Screenwriters Panel

#9Audiostandard

Aug 4, 2021·32m

Stage Premise:

Hollywood's most in-demand screenwriters discuss their craft. Featuring legendary panelists such as Glen Howgow, (Seventeen Years Old, Period) , Daniel Norway (Blood in the Attic), Shel (Christmas Snowglobe Dating Circle), and Ron Buttons (F**k N' Run; F**k City).

Cast & Characters (4)

Angela GiarratanaasShel

Kylie BrakemanasRon Buttons

Jeremy CulhaneasDaniel Norway

Patrick McDonaldasGlen Howgow

Bits & Timeline (8)

1:30 (2m 45s)

CHARACTER_INTRO

The Screenwriters Panel Roll-Call

The panel of screenwriters introduces themselves, ranging from Hallmark holiday specialists to avant-garde poets and a man who writes about a student fucking himself through his graduating class.

"I wrote 17 Years Old Period. It's a coming-of-age story about a girl who gets her period at 17."

"Daniel Norway, avant-garde. I write mostly in prose, lyrical poetry, and in silence."

"My name is Ron Buttons. I wrote the screenplay Fuck Run."

Shel (Angela Giarratana)Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)Daniel Norway (Jeremy Culhane)Ron Buttons (Kylie Brakeman)

#Screenwriting#Hollywood#Panel Discussion

4:15 (2s)

ESCALATION

Ron Buttons' Angry Morning Routine and Jesse Eisenberg's Facebook Origin

Ron Buttons describes his morning routine of eggs, sex, and anger. The group reviews a clip of his film 'Fuck Run' starring Jesse Eisenberg, which inexplicably turns into a Mark Zuckerberg origin story.

Ron Buttons (Kylie Brakeman)Daniel Norway (Jeremy Culhane)Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)

#Creative Process#Film Clips#Jesse Eisenberg

4:17 (4m 48s)

BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Shel's Hallmark Writing Warm-up

Shel explains her unique writing process for Hallmark movies, which involves Jack Johnson's 'Banana Pancakes' and touching herself under the covers with hot chocolate toppings.

"I put the sprinkles and the whipped cream from the hot chocolate on my hands and I touch myself again."

Shel (Angela Giarratana)Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)Daniel Norway (Jeremy Culhane)

#Hallmark#Holiday Movies#Routine

12:45 (2m 15s)

ESCALATION

Glen Howgow's Authentic High School Research

Glen discusses hanging out with his daughter's 17-year-old friends in his basement to stay 'authentic,' leading to a reveal about his character Flynn who carries tampons for the group.

"I like to think sometimes that I'm better friends with her friends than she is with them."

"Other people didn't have fathers following the friend groups carrying tampons."

Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)Ron Buttons (Kylie Brakeman)Shel (Angela Giarratana)

#Research#Coming of Age#Parenting

18:50 (1m 30s)

CALLBACK

The Punching and Fucking Trilogy

Ron Buttons discusses his 'Mating Season' trilogy and the artistic struggle of oscillating between scenes of punching and scenes of fucking, culminating in a title reveal for the third film.

"Nobody's ever punching and fucking at the same time, by the way."

"The title of the trilogy is going to be Mating Season: Fucky Fucky Wow Wow Wow."

"Let's just say a little birdie told me that the title of the trilogy is going to be Mating Season: Fucky Fucky Wow Wow Wow."

Ron Buttons (Kylie Brakeman)Daniel Norway (Jeremy Culhane)Shel (Angela Giarratana)

#Trilogies#Action Movies#Christianity#Screenwriting#Film Trilogy

20:21 (1m 54s)

BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Glen's Creepy Connection to High Schoolers

Glen Howgow explains his 'authentic' research process for his film '17 Years Old Period,' which involves hanging out in his basement with his daughter's 17-year-old friends and carrying tampons.

"I like to think I'm better friends with her friends than she is with them."

"Other people didn't have fathers following the friend groups carrying tampons. I, of course, thought this was normal."

Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)Ron Buttons (Kylie Brakeman)

#Method Writing#Coming of Age#Cringe Comedy

22:15 (4m 58s)

VISUAL_GAG

Jesse Eisenberg as Flen Mownow

The panel reviews a clip from Glen's film featuring Jesse Eisenberg as a man who comforts a group of high school girls during a mass-period event while all other men flee in terror.

"Flen, we have big, yucky periods and we're so happy you're here to help us!"

"How about I go get you seven girls a bunch of Tampax Pearl? We'll go to the tampon aisle."

Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)Shel (Angela Giarratana)Daniel Norway (Jeremy Culhane)Ron Buttons (Kylie Brakeman)

#Film Clip#Celebrity Cameo#Period Drama

31:30 (47s)

ESCALATION

Shel's Bestiality Non-Denial

Shel attempts to address complaints about her reindeer-themed holiday film but accidentally implies she had a personal bestiality experience during a 'near life or death' year.

"I am not addressing the bestiality complaints and I am not allowed to because of my lawyers."

"If anything, you said you had a bestiality experience."

Shel (Angela Giarratana)Daniel Norway (Jeremy Culhane)Glen Howgow (Patrick McDonald)

#Holiday Movies#Legal Disclaimer#Controversy