Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast

Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis

Two emerging screenwriters – Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis – try to work out what makes great screenplays work. Discovering what it takes by analysing what successful writers put on the page.

128 - DZ-125: Oscars one-shot - BLUE MOON

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Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast

Episodios

DZ-125: Oscars one-shot - BLUE MOON

DZ-124: Making the despicable compelling

DZ-123: Flawed Characters and Noir

1dZ-01: Arkyvrs - A Mansion Most Vile - Ep1

DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism 2

DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism 1: SINNERS

DZ-120: Subtext is overrated

DZ-119: Final Character Choices & Great Endings

DZ-118: Adolescence and tension through questions

DZ-117: Tonal shifts

DZ-116: Writing physical comedy

DZ-115: A Christmas Special - Rewatching & Rituals

DZ-114: Climaxes in Challengers

DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wall

DZ-111: Unreliable Narrators and Fight Club

DZ-110: Voiceover

DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audience

DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston

DZ-107: Establishing Tone Through Character

DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?

DZ-105: Establishing Tone Through Big Print

DZ-104: Characters Alone - Dramatizing the Internal

DZ-103: Game of the Scene 2 - Triangle of Sadness, The Favourite

DZ-102: Game of the Scene - Bluey, John Wick 4

DZ-101: Oners - Creating Immediacy & Anchoring Action on the Page

DZ-100: Scenes through Swords

DZ-99: Scene Questions

DZ-98: Ensembles 3 - Character Function & Theme

DZ-97: Ensembles 2 - Servicing Characters

DZ-96: Ensembles 1 - What do we mean by an ensemble?

DZ-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenance

DZ-94: Talismans (Part 2)

DZ-93: Talismans (Part 1)

DZ-92: Insightful recognition in powerful endings

DZ-91: Raising (different kinds of) Stakes

DZ-90: Setups & Payoffs in Everything Everywhere All At Once

DZ-89: Opening Sequences

DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing

DZ-87: Keeping Genre fresh

DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product

DZ-85: Choices & Decisions 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Man

DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart

DZ-83: A Very Thematic Stand-up Special!

DZ-82: Dramatising Given Circumstances in Watchmen

DZ-81: Pitch Decks & Look Books - Development Tools 4

DZ-80: Interweaving Timelines 3 - Little Women

DZ-79: Interweaving Timelines 2 - The Social Network

DZ-78: Interweaving Timelines 1 - Destroyer

DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projects

DZ-76: Spotlight on Sofia Coppola