Podcasts

DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing

Published: April 30, 2022, 11:43 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 33 seconds

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DZ-87: Keeping Genre fresh

Published: March 28, 2022, 2:48 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 13 seconds

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DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 8:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 47 seconds

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

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 12:17 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 23 seconds

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DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart

Published: Oct. 30, 2021, 7:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 38 seconds

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

Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 4:25 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 31 minutes 37 seconds

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DZ-82: Dramatising Given Circumstances in Watchmen

Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 7:39 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes 11 seconds

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

Published: June 30, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 23 seconds

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DZ-80: Interweaving Timelines 3 - Little Women

Published: May 31, 2021, 1:48 p.m.
Duration: 2 hours 11 minutes 25 seconds

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DZ-79: Interweaving Timelines 2 - The Social Network

Published: April 30, 2021, 1:51 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes 29 seconds

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DZ-78: Interweaving Timelines 1 - Destroyer

Published: April 1, 2021, 12:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 38 seconds

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Published: March 30, 2021, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projects

Published: Feb. 28, 2021, 9:32 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 41 seconds

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DZ-76: Spotlight on Sofia Coppola

Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 6:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 24 seconds

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DZ-75: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 2:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 28 seconds

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DZ-74: Midsommar & Folk Horror

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, 3:56 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute 43 seconds

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DZ-73: Selling documents - Development Tools 3

Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 10:42 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 10 seconds

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DZ-72: Theme & The Story Synopsis – Development Tools 2

Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 7:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 seconds

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DZ-71: Treatments & Loglines - Development Tools

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 1:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 46 seconds

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DZ-71: Treatments & Loglines 1 - Development Tools

Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 1:40 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 46 seconds

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DZ-70: Joker & Melodrama

Published: July 23, 2020, 9:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 17 seconds

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DZ-69: Parasite & Audience Questions

Published: June 10, 2020, 9:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds

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DZ-68: Using POV to structure KNIVES OUT

Published: May 17, 2020, 1:22 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 42 seconds

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DZ-67: Writing “Passive” Protagonists & Melodrama

Published: April 30, 2020, 9:27 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 58 minutes 26 seconds

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DZ-66: The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker - Audience Knowledge vs Character Motivation

Published: March 17, 2020, 7:02 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 11 seconds

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DZ-65: Collaborating with a Director - The Snip

Published: Feb. 14, 2020, 6:42 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 10 seconds

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DZ-64: Backmatter - Controlling your Work, Treatments, and Writing Styles

Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 10:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 29 seconds

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DZ-63: Tools for Better Dialogue (Part 2) - Hook and Eye

Published: Dec. 31, 2019, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 25 seconds

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DZ-63: Tools for Better Dialogue 2 - Hook and Eye

Published: Dec. 31, 2019, 5:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 25 seconds

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DZ-62: Unfilmables and Unscriptables (Part 3) - As Ifs & Emotional context

Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 11:13 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 14 seconds

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DZ-62: Unfilmables and Unscriptables 3 - As Ifs & Emotional context

Published: Dec. 2, 2019, 11:13 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 14 seconds

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DZ-61: Unfilmables and Unscriptables (Part 2) - Moments of Awe

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 8:16 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 32 seconds

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DZ-61: Unfilmables and Unscriptables 2 - Moments of Awe

Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 8:16 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 32 seconds

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DZ-60 Unfilmables and Unscriptables (Part 1) - Engaging imagination

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 17 seconds

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DZ-60 Unfilmables and Unscriptables 1 - Engaging imagination

Published: Aug. 7, 2019, 2:20 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 17 seconds

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DZ-59: Avengers Endgame - Ending Character Journeys

Published: July 1, 2019, 5:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 33 seconds

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DZ-58: Game of Thrones - Character Exposition

Published: May 16, 2019, 3:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 59 seconds

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DZ-57: Backmatter - Aesthetics and Forgiveness in Writing

Published: May 1, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 1 second

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DZ-56: Character Motivations (Part 2)

Published: March 30, 2019, 7:26 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 12 seconds

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DZ-55: Character Motivations (Part 1)

Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes 29 seconds

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DZ-54: Thematic Sequences

Published: Oct. 10, 2018, 3:01 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 49 minutes 55 seconds

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DZ-53: Antagonists! (Part 5) - vs Audience

Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 3:12 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes 9 seconds

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DZ-53: Antagonists! 5 - vs Audience

Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 3:12 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes 9 seconds

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DZ-52: Antagonists! (Part 4) - vs Systems

Published: June 28, 2018, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 10 seconds

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DZ-52: Antagonists! 4 - vs Systems

Published: June 28, 2018, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 16 minutes 10 seconds

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DZ-51: Antagonists! (Part 3) - vs Nature

Published: May 31, 2018, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 22 seconds

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DZ-51: Antagonists! 3 - vs Nature

Published: May 31, 2018, 1:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 22 seconds

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DZ-50: Antagonists! (Part 2) - vs Self

Published: April 19, 2018, 3:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 55 seconds

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DZ-50: Antagonists! 2 - vs Self

Published: April 19, 2018, 3:26 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes 55 seconds

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DZ-49: Antagonists! (Part 1) - vs Humans

Published: March 31, 2018, 1:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 59 seconds

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DZ-49: Antagonists! 1 - vs Humans

Published: March 31, 2018, 1:09 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 59 seconds

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DZ-48: One-Shot - Blade Runner 2049 – Agency vs Choice

Published: Feb. 28, 2018, 7:03 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes 34 seconds

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

Published: Jan. 11, 2018, 7:52 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 34 seconds

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DZ-46: Structure & Point of View

Published: Dec. 19, 2017, 3:52 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 10 seconds

