The First 10 Pages Podcast
by David Ferrier
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.
Episodes
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'Say Anything' with writer Evan Williams.
Evan's book, On Politics and Stuff is super funny and available now!
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'Jurassic Park' with director Grant Sputore.
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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The First 10 Pages Diaries #1.
David and Keir catch up on the projects they're working on.
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'Donnie Darko' with David and Keir.
The first 10 pages of Donnie Darko
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'The West Wing' Pilot with screenwriter Jessica Paine
The first 10 pages of The West Wing pilot episode.
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'Little Miss Sunshine' with screenwriter Claire Phillips.
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! GET IN TOUCH! [email protected]
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'Shaun of the Dead' with David and Keir.
The first 10 pages of Shaun of the Dead
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'Friday Night Lights' pilot with writer and podcaster Kristian Barron
The first 10 pages of the pilot for Friday Night Lights.
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'Josie and the Pussycats' with writer Naomi Higgins.
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...
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EXTRA - 'Network' Must Mentionables.
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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'Network' with writer Mike Sacks.
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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'Sexy Beast' with development producer Billy Bowring.
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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'Dumb and Dumber' with Charles Firth.
"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...
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'The Good Wife' Pilot with screenwriter Sarah Walker.
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! Get in touch with the show!...
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'Austin Powers' with Alexei Toliopoulos and Cameron James.
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...
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'Twilight' with writer/director Monica Zanetti.
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…
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'Fargo' with Melina Wicks.
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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'When Harry Met Sally' with Executive Producer of Scripted at Fremantle, Nat Lindwall.
The first 10 pages of the iconic Nora Ephron rom-com, When Harry Met Sally.
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EXTRA - 'Death Of Stalin' Must Mentionables.
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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'Death of Stalin' with James Colley.
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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EXTRA - 'Amélie' Must Mentionables.
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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'Amélie' with Penny Greenhalgh.
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...
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EXTRA - 'Bowfinger' Must Mentionables.
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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'Bowfinger' with Mark Humphries.
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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'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' with David Ferrier & Keir Wilkins
Welcome to the First 10 Pages!
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TRAILER - The First 10 Pages.
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...
About this show
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.
Hosted by
David Ferrier