Name: Ep01 - Aaron Sorkin, Master Class on Screenwriting by Creative Principles Podcast in words
Duration: 21 min 24 s
Description: Aaron Sorkin tells us about his mentor William Goldman, why the first 15 pages of the script and the last 15 minutes of a movie are vital, and the importance of failure. He also gives specific examples from his scripts for The Social Network, Steve Jobs, and The West Wing. Finally, he talks his official Master Class and his next film, Molly's Game.

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Jeremy Bernstein conducts the most thorough interview Stanley Kubrick has ever given. Background and context here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/11/27/jeremy-bernstein-stanley-kubrick-interview/

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A rare interview with Stanley Kubrick (1965)

“I was obsessed with comedy writing as a kid,” said Nicholas Stoller. “I remember watching Saturday Night Live and not wanting to be the actors, but wanting to write the sketches. I don’t even know how I knew that was a job.”

As a screenwriter, Stoller has credits for Fun with Dick and Jane, Yes Man, Get Him to the Greek, The Muppets, Sex Tape, The Carmichael Show, Night School and Bros, many of which he also Directed, including Neighbors and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. 

“I’m excited Bros is going to be theatrically released, but a weird thing happened a few years ago where [studios] were like, ‘Comedies don’t work in theaters.’ Which is not true. Judd [Apatow] always says, ‘If The Hangover came out this weekend, it would make a billion dollars.’”

For whatever reason, studios just stopped making as many theatrical comedies. They’ve instead gone to television, limited series, and leaned in to action comedies for a broader, global appeal. “I love going to see comedy in the movie theater. You get to have that experience with an audience, laughing and reacting.”

“People say it’s a business first, but it’s not run like a business. If anyone thought about it like a business, there’s a huge hole in the comedy department.”

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Ep367 - Nicholas Stoller, Screenwriter ‘Bros,’ ‘Sex Tape,’ & ‘Yes Man’

Aaron Sorkin tells us about his mentor William Goldman, why the first 15 pages of the script and the last 15 minutes of a movie are vital, and the importance of failure. He also gives specific examples from his scripts for The Social Network, Steve Jobs, and The West Wing. Finally, he talks his official Master Class and his next film, Molly's Game.

Ep01 - Aaron Sorkin, Master Class on Screenwriting

In ‘Day of the Dead: Bloodline,’ “A small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies.” In this interview, Director Hector Hernandez Vicens discusses the masters of suspense, his love for George Romero, what makes a film truly scary, and the importance of character.

Ep 27 - Hector Hernandez Vicens, Director ‘Day Of The Dead Bloodline’

'The Founder' tells the story of Ray Kroc, a businessman once described as a “Chamber of Commerce Gordon Gekko” by Matt Zoller Seitz.

Played by Michael Keaton, Kroc sluggishly but deliberately breaks bad in an attempt to acquire the McDonalds fast-food chain, and take for himself a chunk of the American dream.

Written by Robert Siegel, 'The Founder' has a similar underdog theme to his 2008 film, 'The Wrestler.' Beautifully-crafted, 'The Founder' follows Kroc as he sheds his Willy Loman skin to become a Charles Foster Kane. In doing so, he only needs to crush anyone who gets in his way.

We spoke with Siegel about making your protagonist be your antagonist, using research to get into your characters’ heads, and writing for outsiders.

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Ep49 - Robert Siegel, Screenwriter 'The Founder,' 'The Wrestler,' & 'Big Fan'

“USS Callister” is the first episode of the fourth season of Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror.’ The episode follows Robert Daly (Jesse Plemons), a reclusive programmer and co-founder of a multiplayer online game. But, the overlooked designer takes out his frustrations by copying his co-workers’ DNA to create digital clones of them in a fictional world aboard the USS Callister. 

In this interview, Stephan Pehrsson tells us about the basics of what it’s like to be a cinematographer. Specifically for this episode, Pehrsson and director Toby Haynes discussed the two worlds of Daly’s life, the different tones on the spaceship, and how they tried to use the different worlds of ‘Star Trek,’ such as the original, the Next Generation and J.J. Abrams’ futuristic look. 

Also, the cinematographer discussed breaking into the business, the importance of who you know versus what you know in the beginning, dealing with rejection, how to make connections and how to progress together, and the last minute decision to include a ‘Breaking Bad’ reunion in the episode.

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Ep99 - Stephan Pehrsson, Cinematographer ’Black Mirror’ “USS Callister” & ‘Doctor Who’

While attending film school at UCLA, Paul Schrader saw the film, 'Pickpocket' (1959), which essentially formed the path of his career. During his stay at the university, Schrader thought there was a major difference between critics and filmmakers, but this film helped him understand the artistic view of each. 

“I looked down on them,” he said about his time as a critic. “I’m sure they looked down on me. But, I thought what they were doing was trivial. I thought what I was doing was superior to what they were doing. But, when I saw this film Pickpocket, it hit me for the first time that there could actually be a place for me.”

“I could make that film,” he thought to himself in the theater. “I saw that there was a bridge between my theological upbringing and my current love of the movies,” said Schrader. In the film, a man commits crimes and then goes and writes about those crimes in his diary. 

“Two years later, I wrote Taxi Driver, which is exactly that film...”

In addition to this audio format, the print interview for this conversation is available on Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s website.

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Ep100 - Paul Schrader, Screenwriter 'Taxi Driver,' 'Raging Bull,' & 'First Reformed'

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