9, 2016}}</ref> The podcast is hosted by [[screenwriters]] [[John August]] and [[Craig Mazin]], with new episodes released every Tuesday.▼
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▲'''''Scriptnotes''''' is a weekly [[podcast]] that began airing on August 30, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes|title= Scriptnotes|last1= August|first1= John|date= |website= johnaugust.com|publisher= |
The podcast has featured appearances from many notable people in the world of film and TV,
''Scriptnotes'' episodes are available for free up to
▲The podcast has featured appearances from many notable people in the world of film and TV, including [[Rian Johnson]], [[David Benioff]] & [[D. B. Weiss]] (the showrunners of Game of Thrones), [[Aline Brosh McKenna]], [[Dana Fox]], [[Rachel Bloom]] (star of [[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV series)|Crazy-Ex Girlfriend]]), [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]], [[Riki Lindhome]], [[Natasha Leggero]], [[Alec Berg]], [[Kelly Marcel]], [[Rawson Marshall Thurber]], [[Richard Kelly (director)|Richard Kelly]], [[Chris Nee]], [[Malcolm Spellman]], [[David Wain]], and [[Jason Bateman]].
== History ==
▲''Scriptnotes'' episodes are available for free up to twenty weeks after their initial airing. Back episode archives and bonus episodes are available to premium subscribers at [http://scriptnotes.net scriptnotes.net]. Transcripts of all back episodes are available for free, and are usually posted within one week of the episode's initial airing.
August, who had been writing his popular eponymous screenwriting blog since 2003, developed an interest in podcasting and its potential to extend the work he had been doing to help the screenwriting community. He approached Mazin via email in June 2011 with the idea of producing a screenwriting podcast together. Despite being largely unfamiliar with the medium, Mazin agreed out of a desire to talk about screenwriting without writing about it, as he had been doing for a number of years on his blog, The Artful Writer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2015/scriptnotes-ep-198-back-to-100-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, 198|website=johnaugust.com|date=19 May 2015|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> The inaugural episode of the podcast was released 30 August 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2011/pitching-a-take-and-the-wga-elections|title=Scriptnotes, ep. 1: pitching and voting|website=johnaugust.com|date=30 August 2011|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>
==Recurring
===Three-page challenge===
Aspiring screenwriters are encouraged to send in three pages of their screenplay
===One Cool Thing===
One Cool Thing is a weekly segment that occurs at the end of each episode.
===How Would This Be a Movie?===
In this newer segment of the show,
=== Deep dives ===
==Recurring Themes / Characters==▼
A number of episodes have been dedicated to deep dive analyses of individual films. The first such episode, in January 2013, featured ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''. Subsequent episodes have looked at ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'', ''[[Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day]]'', ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'', ''[[Unforgiven]]'' and ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2017/unforgiven|title=Scriptnotes, 314: Unforgiven|website=johnaugust.com|date=22 August 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>
There are a number of recurring themes, particularly in how the podcasts hosts interact with one another. ▼
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===Craig acts lazy and John does all the work===▼
Craig tells anecdotes about himself that emphasize how he is lazy, unprepared, and frequently late. In contrast, John appears productive, organized, and punctual. <ref>http://johnaugust.com/2015/the-200th-episode-live-show</ref>▼
===August's intro is professional while Mazin's intro is affected===
At the beginning of every podcast, August uses a 'straight' introduction, while Mazin uses a silly or mechanical voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnaugust.com/|title=Screenwriter and author John August|publisher=|access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref>
▲Craig tells anecdotes about himself that emphasize how he is lazy, unprepared, and frequently late.
===John August as robot===
In line with their personas of
===Segue Man===
Craig is the more emotionally expressive of the two podcasts hosts.
===
Craig's deep-throated alter ego appears multiple times in the Scriptnotes catalogue; brought on by John's accidental double entendres. "Sexy Craig" is a master of the love-making arts and at making John notably uncomfortable.
