We're excited to bring you the first FREE webinar in a five webinar series with Netflix to go over TV pilot story structure. Here's the link to register: https://bit.ly/3oTed4l
Duff MacDonald: Content creator and screenwriter in Toronto, Canada.
Managing Director at Stage 32 ♦ Director of Operations, Producer
3 years ago
Managing Director at Stage 32 ♦ Director of Operations, Producer
3 years ago
Netflix + Stage 32 Present: How to Write Comedy Scripts for Streaming Television - FREE Webinar
In our ongoing education partnership with Netflix we are excited to bring you a free "How to Write Comedy Scripts for Streaming Television" webinar, be sure to sign up here: https://bit.ly/3BUda9x
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
Amanda Toney yes so excited, I just signed up for this today!
Writers! This FREE webinar in this series is COMING UP ON MONDAY !!
February 28, 10am PST absolutely amazing opportunity to learn us some comedy skills and probably have some laughs! (3-hour epic!)
Looking forward to it, thanks so much Amand...
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Fahd Aldajani فهد الدعجاني
- 3 years ago
thank you! Amanda Toney :) COMEDY its my favorite genre ..
I'm sure this webinar will be amazing :) .. cant wait! .. see you all on Monday !
Bryan Lake
- 3 years ago
Roseburg, Oregon
Jason Krane
- 3 years ago
Jason from NYC!
Ihsanul Huq
- 3 years ago
Hello from Austin, Texas
Frank Sopapunta
- 3 years ago
Los Angeles!
Justine Harcourt de Tourville
- 3 years ago
Heya! Justine from Antwerp, Belgium here!
Catherine Durickas
- 3 years ago
LA, CA :)
Matthew Pulliam
- 3 years ago
Ft. Worth Texas
Emma Crookes
- 3 years ago
Hello from Bath England
Violet Tcherkin
- 3 years ago
Miami, Florida USA
Brenda Kuciemba
- 3 years ago
Manhattan, NY
LA
Hi from Los Angeles, CA!
Boston, Massachusetts
Hi, I'm in Brooklyn New York
New York!
Las Vegas
Toronto here!
Hey I'm in Roanoke, VA!
Hi, I'm from Hungary :D
Dallas, Tx
Felix Kruis
- 3 years ago
Munich, Germany
Sheila Ajjie
- 3 years ago
tuning in from Nairobi, Kenya!
Jason Seelmann
- 3 years ago
Hello from Calgary, Canada!
Tuning in from Pickering, Ontario!
London :)
Tuning in from Los Angeles
Salisbury, UK!
Greetings...from Barranquilla...Colombia
zagreb, croatia
Karen Somers/ Director - Los Angeles, CA
London UK..
Hello, I'm tuning in from Boston.
Alex Bondesen
- 3 years ago
Toronto, Canada! Thanks for launching this series, looking forward to it!
Joshua Young
- 3 years ago
Hello from Toronto Canada!
Tuning in from Los Angeles!
Can't wait I'm here right now listening to the webinar!
Hello from Portland, Oregon
Hey my name is Milad and I am tuning in from Toronto. Canada
Loony Londoner, saying hi.
Micharn Pollock
- 3 years ago
Hey! I'm tuning in from Cape Town, South Africa.
Bloomington, Indiana...
Duff MacDonald
- 3 years ago
Toronto here!
Charleston, SC
Hi Amanda and RB from Louisiana!
Hey! Tuning in from Los Angeles!
Hello from Kalamazoo, Michigan
I'm in North Carolina! Hi Y'all!
Washington DC here
Ahmad Farghaly
- 3 years ago
Hello, I'm Ahmad, an Egyptian screenwriter based in Edinburgh
Hello from my bed in east bay, CA! Let's get COMICAL
Hey Amanda.. Im tuning in from Singapore.. its 2am here... haha..
Montreal
Hi everyone! my name is Siman Cohen an I`m from Israel :)
Los Angeles here
Love you're doing this! Comedy is my thing. I'm in NYC
Hello! Tuning in from Los Angeles.
Hi! Tuning in from Los Angeles! Well, Glendale.
Tuning in from Austin Texas
Elkhart, Kansas! And hello new friend Renita Okon. Glad you were able to get in.
Dora Laszlo-Gulyas
- 3 years ago
Hello from Warsaw, Poland! Thank you for today's presentation. :)
Hey from Halifax, Canada
Shout-out from Baltimore aka Smalltimore USA !!
TORONTO CANADAAAA! Ready to learn :)
I'm Mazen, tuning in from Cairo, Egypt
ba®celona
Benjamin Deem
- 3 years ago
Hello from Pittsburgh, PA!
Peter Waluk
- 3 years ago
Queens, NY! WOOHOO!
New Mexico, USA
Melanie Arden
- 3 years ago
Hello from chilly and snowy Toronto. Totally stoked over this webinar!
John Allen Duvall, Bedlam Productions, Rohnert Park, CA, USA
HIya! Loggin in from Toronto today! Looking forward to hearing Vijal Patel's talk!
Tuning in from Studio City, California
Angelia Jackson
- 3 years ago
I'm tuning in from NYC today! Very exciting.
Hey I'm from Canberra, Australia :)
So excited!!! Watching from Chicago!
Hi
HI! I'm La'Donya, my husband Ken and I are tuning in from The Bahamas!
Hello everyone, Christoph from Berlin here
Hey! I'm in Nashville TN!!!
Hello and thank you from Kent, WA
From the UK . Though on a beach in Mexico
Hailing from Manitoulin Island, Ontario Canada
Marina Del Rey, CA
Greetings to everyone from the East coast of Australia.
I'm logging in from Long Island, home of Alec Baldwin and Amy Fisher
Thanks for this very fun, very unique opportunity!
I'm in Great Yarmouth in the UK, looking to get into comedy and drama script development
Hey y'all. Houston, Texas is in the house.
Darren Nash
- 3 years ago
Hi Everyone - greeting from Belfast, N.Ireland.
Learning comedy here in Galveston, Texas!
Greetings from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada!
Hello from Kamloops, British Columbia in Canada
Abigail Kerr
- 3 years ago
Thank you for sharing, from Philippines here!
Super excited to be in class with you guys today! I'm tuning in from my ranch in Agua Dulce, CA.
Hi All, watching from LA! Love these workshops- keep them coming! And congrats on the pitches RB!
So excited to be here today. Thanks Amanda from Sheila in San Antonio, TX!!!
Hey! I am from Brazil, I am a comedy writer and I hope to learn and share today with everyone. :)
Hey, I'm from Arizona
Hi,
I am from Ahmedabad, India.
Here from the great US Midwest - Wisconsin.
I'm from Toronto
Burbank, CA
Tuning in from San Francisco :)
Greetings from New Jersey. So excited to be here
Kim here from Los Angeles, CA. SO excited about this! Thank you all!
Evening everyone. Greetings from South Africa.
Tuning in from Hartlepool, UK!
Amanda Evelyn
- 3 years ago
Hi from Brazil!! Thanks for this opportunity.
Hey, Piravina from Malaysia! It's 2.30am here, really trynna stay awake. just had my 2nd cup of coffee haha!
Aaron Braxton - Los Angeles
So excited to watch from Houston!
Hey Amanda, RB -- incense? Didn't know you were into the woo! Cool!
hello, Francesca from Italy - thank you organizing this!
Hi from Madrid, Spain
Here from frickin' cold Minnesota.
Hi Amanda! Thanks for doing this. Coming from the mean streets of Beverly Hills, CA
Paul Zalzal from Toronto Canada
This is my 3rd Netflix seminar!
Joining from Mexico City
Tuning in from Fiji.
Hello All! This is Brandon from Los Angeles.
Winifred HMensa
- 3 years ago
Winifred from Accra, Ghana
Boston
Ram's House!!!
Evelyn Von Warnitz
- 3 years ago
A warm hello to everyone from Gernsheim, GERMANY. Thank you for this great oportunity to join online! I am up with my next screenplay to write a Comedy Fantasy Feature.
Thanks for the intro Amanda! Looking forward to this!
LA!!!
Thank you Amanda. I am logging in from Cincinnati, OH, USA James Howes
Joining from London!
I'm from London, North London. Londoners are very territorial! Looking forward to the webinar. Thanks
Max Lehman
- 3 years ago
Hi all! Santa Monica, CA You can me find me on IG @hebrewstrawberry Currently working with a producer to shop my comedy horror script I met via Stage 32. Can't wait for the extracurricular learning to come
Thanks Amanda, Mike Goldberg from San Francisco, CA
So excited for the webinar! Greetins from Mexicali, Mexico!
hey y'all watching from Houston-TX ;)
Hi everyone, I'm Gauri - actress, and writer from Toronto, Canada!
Hi I'm tuning in from St. Louis, MO
Hi everyone! - I'm here tuning in from Berkeley, CA. Excited to be here.
Houston, Tx
Yes! It's great to be here! I am currently in Longmont, CO.
Hello I'm calling from London
In LA. I like to laugh.
Hello from Toronto Canada! 28 time finalist in comedy here. www.joshuayoung.com
Hello! I'm listening from Lima, Perú :)
Brooklyn, NY!
Hello from Long Beach CA!
Dakota Smith
- 3 years ago
An American girl living in Germany here :)
Port Hope
Ontario Canada
Hi... Originally from Italy and living in LA County now. Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity! :)
Tiuning in from Dorset, UK on the coast!
Hello! I’m tuned in from Clarksville, TN
Thank you for putting this on. I am literally in the middle of writing a half hour pilot. Tuning in from Los Angeles, CA! Netflix credits (Acting), Beats, 2019 and They Cloned Tyrone, 2022. Excited!
hi from Buenos Aires Argentina, happy to be here today
Ryan D. Canty
- 3 years ago
Watching the webinar from Pittsburgh, skipping work in the process :)
Hi from KSA
Tuning in from Boston! Thank you so much for your time!
Looking forward to learning! Thank you! Westport CT
Tuning in from the Berkshires (Western MA)
Greece!
Tuning in from North London, UK... Thanks all - Im very up for this !! - Charlie
Tuning in from Jeddah, SA
Hello from Paris, France !
Hello, on From Maryland
Hi Everybody, Osama Rai, Producer and Director, Algeria.
Tuning in from Düsseldorf, Germany!
Hi all! Tuning in from Brooklyn!
Hello from London UK
Bellingham, Washington
Greetings from Chicago!
tuning in from Vancouver, Canada!
Hi from DC!
Hi. I'm Bahar from Ankara, Turkey. I'm very excited. This is a great opportunity!
Hi! I'm from Zagreb, Croatia!
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Welcome, everyone! I'm Kay, the Community Manager here at Stage 32, but I'm also a producer/writer/actor here in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Looking forward to seeing where everyone is tuning in from!
Thanks for this great opportunity for all of us! I'm in LA
hello from Prague, Czech Republic
Hello from Alabama!
LA!
Christine from Ottawa, Canada.
Hello from London!
Hi Amanda! Coming in from South Florida, soon to be LA
Sandikazi Scwebu
- 3 years ago
Thank you Amanda, I'm from South Africa
Warsaw, Poland!
Los Angeles
Hello from Québec, Canada!
Hello from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hi! Tuning in from Milan
Originally from NJ but now in London, England
Aideen McCarthy
- 3 years ago
Hi from Belfast, Northern Ireland
Hi everyone! I'm watching from Porto, Portugal -- the port wine place but actually from across the river from Porto in a city called Vila Nova de Gaia is the real place where all the cellars are :-)
Hello from Zagreb, Croatia!
I'm in Houston TX and excited to be here!
Hi! I'm from Santiago, Chile
Hi, I watching from Cornwall, United Knigdom
Hello from Manchester, England
Hello, I'm from Namibia!
D.C. United States
Toledo, Spain :)
Hello from sunny Sarasota Florida :)
Hello from Brasil!
Howdy from Winnipeg Manitoba, the centre of the continent
Hi! Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hello! I'm from Córdoba, Argentina
Hi there! I'm from L.A but originally from Paris. Thank you for this presentation, excited to learn with you this morning!
Hello from Toronto, Canada. Looking forward to learning.
Morgan Bargent
- 3 years ago
I'm from Toronto, Canada =D
Hello, tuning in from Antwerp, Belgium. Thanks for the class!
Hello, fellow writers! Tuning in from Santa Clara, California!!
Hello from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Greetings from Bradenton, FL, USA
Pickering, Ontario!
Hello from Toronto
Hello from Vegas!
Emre from Izmir, Turkey
Hey, I'm in Roanoke, VA
Hi all! Joining from NYC!
