The Power of Agents In Hollywood and TV & Why Are Green Screens, Green? | Q&A

00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Royal Correction
01:34 - Scriptwriting Tips & Advice
05:18 - Do Game Show Contestants Have To Stay After Losing?
08:30 - Gun Safety on Film Sets
09:40 - Alec Baldwin Shooting
12:55 - Film/TV on Airplanes
16:26 - How Important are Agents?
20:40 - Film Agents (Michael Ovitz)
27:14 - Why Are Green Screens Green?
Richard Osman and Marina Hyde lift the lid on the power of agents in Hollywood and TV, offer advice for those want to write a screen play and answer a very important question "Why are green screens, green?".
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[@BravoManUK]

I didn't know Marina before I found this channel and what a delightful person she is. Smart and funny, plus I really like when she gets a bit sarcy.

[@firewoman2863]

Script-writing+reading - I've found it really fascinating to watch filmed table-reads - where actors (basically sitting around a table in a room with producers, writers, and production crew taking notes.) have their first read-through of the entire script with other cast-members. These are often included as extras on DVDs along with deleted scenes, viewing-commentaries, etc.).

[@ehamster]

I watched “Trance” with James McAvoy, directed by Danny Boyle whilst on a BA flight. There is one, very brief, full frontal scene. The captain chose the moment of the full frontal to make a long 5 minute speech. My screen was frozen on that image for the rest of the passengers to see. I couldn’t have paused it that well if I tried. After the pause another passenger asked me which film I was watching. 😂

[@ehamster]

Another related airline film story. I watched “Wolf of Wall Street” on BA, full 2.5 hours ish, including helicopter crash scene. A month later I watched the same film on Qatar Airways, they had trimmed all nudity, swearing and drug/alcohol use. The film made no sense at all and had a run time of 1 hour 25.

[@colinmcconnell827]

@@ehamster My first viewing of 'The King's Speech' was actually enhanced by airline censorship. I knew from reviews that there was a sweary scene, but when it arrived the sound was abruptly cut and I had to imagine what stream of foul-mouthedness was being delivered by Colin Firth as he stomped up and down for thirty seconds or so.

[@Giant3panda]

I had a similar experience watching "The nice guys" on a flight and being surprised that there was nudity and praying that none of the strangers around me were looking at my screen and judging me.

[@agin1519]

@@ehamsterThat’s also an ABK joke about running old sitcoms with the racist parts taken out. ‘Do you have any boot polish?’ *hard, hard cut ‘Well wasn’t that exciting?.’

[@agin1519]

Oh as well not an airline story but was DVD that didn’t automatically have subtitles set up. I watched an adaptation of Rosemary Sutcliff’s Eagle of the Ninth when suddenly the legionnaires were captured north of the wall and much like the characters we were terrified by these warriors we couldn’t understand. It made an amazing movie. Lastly, I remember trying to watch an episode of Deadwood drinking whiskey or coffee when they did. Fun times. The 4d cinemas should try that with their surreptitious tour Paris/Venice type films!

[@ChrisH78]

David Attenborough and Bob Mortimer should be category 1!

[@definedphotography]

definitely national treasures

[@jakobthelibrarycard6261]

Danny Dyer?

[@caveman6627]

I LOVE Mackenzie Crook’s Detectorists and one of the great joys of my life, as a mega nerd, is reading the scripts with the show playing in the background. Something fascinating and satisfying about reading lines that you know so well, with the original notes and see where they’ve improvised/deviated during filming

[@jamesandrewbremner]

I was on The Chase and when I was eliminated, we had to sit in the corner of the studio and watch the rest of the show.

[@AllInTheGame01]

16:10; Given the recent Guy Ritchie takes on the pod, would love Marina & Richard to pls give their takes on 'Guy Ritchie's The Covenant' which seems to be the most well received of his recent output starting with how & why his name is part of the official title of the movie?! And also on how he has both financially & logistically managed to pump out 6 movies & a tv show in the last 5yrs?!

[@jennysobey9890]

Love the way you both continue to take the micky out of Guy Richie....LOL 🤣

[@stephenbarrette610]

I bought the paperback to the screenplay of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid back in the early 70’s - William Goldman was a genius and it’s a perfect screenplay. It is very detailed and has lots of extra jokes in the directions. A rare gift and his books about his experiences in Hollywood are brilliant. Adventures in the Screen Trade and Which Lie Do I Tell? must be recommended reading for any aspiring screenwriter.