Stewart is the assistant of John August and edits the show on Monday for the show to come out on Tuesday. While Stewart's voice is never heard on the podcast, the hosts will frequently talk about the work that he does for the show, including previewing all scripts for the Three Page Challenge.<ref>http://johnaugust.com/2016/scriptnotes-ep-232-fun-with-numbers-transcript</ref> ▼
===Stuart===
== Notable Episodes ==▼
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=== Revelations about the Game of Thrones pilot ===▼
▲=== Revelations about the ''Game of Thrones'' pilot ===
The showrunners of Game of Thrones went on the Scriptnotes podcast and broke news about the poor condition of the original pilot. According to them, 90% of the pilot had to be reshot following a screening of the episode to Craig Mazin, and other fellow screenwriters.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/game-of-thrones-original-pilot-bad | title = Game of Thrones Show-Runners Get Extremely Candid About Their Original "Piece of Sh—t" Pilot | website = Vanity Fair}}</ref>▼
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=== The One with the Guys from Final Draft ===
On episode 129, August and Mazin welcomed [[Final Draft (software)|Final Draft]] CEO and co-founder Marc Madnick
Instead, Madnick offered a revealing look into—as described by the Accidental Tech Podcast—the company's shortcomings, management's apparent feeling that they should make "[their] problems your problems," and the "severe technical debt" Final Draft has ignored for far too long, resulting in out of date, difficult to update, and unnecessarily expensive software.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://atp.fm/episodes/54-goto-fail|title= 54: GOTO FAIL; |last1= |first1= |date= 28 February 2014|website= atp.fm|publisher= |
In response to the episode's controversy, filmmaker and software developer Kent Tessman pointed out that a possible reason many of Madnick's excuses were met with pushback is that, simply, "there might be technical people listening
=== The She-Hulk controversy ===
As part of
Talking about [[She-Hulk]], Goyer said:
<blockquote>I have a theory about She-Hulk. Which was created by a man, right? And at the time in particular I think 95% of comic book readers were men and certainly almost all of the comic book writers were men. So the Hulk was this classic male power fantasy. It’s like, most of the people reading comic books were these people like me who were just these little kids getting the shit kicked out of them every
The day after the episode's release, Alan Kistler of The Mary Sue wrote about these comments as well as Goyer's take on Martian
<blockquote>So to recap. She-Hulk is just a sex power fantasy rather than a character with agency who from the beginning went down a different path than her cousin, The Hulk. Martian Manhunter being the last survivor of a race which died out on Mars over a thousand years ago is goofy, but putting him Area 51 and using the same plot as many alien visitor movies is not. And God forbid superheroes embrace some goofiness and absurdity. [''sic'']<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.themarysue.com/david-goyer-calls-she-hulk-sex-fantasy/|title= Man of Steel Sequel Writer David Goyer Calls
This prompted Michael Cavana from ''[[The Washington Post]]''{{'}}s Comic Riffs to reach out to [[She-Hulk]] co-creator [[Stan Lee]] for a response.
<blockquote>When Lee, as writer, co-created She-Hulk with artist John Buscema (the character debuted in February of 1980, in Savage She-Hulk #1), he was absolutely focused on his gamma-green superheroine having brains. Lee tells The Post’s Comic Riffs this evening, in response to Goyer’s words: “I know I was looking for a new female superhero, and the idea of an intelligent Hulk-type grabbed me.
