We're Making a Movie

It may seem like writing and rewriting a script is never finished, but we are definitely done with the writing section of this podcast. As we wrap up our screenwriting learning adventure, we’re highlighting what comes after you’ve put your brilliant ideas in Final Draft and hit “save” that last time. Log lines… treatments… screen competitions. A few things we’re touching on this episode, and we’ll...

Rewriting. There is nothing you will do more in the writing process than RE-writing. Between notes from your peers, pre-casting table reads, and your own "Eurekas!" along the way, every writer will open that Final Draft file at least 100 times. For us personally? Two billion five hundred and six rewrites. Now, after our research and interviews over the past few weeks- surprise, surprise- we’ve got...

Animator turned writer, Brian Newlin, joins us for another informative interview episode. Brian is an absolutely hilarious human and a pure idea machine. Because of his quirky humor and amazing ability to weave a story, we’ve long wanted to work with Brian on ANYTHING. We’re pretty excited to sit him down and pick his brain on his writing process. If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that ther...

Our exploration of screenwriting continues with a special interview! Who better to talk to about the process than someone who has achieved what we’re setting out to do? Welcome, Tom Vaughan, to our little corner of the internet. Not only is Tom a professional screenwriter whose feature films have hit the big screen, but he also teaches screenwriting at the University of Houston and offers an onlin...

Screenwriting! It’s a big step in the filmmaking process and a massive topic in its own right. Entire podcasts have been dedicated to just this topic alone. To us, writing our first feature felt like a colossal task, but after chipping away at it for years, we got there. Even though we already have our “completed” script, we want to explore the topic of screenwriting and dedicate a few episodes to...

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Get ready for our first interview! Filmmakers Mitch Yapko and Allen Rueckert, who wear many hats, join us for a look into their creative process. Both Mitch and Allen are relentless idea machines, constantly coming up with great concepts in very diverse genres. Although we’ve known them for a long time, we’ve never directly asked them…. Where do you get your ideas from??? Join us as we delve into...

Okay, let’s start from the top.  The first step (most of the time) in the movie making process is coming up with THE IDEA! Personally, we’re idea machines and this has always been the easier part. We’ve got notebooks loaded with ideas that will probably never see the light of day. So, let’s talk about how we come up with our ideas and how we got the idea for “Turns Out.” We also did some rese...

Welcome to "We're Making a Movie," a weekly live-cast following our journey as we attempt to make our first feature film. We are in the very early stages of getting our film, "Turns Out," off the page and on the screen-- but before we dive into that-- who ARE we?!?!?! Great question, let's talk about that. WANT TO SUPPORT THE SHOW? PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sneakypineapple Merch: htt...