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Writing TWISTS Into Your Script!

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Get a twist wrong and audiences will reject your movie. Get it right and your story can become iconic. Rob & Kay are here to help you figure out how to engineer the latter in a time when audiences are at their most savvy. How to setup, then subvert the payoff, when to go left and when to read the room and give the audience what they want. And finally, when to jump out of your movie right in the middle -- and the caveat of doing such a thing in your script.

Our Weekly Resource: Usually, our Resources feel like homework, but this week is just pure internet wastetimery. WatchMojo has a list of the 20 Best Movie Plot Twists of the 21st Century (So Far), and it’s a fun way to see all of the things we’ve talked about on this podcast put to good use in movies you have/haven’t seen. Spoiler Alert, obvi. And, you’re welcome.

Notes From the Episode:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zack's Original Instagram video⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for our Twitter Drama Bumper)

HBO is now just Max

Fuck You David Zaslav (socials in the video's description)

Scriptnotes Side Cast #12: Location Picketing

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to Make a Movie for $1000⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Rob's Episode on an Indie film work/life balance

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kay's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zack's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us(!)⁠

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Manage episode 364698622 series 2991033
Content provided by Rob Hagans & Kay Tuxford, Rob Hagans, and Kay Tuxford. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rob Hagans & Kay Tuxford, Rob Hagans, and Kay Tuxford or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

Get a twist wrong and audiences will reject your movie. Get it right and your story can become iconic. Rob & Kay are here to help you figure out how to engineer the latter in a time when audiences are at their most savvy. How to setup, then subvert the payoff, when to go left and when to read the room and give the audience what they want. And finally, when to jump out of your movie right in the middle -- and the caveat of doing such a thing in your script.

Our Weekly Resource: Usually, our Resources feel like homework, but this week is just pure internet wastetimery. WatchMojo has a list of the 20 Best Movie Plot Twists of the 21st Century (So Far), and it’s a fun way to see all of the things we’ve talked about on this podcast put to good use in movies you have/haven’t seen. Spoiler Alert, obvi. And, you’re welcome.

Notes From the Episode:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zack's Original Instagram video⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (for our Twitter Drama Bumper)

HBO is now just Max

Fuck You David Zaslav (socials in the video's description)

Scriptnotes Side Cast #12: Location Picketing

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠How to Make a Movie for $1000⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Rob's Episode on an Indie film work/life balance

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kay's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rob's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Zack's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us(!)⁠

  continue reading

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