Plotpoints Podcast Episode 108, 2017.08.13

Show notes August  13, 2017- ep08 – Plotpoints Podcast. Mark Sevi, Toby Wallwork, Mary Claire Anderson 00:00:00 INTRO - THIS WEEK ON PODCAST Mary Claire Anderson This...is Plotpoints Podcast featuring #MarkSevi, #MaryClaireAnderson, #TobyWallwork, (#Mark, #MC, #Toby) 00:00:12 INTRO MUSIC 00:00:37 OPENING CHAT Host Mark Sevi, Co-Host Mary Claire Anderson, Producer/Engineer Toby Wallwork 00:00:31 TABLE TALK  Q.  Whose Podcast sounds best. A. Do we really have to say it aloud? Thanks to Toby Wallwork for his expertise in audio and video editing! MC had company to beautiful SoCal and totally did not take said company to her shrine, Disneyland!  Wow!  WTF?   00:04:58 - WHAT ARE WE WATCHING, TV and/or FILM? #reign #silenceofthelambs #wonderwoman #ozark #girlonthetrain   00:15:10 - WHAT ARE WE WRITING? MC puts on her producer's hat for Shadia Sephernia's short film. Mark is working on a Revolutionary War script, a rewrite assignment, a limited location script and a scifi horror film. #alienraiders #hardcandy #twelveangrymen 00:22:47 - ED ASNER INTERVIEW TEASER #edasner #autfest 00:24:53 GREAT WRITERS PROFILE: THOMAS HARRIS /SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, PART I Mark Sevi "Silence of the Lambs" remains a tour de force both literary and film. Mark covers a wide range of topics on this movie including the writers (Thomas Harris (book) and Ted Tally (movie)) and why this masterpiece won five major Oscars, only one of three films to do this. #thomasharris #tedtalley #silenceofthelambs #jonathandemme #jodiefoster #reddragon #hanniballecter #hannibalthecanibal #manhunter #michaelmann #williampeterson #anthonyhopkins #blacksunday  Discussion #villains #stereotypes #marketCorrections #writeYourVillains  #greatvillains #antiheroes   00:42.38    Q&AMark Sevi 1) Are scriptwriting contests a waste of time and money?  #bluecat #nichols #finaldraft 2) Coverage?  Worth paying for it or not?  #workshop 3) Should a writer do "cute" asides to the reader and/or step outside what the script requires?   01:01.15    THIS WEEK IN FILM HISTORY Mary Cla