Tuning in From Nairobi Kenya
Veronica form Mexico City
Hi from Los Angeles, CA
Hello from West Hollywood!
Hi from just outside of Denver, Colorado!
Hello from Canada!
The beautiful LA!
Hi from Padua, Italy!
Here in L.A. (but freshly moved here from Chicago!)
Hello from Cologne, Germany.
Hello everyone from Dallas, TX. Cowboy hats optional. Boots required.
Hi Amanda, from Toronto.
venezuelan in chile
Hello from North Hollywood, CA!
Lauren C. Brits
- 3 years ago
Hi Everyone! I'm Lauren (South African), recently moved to Manchester, the UK from Stockholm, Sweden.
from San Francisco!
Hello from LA - congrats on the pitches RB! love these workshops - thank you!
Hey, Winifred from Accra, Ghana
Hi! Ana from New Jersey here! Listening in between teaching classes!
Hey! Im from Los Angeles.
Los Angeles
Hello from Seattle!
Hello from Montreal!
hello, from NEW YORK
Bula from Fiji.
Brooklyn NY (deadass)
Tuning in from Atlanta, GA! Excited.
Vanessa Villarreal
- 3 years ago
Hello from Austin, Texas!
Joining from Denver, Colorado
Greetings from Ecuador! Nice to be here!
Tuning in live from Calgary, Canada!
Hello from NY
John Christian
- 3 years ago
Hi Everyone! - from Houston, TX
Comin in from Copenhagen by way of NYC!
Hi from Sri Lanka!
Janne Lilienthal
- 3 years ago
Porta Westfalica, Germany
Hi from London :)
Hello from NYC
Thanks @Amanda! I'm tuning in from LA. Excited to hear more!
Los Angeles! :D
Fahd Aldajani فهد الدعجاني
- 3 years ago
Hello :) from Riyadh - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (: - مرحبا من الرياض - المملكة العربية السعودية :)
South Florida!
Evening from England
Watching from Ottawa, Canada. Thanks for the webinar!
Hello from Braunschweig in Germany
Las Vegas
Hey! I'm in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Hi! I’m Monique and I’m tuning in from Atlanta, Ga.
Maria Cristina Lara
- 3 years ago
São Paulo - Brasil
Maura Kelley NYC
Hey from London UK.
Sylvie Soul
- 3 years ago
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hey From Dallas, TX
Hey, it’s Tanner from New Egypt, New Jersey! Great to meet you all!
Hi! In Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hola from Miami :)
Hi! So exicted to watch this webinar. Greetings from Peru.
Hello All! NYC.
Norwich, UK :))
Los Angeles!
Hello from Poland! :-)
Hello from Los Angeles!
Atlanta, GA
Hello from London, England!
North Hollywood, CA
Toronto, Ontario
Petrice Douglas
- 3 years ago
Hey y'all. Houston, Texas in the house.
Uju, joining from Lagos, Nigeria
Hey everyone! From Baltimore MD!
The Windy City!
Brooklyn!
Quinten Friederichs
- 3 years ago
hello from Antwerp, Belgium
Tuning in from Austin Texas
Hey everyone.. Im in Singapore.. its 2am here.. haha..
Hi from North Rhine Westphalia, Germany!
Los Angeles, CA
Hello! Tuning in from Glasgow, Scotland
tuning in from East Hollywood, Los Angeles :)
Los Angeles, CA
Paris here :)
Santiago de Chile
Bristol, UK
This is amazing!
Hi from Rome, Italy
Toronto!
Hello! Tuning in from Wrocław, Poland :)
From São Paulo, Brazil here!
Greetings from Toronto Canada!
Hello from Colombia.
houston texas
Rome, Italy
Hi all! I'm here from Troy, NY
Manalapan, NJ - the height of civilization!
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hello from LA, CA!
Mexico City
Sunny Burbank, CA
Istanbul, Turkey
Andrew Williams
- 3 years ago
Hello from Alberta!
Hello from Virginia!
South London!
Hey everyone from Mexico City
Atlanta, GA
Philadelphia, PA
In case we have to leave early, where will we be able to find this recording later?
Stafford, UK
Hey everyone, Joining from Oeiras, Portugal.
Hello from the Bronx!
Hi! Daniela from Mexico
Atlanta, Georgia!
Hello from Detroit, Michigan!
Hi from East London, South Africa!
Hi! Mindy - I'm LA & Disneyland adjacent (Anaheim/Anacrime)
Hi everyone, joining from Poland
Hey, I'm new here and tuning in from New Brunswick Canada!
Miami, Florida
Hey, Cara from Kansas!
UAE
Brooklyn, NY
Auralia Novak
- 3 years ago
Learning from Calgary, Canada. ^-^
hey!! Abril from Buenos Aires, Argentina!
Hello from Riverside, California
Hi! Tunning in from La Plata, Buenos Aires :)
Hi everyone! I’m from Tampa, FL but currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland!
Hello from TORONTO!
Pretoria, South Africa
Tuning in from the other London (in Canada).
Munich, Germany
Hi All, looking forward to this very much! Watching from Bristol, UK :)
Stacey from Cleveland Ohio
Hello from Spb!
hey ya'll, tuning in from Singapore where it's a sunny 2am
New Jersey
Ponte Vedra Beach, FLorida
Tuning in from France, myself being Latvian. Love these webinars.
I'm (also) logging in from Anaheim, CA.
Danielle Simon
- 3 years ago
Hello hello, tuning in from NYC. Ready to learn some structure to help put together my own projects!
Los Angeles,CA
coming to u live from ✨Glasgow✨
Tuning in from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Farid Hobeiche
- 3 years ago
Hello from Beirut, Lebanon
Nairobi, Kenya here
Hi. Listening in from Topeka, KS!
Ingrid Revilla
- 3 years ago
Greetings from Puebla, Mexico.
East Harlem, New York
Los Angeles, California
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
Mmm I've never seen Blackish but that might be a good model for my series-- some success but difficulty assimilating due to ableism left and right and center in response to invisible disabilities.
Greetings from Argentina! ;)
Bernie Wouters
- 3 years ago
Helloooo from Belgium
Martin Burke
- 3 years ago
San Jose, CA. Instagram - @mahtyb1965; YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaC1Zw4CQ7SVdjkGQ4wXr0Q , IMDB - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3357543/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4 ; WebSite - http://mjburke.info/...
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Hello from Boston!
Frank from Los Angeles. I won't be able to stay for the entire webinar, will it be available on demand?
Janelle Weekes
- 3 years ago
Hi! POS, Trinidad and Tobago here!!
Another in Austin, TX
Aloha from Aiea, Hawaii
Ana Valeria Martinez Vega
- 3 years ago
Hi, from La Paz, Bolivia
Hello from the West Coast of Canada!
Hello from Toronto, ON!
Hello from Brooklyn NY
Good Morning! Samira from Los Angeles.
London, UK here!
Greetings from Lake Charles, Louisiana! Happy Mardi Gras!
Hi from Vancouver!
Greetings from Orange County, CA xo
Hi! I'm from Guatemala City
Kagiso Keebine
- 3 years ago
Hello, I'm tuning in from South Africa!
New York and Stockholm
Hello, I'm from Canada
Agnes Arriaza
- 3 years ago
Hello from Guatemala!
Dublin, Ireland
Hi from Germany!
Patrick Gillespie
- 3 years ago
Donegal, Ireland!
Loving this webinar!! Such good gems already in the first 20 mins
watching from Los Angeles
Istanbul , Turkey
Lucy McMullan
- 3 years ago
Belfast, Northern Ireland!
Awesome I found the lounge. I'm here from PA
Hi there, from Mexico City!
From Lusaka, Zambia
Mariano Jose Tamayo
- 3 years ago
Manila Philippines, at an ungodly two in the morning! Happy to be listening in!
Hi from Nashville! Thanks for putting this webinar together!
hey! Fidel here in Cape Town, South Africa
Thanks Amanda Toney , listening from paris France !
Producer from Manchester UK
Victoria from London, UK
Abbott Elementary and American Auto are great workplace comedies happening now.
From VA, residing in ATL!
Hi! Brazilian screenwriter from Brazil!
You could argue Barry fits into family with both Fuges and Winkler's character, name is slipping, being father-like figures to Barry.
Ugochukwu Israel
- 3 years ago
Ugochukwu from Lagos, Nigeria
Ro (Rodrigo) Fonseca
- 3 years ago
Hola desde Cuidad de Mexico...!
Anwar Suleman from Johannesburg South Africa
I'm from Toronto, Ontario. Thanks for putting this together!
Hi from New York City!
Clara Wong
- 3 years ago
Hi from San Francisco Bay Area! I love Barry. What are your thoughts about Succession being a comedy? Because I find that show an absolute Hoot.
How I met your mother (dating + friends)
Richard "RB" Botto
- 3 years ago
Fantastic to have you all here. To the new Stage 32 members, welcome to the community! To those who have been with us for the last 10 years+, awesome to see you all.
Hi All! I'm located in Chicago.
"And Just Like That" and "The Sex Lives of College Girls" are also Dating Comedies?
Hi, I'm from Brazil!
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
I LOVED the I Love Lucy show. Loved loved loved it.
Hello from Warwick, UK!
HI!! I'm from Romania
Chicago!
Kevin Can F Himself is the exception!
Brasil <3
It's not about the cameras
Hi all- writer residing in Los Angeles
Hi, Im from Chicago
Hi, I'm tuning in from Trinidad :)
Tuning in from Tulsa, Oklahoma! This is great.
Brooklyn 99
Hello from Toronto, Canada
Hey there, from kenya
He really shouldn't say it's the number of cameras 'cause it's not - https://screencraft.org/blog/differences-single-camera-multi-camera-tv-pilot-scripts/
Entourage (work + friends + dating)
Hello, form Saudi Arabia
LA here
Tuning in from Jamaica!
Hi! I'm from France! :) Thank you for this webinar!
Christopher Butler
- 3 years ago
Single cam seems better.... IMHO.
Hello from NYC
Mark Christopher Pastoral Agnes
- 3 years ago
Hi I'm from Philippines
Petrice Douglas
- 3 years ago
I'm already clearing some questions that I had in my head when writing. Thank you Vijal.
Hi, I’m from Paris, France. Thanks for this webinar
New Hampshire!
Hi, I'm Gilbert Moyo from Malawi, Africa. It is the country where Madonna adopted two of her kids. I'm glad to be here and learn.
Thanks for this webinar.
how does a single cam get all the angles? does it have to be a separate take every time?
Johannesburg, SA
anyone here from Brooklyn NY?
South Africa
Sheila Ajjie
- 3 years ago
Insecure and Sex and The City is the type of show I want to do
So happy to be here. Hi from Caesarea, Israel (but a New Yorker always).
Hi all. Im from Manchester UK.
hello from France
Hi, Joining from Nigeria
Nadia Sandhu
- 3 years ago
Zooming in from Toronto :).
Can we watch this webinar later for free or will there be a fee associated with it?
It says a lot about the quality of writing when the comedy transcends decades. I still laugh at Malcolm in the Middle and Everyone loves Raymond because the characters are so relatable.
Bazinga!
Sheila Ajjie
- 3 years ago
Any writers from Kenya??
Fun Fact: "Lucy, you've got some 'splainin to do" was never said in the show. It was just the way their dynamic was remembered.
GOOD LUCK @SHEILA
I always wondered how those catch phrases come about. Are they planned and written in the beginning of planning the series or do they come out organically in the writing and just stick.
Writer from Brazil here, hello everyone ^^
Hi, i'm from Budapest Hungary
I gravitate towards single camera. I tend to be more dramatic and pathos based in my humor so it lends itself to the format.
Hi, From Namibia!
Isabelle Doucette
- 3 years ago
Hi everyone! Comedy screenwriter from New England. Feel free to connect with me here or on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabelle-doucette-100660153
Hi from Montreal!
Hi I am from Truro, Cornwall, England
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
I've been wondering about the difference between single-cam and multi-cam for quite a while, now. Had no idea. Very interesting. Will def look for these factors now.
Tuning in from Trinidad :)
you can find me on instagram and on youtube @spicecdivorcepartyplanner
I gotta log off, hope to find the link to watch the rest tomorrow
All is clear.
D.L. Holmes
- 3 years ago
I never thought about how scenes in a single-camera show rarely last longer than 5 minutes. Time to go rewatch all my favourite comedies again to verify this.
Hi from Dorset UK
Here From the Bahamas!
