The First 10 Pages Podcast: Recent Episodes
David Ferrier & Keir Wilkins
Writers, performers, producers, directors, development executives and more join host David Ferrier and professional screenwriter Keir Wilkins to talk about their favourite screenplays, with an emphasis on the part that must hook the reader, the first 10 pages.
Evan's book, On Politics and Stuff is super funny and available now!
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I Am Mother director Grant Sputore joins Dave and Keir to talk about the 1993 classic, Jurassic Park! Lots of chat about making movies in Australia, designing ideas to be "makeable" and the unique first 10 pages of this Spielberg classic.
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David and Keir catch up on the projects they're working on.
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It's 20 years since Donnie Darko came out and intrigued, amazed and confused angsty teens around the world. So, David and Keir sit down to talk about the first 10 pages of Richard Kelly's debut screenplay.
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Screenwriter and former morning TV producer Jessica Paine joins David and Keir to talk about her journey to becoming a screenwriter and the first 10 pages of The West Wing pilot!
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Screenwriter and former classmate of Keir's, Claire Phillips, joins David and Keir to talk about her career and the Oscar winning debut of Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine!
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At the end of this episode you will hear Simon Pegg and Nick Frost taking part in a prank that David was the subject of back in 2013.
It's just Keir and I (David) on this one talking about the iconic 'zom-com,' Shaun of the Dead. We also catch up on Keir's projects and get an insight into being a working, freelance screenwriter in Australia and talk all about the first 10 pages of Shaun of the Dead before I (again, David) tell a story of when a friend enlisted Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to prank a Simon Pegg fan (me) at the World's End Premiere in 2013!
Big thanks to Dean Thomas, Oriel Guthrie, Nova 100, and Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
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Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose! The marvellous Krisitan Barron joins Keir and David to talk about the pilot episode of Friday Night Lights!
Our chat includes... Why sport stories work so well. How the town idolises and lionizes the kids on this team. Starting with a team that are the favourites, not the underdogs like in so many other sports stories. The creative way the first 10 pages gets away with doubling down on expoisition.
And so much more!
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The brilliant and hilarious Naomi Higgins joins Keir and David to talk about Josie and The Pussycats!
Our chat includes... Co creating and writing her new Netflix and ABC show, Why Are You Like This? The music she listens to while writing. Her favourite quote about writing. Filming during a pandemic. Her approach to drunk acting. The line they were forced to cut from the pilot!
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Taken from episode 12 with Mike Sacks!
The First 10 Pages will return with new episodes in 2021!
Happy New Year! Get in the bin 2020.
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The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, New York Times, TIME, McSweeney's, Vice, Mike has written for them all! He's also written a bunch of great books, including his latest: Slouchers. Mike joins Dave and Keir to chat about the 1976 satire, Network, by Paddy Chayefsky.
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The brilliant and insightful Billy Bowring joins us to talk about the cult British gangster film, Sexy Beast.
This is the second of 2 episodes we recorded before the First 10 Pages concept was settled on. It's actually the first episode we recorded with a guest so a heads up!
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"The perfect comedy of errors script" is how Charles Firth describes Dumb and Dumber. This was a really fun chat about this movie and about Charles' career as a prolific writer of news satire with The Chaser, The Chaser's War on 2020 going virtual, the benefits of a diverse writers room, finding clever ways to employ young comics, the origins of the Chaser and the 13 filters of comedy technique that he uses while writing.
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Veteran screenwriter Sarah Walker joins David and Keir to talk about maintaining a career as a screenwriter in Australia, getting established in the US, and the first 10 pages of the pilot episode of The Good Wife.
This is one for the real screenwriter nerds out there!
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Groovy comedians and hosts of the amazing Finding Drago and Finding Desperado podcast, Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James join David and Keir to talk about one of the funniest comedies of all time, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.
Check out Alexei and Cameron's pop culture mystery podcast, Finding Desperado, and their other show, Total Reboot, wherever you get your pods! If you can't get enough of Mike Myers, you might also like the boys THIRD podcast, Mike Check, about the filmography of Mike Myers.
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Twilight is the movie that made writer/director Monica Zanetti want to become a film-maker but now she has complicated feelings about the 2008 romantic fantasy film.
Monica's new film, Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) has screenings all around the country before it's Nov 19 release. Check it out -- https://www.ellieandabbie.com.au/
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This is a unique episode of the show! Dave explains why at the top of the show. The guest is comedy writer Melina Wicks who chose the Cohen brothers classic, Fargo!
Watch Melina's new show Reputation Rehab on the ABC. It premieres Wednesday, Oct 28 on the ABC and iView.
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Nat Lindwall is an executive producer of scripted at the production company Fremantle. She's also a Nora Ephron superfan. On this episode Dave, Keir and Nat discuss Nora Ephron's iconic When Harry Met Sally. They discuss the film's simplicity and how Nora manages to make things that should be dull and pedestrian into beautiful and captivating dialogue. There's also discussion about what an EP of scripted does and what they're looking for in a script.
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You can't talk about Amélie without mentioning...
Must Mentionables segment taken from episode 4, featuring guest, James Colley.
NEW EPISODE out Oct 15!
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The Weekly and Gruen writer James Colley joins David and Keir to talk about the 2017 satire, The Death of Stalin.
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You can't talk about Amélie without mentioning...
Must mentionables segment taken from episode 3, featuring guest, Penny Greenhalgh.
New episode about The Death of Stalin with guest, James Colley out Oct 1.
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Award winning comedian, actor and director Penny Greenhalgh joins Dave and Keir to discuss a film that was hugely influential in her younger years, Amélie.
A brief overview of the the conversation. - How Amelie inspired Penny to study clowning in France. - Why Amélie would have been a line producer's worst nightmare. - What Amélie has in common with Beverley Hills Chihuahua. - Why Amélie is a "whimsical Dexter" type of person. - The details that make Amélie a great ASMR movie. - What the hell is an endive? - What the movie is actually about. - Where were we when Princess Di was killed and when 9/11 happened. - Penny's theory on the meaning of the photo-booth man. - The true story of the horse in the bike race! - The Gnome Liberation Society. - Jen- Pierre Jeunet's annoying writing technique.
And much more! Enjoy. Bisous!
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From episode 2 with comedian Mark Humphries. This is the part of the show where we talk about the things you can't not NOT talk about when discussing the movie Bowfinger.
New episode out Sept 17!
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Comedian Mark Humphries believes Bowfinger is the greatest comedy of all time. How much of that is to do with the writing? Mark joins hosts David Ferrier and professional screenwriter Keir Wilkins to discuss the 1999 Steve Martin comedy.
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Hi! This show is for lovers of movies, screenplays and screenwriting. It's for those who want to learn a bit more about what makes good screenplays good and bad screenplays bad, with an emphasis on the part of the screenplay that must hook the reader, the first 10 pages. Hosts David Ferrier and Keir Wilkins, along with a guests from the film and TV world will analyse, pick apart and appreciate the first 10 pages of a whole variety of movies from the good to the bad to the ugly to the The Room (we'll probably do The Room some day).
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