♪ >> STEPHEN: WELCOME BACK.

WE'RE HERE WITH NATIONAL TREASURE MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY.

NOW, YOU'RE KNOWN FOR YOUR UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SPIRIT, YOU

KNOW.

YOU RALLY THE CROWDS.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: AT BASKETBALL GAMES.

YOU'RE NOW A PROFESSOR OF FILM PRODUCTION THERE.

WHEN DID THAT START?

>> PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE.

>> Stephen: PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE.

>> YEAH.

BECAUSE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, IT HIT ME THAT THE CLASS I WISH I

WOULD HAVE BEEN TAUGHT WHEN I WAS IN FILM SCHOOL WAS A CLASS

THAT SORT OF GAVE ME THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE MAGIC OF FILM MAKING.

SO THE CLASS I CREATED IS CALLED FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN.

I REMEMBER AFTER BEING AN ACTOR IN THE INDUSTRY FOR 15 YEARS, I

SAID, WOW, THE FINAL PICTURE YOU SEE IS SO DIFFERENT THAN THE

ORIGINAL SCRIPT YOU READ NINE, TEN MONTHS AGO.

IT GOES THROUGH SO MANY CHANGES ALONG THE WAY, SO I WANTED TO

CREATE A CLASS THAT TOOK STUDENTS THROUGH THE BEGINNING,

THE FIRST SCRIPT, THE INITIAL SCRIPT THROUGH THE FINAL PRODUCT

THAT YOU SEE ON SCREEN, AND THE CLASS IS ABOUT THE CHANGES

CHRONOLOGICALLY THAT THAT SCRIPT GOES THROUGH BEFORE IT GETS TO

SCREEN AND HOW DIFFERENT IT IS FROM THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT.

SO, AGAIN, YOU PUT THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE MAGIC OF MOVIEMAKING,

YOU LET STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, THERE'S MANY WAYS TO

SKIN A CAT.

YOU LET STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT, ETCH THOUGH THIS INITIAL

SCRIPT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MAY THINK I WANT, YOU HAVE TO BE

OPEN TO INSPIRATION ALONG THE WAY, OPEN TO CREATING ALONG THE

WAY, OPEN TO HEARING GREAT IDEAS FROM OTHERS OTHER THAN YOURSELF

ALONG THE WAY AND LET THE CREATIVE PROCESS HAPPEN WHILE

KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT.

SO THE CLASS IS ABOUT FILM PRODUCTION AND TELEVISION

PRODUCTION BUT CALLED SCRIPT TO SCREEN AND THEY ENTITLED ME

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE BECAUSE I'M TEACHING THE PRACTICAL SIDE

OF STOUFFER TELLING.

>> Stephen: ARE YOU TEACHING CLASSES OVER ZOOM RIGHT NOW?

>> YEAH, WE'RE DOING IT OVER ZOOM.

>> Stephen: HOW'S IT WORKING OUT?

>> AGAIN, LIKE WE STARTED OFF, NOT AS AWKWARD AS I THOUGHT.

WE HAD 35 STUDENTS ON THE SCREEN.

WE HAD QUESTIONS, WE HAD A TWO-HOUR CLASS.

THE CLASS WENT LONGER THAN IT DID IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

>> Stephen: IS THAT TOO I EARLY TO HAVE A COCKTAIL OR DO YOU

WAIT FOR CLASS TO BE OVER?

>> AS LONG AS IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

>> Stephen: WHAT'S YOUR ZOOM ETIQUETTE?

ANY DOS OR DON'TS?

>> ZOOM ETIQUETTE.

I'M LEARNING ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I WAS ON A ZOOM

CONFERENCE CALL THE OTHER DAY, AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS IN

PARTICULAR LOOKED JUST SENSATIONAL, WAS UPLIT, HE

LOOKED LIKE A CZAR.

I WAS, LIKE, AND I TEXTED HIM I WAS, LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR ZOOM GAME

OVER THERE, BUD?

AND HE WAS ACTING LIKE, OH, IT'S NOTHING.

I FINALLY GOT HIM TO SAY, OH, HE'S GOT A HIGH DEAF THING, HE'S

UPLIT FROM THE BOTTOM, HE'S GOT A BACKDROP.

I WAS, LIKE, OKAY, YOU WERE VERY CONSIDERATE ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK.

SO I'VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS.

FACE A WINDOW INSKID OF HAVING IT BEHIND YOU.

BUT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH A LOT OF THINGS, LIKE ARE YOU WEARING

PANTS, AM I WEARING PANTS?

>> Stephen: LEGALLY, Y I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU.

>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME NOTHING.

( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S A TIP, REMEMBER THE

AUDIO.

REMEMBER WHAT THE AUDIO IN THE ROOMS AROUND YOU.

NOT JUST VIDEO BECAUSE THERE CAN BE FUNNY THINGS THAT INTRUDE

AUDIO-WISE FROM THE NEXT ROOM AS WELL.

>> Stephen: I HAVE A DOG THAT COMES INTO THE SHOW WITHOUT ANY

WARNING.

>> WITHOUT ANY PANTS.

>> Stephen: IT'S JUST SHOCKING, SOMETIMES HE LAYS

DOWN, SPREADS HIS LEGS AND AIRS THEM OUT.

>> COME ON, DADDY, REACH OVER AND GIVE ME A TICKLE, COME ON.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: LAST WEEK YOU

CALLED OUT THE NUMBERS FOR A BINGO GAME AT A SENIOR CENTER

AND THAT MADE A BIG SPLASH.

HOW DID THAT COME ABOUT?

WHY DID YOU END UP BEING THE GUY CALLING OUT THE BINGO NUMBERS AT

A SENIOR CENTER, MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY?

>> ANOTHER THING ON MY RESUME.

WELL, THIS SENIOR CENTER WERE FANS OF MINE AND THEY HAD

REACHED OUT, I DON'T KNOW, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO FOR ME TO

COME IN LIVE AND DO BINGO.

I WAS BUSY AND WASN'T ABLE TO DO IT AT THE TIME BUT HAD IT ON MY

CALENDAR AND TRIED TO PULL IT OFF.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS HAPPENED.

I SAID LET'S SEE IF THEY STILL PLAY BINGO.

I SAID WE'LL ZOOM IN AND BE THE BINGO CALLERS.

IT WAS A HOOT OF A DIME.

WE HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME AND THEY ARE SO DOGGONE HAPPY.

WE'LL PROBABLY BE DOING IT AGAIN.

>> Stephen: MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR BEING HERE.

YOU'RE A GOOD MAN AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING HOMEPEOPLE AND

STOPPING BY TO KEEP US COMPANY TONIGHT.

CHEERS.

>> KEEP ROCKING, ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT, STEPHEN, AND HEY,

AMERICA, LET'S DO THIS, MAN.

WE GOT THIS.

>> Stephen: JUST KEEP LIVIN'.

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, EVERYBODY.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.