Chattanooga, TN, US.
lol
Greetings from Warsaw, Poland
Richmond, VA
Hello from Pittsburgh
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
Ohhh i love this. been wondering about "premise" and "concept."
never even heard of "slice of life" pilot"
Morgan Bargent
- 3 years ago
I'm from Toronto, Canada! =D
Werner Artinger
- 3 years ago
Great Ray Romano impersonation Vijal!
Luiz Antonio Kotrych
- 3 years ago
i've heard of it on anime scripts, like a genre of animation. But i never heard it on tv shows or movies ^^
cheers from Rio ! what about humour travelling to different cultures ?
Hello from Lagos, Nigeria.
Hi all from Madrid, Spain!
I've heard of it in movies cause of stuff like Duplass Bros are very slice of life.
They're currently producing Somebody Somewhere which is great.
i keep receiving email that i need to check Click "Purchase History" but i can't really find this seminar in my profile here that i have log in (probably cause i used my other email for the seminar) can this be fixed?
Hope that burrito wrapper got residuals
Thomas from NYC.
Joshua Young
- 3 years ago
Shows that have more than one camera aren't necessarily multi-cam. Parks and Rec, The Office, Modern Family are all considered single camera show despite the fact that they have multiple cameras filming at the same time. A Multi-cam is a static set mostly, a lot of times with a live audience, but mo...
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Love the burrito wrapper story. Now I want to go back and see if I can find it. Lol.
"As a writer, all I do is eat" LOL!
Wow I need to go back to see this burrito wrapper
thats more of a Charlotte thing but I get what he means lol
Luiz Antonio Kotrych
- 3 years ago
Everytime i heard "The Middle" i can't help but to remember about "Malcolm in the Middle" lol
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Abigail - hover over the Education Tab, then click on My Education. You should have also received an email that starts with "Your Zoom Login Link" Either should work for you!
Wonder years <3
love big bang theory, <3
If any of the Calgary people here are looking for filmmaker pals in this janky, sad city, shoot me a message!
GREAT CHARACTERS
Great characters!
Characters Characters Characters
GREAT CHARACTERS :D
Great characters
all right, who didn't say it...?
GREAT CHARACTERS.
Great characters.
GREAT CHARACTERS!
Great Characters!
anyone ever see a show called Flowers. Ended much too soon but was amazing with it's characters.
GREAT CHARACTERS!
GREAT CHARACTERS!
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
People think Im funny when I'm not trying to be funny all the time. :D
Yay CLEVELAND! All people from Cleveland are funny
Amanda Toney
- 3 years ago
HAHAHAHAH George Costanza!!!
Chris Ryves
- 3 years ago
It's Always Sunny masters this. The whole cast are masters of their own misery
i love Seinfeld
We all know a George! Can't see the forest for the trees but is so strong in their convictions all you can do is sit back and laugh
Hi there from L.A!
Seinfeld has some of the most iconics characters of all time! The series about "nothing", a great masterpiece!
oh my goodness... had no idea why i loved Seinfeld
now i know
Absolutely .. George Costanza was first person I thought of as the cause of his own suffering, schemer but incompetent, "ladies man" wanna be but a shlub .. on and on ... yup laughing at the deep flaws :( :)
bad things happening to bad people = gold
Seinfeld has some of the most iconics characters ever! The series about "nothing", a classic worth do watch again even today ^^
Watching Seinfeld for the first time I started to think of it as it's all just one person and the 4 characters are like all 4 personalities in one - like multiple personality. I don't know. That was thought that popped in my mind after watching a few episodes...
George lacks self confidence that often puts him in embarrassing moments
lol mean to children lol dont do that
George Costanza = Daffy Duck - Jerry Seinfeld = Bugs Bunny
I still remember the time George shoved his way out that old folks home in the middle of a fire
Kimo Koshi
- 3 years ago
Moral bankruptcy aside, George is the character who would probably feel most at home in I Love Lucy. (Speaking of, if you want a show where the characters cause their own suffering...a hundred t
times in a row...)
Hi everyone, just took a minute to say hello. I'm from Oak Park, CA
So many incredible George moments: Summer of George!
LOL! I love the "GREAT CHARACTERS" posts to confirm the vocalization.
or reacting to their antics being recorded by an onlooker and put on twitter
FYI, this is a great seminar, so many incredibly useful bits, thank you!
lol snort..
Jerry on stage: "And what's the deal with iPhones? I don't call anybody, I get the calls! All those telemarketers! Why not call it youPhones?"
Gotta log off... it's 330am here.. .will watch the video tomorrow..
Hi, I'm Keji from Lagos, Nigeria
Ivy Kirera
- 3 years ago
Kramer would probably ruin the iPhone by accident and sell it to Jerry for half the price.. Haha
lololol i love this sit ex on seinfeld
Laughing at such spot-on "Seinfeld" character predictions.
I would watch this episode of Seinfeld!
I enjoy the Twitter that's einfeldToday that just figures out how to put them in modern situations.
Loving this situation exercise bit!!! This is something new that I will definitely adopt moving forward :D
Joey from Blossom is sooooo funny :-)
Dru Kuhlman
- 3 years ago
Wow, this is a great webinar! We're at the Seinfeld Situation Exercise and I've learn SO much so far....
You shouldnt assume people are dumb just because they seem dumb.. sometimes... lolol :D
Lucas Gutierrez
- 3 years ago
Patrick Star would surely eat his own iPhone
Listening in from Seattle
Stafford Va
From Mexico city!! Loving it!
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
this is so interesting...character dynamics. great characters.
I think that writers who share their experience are such great human beings. Sharing knowledge is one of the best things you can do for society. Thanks,
London Calling
George Constanza is hopeless.
This has been a great webinar so far.
I mean.... the answers were right there...
Hi all! Elk Grove, California here!
A little bit of a work comedy because their "job" is getting off the island?
Nathan Ray Clark
- 3 years ago
I heard Gilligan's Island was based off of Lost
I love that he picked Gilligan, such an amazing show! I am sorry for the younger audience that won't get it
A virtual hey from Fort Washington, MD!
He was so funny... i saw him on that Jimmy Fallon celebrity singing show. I was in the studio audience.
thank you for having us too <3
great part 1
Thank youuuuuu. Thank you Vijal
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
That is a spot-on episode of Seinfeld!
haven't watch Gilligan's though.
How long is this break, please? I def need a break.
This is great
Salem, OR
Andrea Salamanca
- 3 years ago
hi Andrea from Mexico
Insightful first session... Weldone Vijal
This is so good!
So good!
Wow - the content is incredible. Thank you!
Hello everyone!
add some thoughts about humour for cross-culture
“Serenity now!” Is a favorite quote of mine
Hi All - Joining from Brooklyn, NY!
hello, I´m from Berlin, Germany
Ive gotten so many jewels
Hello from Portland, OR!
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Since we're talking sharing on Instagram, feel free to tag me as well: @K.ossWrites
Insightful first session ... Thanks Vijal
followed instagram as abikiragamermom. just in case haha.
Late to the party but hello from Saint Martin, originally from Curacao
From Chicago. It look me long enough to post here instead of the chat....
I'm in Tijuana & San Diego, living the border life
Tracy Thompson
- 3 years ago
Hi! I'm in tuning in from Brooklyn, but I'm based in LA
Hi there. Morgan here - belatedly - from Cape Town, South Africa.
In Port Glasgow in Scotland today!
Hey! Richa here. I'm joining from Mumbai, India.
I’m enjoying this from Ghana. Thanks a lot for this initiative, Amanda.
Canadian transplant currently in LA. so interesting!
sadly i don't see it on this profile i'm using though.
Best part was The Single Vs MultiCam
Paul Zalzal, Toronto, Canada
Great webinar
Nathan Ray Clark I hope that was a joke... Gilligan's Island launched in 1964 Lost was 2004! LOL
Corinne Friesen (Lovarra)
- 3 years ago
Awesome webinar! I'm an educator in my spare time for fun, so I really notice when a presentation is nicely done,: clear, informative, pertinent. There's a lot of work that went into this.
This is what I needed!!!! Amazing
Melissa Zbozny
- 3 years ago
Vijal is amazing with his details! I'm learning a lot as I tune in from Toronto, Canada!
hello! Milkiyas from Ethiopia
Chris Sibert
- 3 years ago
Wowee, wow wow! This is a FANTASTIC class! Loved the parts about single/multicam, and characters must be architects of their own doom.
hi, i'm from the netherlands!
Hello - Charlie here. Oakland, CA
Hello from Atlanta!
Toi Johnson Maryland!
This is very informative and VERY funny!
loving this website/platform for best filmmakers <3
Hi from Athens, Greece! Awesome webinar!
Hello from Bordeaux, France!
St. Louis, MO in the house!!!!
Hi, Sonja from Trinidad and Tobago! The first two hours were amazing!
Hi from Envigado, Colombia. Loving this webinar. Thanks!
Hello from Nigeria. Loving the webinar so far...
Good evening from Warsaw, Poland
Love all of these comments sharing nuggets of wisdom from the webinar! Don't forget to hit your browser's "REFRESH" button to update this thread with incoming comments.
Hello, from Vancouver Canada! Otherwise known as Hollywood North. Excited to be here!
Such an awesome program. Thanks Amanda and RB of Stage32 / Netflix / and Vijal Patel for this generous program. Learning a lot!
Break time! :) " Buzzinga " :)
Hey! I'm Santiago. I'm from Ecuador.
Canada
Yay!
Hello from Ankara, Turkey. Great!
Veronica A Brown
- 3 years ago
This has been very helpful
Hello from LA; learning so much!
thanks for this webinar!
Rockland county NY!
Marlene, Baltimore MD
Anne Kleinberg
- 3 years ago
Great content - Vijal is fabulous. THANK YOU FOR THIS!
Hello again from NYC!
Great webinar so far, thanks a lot!
Julie Stern
- 3 years ago
This webinar is so great in its thorough explanation. Will we be able to ask Vigil questions?
Sidharth Raj
- 3 years ago
First time in my life where I am actually paying attention to a lecture! Love this.
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
Great presenter, Vijal Patel from NETFLIX, very engaging and he is setting a very good pace!
Jay F Servedio
- 3 years ago
Asides for Mockumentary too!!!
What's Vijal's IG handle?
I love blackish so much! My favorite character is rainbow
Corinne Friesen (Lovarra)
- 3 years ago
These are not the strategies Jerry Seinfeld and George used when writing their Pilot. XD Just sayin' LOL
“Lets see... What to write? ‘Jerry Enters‘...“
Alex Frazer Rose
- 3 years ago
Vijay, you make me wanna write a comedy…
oh dear, almost 4am here in the philippines. XD
Hello everybody!
Angela Smith
- 3 years ago
This is such a great webinar.
Guido Sánchez
- 3 years ago
I write fiction and drama but this is very educational and interesting
Hello from Nigeria. This is amazing
Carolina Amarilla Jerez
- 3 years ago
I keep thinking on "How I Met Your Mother" for examples xD
Andrew Jun
- 3 years ago
Calgary peeps, nice seeing you all =)
Loving this
The understanding is always my favorite episodes
Aaron Braxton
- 3 years ago
This is really informative! I thought this was going to be superficial, but Vijal actually goes into depth and gives specific and meaningful examples that are interesting, creative, timeless, and easy to track.
This is wonderful! Vijal is engaging, informative and dynamic.
not able to see his whole screen
Waving my hand at the laptop like a game show host. Hello from Ireland
This is gold
I also see Brooklyn Nine Nine as examples too. This webinar is simple and to the point, I like it!
Lol!! Makes his son do a dashiki ceremony!
Animal bones!!
The 3 act breakdown of Black-ish made me laugh. Great writing!
Black-ish is amazing!!! In love with this webinar
Tameka Mullins
- 3 years ago
Great examples, such a good webinar! Learning a lot!
bro-mitzvah... love this breakdown. thank you
This webinar is fantastic. Great content. Amanda Toney how much is left ? I have to jump in 25 mins.
what changes in a 4-act structure?
Pablo Minces
- 3 years ago
He makes everything sound so simple! Right?
Great webinar
This is all soooo good!!! The examples are super helpful.
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Julie Stern - Yes, there will be a Q&A at the end of the webinar.
He is making this sounds so easy.
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
He's very relaxed and personable, not surprisingly, really enjoyable yet focused and informative, love it, this is great detail for those of us who write features but have yet to write for episodic TV format.
Paola Canturini
- 3 years ago
I "purchased" this webinar a week ago but just now I've register, after already beginning watching the webinar. And it doesn't appear in purchase history!
Darwin David Smith
- 3 years ago
Every once in a while the universe smiles and we/I can smile back with genuine appreciation. This is just what I needed. VijaI is amazing! I could listen to him all day. Amanda, thank you, thank you!
