Scriptnotes Podcast

352 - Infinite Westworld

John and Craig welcome Lisa Joy &amp; Jonah Nolan (Westworld) and Stephen McFeely &amp; Christopher Markus (Avengers: Infinity War) to our annual live show benefitting Hollywood Heart. We discuss worldbuilding, the challenges and delights of serialized storytelling, and the extreme measures taken to keep secrets. We also answer audience questions on villains as protagonists, music supervision, and research as procrastination. Recorded May 22, 2018 at the ArcLight in Hollywood Links: * Thanks to the ArcLight, <a href="http://www.hollywoodheart.org">Hollywood HEART</a>, and everyone who came out for this Live Show! * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Joy">Lisa Joy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Nolan">Jonah Nolan</a> are on the second season of <a href="https://www.hbo.com/westworld">Westworld</a> on HBO. * <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Markus_and_Stephen_McFeely"> Stephen McFeely &amp; Christopher Markus</a>’s <a href="http://marvel.com/avengers">Avengers: Infinity War</a> is in theaters now. * <a href="https://johnaugust.com/guide">The Scriptnotes Listeners’ Guide!</a> * <a href="https://store.johnaugust.com/collections/frontpage/products/scriptnotes-300-episode-usb-flash-drive"> The USB drives!</a> * <a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">John August</a> on Twitter * <a href="https://twitter.com/clmazin">Craig Mazin</a> on Twitter * <a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">John on Instagram</a> * <a href="http://scriptnotes.net/">Find past episodes</a> * <a href="http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Matthew Chilleli (<a href="http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>) Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes%3Cu%3Eep%3C/u%3E352.mp3"> here</a>.

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.