We're pulling inspiration from Pinterest boards, Spotify playlists, Google street view - anything we can get our grubby little hands on 'cause this shit is hard, okay?! (Recorded November 2020)
Things we talked about in the episode include:
- Our creative process - research and development
- Pinterest boards
- Spotify playlists
- Google Street View
- Tudor England and British Invasion classic rock
- Bad habits we had as young writers
- Jane the Queen, our Lady Jane Grey adaptation
- Princess Leia, Alderaan and learning how to crystalize the inspiration down to brief but descriptive action lines
- Christian Davies, our friend and amazing writer
- Bo Welch, production designer
- Rugs in movies! Inception (2010) and The Big Lebowski (1998)
- People in Hollywood are obsessed with “white space” in scripts.
- Being open to “cuts” and taking your ego out of the equation.
- Writing in Hollywood: where art meets business!
- Directing “on the page” - should you do it?
- Scriptnotes podcast episode on “Writing Action”
- Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Mulholland Drive (2001)
- The many historical “princess” limited series on STARZ
- Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” and The Rolling Stones’ “Lady Jane”
- Spark of inspiration/creation - where do you find it? More on this later.
- Finding inspiration via the details: titles, loglines, outlines
- Astrological signs (Yes, we went there.)
- Supplementary materials: lookbooks/decks, sizzle reels, pitch videos.
- Kylie Jenner’s Kylie Cosmetics holiday collab with “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
- IFC’s Documentary Now!
- 1970’s Original Cast Album: “Company” documentary and the parody it inspired.
- Grey Gardens (1975) documentary by Albert and David Maysles
- The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) documentary by Bob Evans
- New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix
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