Hahaha!!! Great examp.
They did this running past the speed meter gag in The Office (US) too - as a cold open!
Daniel Stuelpnagel I agree. Very much helped clear up a lot of things.
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The genesis of that writing example is hilarious
Amanda Toney I am registered with the same email I joined this webinar, yet it doesn't appear in my purchase history. Why is that? I want to be able to go back and watch the recording.
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
YES!!! Love Community!!!
Awesome Stuff
Two weeks ago I pitched to an amazing writer/executive producer, wrote three episodes of GOT and an Oscar nominated movie. She told me my story tonally ... not funny... used MOONLIGHT as a comp so I was thinking this topic--comedy--not so relevant for me right now but I think this is extremely helpful in some essential understandings that are relevant across all genres.
Iann Yanes
- 3 years ago
I think the slides are not passing with the speaker :O
Stacey Malone
- 3 years ago
British comedies do fly by jokes really well
@artwasem lol i had a lot of trouble figuring out how to get into live lounges during initial broadcast until today.
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
Interesting note, @staceymalone
Amanda Toney
- 3 years ago
For all of those asking, yes, all our education is available on demand and you can watch it at any time at your convenience. You can learn from some of the best, like Vijal, any time. We have over 2,000 hours of entertainment industry education:
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This guy is truly funny
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
@Paola - If you hover over the Education Tab, and click on My Education. It should be available there.
Dan Calvisi
- 3 years ago
You can download the Black-Ish pilot from this site: https://sites.google.com/site/tvwriting/us-comedy/pilot-scripts/14-15-se...
Sheila Ajjie
- 3 years ago
Samantha!
Stacey Malone
- 3 years ago
Blanche from Golden Girls
Lords of my labia lol
The Laugh Point
Joey Bagtas
- 3 years ago
Love the "laugh point" idea. So many shows could benefit from this!
Well that didn’t work
Lawrence (as in "of Arabia")
Corinne Friesen (Lovarra)
- 3 years ago
Hearing you talking about Laugh Point: Theres stopping after a Laugh Point... will you be addressing theres the essential Follow Up joke. Its like a chaser, but, again, timing is everything. People need time to absorb the original joke, in-out... wait... follow up. <br>EG: Im making this Peanut Butt...
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Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
The Red Carpet walk on the ice rink AKA "Get on Your Feet" bit from Parks and Rec is one of the funniest things I have ever seen
Thanks Dan
"I want to get this at the end," says the guy lecturing about "that's what she said" jokes...
@mosesakempta - I absolutely agree. I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard at that. And, when the carpet just ended. Hysterical.
Nil Unerdem
- 3 years ago
what about "and she hates sandwiches". it's a hat on a hat but kinda funny :-)
This is all gems! Love it
Corinne Friesen (Lovarra)
- 3 years ago
Nils Underdem`s comment: what about "and she hates sandwiches". it's a hat on a hat but kinda funny :-) Yah! A chaser joke. Its like a dessert on a meal of a main joke. Makes it more satisfying.
Chioma Chiatula
- 3 years ago
from Nigeria here.. our flatbreads are up to standard Vijal! Lmao..
Kimo Koshi
- 3 years ago
For further examples of "Reactions can be the punchline," check out almost any episode of Archer.
Orange you glad I didn't say banana?! This is a classic.
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Rule of 3 is SO important! Do y'all pick up on it when you watch it, too?
why is it "K"? I went to the bathroom
clown in the windshield
Normal. Normal. Crazy. RULE of 3.
OK I get it now
Joey Bagtas
- 3 years ago
"K" is funnier = my mind is blown!! Very nice
Canadian?
Touche on the Canadians
K - anadian...
Yah - that works. XD
ahhh can tell is funnier w k sounds
Brian Gross
- 3 years ago
Great discussion on sitcoms and comedy -- will Vijal be going over anything specific to streaming (the title of the event)?
Kimo Koshi
- 3 years ago
Personally hoping showrunners believe in "K is funnier" during staffing season.
Interesting
Interesting..
Pablo Minces
- 3 years ago
That was funny @KimoKoshi
Yes! The rule of 3 pertains on every structural level, top overview on down to the most granular of story beats and punchlines, essential nuggets !
Jerry Ashinyo from Accra, Ghana
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Damn... who else wants a burger now?! LOL
Larry Guzman
- 3 years ago
Krusty the Clown is the king of comedy K's.
Gian Shines
- 3 years ago
Where do I sign the contract with McDonalds?
V.C. Rhone
- 3 years ago
Vijal is dropping so much knowledge and doing it all with humor. Great session!!
Big vegan macs…
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Hollie Michelle Harper - the "K" sound makes the statement funnier in dialogue. If you are torn between two synonyms, chose the one with the "K" sound. Not stone, but blocK. Not head, but Cabeza. Not hit, but knocK.
Clara Wong
- 3 years ago
This is one of the best screenwriting webinars I've attended, and it's not ended yet. So much invaluable knowledge is being shared and Vijal is such a great presenter.
Kimo Koshi
- 3 years ago
My favorite "episodic show" joke -- The Simpsons' "real Principal Skinner" episode, where at the end (after Springfield collectively renounces the Earth-shattering revelation that "Principal Skinner" isn't who he says he is), someone notes that they will never speak of this again.
Achickwitbeatz TheProducer
- 3 years ago
This has been so informative!
Jennie Roberson
- 3 years ago
A good example of a character evolving and then devolving is Nate on TED LASSO - SPOILERS getting built up to become a coach in Season 1 and then betraying (and graying) the team in Season 2
Purity Ndung'u
- 3 years ago
@Jennie that's a great example...I loved how that arc played out.
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
Agreed, @Jennie - and I love how that is SPOILER opposite from Jamie's arc, where he leaves and comes back.
Ahhh that's how the "fish-out-of-water" inherently has dramatic tension
Los Angeles too
But what about Judy Winslow...?
loved Urkel
Clara Wong
- 3 years ago
Say that about Stewie the baby in Family Guy!
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
Urkel had catchphrases FOR DAYS...
Do Character arcs work in Episodic shows? I feel like its the beginning of the end of an Episodic series, because that eventually drops the original dynamics that made it work. Like in Frasier with the story of Niles and Daphne,, when they started being a couple, it killed that hilarious push-pull d...
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Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
Urkel had catchphrases for days. Amazing
Stacey Malone
- 3 years ago
Yeah thats when I stopped watching Blackish, it was to much for me to handle.
Sonja Dumas
- 3 years ago
I'm thinking of the success of shows like "The Golden Girls". The characters were so specific and rich.
Lol repeat jokes
Victor DiGiovanni
- 3 years ago
But actors get tired of playing the dumb character and demand their characters get college degrees and now be more smarter.
A running gag
Pretty pretty pretty good
If I'm understanding this, you should've stopped saying "repeat jokes" after 3 times, yes? lol
Brian Farrey-Latz
- 3 years ago
JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!!
V.C. Rhone
- 3 years ago
Al & Peggy Bundy's marriage dynamics. Classic!
Nate actually becomes a hateful character in T.L
@Corinne, arcs work in episodic shows for the episode they arc in. Going back to The Simpsons and its 30+ year run, Bart and Lisa learn to love each other all the time...and then go back to getting on each others' last nerve. (Ditto for Homer and Ned, even.)
^ yes! Loved that show and the fact that they didn't really change too much for the better or worse
So much great info and great teacher too
We look forward to their personalities clashing as they confront their challenges. They were so consistent in their quirks; we knew who was the strategist, the naive one, the sexpot, the manipulator.
Hi, Greg from Greece. Thank you. I love the comedy break down
Really great webinar! Thank you Vijal, Netflix and Stage 32!
Joseph Piddington
- 3 years ago
This is such a great workshop, amazing work Vijal, Stage 32 & Netflix :)
Really enjoyed hearing the difference between constructing multi vs single cam comedies
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
I'll have to start putting together a presence on Stage 32... If you'd like to link up with a Director/Writer/Camera Op/Editor in NYC, hit me up; Genuinely!
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
My portfolio: https://mosesakempta.myportfolio.com/ and I'm @mosesakempta4reel on Instagram
My portfolio is https://mosesakempta.myportfolio.com/ and I'm @mosesakempta4reel on Instagram!
This was phenomenal. Thank you Stage 32 and Thank you Vijal!
Jason Krane
- 3 years ago
the upsell is real
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
As Amanda mentioned about Stage 32 Education: Webinars are 90 minutes; Classes are held over 2-4 classes; Labs are 8 class sessions which usually include feedback on what you're working on. They are presented live, but also available on-demand under your My Education section.
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what about intellectual property?.. I guess there is always risk..huh
Kimo Koshi
- 3 years ago
Props to Vijal for endurance. Still going strong 3.5 hours in. Incredible.
This is great stuff! Thank you#Stage 32. S32 programmes is money well spent
This chat box or Zoom chat box?
Thank you for this! I am a cartoonist and I am interested in adapting my comic series for television--this has been really helpful!
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
As a Stage 32 member since last August, I started off this new year with several Pitches and also Script Development talks with Executive, it has been so worth it and absolutely no way I could connect with these industry specialists except through the power of network available through Stage 32, I am an independent writer in Baltimore and I value these opportunities very much, THANK YOU !!
Work comedy
workplace
"work"
family
workplace
Or both
Family comedy
work place comedy
Workplace comedy. Because nobody gets into space without coworkers!
Family comedy with the work place testing their family dynamics.
Workplace comedy
workplace I think
family
workplace
workplace with a touch of family
workplace
Single camera
Single Cam
Workplace comedy
Single cam
Single
Single cam
Single-cam
Single cam!
single
Multi-cam
single
single
single cam
Single cam.
Single Cam
Multi cam
single cam
single cam
comedy-sci fi
This was such a great webinar. My first webinar I’ve attended with Stage 32 and the information was revelatory and insightful. Feel compelled to do some writing after this. Thank you so much, Vijal, Stage 32, and Netflix!
family comedy from pic... still no sound
there's the sound
STUBBORN
sounds gone again
Edgy
Family comedy
Amy is an overthinker
Naive
bubbly
Zany Zelda!
Aimless Amy!
shes alergic to almost everything
Smart
Amy's anal.
neurotic
Amy freckled red hair
she's a perfectionist
Amy is detail oriented. Earns the handle of Anal Amy.
She has OCD
hypochondriac
not very intelligent
conspiracy theorist
nerdy
zelda goofy Amy - ocd
afraid of heights
Perfectionist
Amy = Alpha
forgetful
If Amy is an overthinker, then Zelda could be impulsive with her talent for the work getting her out of trouble her impulses lead her too.
Control-obsessed
know-it-all
scared of flying
nebbish
Zelda's zany.
oh no.. suddenly weird sound problem. in-and-out. mostly out.
Impulsive
zelda: Forgetful / ADHD
afraid of heights
Zelda is Agoraphobic!
shy introvert
scared of flying
Zelda = Imaginative
She is clumsy
Airhead
Laid back
Zelda afraid of heights
forgetful
Sex positive
wild
Playful, adventurous
Creative
wild dreamer
Aelda : sexual
comical
Zelda is creative to a fault. Amy taunts her with the handle of "Zany Zelda" (which Zelda hates).
Forgetful - ADHD - needs to be told same thing again and again
impulsive
she has vertigo
Sloppy
sarcastic
irresponsible and trash talker
she is always late and childish
Zelda - a shy introvert
A horder going to outer space - so problematic. Yes!
Shanda Foster
- 3 years ago
party girl!
used condom left on floor
Zelda: They`re trying to break the glass ceiling, on a male dominated industry, but Zelda has it bad for other astronauts, cause, you know, the other astronauts are the fittest of the fittest.
Fantastic lecture, thanks so much. I'll catch the end on the upload. Thanks again!
we're giving vijal his next pitch, aren't we?
astronaut training
quit school
flying high baby
Ugochukwu Israel
- 3 years ago
I need some space
need some tape?
Caroline Greville-Morris
- 3 years ago
up up and away
Janet Scanlon
- 3 years ago
Fly or Die
Yael Yermia
- 3 years ago
Let's fly
From A to Z it's easy
Brittany Whitehurst
- 3 years ago
"Let's rock-it"
Better you than me
give me some space already!
dont put that there
Pluto
Petrice Douglas
- 3 years ago
Just Wing It
I need space
Twin and win
Mom Liked me better
“I’m telling mom.”
"Amazing Amy"
Be unique!
Zelds sexualty allows for her stealingTo Infinity and beyond!`
Still sucking up all the oxygen.
