<description>&lt;p&gt;John welcomes Danya Jimenez &amp; Hannah McMechan, the writing team behind KPop Demon Hunters, to chart their path from film school to first feature.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;They look at navigating early career difficulties like finding your voice and trying to get reps, their method of building a writing partnership, and how a bad pitch led them to writing one of the biggest movies of the year.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We also follow up on breaking in later in life and writing with ADHD.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In our bonus segment for premium members, what does Hollywood get wrong about Gen Z? Danya and Hannah share what drives them crazy about how their generation is portrayed on screen.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8313560/"&gt;Danya Jimenez&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8172809/"&gt;Hannah McMechan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81498621"&gt;KPop Demon Hunters&lt;/a&gt; on Netflix&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411238/"&gt;No Strings Attached&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://blcklst.com/programs/2026-black-list-x-wif-episodic-lab"&gt;The Black List x Women in Film Episodic Lab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2270979/"&gt;Nicole Perlman&lt;/a&gt; on Scriptnotes, episodes &lt;a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2014/guardians-of-the-galaxys-nicole-perlman"&gt;164&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://johnaugust.com/2015/live-from-austin-2015"&gt;222&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://johnaugust.com/2018/austin-live-show-2018"&gt;373&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://johnaugust.com/2019/becoming-a-professional-screenwriter"&gt;381&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://getbrick.app/"&gt;Brick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://tv.apple.com/us/show/pluribus/umc.cmc.37axgovs2yozlyh3c2cmwzlza"&gt; Pluribus&lt;/a&gt; on Apple TV&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9fbzzu1bPE"&gt;Claire Saffitz makes Dirt Bombs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-parades-gone-by/paper"&gt;The Parade's Gone By&lt;/a&gt; by Kevin Brownlow&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53329296-manhunt"&gt;Manhunt&lt;/a&gt; by Gretchen Felker-Martin&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hbomax.com/shows/chernobyl/396999a6-3fff-4af3-802b-10c46d10deff"&gt; Chernobyl&lt;/a&gt; on HBO Max&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SfI95-XIqU"&gt;Chappell Roan – Love Me Anyway&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://scriptnotesbook.com/"&gt;Preorder the Scriptnotes Book!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast"&gt;Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/"&gt;Check out the Inneresting Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/"&gt;Become a Scriptnotes Premium member&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts"&gt;gift a subscription&lt;/a&gt; (now with fewer emails!)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ScriptnotesPodcast"&gt;Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Scriptnotes on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/clmazin/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;John August on &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/johnaugust.bsky.social"&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros"&gt;Outro&lt;/a&gt; by James Llonch (&lt;a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed"&gt;send us yours!&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Scriptnotes is produced by &lt;a href= "https://www.drewmarquardt.com/"&gt;Drew Marquardt&lt;/a&gt; and edited by &lt;a href="https://www.matthewchilelli.com/"&gt;Matthew Chilelli&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email us at ask@johnaugust.com&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can download the episode &lt;a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/713standard.mp3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August and Craig Mazin

713 - Your First Produced Film

NOV 25, 202563 MIN
Scriptnotes Podcast

713 - Your First Produced Film

NOV 25, 202563 MIN

Description

John welcomes Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan, the writing team behind KPop Demon Hunters, to chart their path from film school to first feature.

They look at navigating early career difficulties like finding your voice and trying to get reps, their method of building a writing partnership, and how a bad pitch led them to writing one of the biggest movies of the year.

We also follow up on breaking in later in life and writing with ADHD.

In our bonus segment for premium members, what does Hollywood get wrong about Gen Z? Danya and Hannah share what drives them crazy about how their generation is portrayed on screen.

Links:

Email us at [email protected]

You can download the episode here.