Posts from — March 2009

Pilar and Laurence discuss character, dialogue and the writer’s high, on the stage versus on the screen, with screenwriter Zach Helm (“Stranger Than Fiction,” “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium”) and undiscovered screenwriter of the moment, Nicholas Johnson. (Apologies for the technical issues in this episode.)

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Pilar, Matt, Laurence and visiting thespian Kristen Lee Kelly stage-read the winning submissions for the “Script This Podcast” competition. Kristen Lee Kelly was in the original cast of “Rent” and is producer of “The Muscles in Our Toes” at the El Portal theater opening Memorial Day weekend.

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Pilar welcomes big-time Hollywood casting director Jane Jenkins (“Jurassic Park,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “Frost/Nixon”) on the show to discuss what she looks for in a script when doing her job, and what you should be doing to make your characters jump off the page. (Check out Jane’s book, “A Star is Found” — available on Amazon.com)

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Post-production editors Ayser Salman and Adam Bernardi (The Weinstein Company) offer advice about what you can do to keep your words from landing on the editing room floor.

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