Francisco Figueiras
- 3 years ago
Give me some Space
Suni Reyes
- 3 years ago
"The stars have aligned today!"
Tameka Mullins
- 3 years ago
Stop pulling my tit!
Holy swibble.
Jeez-burgers!
holy baked beans
"schmoozer slay"
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
"I'd like him to explore my space..." Said by Zelda obvi
You're Cosmic Crazy!
"we need some space"
"I thought that was you"
I'll go dig it out of the trash
"Blast off," said aggressively (to the tone of "Eff Off")
better than last Friday!
But...why?
It's trash!
Abort!
Houston, we have a problem
Nasa nasa
This planet's too small for all our stuff.
Space-farts
“I told you so” - both of them always say it together at the same time, usually to each other when the other messes up
give me air
Janelle Weekes
- 3 years ago
For Fuck's space!!
Let's not and say we did
you're just like mom (or dad)
that space rocks
Twinning!
Can you stay down to Earth?
Out of this world
"hmmm you dont say"
Other worldly!
booyah
Twinning.
"That part"
Why would you throw that away
peas in a pod
"You've got a big mouth"
Well, YOU'VE got a big ass!
All this space for the taking!
Twin & win wins...
Double bubble
Can I keep that?
To Twinfinity and Beyond
who the fuck are you? (Amy to new people Zelda brings home)
I'd like to save him
...but do you
know?
This is the last time I tell you to clean your shit up.
We're in space for God's sake Amy
we need some atmosphere people.
boomy zoomy
UFO-ria
can you smell something?
"NO!!! SIS""
Tameka Mullins
- 3 years ago
LOL! That's their twin way of teasing each other! Stop pulling my tit!
Trying to use a K
Twin power, better than none
Steve Barnes
- 3 years ago
"In space, noone can hear me scream"
amy was born first she is 2 mins older than zelda
Shut-up weeb! By amy to zelda
"I need some air."
Scotch tape would be the joke that gets repeated over and over
To the zodiac and back
Me too fab idea!!!
Congratulations on the winning catch phrase y'all.
premise
Premise
Slice of life
premise
PRemise
premise
pilot is scared of flying
Primise
premise
premise
Premise pilot
Premis
Premise
premise
Premise
Pilot Premise
Premise
Premise
Premise
premise
premise
Premise
Premise
premise
Premise ( they cross a wormhole)
Premise
Premise
premise
Premise :)
Primos
slice of life but we see flashbacks from their childhood
This interactive example is so helpful and really brings the process to life !!
pilot only has one arm
pilot is having an affair with both twins and neither of them know
It's a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory "win the lottery" sort of selection process.
Premise
Zelda is joining for the guys
lol
Zelda wants in for the sexual innuendo, while amy wants clout
She's a nerd we're in this together like solo and skywalker
Corinne Friesen (Lovarra)
- 3 years ago
This is a little bit like STripeswith Billy Murray being more like Zelda, a little more casual and he just shows up and follows along with the other one. Where his buddy is the one who reads the manual for the weaponry.
She says
I definitely will watch this show.
Elmer - crush on Zelda
They find an alien named cubo
Their mom, who is very dumb
Protective grandmother
two men twins
Justin the nerdy friend
Brianna - geeky cosplayer
Co-worker who has a crush on both but prefers Zelda
Mum
Allison Klause
- 3 years ago
The general keps getting them confused thinking theyr'e the same person
Rival twins who want to be first
A talking Chimp
Their boss Claire is scared of heights
Another Sibling
The Kelly twins already are the first at NASA. The brothers both were in the Intl. Space Station.
The captain
Dr. Locke - their NASA supervisor.
Jefferson the janitor who gets the scoop on everything
Cat snuck on board with Zelda
NASA people scientist A & manager B tell them they have to choose the foods they want to bring on the space launch
Rebecca Adams
- 3 years ago
elon musk is a customer on the flight
A technician
dorky test pilot - chad - is attracted to amy, not zelda, and zelda cant take it
Ryan - the boss. Leanne - wants a promotion over the twins
The chief physical trainier
Trainer is biased with one sister.
Amy has a crush on their boss who has eyes for Zelda
The needy boss
The A.I. on the space ship "Chip"
Their doctor
Zelda's competitive ex bf who is also at NASA, she wants to do better than him
The space director
Bjorg is a janitor at the space center who has a crush on Amy, but has sex with Zelda thinking it's Amy
Cubo's head like a cube
The Doctor and his drugs
affair with team leads partner - zelda
A goofy male co worker who like Amy but annoys her
The cleaning guys are twins too
Jeff, the homeless trash man at Nasa.
Scuba Instructor
Robot computer
Mean boss
A boss who finds it difficult identifying the twins
zelda has a thing for a trainer but a nerdy back office guy loves her
Max, from Mission Control. Who, by the by, is controlling in bed. Likes to blast off in a timely manner and all.
The nemesis
two men twins fall in love with the women but don't recognize them
the janitor
Molten Lava
- 3 years ago
Genius janitor
The Ass-teroid boss
male andriod
the food truck guy in the parking lot
Peter the roommate
Tin man chef who cooks the cans
Vanessa Villarreal
- 3 years ago
The intern who falls in love with Zelda
international spy, estranged father
A cleaner
a conspirationist nerd who thinks the twins are robot
Peter Livingston
- 3 years ago
misogynistic rival twin boys
female rival
a genius refugee with no papers
Mick the Brick, the bad boss
The male astronaut superior HAS to be entitled and thinks that he's got this
An undercover alien (or thinks it's an alien)
rival twins
Dopey Musk
The General, the jealous know-it all trainee same as thw twins
Space monkey and flat-earth janitor for the win!
robot that always make mistakes
The flat earth janitor is brilliant lol
Name the monkey Jimmy after the money that Black aviator Eugene Bullard flew with during WWI.
Victor DiGiovanni
- 3 years ago
Flat Earth janitor gets stuck on the ship when it goes up
SPACE MONKEY! LOL!
so many great ideas... mhm...k in monkey
monkey gets out
He was a scientist that fell from grace
He’s a experiment
The janitor unplugs crucial equipment
Janitor trying to train monkey to hack mainframe
Janitor sneaks on the space ship to confirm his believes
clean the monkeys cage
Janitor wants to save the monkey and set it free
monkey steals usb, they gotta get from janitor
theyre gonna prove the world is flat
they have the same name
Janitor hates the poop-throwing space monkey.
Janitor (Hispanic)
Space Monkey is a conspiracy theorists
The janitor and space monkey accidentally launch themselves into orbit and the twins have to bring them back down.
Janitor asking for pictures that proves that the earth is flat
Erica James
- 3 years ago
janitor is their real father
Space monkey wants a promotion
lol
He thinks the twins are actually robots
Janitor gets into NASA on a bet to prove to the scientist that the world is flat
the janitor has to clean the monkey's cage
The janitor has to take the monkey to the bathroom everyday
janitor and zelda fight over trash she wants to keep
The janitor has The Flat Stuff
janitor can communicate with chimp
he's sabotaging the mission to prove his point and gets the monkey high
Abdullah Mohammed
- 3 years ago
Janitor has bet with the head of nasa that the world is flat
The monkey tries to convince the janitor the world is round. Its a monkey thats the result of scientific experiments and is smart.
janitor doesn't respect monkey's rank
The monkey has a crush on the boss
One sister is the cleaning lady and the other is a manager, the people are confused
the janitor slips on the banana peel and gets a concussion
The janitor discovers that he shares ADN with the monkey
omg fight over the banana peel...lololol
The monkey ends up saving the day
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
I love that the monkey is on the payroll
Kathryn Fasegha
- 3 years ago
The janitor is in love with Amy and the monkey is in love with the janitor
janitor can communication with chimp
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
sooo many great ideas!!
Rebecca Adams
- 3 years ago
Elon Musk hits on one of the twins
get monkey fired!!
he is believing in .. Aliens :) ...
... mayhem that gets in the way of the A
Noce
Nice
This is ridiculous and hilarious LOL Well done, all!
They use the scotch tape to fix the problem that caused the electric zap.
When does this thing air? for real.
The ship has to get hyperspaced to the other side of the galaxy and now they have to get back.
Okay Vijal is going to pitch this. this is fantastic.
They discover aliens
the selection
astronaut training
ELON MUSK IS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH ONE OF THE TWINS
Monkey is in love with Zelda
They go to space and Monkey gets lost in space.
But no one is convincef
not as good sister starts to be taken more seriously
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
New space telescope discovers monkeys live on Mars so get ready for launch >>>
There is a slot for JUST ONE new astronaut.
not as good sister does better
the selection
Amy has a crush on a jock astronaught, zelda sleeps with him while posing as Amy to try to help her.
Amy falls in love with the Janitor but she is ashamed because he is a flat earth theroists
Zelda gets in first.... and has to help her sister.
One of the twins will be selected as recipient of specil international role maybe the European Space Agency.
One sister might have a health issue that may prevent her from going to space!
Zelda gets pregnant
Amy and Zelda's parents don't support their career choice.
They don't have enough funding for female space suits
A Suicidal Mission
Amy is a virgin and will be....
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- 3 years ago
Amy tries to get monkey fired
Funding for their mission being withdrawn?
Janitor can never tell twins apart
the selection of the astronauts
One of the trainees sabotages the twins and they almost get kicked out
No one can tell Amy and Zelda a part so Zelda's promiscuity gets Amy in trouble with the boss
Molten Lava
- 3 years ago
First twin astronauts go to moon, but there is also twin brother from russia that are also trying to be the first twins on the moon. So it becomes sort of a space race lol
Space station loses its funding.
The twins have to take a practice test to be apart of the crew but both of the fail it
I love this. This is a fantastic children's animation. Except for the promiscuous part.
One of their parents has a medical emergency before they go on their first mission
the monkey gets a place in next mission and none of the twins get it
There's a triplet they didn't know about
Only one of them can go into space - they have to compete
Amy has a secret affair with the janitor
Twins use psychic connection to outwit male competition
Monkey falls in love with both twins
Nerd pines for one of the twins
Janitor gets shot into space by mistake and still thinks earth is flat.
Existential crisis of our insignificant size in the universe
janitor and zelda are caught in a will they won't they fuelled by trash hoarding
monkey gets job at rival space station
Janitor sends monkey into space
The sisters are secretary witches who rule the zodiac
Zelda becomes more successful than Amy by leading tape research.
Director threatens to send only ONE sister into space, fostering intense competition.
only one of them is chosen
Janitor gets stuck in a shuttle and gets shot to space
A newly launched rocket explodes becomes a paranoia for them from then on
A mission goes awry and it ends up that Zelda's hoarding saves the day
We learn that their father took part in a space mission and is missing. He left them and their mother. Now there is a chance that the father is alive - the daughters are going to get him. We have "Why" they want it so bad.
Alexis Zaremba
- 3 years ago
The Monkey learns to talk in spanish only
They find an allien and he/she falls in love with the twins
Zelda needing to declutter the amount of things she wants to bring to space.
Zelda wants to join another mission, one opportunity only so will have to no longer work with sister. She'll miss her
monkey outranks amy
steels the what??
External: Their project gets shuts down due to budget cuts
Janitor makes a scientific breakthrough in trying to prove the world is flat
one of them gets pregnant
They loose project funding
Michelle Barbera
- 3 years ago
Zelda breeds a giant tardigrade in space to keep as a pet
they discover they have a third sister
Zelda goes missing, and we realize she fell into the center of scotch tape and falls into an alternate universe where everyone has a twin
they discover a comet coming towards earth
They discover they are not really exploring space, it's just a fake propaganda movie about landing in Venus
Zelda gets pregnant by a colleague and Amy comes out
Both compete to do a spacewalk, but only one can do it
They find out that their mum is sleeping with the NASA director to be able to join them
Monkey steals the show! Hahaha!!
The janitor´s broom get broken and he threats to quit his job
Amy and Zelda are orphans, and both believe they are aliens and want to go out there and find their parents.
Amy discovers she's narcoleptic and she has to hide it or else she will get fired
Brooding Russian space twin arch enemies
Abdullah Mohammed
- 3 years ago
Ppl keep confusing Zelda for amy and it pisses amy who feels she worked for nothing
space monkey needs to be a space snob
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
The Russians have their own cute animal equivalent, a Space Corgi
Moses Akempta
- 3 years ago
which makes Space Monkey jealous
Amy should be fire for Zelda's mistake
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
lol monkey out-tests Amy
:DDD
Space twins for the win! Freeze frame in the air high five
Lucinda Newcomb
- 3 years ago
Vijal is brilliant. STAGE 32's virtual writer's room rocks.
