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Jan 7, 2022 • 47min

753. Writing Tips

From love interests to courtroom scenes, Pilar offers writing tips to kickstart the writing year. Writer Sam Benjamin joins her to discuss!
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Dec 31, 2021 • 42min

752. 2021 Writing Trends in Review

Career coach Lee Jessup returns to discuss the writing trends popular in 2021 and shares what’s ahead for the new year.
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Dec 24, 2021 • 47min

751. A Very Scotty Christmas Eve

Writer Scotty Mullen returns to to talk about his newest movie, A Christmas Village Romance, his love of all things Christmas and why the entertainment industry is a "buffet of bonkerness.” 
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Dec 17, 2021 • 1h 51min

750. Logline Contest 2021

Pilar gives a logline lesson built off of listener submissions, then Pilar and Aadip pick their favorites! 
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Dec 10, 2021 • 35min

749. Sustainable Filmmaking

Development executive Zsófia Szemerédy talks about the the importance of sustainable practices in filmmaking and discusses ways to implement them on set and on the page.
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Dec 3, 2021 • 37min

748. Writing Wolf

Writer-director Nathalie Biancheri discusses the preparation, script-work and directorial vision that went into creating her new psychological drama, Wolf.
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Nov 28, 2021 • 5min

747. Announcement: 2021 Logline Competition

'Tis the season for the annual On the Page logline competition! Pilar explains the rules and gives the deadline.
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Nov 26, 2021 • 42min

746. Film Pioneers

Emerson film student Kat Poole’s passion is to rediscover and celebrate female film pioneers. Here, she educates us about three of them: filmmaker Alice-Guy Blache screenwriter Jeanie MacPherson and editor Margaret Booth.
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Nov 19, 2021 • 40min

745. Inside Hollywood and Washington

George Stevens Jr. the founder of the American Film Institute, talks about the passion for film that inspired him to preserve and archive great movies, establish the Kennedy Center Honors and serve as a voice for the arts in Washington DC. as Co-chair of the Presidential Committee on the Arts & Humanities.
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Nov 12, 2021 • 42min

744. One Take Wonder

Director Philip Barantini shot his independent feature film Boiling Point in one take and lived to tell the tale. Hear how he kept the camera moving while also telling a rich story of an intense night in a restaurant.

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