~ INSPO ~

We're pulling inspiration from Pinterest boards, Spotify playlists, Google street view - anything we can get our grubby little hands on 'cause this shit is hard, okay?!  (Recorded November 2020) 

Things we talked about in the episode include:

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

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