Their mother comes to live with them
Gian Shines
- 3 years ago
Two other awesome twins
Russian spy
The Monkey's uncle
Amy and Zelda’s long lost father
High school or college rival
the crazy frog trying to abduct plane
Dave Wright
- 3 years ago
old space twins who never made it
Amy falls in love with the producer who she finds out is married
Space fish
An astronaut who defected from Russia
A woman space monkey
Space Cat
Camera man dan
bork the secret alien
their mum
A freespritited astronaut for Amy
A Space Big Mac
Gian Shines
- 3 years ago
The Olsen Twins
The new astronaut
the pilot
Spoilt intern kid
Parent
Love interest for Amy who's secretly a mole to personal interest
Marcin Klinkosz
- 3 years ago
crazy scientist = estranged father
Robot
space pirate
Suni Reyes
- 3 years ago
An astrologer that gets them hooked with Astrology!
TV producer they both fall for
Kathi Carey
- 3 years ago
The Reality Show Host who falls in love with one of the sisters
Chris Ryves
- 3 years ago
Space Monkey's nemesis Space Cat who may or may not be an alien in disguise
The real life male version of Ken Barbir Doll - a washed up male model who is an undercover alien
A clone of Zelda
A Russian Cosmonaut
old space twins who never made it
S2, the new good looking astronaut who wants to date one sister but she is not interested in him
an automatic pilot
New Head of space that is actually a alien
Estranged triplet sister lost at birth
A politician that wants to defund the program.
Zorro
A neuroitc alien that's been kicked off their planet
An alien who is also space Astronaut
Kathryn Fasegha
- 3 years ago
William Shatner
Chris Ryves
- 3 years ago
Space Monkey's nemesis Space Cat who may or not be an alien and whom only Space Monkey seems to notice.
The twins' mother after their father dies of after slipping on a banana peel
nagging mom
Dojo Douglass. THE ships old wise zen master
A third sister, the black sheep, joins them
They discover they are not really exploring space, it's just a fake propaganda movie about landing in Venus
A new boss that is an alien
One has a big employee, the other wants to have her big oppotunity
Richard Branson
An alien doppelganger posing as a triplet.
Space dragon
Woman astronaut who is a spy
Alien that looks like them
Tameka Mullins
- 3 years ago
William Shatner guest stars as their long lost uncle..
elvis presley impersonator.
A 12 year old prodigy
a zanny astronaut transfer from Space X
They discover they are triplets and meet their sister
Keanu reeves
robot
A Humanoid
Amy falls in love with the producer and finds out he’s married
A Russian astronaut who was stuck in the space station
old space twins who never made it
ahhhh yeah lots of stakes w "President"
A Russian Humanoid with Asian features
mmm emotional stakes because there's lots of old baggage with fam members
Alex Frazer Rose
- 3 years ago
Amazing
Aliens :) I like it ..
Thishas been brill. Thank you.
Thanks V so much, thanks S32 & NF
Vijal is a fantastic screenwriting instructor. Great instructional format, too.
Thanks. Great brainstorming :D
Vijal this was amazing!!! Thank you soooooo much for your time and genius and ideas! Learned so much!!
What would be the difference in your approach to a standard tv show vs a limited series?
This was great. Thanks
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for your time Vijal.
Thank you soooooooooo much for this.
Thanks so much Vijal!
This has been fantastic.
Thanks Vijal - great webinar!
thank you so much for sharing <3
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
Thank you so much Vijal what a lovely heartfelt wrap-up, and thank you so much to Stage 32 for an amazing session today !! Love it
How do you adjust your story structure for a 4-act structure?
This was Awesome!
Thank you very much! This has been GREAT!
Can you talk about the difference between muti-cam and single-cam as pertains to 2 acts vs. 3 acts? Thanks!
Can a pilot be strictly driven by voiceovers?
Excelente enjoyed this very much.
Who is the best person to email at Netflix if you wanted to submit a script? What is the process like?
I loved the bit about using similes and metaphors to make a joke relatable. How do you incorporate a pun joke that's funny in another language or a joke that's funny in another culture to an English script?
Thank you Vijal. Any tips on writing a logline for the pilot or episodes?
Nirmal Kirtisinghe
- 3 years ago
Thanks to Amanda and Vijal for this. It's great to have my country mentioned as an example, too :-D
Evelyn Von Warnitz
- 3 years ago
This was one of the best webinars ever joined!! Awesome, took a lot great inspiration! Thank you so much!
The Writer's Room is sooooo worth it!!!
Thank you so much,Vijal. That was so helpful!
Loved this class
Thank you Amanda and all at Stage 32. Vijal is amazingly great. Very good presentation. I'll be in touch. Have to leave now, sorry. THANK YOU SO MUCH>
Yaay Thank you!
thank you, it was amazing, thank you Vijal !
Joseph Piddington
- 3 years ago
Questions: How many characters is too many or too few and should you always try to pair them off?
Wow thank you great gift
Thank you so much
I can't click on the link
Erica James
- 3 years ago
1)Does the cultivation of a plot come before fleshing out characters? 2) For a pilot, do you write smaller B and C stories if you’re using the pilot to introduce characters. 3)Any advice for turning a one character comedy play into a comedy TV show? I presume it’ll be single cam
Karen "Kay" Ross
- 3 years ago
I HIGHLY recommend the Writer's Room, y'all!
Daniel Stuelpnagel
- 3 years ago
Absolutely, the Writers' Room has been amazing and well worth it,
The Vault videos, Executive Hour and numerous programs,
I've been a Member since August of last year, this program has boosted my confidence and craft so much, I feel that it has saved me years of solitary study time by being able to connect with this special cohort of artists, love it !
Question: Does a multi-cam always need to have a laugh track? Are there multi cam examples that don’t have a laugh track?
Very engaging
Can someone reshare the link for the free month?
Hi from Boston, MA Vijal this was so awesome because I can't tell a joke if my life depended on it!!...OK may be if my life depended on it...
Thanks so much for this great learning session, Vijal! Thanks for moderating, Amanda! Great stuff!
I asked this earlier, but was wondering if catch phrases are written and incorporated in planning the series or do they come out of the writing organically with each script/show?
Mike Moody
- 3 years ago
How do you navigate a major character/actor leaving a show? ie: Two and a Half men
Question: Awesome work all :)
Am In the wright place for the free month? In the writers room?
Can you talk about Cold Open And Tags?
right..
totally understood the answer but forgot the q :D
Is there any pilot show written for both single n multi cam and how
QUESTION: For those shows that are nor entirely Comedy, nor Drama (such as After Life, Shameless, 90210); Do you think we could apply many of the Comedy concepts or do they take more Drama arch, structure, and situations?
Could it make sense to write a multi-part pilot, like a three episode pilotÉ
im in for Space Twins
Thanks - gotta run. But I learnt so much. Peace!
Thank you Amanda and Vijal! A lovely learning session!
Question: do you have any tips for the logline of the pilot? Thank you!
Are cold opens still necessary for comedies?
id def watch Space Twins. and im actually not a big showwatcher. have missed more shows than anyone ever trying to write scripts ever
Logline is how long for comedy shows
thanks Juan
Are cold opens still necessary for half hour dramedies? Also, when there's a show like "Harlem" or "Insecure" that have four friends but are written as half hour dramedies, is it important to build B & C stories about all of the friends in the the pilot. What is an effective way to do so?
mmm very helpful Q regarding B and C in pilot
That was Carl Reiner? I use that quote all the time.
Chris Mack addressed same Q in his pitch webinar. International shows translate well even when specific to region.
Su Sol - In the webinar, click on the CHAT icon at the bottom of the screen, and that chat box will have the link to the free month of the Writer's Room.
Felt like i should watch Squid Games but did not want to watch it until hearing amanda say that.
Are shows with short episodes easier to sell? Are nowadays Multicam shows meant to be shorter?
When you are writing a comedy for younger audiences, how can you work the character’s trait that is not entirely negative but still funny? When you are writing a comedy for younger audiences, how can you work the character’s traits that are not entirely negative but still funny?
Can you walk us through a day in the writer's room of one of your shows?
I LOVE Kim's Convenience, and I'm a black female. Write and it will find an audience globally.
This webinar has been the best webinar on TV writing I have ever experienced! Kudos to Vijal Patel! Thank you Netflix and Stage 32!
Can you walk us through a day in the writer's room of one of your shows?
Question for Vijal - Going back to your comments around relatability: How do I overcome the idea of people believing I can't write relatable content because the general rule is write what you know. I am a person who lives with a physical disability, so the assumption is I only know about that, but m...
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Thanks - if Vijal could look at this question after zoom: Any advice for turning a one character comedy play into a comedy TV show? I presume it’ll be single cam. Also best way / advice to learn how to write full pilot script if your used to writing smaller scenes
Can you please provide certificate for these webinars or workshops
Your discussion about writing cross-nationally, like from Bohemia, there is the universal, human experience, but I often wonder how much international cultural differences in approach affect a story getting picked up. For example, how I would write to Canadians is different from how I would write to...
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Thanks to all involved!
Amazing! Thank you for your time and expertise!
This was really great, worth staying at till 10:30 pm here in the UK!
Very Good. Thanks
Thank you so much, Vijal. You're a wonderful instructor.
Outstanding, I can tell you truly care about sharing and helping others. Thank you so much
thank you so much Vijal.
This was incredible Vijal--thank you!
Thank you, the absolute best first experience here :)
this was awesome
Thank you so, so, so much for this, it was truly fantastic!
I write features, and your principles helped. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this special opportunity to learn from the best! :)
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much!
This was very helpful! Thanks!!!
this is excellent - thank you so much!!!!! Brilliant workshop
thank you kind sir
So fantastic!! Thank you
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Great webinar!! I cant wait to get writing
Thank you so much for all of this! It's been an enlightening webinar.
A million thanks to you all!!
This was super informational and inspiring! Thank you!
You're a saint Vijal. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the great seminar, Vijal. I appreciate ALL the time you put into this for us.
Thank you Stage 32 for offering such an an awesome webinar.
this was dope
Violet Tcherkin
- 3 years ago
Pretty Epic times.. Vijal was extremely simple and gave me hope that I can do this too. What passion. Thank you.
Many thanks Vijal and Amanda. That was great.
What specifics can you share about writing for a streaming platform vs. an episodic network sitcom? For example, what main points should I hit for a serial 30-min dramedy pilot that would improve my opportunity to be picked up?
Also - the best places to send and sell your script
Thank you for your time! 7am over here. good night all <3
Thank you for your generosity, Vijal &. Stage 32! Great class.
Thank you so much, Vijal - what a privilege this has been! Thank you, too, Amanda and everyone involved at Stage32.
Thanks so much, Amanda and Vigil. This is the most helpful and enjoyable webinar I have attended. You have inspired me to push through.
Ahhhh ...and your soul. Put your soul in it.
Thanks for everything
This was a blast, Thanks Vijal!! Thanks Stage32!!
Thank you, Vijay for putting so much time and energy into preparing this magnum opus on comedy writing! It was really very well done. Thanks to Stage 32 for putting this on and Christopher Mack for participating as well!
Thank you so much ! Best class ever
Thank you so much Vijal and Amanda! This was absolutely amazing.
Great Masterclass, thanks to all you guys...
Yes put your SOUL into it <3 Thanks again Vijal! So much great info and thanks to Stage 32
Kath Kirkland
- 3 years ago
Almost 11pm here in England, thank you so much for a great evening. Loved it.
Gian Shines
- 3 years ago
THank you Amanda-Vijal, Christopher, Richard (Stage 32-Netflix)
Renita Sherell
- 3 years ago
Such a great webinar. I've done these before. Easily one of the best. Thank you!
Juan Visser
- 3 years ago
Thanks you so much! Never joined a webinar that long that was interesting from beginning to end
Melissa Zbozny
- 3 years ago
That was just an informative and fun webinar, Vijal! Thank you so much for your time! I truly appreciate it. :D
Amanda Toney
- 3 years ago
Everyone, thank you for all of your amazing insight! What funny ideas for SPACE TWINS!
Thank u so much, i've learned a lot today
Thank you Amanda, Stage 32 and Vijal. Great information
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Laurie Ashbourne
- 3 years ago
I'm looking forward to the replay -- I got called into 2 lengthy production calls and had to keep muting. I love how thorough these Netflix webinars are; simply amazing.
Where is the link to sign up for a free month of writing class?
Fahd Aldajani فهد الدعجاني
- 3 years ago
" Outstanding"! this is better than I expected :)
Laughter has a lot of positive impacts on our body.. that's why I love comedy!