=== Mazin and Ted Cruz ===
During his freshman year at [[Princeton University
<blockquote>And, you know, I want to be clear, because Ted Cruz is a nightmare of a human being. I have plenty of problems with his politics, but truthfully his personality is so awful that ninety-nine percent of why I hate him is just his personality. If he agreed with me on every issue, I would hate him only one percent less.</blockquote>
=== Scriptshadow ===
Mazin does not hold back on his disdain for Carson Reeves and his Scriptshadow blog, which reviews both professional and amateur scripts, including one of August's rewrites of a possible tentpole movie for [[20th Century Fox]]. Per August, though the review was positive, the studio went 'ballistic' and it was taken down.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2012/scriptnotes-ep-55-producers-and-pitching-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, Ep. 55|website=johnaugust.com|date=21 September 2012|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> Mazin broached the topic again on episode 186 (March 3, 2015), citing Reeves' negative review of the ''[[Birdman_(film)|Birdman]]'' screenplay as an example of why Reeves' opinions are misplaced, unnecessary and unwelcome, considering ''Birdman'' went on to win six Oscars at the 2015 ceremony, including [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2015/scriptnotes-ep-186-the-rules-or-the-paradox-of-the-outlier-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, 186|website=johnaugust.com|date=10 March 2015|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>
Mazin broached the topic a third time on episode 291 (March 07/2017) after Reeves called out 2017 Oscar winners ''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]), and ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'' ([[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]) as terrible screenplays that any of the 10,000 WGA members could have scripted. Mazin's issue was that Reeves should have written them himself if that's the case, then went on to call Reeves an 'idiot' suffering 'delusions of grandeur' since Reeves had expressed his views on a public blog and not in a private conversation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnaugust.com/2017/scriptnotes-ep-291-california-cannibal-cults-transcript|title=Transcript of Scriptnotes, 291|website=johnaugust.com|date=16 March 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref>
== Live shows ==
Live events for the podcast have been sponsored by [[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/videos-photos/scriptnotes-academy|title=SCRIPTNOTES AT THE ACADEMY|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> the [[Austin Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2014-10-26/austin-film-festival-podcast-people/|title=Austin Film Festival: Podcast People|website=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref> and the Writers Guild Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wgfoundation.org/screenwriting-events/scriptnotes-summer-superhero-spectacular/|title=THE SCRIPTNOTES SUMMER SUPERHERO SPECTACULAR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wgfoundation.org/screenwriting-events/scriptnotes-holiday-show/|title=THE SCRIPTNOTES HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR}}</ref> ''Scriptnotes'' has also produced a crossover episode with The [[Nerdist Industries|Nerdist]] Writers Panel podcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nerdist.com/nerdist-writers-panel-136-the-scriptnotesnerdist-writers-panel-crossover-part-2/|title=The Nedist Podcast}}</ref> They also host a yearly live show to benefit the non-profit organization Hollywood Heart.
== Reception ==
''Scriptnotes'' has
It was ranked as one of the 11 best movie podcasts by [[MTV]].<ref name="Evry" /> [[Esquire (magazine)|''Esquire'']] selected the podcast as one of its 13 favorite podcasts of 2016, writing "Whether you're an aspiring screenwriter or a plain old movie fan, ''Scriptnotes'' offers a unique insider's perspective into the business".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.esquireme.com/content/18010-the-13-podcasts-of-2016-you-should-listen-to|title=The 13 podcasts of 2016 you should listen to|newspaper=Esquire Middle East – the Region's Best Men's Magazine|date=16 October 2016 |language=en|access-date=2018-01-04}}</ref> It was listed among the week's best radio by ''[[The Guardian]]'' in September 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/30/this-week-best-radio-tony-blackburn-sounds-of-the-60s|title=This week's best radio: Tony Blackburn's Sounds of the 60s|last=Hepworth|first=David|date=2017-09-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2018-01-04|language=en |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> [[Vulture (web site)|Vulture]] called the show 'highly influential' for screenwriters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/what-hollywood-screenwriters-are-learning-from-peak-tv.html|title=What Hollywood Screenwriters Are Learning From Peak TV|last=Hill|first=Logan|work=Vulture|access-date=2018-01-04|language=en}}</ref> In a 2016 interview with ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', actor and director [[Elizabeth Banks]] revealed that ''Scriptnotes'' was her favorite podcast.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elizabeth-banks-reveals-whats-on-her-iphone-1466089116 |title=Elizabeth Banks Reveals What's on Her iPhone|date=2016-06-16|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-01-04 |language=en |issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
The podcast has been discussed by ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''<ref name="Robinson" /> and ''[[The Washington Post]]'', among others.<ref name="Cavana" />
==Access to episodes==▼
▲==Access to back episodes==
The most recent 20 episodes of Scriptnotes are available for free on all podcast services, including iTunes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496?mt=2|title=Scriptnotes Podcast by John August and Craig Mazin on iTunes|website=[[iTunes]]|publisher=|access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref> as well as via [http://johnaugust.com/ johnaugust.com]. Back episodes and bonus segments are available through [http://scriptnotes.net scriptnotes.net] for $4.99 per month.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scriptnotes {{!}} Membership|url=https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm|language=en}}</ref>
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