STUDIO SCRIPT NOTES on “Chinatown”
In “Studio Script Notes,” Brian Caldirola humorously envisions the kinds of notes Studio Executives could have (or maybe even did) give to the writers of ‘Chinatown.’
Brian Caldirola is a humorist and TV writer/producer in Los Angeles. In his spare time, when he has any, he likes to cartoon.
Have you ever sat in a script notes session using every muscle in your body to keep your eyes from rolling? Or mentally diagramming different — and creative — ways to take out the people in the room? Or perhaps doing everything you can to suppress the urge to stand up and shout, “No, Mother Teresa cannot be a man!”
Notes, sadly, are the bane of a writer’s existence and they’ve been with us always… one can imagine even Sophocles got notes (“Deus ex Machina is so pre-500 B.C.”) “Studio Script Notes” envisions the kinds of notes executives could have (or maybe even did) given to some of cinema’s masterpieces and/or most famous movies. Enjoy!
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Brian Caldirola is a writer and producer who has written, produced and created a wide range of television programs. His credits include Friends, Jamie Foxx, Big Brother, The Simple Life and many others. He is also a graphics designer and has designed numerous websites, corporate logos, posters, T-shirts and more. In his spare time, when he has any, he likes to cartoon.
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