Thank you Vijal! You were amazing & funny :)
Thank you Amanda Toney ! Thank you Stage 32 ..
"Fahd has left the building!" See you next time :)
Thank you, Amanda and Vijal. It was such a treat. I am sure I will revisit my notes frequently. I truly appreciate it.
Ces mb from the Philippines
Thank you so much for the webinar, I do appreciate all the speakers today. and soon I've been doing my Romantic-Comedy series for Netflix. It's been an honor to be a part of this webinar, again, Thank you so much.
Evelyne Gauthier
- 3 years ago
So far, the Netflix + Stage 32 Present webinars are some of the most useful I have ever watched. Great stuff!
Thank you so much, Vijal and Amanda! Really great information :)
Nice
Luisa Rubinstein
- 3 years ago
My favorite parts of Vijal Patel's workshop were the importance of clear characters and characters' dynamics, the fact that characters are always funny when they themselves are the cause of their own suffering, the exercise of wondering how characters would react in any situations, pairing opposites, the formula examples of Gilligan Island and Blackish, and the rule of three.
Shelley Coleman
- 3 years ago
I'm really late watching but just to say this was awesome!! I learned so much, thank you so much Amanda Toney and Vijal. It was so informative!
Melissa Spearman
- 3 years ago
Thanks again for putting together this fantastic webinar Amanda Toney and Vijal! I love writing comedic moments, and I think this whole webinar series has been some of Stage 32's most inspiring and enlightening pieces yet. With that in mind, would it be alright if I asked you some follow up question...
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Lyndsay Sinclair
- 3 years ago
Fantastic webinar, thank you for hosting this.
Antonia Badon
- 2 years ago
Hello Stage32 Family, joining in from Harlem, New York
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wow look at all these peeps - will this be avail for viewing again? I missed the beginning due to work
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hello
Hello
Yes Kristen Kuhn they are going to archive this in the library
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loving this
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Can we wear our Stage32 hats when we watch?!
Hello from Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan
Anyone else fast-thinking through their favourite shows and analysing as Anna explains?
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Hello from Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan . Laiba shabbir 31781
Hello from iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan
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Hello from Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan
Dave de Burgh - Yep! LOL Especially Netflix series, like Stranger Things or Sex Education.
Hello from Pakistan
"Our default is apathy." LOL! So sad, so true.
Hello From Iqra Univeristy Islamabad
Hello from iqra University Islamabad Pakistan
Hello from iqra university Islamabad, Pakistan
Hello, from Chicago!
Hello from Iqra University Islamabad, Pakistan
Hello from iqra university islamabad campus, pakistan
Hey from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hello. From IQRA UNIVERSITY, Islamabad
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Hello from iqra university Islamabad campus
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Hello from Iqra University Islamabad Campus , Pakistan
hello from iqra university islamabad campus
Hello From Iqra University Islamabad Campus
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Wow, are y'all in the same class? Everyone from Igra University? How did you find out about today's webinar?
Hi from Sweden!
I love that - "-the audience has to think they know what's going on."
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Enjoying this great information from Anna!
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I immediately have a lot of respect for that university (Islamabad) - people there know what they're doing, and that's always a good thing for the students.
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Anna's info is fabulous -- a real crash course in everything that matters for series structure. Thanks!
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Stage 32 is wonderful! Been a member since 2011. Welcome New Members.
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Good to meet you all
Hello from iqra university islamabad Pakistan
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Hello from NYC :)
hello from Warsaw, Poland!
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heya from London :) Currently doing the London Film School course with Neil Arksey and this course is very useful as a supplement, thank you Stage32 & Netflix!
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Hello. Love this! So happy you're having this available. Thank you.
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Grateful, so very grateful !!! L.A., California
Hello from Argentina!
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I'm new to this community, but set up the basics of my profile and over time will add more. Philosophically at least, I'll be open to like-minded folks about potential collaboration in the future.
Greetings from Hungary!
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Hi Everyone! This is great!
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So insightful!
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I just mistook the posting function with the chat and I just saw my stupid 'Hey, Malta' post on Amanda's screen aaand it's gonna be available on demand, YESSSS! Great start... Hi I'm Glenn from Malta
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Thank you Amanda
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Hello from Los Angeles! Thank you to everyone who arranged this webinar, this is my first introduction to Stage 32 and it is great to see what resources are available to writers.
Hello from Colorado - working in New Mexico.
As a novelist, one of the many things that really works (from what Anna has been saying) is that the writer has to know everything about everything, but the viewer doesn't have to - and if a viewer does, them being proved right (or prescient) is usually a very enjoyable event.
Fareha Farooqui Iqra University Islamabad
From Venezuela. Great Seminar so far!
Hellow from Iqra university, Islamabad Pakistan .
Not watching the trailer for the next episode of The Wheel of Time because of this, but that's not me throwing shade to Rafe at all... :)
Hello, from Poland (and Hungary)
Hola from Venice (La)
Some of the best advice on storytelling I've ever heard. Anna is fantastic.
Hallo, from Berlin (Germany)
Thinking a lot about Lost now... That show still amazes me. Excellent pilot.
Hello from Northern California!
cheers from Rio de Janeiro ! simple and practical ! wonderful !
Great webinar Amanda Toney, Stage 32, Anna & Chris. I'm off to work so will catchup with the rest of this via On Demand. Cheers!
Would anyone want to connect with me I am a disabled young filmmaker who writes, edits, acts, directs, and produces his own short films
Thinking now about 'Evil' - an excellent show to study, I'm realizing.
YOU (Netflix Original) is a great example of narration/VO. Great show.
Incredible
Amazing!!!! Thank you!!!
this had been amazing, wow! i got so much out of this
Superb, thank you
Thanks a lot for everything!
thank you stage32 x3
Excellent presentation, Anna - You're the best -- thank you!
Thank you Anna and Amanda. Excellent webinar!
This was much more instructive and comprehensive than I thought it would be. Thanks for a great course!
This was a fantastic webinar. Maybe the best I've seen. I'll be watching again and again. Thanks! I'm looking forward to the others.
Thanks!
Hello from South Africa!
Thank you so much! Very useful!
Fantastic Session - I have 3 hours of notes ! Thank you for doing this. Loved it.
Thank you for a wonderful presentation and I look forward to seeing the story maps!
Thanks, Anna, Amanda, and RB. The contemporary examples somehow seemed very clear even if I had not seen the show! Thats a skill!!
Filmmaker in Philadelphia, would love to network and connect! Just made an account!
Hi!! I'm from Moreno Valley, California, United States
So great! Information overload. Looking forward to going back and watching on-demand to let it soak in more.
Also wanted to say, Love Christopher Mack's presentation at the beginning of the year. Hugely meaningful and packed full of essential information.
Listening from Toronto, Canada--sooo good!!!
Thank you Anna, Amanda, RB, and everyone at Stage 32 and Netflix. Awesome amount of info and well worth the time!
What an excellent comprehensive workshop. Thanks so much stage 32.
Hello from Cape Town, South Africa my question is what is the best advice for writing from personal experience? / actual life events
Do you think that streaming learnt from wrestling or did wrestling learn from streaming when it comes to endless storytelling?
How would you pitch a series of different 60 min films? Example: Black Mirror, Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories?
This is incredible...thank you for putting together this webinar. Watching from Gaborone, Botswana.
Great seminar! Thanks
Thank you!
Another power-packed presentation. A great big thank you for all you do!
If y'all are interested in more webinars with Anna Henry, here are a few: https://www.stage32.com/education?search=Anna+Henry
I'm personally a HUGE fan of her Pitch Deck webinar, as it really helps you to build that first season to better prepare you to write your pilot: https://www.stage32.com/webin...
Expand commentIf y'all are interested in more webinars with Anna Henry, here are a few: https://www.stage32.com/education?search=Anna+Henry
I'm personally a HUGE fan of her Pitch Deck webinar, as it really helps you to build that first season to better prepare you to write your pilot: https://www.stage32.com/webinars/How-to-Write-a-Professional-TV-Pitch-Do...
I'm an LA-based writer happy to collab with someone in another country, looking to write for their market!
Tuning in from Los Angeles
This is a very insightful session. It made me want to write again. Hopefully, I get to work on my story idea soon. Thanks, Stage 32!
Very insightful thank you.
This has been great, a lot of useful info. Thanks!
Thank you this was wonderful and informative.
What a fantastic seminar. Thank you so much, Anna. I can tell you love what you do. Hope to take a class with you sometime in the future.
Thank you Anna you are amazing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
Thank you so much for this!
hi everyone, any of you absolutely new to this and have a beginners' question, please feel free to connect. i don't sell anything or teach, i could help you find answers here. it will help if you have a profile and seem real : )
Yes, loved this... it all starts with the writer!! Thank you!
Who else is feeling hella inspired?! I'm working on my script as we speak :)
Thank you Anna and Amanda
One of the best sessions ever! Thank you so much!
If you write stories about queer and/or BIPOC characters, please hit me up! I'd love to join or start a writers group with you <3
Wonderful info. Thanks so much, Anna! I'm going to rework my TV pilot over the holidays, based on this info.
Thank you so much!!
This has been so informative, truly. Thank you so much Anna and Stage 32 xxx
This was amazing! Thank you! Amanda wonderful job moderating. And Thank you Anna for all your expertise and advice
Thank you so much. Greetings from Berlin, Germany
Where do we find you Anna?
Thank you for providing free, credible resources for writers trying to figure out how to get their projects made. I appreciate your efforts and your encouragement.
Thank you! This was brilliant.
Post your questions here so Anna Henry can follow up with answers!
Thank you very much for sharing knowledge, it's very important to understand to write a winner script.
This has been a blessing of knowledge and advice. Thank you!
Does every subplot need to resolve by the end of the pilot?
Another Great Netflix - Stage32 Webinar. An overwhelming amount of information! Will have to listen again!!
Thank you so much for this workshop, it was really useful! My question is: Would it be possible for a pilot to convey a genre, and slowly through the series shift it to another genre? The secondary genre comes from the background of the setting and overtakes the original one. Thanks again!
Thank you so much Amanda & Anna! THIS WAS GREAT!!!
Thank you for the enlightment!! By from Madrid
What a great webinar! Thanks a lot Anna!
Hi ! do you know where I could get a serie bible example ? thanks a lot !
As requested, my Questions, that might be inetresting for everyone:
1. General Question about the bite we take from the Seasons or Series story arc in the pilot: Can we get some hint on how to weigh room for showing off the characters vs. showing off what the story engine can do?
2.Question about the...
Expand commentAs requested, my Questions, that might be inetresting for everyone:
1. General Question about the bite we take from the Seasons or Series story arc in the pilot: Can we get some hint on how to weigh room for showing off the characters vs. showing off what the story engine can do?
2.Question about the Midpoint: What do you think about a ticking clock introduced before the midpoint? (I'm thinking of suspense vs. time to show the audience around in the world and give them intimate moments with the characters.)
This was awesome! Thank you
This was so informative and illumintating.
Just sent a request to connect! Thanks again for the wonderful learning experience Anna!
Exciting session. Thank you Anna.
Woaw ! Such a fantastic treasure trove of infos.
I'm not really a writer, I'm a freelance animation film director (although I mostly do shorts, but I'm now looking to start my first TV series). I'm a pretty instinctual guy, and throughout my career, I mostly figured out quite a few of the points Anna...
Expand commentWoaw ! Such a fantastic treasure trove of infos.
I'm not really a writer, I'm a freelance animation film director (although I mostly do shorts, but I'm now looking to start my first TV series). I'm a pretty instinctual guy, and throughout my career, I mostly figured out quite a few of the points Anna was talking about. But to see it scientifically broken down with such indepth precision was simply mesmerizing. Now, I've got to put all this into practice !
Great! Hello from Ukraine!
Thank you very much! This was clear, focused and useful.
It was a valuable session... enjoyed it!
This was just fantastic. Brilliant. Thank you!
Thanks very much - look forward to more, much appreciated!
Best information ever. Love it when when the leaders in our industry give back such wonderful jewels.
What a great summary by an absolute expert. Thanks, Anna!!, and to all the Stage32 team for this. :)
You have given me refreshing pinpoints to work on my own story.
All the best!
Luis
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Awesome webinar - thank you to everyone who made it possible. :)
I just did your Stage 32 + Netflix TV Pilot Story Structure Webinar. Excellent.
I tried to duplicate the url you provided in the CHAT on how a writer can submit work to Netflix and url didn't work.
Amanda, can you please repeat the url and/or provide me with a link? Thanks.
