531 - Scene to Scene

<p>John and Craig welcome the new year by discussing the art of transitions. They go beyond screenplay-specific terms to examine the psychology of moving through story beats.</p> <p>We cover the history of screenplays, the different ways to think about a scene, and how to create a punchline for each scene.</p> <p>In our bonus segment for premium members, we talk about transitioning out of conversations in person and on the phone.</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://johnaugust.com/2003/transitions">Blog post on Transitions</a></li> <li><a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2020/back-to-basics">Scriptnotes Episode, 446: Back to Basics</a> at 03:57 of this episode</li> <li><a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2021/opening-scenes">Scriptnotes Episode, 493: Opening Scenes</a> at 26:06 of this episode</li> <li><a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2013/writing-effective-transitions">Scriptnotes Episode, 89: Writing Effective Transitions</a> at 44:12 of this episode</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVChRVfZ74">A Trip to the Moon</a> the 1902 Science Fiction Film by Georges Méliès</li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy">The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7504818/">Ron’s Gone Wrong</a></li> <li><a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast">Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts">Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription</a> or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/">treat yourself to a premium subscription!</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/clmazin">Craig Mazin</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">John August</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">John on Instagram</a></li> <li><a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Henry Adler (<a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>)</li> <li>Scriptnotes is produced by <a href= "https