[@AndyRossism]

Also Russel T Davies book about writing the Doctor Who comeback, that's hugely interesting insight into writing for the screen

[@stephenbarrette610]

@@AndyRossism Totally agree. The Writer’s Tale is a great book that I really enjoyed and RTD gives a fantastic look into the reboot of my favourite TV show (for the last 60 years!)

[@mrsamjohnston95]

Once you clock Richard using “by and large” before every other sentence you’ll never unhear it

[@paulconroy1551]

Exactly that

[@mouthstick-gaming]

I can't hear anyone say "by and large" without thinking of 'Wall-E' 😂

[@nickoakden9514]

He also starts a lot of sentences with "Listen."

[@NathanWoollaston]

Oh thanks, you've just ruined the podcast for me.

[@carolthomas794]

Not only that they both overuse "brilliant". Like it's like getting as bad as...er, like.

[@CynicalRhys]

This weeks show was different, Marina said "and answers" before Richard could correct. I don't like change, I am not coping

[@JohnDoe-tp8mc]

Went for a tour around pinewood recently and they were telling us all about the virtual stages with videos behind that track the actors that Marvel use now. Simulation theory confirmed lol😂or at least the end of the green screen!

[@richwiltshaw927]

In the 'firearms on set conversation', around the time of the Alec Baldwin shooting, I heard a number of the actors from various Star Trek series talking about the firearms protocols on set, and they even mentioned that the same duty of care was taken whenever a phaser prop was to be used in a scene as a live firearm would be.

[@sergeybrin6701]

Thank you for uploading these podcasts

[@redballoonluke]

Crazy nobody’s defending Baldwin I agree. Madness

[@neilreed4206]

I remember flying to Florida in December 1980 on British Airways and they were showing The Bermuda Triangle..

[@Cchogan]

If you are writing dialogue, for the screen or a book, don't just read it back, read it back aloud. And don't just read aloud, perform it, complete with accent or impersonation of your character. Get on your feet if you have to (especially with arguments). Otherwise, not only will your dialogue not be convincing, but you risk all your characters sounding the same.

[@Alec_Collins78]

Halyna Hutchins's brother is now a producer on Rust. Make of that what you will.

[@GuanoLad]

I'm much better at screenwriting than novel or short story writing. Over the years I've tried both. Not very successfully for either, I must point out, but competently.

[@derronhall495]

I used Final Draft Pro to write a screenplay many years ago. It was a good investment. It helped pay for my house, but it was an expensive program. Quick though, once I got used to it. 90 minutes of script written and sold in a month. But for tv shows, I used word, with columns and such, to separate the v.o., action, on cam, et cetera, because I was at a desk in an office, and that's what worked on the teleprompter. Gotta pick the right tool. What does Richard use for his novels and tv shows?

[@Pininfarina81]

Glad Marina finally called Rich out on the fact when she introduces this show as "the questions show" he always says "questions & answers show" always seem a passive aggressive point of pedantry.

[@derronhall495]

Screenplay by Syd Field. That book will show you how to do it, Richard, and they are different types of writing. Novels require more imagination, I think. You have to get into the heads of your characters, and while what they do is always what defines them, it's easier to present that in a visual media, like a movie. Screenplays are easier. You can take shortcuts. People often say the book is better than the movie. Usually. But I prefer "Apocalypse Now" over Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", the novel the book was based on. And I'd much rather watch "The Godfather" yet again than read the book again. Some books just translate better to film than others, and some books should have been movies with no book at all.

[@cantgoslow]

My wife and I saw 'High Rise' with Tom Hiddleston in a small boutique type cinema in central London. It was full with about 100 people. We hated it and decided we had to walk out. I hated it so much I stood up and exclaimed not too quietly that 'this is shit' and walked out. We hung around in the foyer for a few minutes, then several people also walked out complaining about the movie. After about ten minutes, we guess at least a third of the audience had walked out, moaning that it was total rubbish.