Great webinar! Thanks for the info and your time, Anna. Looking forward to the others!
Amanda Toney I'm SO bummed, I had to work and could only stay on for the first hour - so I didn't get the surprise at the end. Can you tell me what it was?
Greenbrier, Tennessee!
I got off of the webinar before the end, Lisa Isaacson. I wonder what the surprise is also.
The surprise was a free month sub to their Writer's Room group. I don't remember the link, sorry.
Couldn't be more grateful to Anna, Chris Mack at Netflix, and my entire Stage 32 team for what has been one informative and inspiring day. And, of course, entirely grateful to the 26,000 creatives and pros who have signed up for this webcast and the thousands that attended today and brought so much positive energy and phenomenal questions to the proceedings. Much love to you all.
Lisa Isaacson and @Maurice - The surprise was a free month in the Writers' Room.
Amanda Toney - I'm not finding the PDFs of the Story Maps. I'm sure it's user error.
Thanks, Victoria. I'm part of the Writers' Room. There's so much in there for writers and other professionals.
Hi everyone please review the FAQs about the on demand video, story maps, etc. here: https://bit.ly/3227UTF
Prepping for 80mph winds here in Minneapolis! Great webinar! Thank you!
For new members who missed the free month of the Writers' Room you can access it here: www.stage32.com/plan-vip. Today at 4pm PST we have the development executive from Paramount Plus in the Writers' Room, so if you sign up before 4pm today you'll be able to meet him.
Thank you!
Looking like a fun event!
Great initiative Richard 'RB"Botto, Amanda Toney. Stage 32 is surely changing the rules of the game
Thank you SO much everyone for all the love!!! I am humbled by all of you tuning in from around the world and your kind comments. How awesome is it that we can connect through storytelling as one big human family. A shoutout to those of you tuning in from Hungary, my birthplace, and to my LA peeps! I'll try to answer questions on here or please message me.
Much love Anna, I value your time spent with us and the passion you convey for this craft through which you teach. :) listening to you was inspiring.
@Alastair Swartz "what is the best advice for writing from personal experience? / actual life events" Do it! A few words of advice... Think about the ways in which your life experience is universal. How will people be able to connect with your story? Take a look at the stories of other people in sim...
Expand comment@Alastair Swartz "what is the best advice for writing from personal experience? / actual life events" Do it! A few words of advice... Think about the ways in which your life experience is universal. How will people be able to connect with your story? Take a look at the stories of other people in similar situations (line of work, etc.). How are their stories different? Can you incorporate some of the differences into your show so you represent not only yourself but something more universal? And finally the hardest thing - if you create a character based on yourself, that person has to live and breathe on their own. They aren't you. You will receive notes on your script and show that will keep making it better if you are able to let go and see your story as a scripted show, not as a documentary or referendum on you as a human being. Also, if I am working with you and horrid things happen to your character, I don't want to know if it's real! Yikes! It's only fiction, right? Please say it's only fiction! ;)
@Bryan Wright "How would you pitch a series of different 60 min films? Example: Black Mirror, Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories?" That is an anthology series. They're becoming popular! They need to have some common threads in terms of genre, themes and tone. The episodes need to be palpably connected,...
Expand comment@Bryan Wright "How would you pitch a series of different 60 min films? Example: Black Mirror, Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories?" That is an anthology series. They're becoming popular! They need to have some common threads in terms of genre, themes and tone. The episodes need to be palpably connected, sometimes even by the type of story engine. When you pitch, talk about the overall concept of the series, especially those connecting threads. How do the episodes make up a cohesive whole? Why would an audience want to watch a show about these themes / with this tone? Do all your episodes take place in the same or similar world? Are there narrative devices that are used in all or most episodes? Then pitch 3 - 6 episode ideas (depending on how much time you have). Focus on how they are similar and also how they present different takes on the shared concepts. Pick episode ideas that represent the variety of your stories. Be sure to mention subplots. Hope this helps!
@Cheyenne Matthews-Hoffman "If you write stories about queer and/or BIPOC characters, please hit me up! I'd love to join or start a writers group with you <3" YES! YES! YES! Please everyone write storyies about queer and/or BIPOC characters! #diversity!
@Tom Demar "Does every subplot need to resolve by the end of the pilot?" Definitely not resolve, but come to some kind of stopping point. Don't leave it with what seems like an unfinished scene. A lot of times that means a nice reaction beat. Take a look at how Joel's departure is handled in Mrs. Ma...
Expand comment@Tom Demar "Does every subplot need to resolve by the end of the pilot?" Definitely not resolve, but come to some kind of stopping point. Don't leave it with what seems like an unfinished scene. A lot of times that means a nice reaction beat. Take a look at how Joel's departure is handled in Mrs. Maisel so that the subplot temporarily closes, though obviously the situation is not resolved. Or how Succession leaves each character in a particular place where they can be picked up in the next episode. They don't feel like loose ends, but more like characters left on pause till "next week." Does that make sense?
Thanks for the webinar. Greetings from Los Angeles.
@Heinz Olaf Klöppel
1. General Question about the bite we take from the Seasons or Series story arc in the pilot: Can we get some hint on how to weigh room for showing off the characters vs. showing off what the story engine can do?
This is hard! It depends on the type of show you're writing and the...
Expand comment@Heinz Olaf Klöppel
1. General Question about the bite we take from the Seasons or Series story arc in the pilot: Can we get some hint on how to weigh room for showing off the characters vs. showing off what the story engine can do?
This is hard! It depends on the type of show you're writing and the pacing. You really want to establish both your main characters and your story engine. But as to how much story to get through, where to begin and where to end - that is one of the toughest questions in writing your pilot. Try to get a handle on your first season's big milestones and that might help. So will this: arrive when your world is "ripe" for the story to start. The biggest moment in your main character's life, the one event that will forever alter their existence, needs to happen by pg. 20 of your pilot (pilot launch). And its consequences need to lead to another moment later where things have really gone so far that going back is out of the question (series launch). Once you know those, everything else should fall in place.
2.Question about the Midpoint: What do you think about a ticking clock introduced before the midpoint? (I'm thinking of suspense vs. time to show the audience around in the world and give them intimate moments with the characters.)
Don't rush your first act, even if your pacing is fast. Characters first - always. Until we have some sense of your world, we won't understand the story. Until we have some connection to your characters, we won't care about the story. So it's a tradeoff - you want to start the story, but not get too deep too fast. Having said that, I don't know of any rule that says no ticking clock before the midpoint. If it works, it works. Lupin sets up the idea of the ticking clock in Act One (Assane mentions in his plans that they will have 7 minutes). The Expanse sets up a time constraint as stakes in Act One - Miller obviously has only so much time to find Julie in one piece. The longer someone is missing, the worse things get, as we all know from umpteen crime shows.
A master class, truly.
I’ve tried various kinds of techniques throughout the years to develop characters organically, yet these techniques tend to make them come out acting rigidly and untrue to how I might have envisioned them in my mind’s eye on an emotional and instinctual level. This is especially true for characters...
Expand commentI’ve tried various kinds of techniques throughout the years to develop characters organically, yet these techniques tend to make them come out acting rigidly and untrue to how I might have envisioned them in my mind’s eye on an emotional and instinctual level. This is especially true for characters who are wily and highly intelligent, such Chandler Bing, Patrick Verona, and Nick Wilde. How do you suppose writers can overcome writing obstacles like these so that the characters will match and/or exceed our expectations of them without getting bogged down by irrelevant details and world building clichés?
Great session. Quick question Anna. What do you do when you start off writing a 10 part web series. The pilot generates active interest but the feedback also is 'this can be a great two-hour movie'. In such a situation would you recommend pivoting into the new reality or staying the course. Facing the predicament presently.
Hello! I haven’t received the story map. Where can I have access to it? Thanks.
Loved Anna Marton's master class. (webinar)her knowledge, her style , her structure, the clarity and the specifics, and the comms . Your presentation served me well in evaluating my own scripts, see the areas of opportunity, evaluate them overall. For me it was a very good exercise in that way. I will see this webinar every time I finish a script next year and I am currently working in one.
@Melissa Spearman "How do you suppose writers can overcome writing obstacles like these so that the characters will match and/or exceed our expectations of them without getting bogged down by irrelevant details and world building clichés?"
Please ask easier questions! ;) Character development is jus...
Expand comment@Melissa Spearman "How do you suppose writers can overcome writing obstacles like these so that the characters will match and/or exceed our expectations of them without getting bogged down by irrelevant details and world building clichés?"
Please ask easier questions! ;) Character development is just difficult and requires a lot of trial and error and practice. I don't know what techniques you've tried, but there is really not one magic formula. I've got some techniques that might help or are at least worth trying (I go into these a lot more deeply in my labs). First, really, really get to know your characters. Know them like you know your life partner or best friend. Do character development outside your script - if I give you the assignment to write a character description of no more than one page, you should complain that it's not enough space. Goals, motivations, plans, flaws, fears, backstory, relationships, moral compass, attitudes, habits, surroundings, etc. etc. Make them take personality tests. I love the 36 Questions That Lead to Love, and the Colbert Questionnert, among many others. Create a dating profile for them. Set up their insta, complete with pictures and song picks (yes, even for a historical character). Then set it all aside. Don't push or force, just let the character talk. Let them do stuff. Don't try to hold so tightly and control everything. Don't try to make them sound "smart" or "emotional" - just let them be, because by now they live inside you, dying to get out. And don't tell the audience anything they don't need to know right at that moment in the script. Leave something for your pitch. If this ends up helping, will you please let me know?
Wow! Such a Master ! I love the character building suggestions!
@Julian Thadathil Ask questions. Actually, any time you get feedback you don't know what to do with or that doesn't quite make sense, ask questions. Why do they think this? If it were a movie, would they be interested in developing / producing / financing it? (Because if yes, then maybe you do pivot...
Expand comment@Julian Thadathil Ask questions. Actually, any time you get feedback you don't know what to do with or that doesn't quite make sense, ask questions. Why do they think this? If it were a movie, would they be interested in developing / producing / financing it? (Because if yes, then maybe you do pivot to work with them). When I tell a writer their concept would make a better film than TV show, there are usually one or more out of three reasons: 1. The concept hinges on a "quest," a conflict that is inherently resolvable, where there is a definite end to "they will either accomplish this goal or not." That's at most a mini-series. 2. The world is inherently tiny with few characters and storylines possible. 2. There are no subplots nor can I think of any. If one of these holds true to your project, then you can either change it to make it more suitable for a series or make it into a movie.
@Anna Marton Henry Thank you for your inputs. Will certainly keep that in mind moving forward.
@Anna Martin Henry Thank you very much! (!!!) I really appreciate you taking the time to answer our questions in depth, even after the event ended.
Phenomenal answers, Anna!
This is amazing, will be definitely watching this. Thank you for posting, Amanda.
Where are the scene breakdowns located again? There was mention of them during the seminar.
The scene breakdowns are at https://www.stage32.com/webinars/on-demand/2880360838403728024/1458.
Thanks, James.
Hi everyone - you can find the downloads & resources discussed during the webinar as pdf downloads underneath your ondemand video.
Hi everyone - I'm excited to let you know that Anna, the host of this Netflix + Stage 32 story structure webinar, is doing a private one-on-one writing lab with a small group of writers from the Stage 32 community on writing a TV pilot. You'll work one on one with her to go from your concept to a co...
Expand commentHi everyone - I'm excited to let you know that Anna, the host of this Netflix + Stage 32 story structure webinar, is doing a private one-on-one writing lab with a small group of writers from the Stage 32 community on writing a TV pilot. You'll work one on one with her to go from your concept to a completed script in 8 sessions. Spots are limited, so if you want one, sign up now! https://www.stage32.com/happy-writers/labs/Stage-32-Writing-Lab-Write-Yo...
Thanks, Amanda.
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ALF!!!
Thank you so much for your time, sharing your experience and talent, Vijal!
Hello again everyone! I am about to start a lab on writing a pitch bible for television. If you've written your pilot and are embarking on writing a pitch, or if you have an idea you want to develop before starting a pilot script, this lab is for you! https://www.stage32.com/classes/Writing-your-Pit...
Expand commentHello again everyone! I am about to start a lab on writing a pitch bible for television. If you've written your pilot and are embarking on writing a pitch, or if you have an idea you want to develop before starting a pilot script, this lab is for you! https://www.stage32.com/classes/Writing-your-Pitch-Bible
Heyo! Just watched the seminar. Some great stuff!
I watched this on demand and it was amazing. I’m only in the beginning stages of writing my show