DRAFT ZERO

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Date Title & Description Contributors
2018-01-11

  DZ-47: Backmatter – A Lost Jedi, White Knighting, and Writers-On-Set

Will Director Stu allow Writer Chas on his set? Following our annual wrap up in 2017, we’ve decided to once again explore what craft issues/lessons we can garner from the latest Stars, namely Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, focusing on how consequences of... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2017-12-19

  DZ-46: Organising your story around Point of View

What questions do you want your audience asking at any given time? Waaaaaaaaaay back in DZ-5, Stu and Chas examined how shifting narrative point of view (i.e. what the audience knows in relation to the characters on screen) heightens emotions in any gi... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2017-10-27

  DZ-45: Arguments of the Scene

How can you dramatise your theme on a scene level? As part of their ongoing exploration of scene-work, Stu and Chas apply their earlier thinking on theme and character worldview to individual scenes. Can examining a scene from a thematic perspective im... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2017-09-17

  DZ-44: First Acts and Establishing Characters

How can your first act effectively establish your character journey? First Acts are hard. They have to set so much in motion, especially setting up characters. To help them understand how to write effective first acts better, Stu and Chas turn their an... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2017-02-04

  DZ-40: Tactics and Scenes

How do tactics make your characters and scenes more dynamic? In this episode, Stu and Chas turn their gaze to the “tactics” that characters use in scenes to get what they want. Tactics are how the characters try to achieve their goals and (we reckon) c... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2016-10-30

  DZ-36: Backmatter– Time Risk and Fixing Movies

How can writers wisely invest their time in projects? In this “special”, backmatter-only episode, Stu & Chas take inspiration from Terry Rossio’s excellent article on TIME RISK and ice skate over a range of topics. We talk about time investment in ... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2016-10-06

  DZ-35: Driving Characters or Character Driven?

How can films maintain audience interest without stakes or plot questions? Continuing their focus on “character”, Stuart and Chas take a close look at films that may be considered character-driven… or rather character studies… or just plot-lite films? ... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2016-08-14

  DZ-34: Game of Choices– Decision Making and Character Implications

How does the experience of a character’s decision impact our feelings towards that character? After a spectacular end to Season 6 of GAME OF THRONES, Chas and Stu were struck by the very different portrayals of Sansa in Episode 9 – Battle of the Bastar... 		  DRAFT ZERO author
2016-07-15

  DZ-33: Protagonist vs Hero– Dawn of Character Function

How does splitting ‘character functions’ enhance theme? We are often told that our ‘protagonist’ needs to be a active. That they need to be compelling. That they need to change. And – old faithful – that they need to be likeable. But after looking at M...
2016-06-12

  DZ-32: High-Tension Sequences

How can you recreate the feeling of cinematic high-tension on the page? Chas & Stu take a close look at sequences of high-tension – the ones that make you lean forward in fear, or jump backwards in terror. Without camera angles, lighting, music or ...