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DZ-45: Arguments of the Scene

Published: Oct. 27, 2017, 5:15 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 21 minutes 7 seconds

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DZ-44: Marvel - First Acts and Establishing Characters

Published: Sept. 17, 2017, 10:49 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 29 seconds

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DZ-43: Driving Sequences - Character and Plot Intensity

Published: July 8, 2017, 2:42 a.m.
Duration: 3 hours 16 minutes 19 seconds

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DZ-42: One-Shot - Split, Character Worldview & Macro POV

Published: April 26, 2017, 9:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 49 seconds

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DZ-41: Theme and Worldview

Published: March 24, 2017, 8:29 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 32 minutes 40 seconds

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DZ-40: Tactics and Scenes

Published: Feb. 4, 2017, 4:26 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 51 seconds

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DZ-39: Backmatter - Hitting LA, Receiving Feedback, and a Roguish One

Published: Jan. 15, 2017, 4:08 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 41 seconds

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DZ-38: Excelling at Exposition (Part 2)

Published: Dec. 6, 2016, 2:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 48 seconds

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DZ-37: Excelling at Exposition (Part 1)

Published: Nov. 23, 2016, 3:55 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 37 seconds

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DZ-36: Backmatter - Time Risk and Fixing Movies

Published: Oct. 30, 2016, 7:17 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 26 seconds

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DZ-35: Driving Characters or Character Driven?

Published: Oct. 6, 2016, 8:01 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 50 seconds

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

Published: Aug. 14, 2016, 10:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 25 seconds

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

Published: July 15, 2016, 10:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 20 seconds

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DZ-32: High-Tension Sequences

Published: June 12, 2016, 5:05 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 23 minutes 13 seconds

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DZ-31: Tools for Better Dialogue

Published: April 10, 2016, 2:25 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 6 seconds

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DZ-31: Tools for Better Dialogue 1

Published: April 10, 2016, 2:25 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 6 seconds

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DZ-30: Oscars revisited - Spotlight and Carol

Published: Feb. 28, 2016, 3:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes 36 seconds

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DZ-29: Showdowns & Scene Structure

Published: Jan. 25, 2016, 6:28 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes 29 seconds

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DZ-28: Containing Your Script

Published: Dec. 21, 2015, 6:53 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes 35 seconds

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DZ-27: Competing views on Screenplay Competitions

Published: Nov. 15, 2015, 10:38 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 12 seconds

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DZ-26: Horror and Collaboration- Wolf Creek 2

Published: Oct. 31, 2015, 2:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 34 seconds

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DZ-25: Coincidences, Contrivances & Giant Eagles

Published: Sept. 15, 2015, 2:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 28 seconds

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DZ-24: Forging story rules in TV pilots

Published: Aug. 3, 2015, 6:43 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 5 minutes 37 seconds

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DZ-23: LIVE - Starting A Career In Film And Television

Published: July 6, 2015, 4:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes

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DZ-22: Romantic Comedy, Actually

Published: June 11, 2015, 4:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 23 seconds

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DZ-21: Scene Transitions and the Hook

Published: May 7, 2015, 1:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 58 seconds

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DZ-20: Writing Strong Secondary Characters - Trinity, Bechdel and a Bamboo Killer

Published: April 2, 2015, 8:36 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 4 seconds

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DZ-19: Car-Crash Characters

Published: March 2, 2015, 1:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes 39 seconds

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DZ-18: Michael Bay - F*ing the Frame and P*ing the Page

Published: Jan. 22, 2015, 7:43 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 4 seconds

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DZ-17: Where's my gold-plated ensuite?

Published: Jan. 6, 2015, 11:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 30 seconds

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DZ-16: Masters of Time and Whitespace

Published: Dec. 16, 2014, 8:05 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 27 seconds

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DZ-15: World Building Rules, Okay?

Published: Nov. 4, 2014, 11:09 a.m.
Duration: 2 hours 14 seconds

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DZ-14: Writing For Actors with Succession's Sarah Snook

Published: Oct. 22, 2014, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 38 seconds

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DZ-13: True That - Tips from Tarantino

Published: Oct. 5, 2014, 5:33 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 13 seconds

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DZ-12: Craft, Career and Coffins

Published: Sept. 16, 2014, 6:57 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds

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DZ-11: Adventure for the MacGuffin!

Published: July 31, 2014, 2 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 7 seconds

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DZ-10: Midpoint Reversals and The Ride

Published: July 8, 2014, 4:18 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 58 seconds

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DZ-09: Characterising Introductions

Published: June 23, 2014, 9:46 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 52 seconds

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DZ-08: Status Transactions and the Power of Washing Machines

Published: June 10, 2014, 12:47 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 59 seconds

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DZ-07: On Rewriting - How much Bull is left in the Hustle?

Published: May 25, 2014, 11:45 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 32 seconds

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DZ-06: Key Scenes and Unlocking the Story

Published: May 11, 2014, 11:23 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 43 seconds

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DZ-05: Shifting audience point of view and heightened emotions

Published: April 27, 2014, 5:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 17 seconds

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DZ-04: Catharsis and the Post-Coital Cigarette

Published: April 13, 2014, 11:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 27 seconds

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DZ-03: Making unlikeable protagonists compelling

Published: March 30, 2014, 11:50 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 10 seconds

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DZ-02: Do the Screenplay Gurus score big at the Box Office?

Published: March 16, 2014, 2:38 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 2 seconds

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DZ-01: Do Screenplay Gurus win you Oscars?

Published: March 1, 2014, 9:19 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 39 seconds

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DZ-00: Welcome to Draft Zero

Published: Feb. 1, 2014, 1 a.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 16 seconds

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