[@TheHoldenstein]

🎶 I shot the meerkat, but I did not shoot the manatee 🎶

[@agin1519]

Oh god, more than anything I want to see a Guy Ritchie movie made by Richard Osman and with Marina Hyde in a significant supporting role…plot can not be cribbed from any books already written. It would take years and keep us entertained for an evening. The real question though as someone in his regular life goes around quoting Lock, Stock as well as putting his finger to his ear and going ‘ I’m being told…’ is would it infiltrate our daily life? It’s often too tricky to improvise around the other clever devices of the HoG writers, but sometimes we come up with a spontaneous answer smash… A Guy Ritchie type film where there were restrictions from HoG- one character couldn’t say words with ‘e’, another is constantly mixing billboards and signs together kind of under their breath or almost subconsciously the way ordinarily folk mumble lyrics or folk rhymes, there’s a precocious, adorable child also channeling Outnumbered who pops up at awkward moments to increase the tension or the stakes, but who’s trivia becomes vital… Also unrelated entertainment question, but was the entire Mission Impossible franchise created because Tom Cruise was jealous of Nick Frost and everything from Spaced and the Edgar Wright movies?

[@HjRobins]

If you ever upload on April Fools, you should do a Questions edition, with nothing but questions.

[@NickDusting]

Any budding writer should read "On writing" by Stephen King... part fantastic (brief) autobiography and all the encouragement you could want to write.

[@kirkschwarz]

Never been first here before… feels kind of nice, roomy.

[@WheelieCass]

🤦‍♂️

[@Lezzyboy87]

Budge up

[@robovac3557]

I'm a phat phuk so move over.

[@ryanboyd4770]

Tea for anyone?

[@bobbyladd]

If there isn't already AI software that can import a .pdf of a novel and spit out a full script in seconds then I'd be suprised.

[@richardbetts816]

The movie has to be Mamma Mia!

[@lakrids-pibe]

"I find it simply unrealistic that none of the three fathers are murdered in a cozy and idyllic way"

[@lakrids-pibe]

What movie would make Richard Osmand leave an airplane in midair? I'm guessing 'Quiz Show' from 1994, because he gets upset about the inaccuracies

[@jackabalas]

Mama Mia!

[@cheekychappy1234]

Regarding the blue/green screen question, there is another option that was lost to history and that is a "yellow" screen from sodium vapour lamps ( the same light as yellowy street lights). This was used in Mary Poppins to get a better effect than we can do today. The fabulous "Corridor Crew" channel covered this innovation and how they recreated. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4LYeompg9-kes0

[@Ryanneey]

I've heard the biggest part of being an actor is sitting around waiting. Is that true?

[@simoncarswell3515]

It's a HUGE part of an actor's job. Particularly in film which tends to move much slower than TV. Every time you change setup (every time you move the camera to film a new angle, essentially) will occasion a very long wait. Usually on the order of hours. It's not just literally "moving the camera", it's resetting the lights, moving set or scenery into or out of shot, setting up grip (tracks, cranes, etc.) If there is any "business" involving a prop or a set piece, that will have to be set up, tested and rehearsed before the actor comes into the scene. Not that all actors are sitting around doing nothing, though. They may spend the time learning dialogue, working on their characterisation, having costume fittings or having makeup reapplied. They might, for certain types of film, practice with an accent coach, or a sword fighting coach, for example. Or they may use the time to read other scripts or talk business with their agent. And of course that varies by project. A huge budget Marvel movie, with it's epic scope, will probably occasion more down time than a low-budget indie being filmed entirely on location.

[@maxine2798]

Isn’t it waiting tables? (Sorry)

[@Ryanneey]

@@maxine2798 that made me laugh 😃

[@AdamZimmer00]

Anyone got an idea about who the lucky ITV presenter was who got £2.5m for nothing? Felt like he gave a lot of clues but cant work it out

[@sarasate89]

I guess you couldn't have a superhero costume with green and blue in then? Would be a nightmare for vfx

[@Miltroit]

Poor Hulk, Green Lantern, Superman and Spiderman. To be fair, most are red, yellow, and black.

[@pd4165]

Their is a rumour that Alec Baldwin swerves gun training. In particular...he apparently draws the weapon with his finger on the trigger, something that is bound to end with an accidental discharge eventually.

[@chinkkat]

It was Dune wasnt it Richard

[@chriskigen]

1:34 graphic design pedants unite!

[@TheRestIsEntertainment]

🤝😂

[@tomc-d8491]

11:50 if you have to caveat with "that is speculation, I don't know", maybe it's better to leave it to an actual investigation.

[@DearDrDoom]

Alec Baldwin should be in prison the way he was running that set. Would be interesting to see Marina to dive into those circumstances and also just his whacko family, would love to know what she thinks of that mess 😆

[@johnmightymole2284]

really ridiculous prosecution on Alec Baldwin. He has a lot of political enemies.