Storylanes

Storylanes

17 episodes

If you want to know about screenwriting, the first thing most people will tell you is this: Read screenplays. Lots of screenplays. And analyze them. I want to know about screenwriting, so I read a whole bunch of screenplays. And to force myself to dive a little deeper, I decided to share my analysis with the world. Thus the Storylanes Podcast. Every episode, I do a deep dive into some screenplay. I look at how it is structured, at how the pieces fit together, and at what makes it special. And I look at how closely each screenplay follows some of the more popular screenwriting models, things like three act structure, Save the Cat, and the Hero’s Journey. (And spoiler warning: a lot of great movies follow those models, but a lot don’t too.) And because I’m a computer-geek by trade, I developed a tool to help me analyze the screenplays. I use it to produce a chart that maps key elements of the screenplay. You can find each of these charts here at https://storylanes.com. I’ve learned a lot about screenwriting from preparing these episodes. I hope that listening to them will help you learn too.

Podcasts

Casablanca

Published: June 28, 2022, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 39 seconds

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On Directing

Published: May 29, 2022, noon
Duration: 21 minutes 22 seconds

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Engineering a movie

Published: May 1, 2022, noon
Duration: 18 minutes 39 seconds

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Producer woes

Published: March 29, 2022, noon
Duration: 13 minutes 25 seconds

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Readthroughs

Published: Feb. 27, 2022, noon
Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds

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Wanting it

Published: July 28, 2021, noon
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds

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Greed is Good: Business models and movies

Published: July 14, 2021, noon
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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Are you talking to me? Feedback!

Published: June 30, 2021, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 47 seconds

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We're Gonna Need a Bigger Script

Published: June 16, 2021, noon
Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds

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Let's make a movie!

Published: June 2, 2021, noon
Duration: 17 minutes 39 seconds

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Jennifer's Body

Published: Sept. 23, 2020, noon
Duration: 33 minutes 26 seconds

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Scenes from Michael Clayton

Published: Sept. 10, 2020, noon
Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds

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Michael Clayton

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, noon
Duration: 43 minutes 8 seconds

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The Social Network

Published: July 29, 2020, noon
Duration: 47 minutes 7 seconds

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Parasite

Published: July 15, 2020, noon
Duration: 39 minutes 34 seconds

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Back to the Future

Published: July 1, 2020, noon
Duration: 46 minutes 46 seconds

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Shaun of the Dead

Published: June 17, 2020, noon
Duration: 37 minutes 31 seconds

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Breaking Bad

Published: June 10, 2020, noon
Duration: 52 minutes 16 seconds

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Jojo Rabbit

Published: June 3, 2020, noon
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds

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Get Out

Published: May 27, 2020, noon
Duration: 41 minutes 2 seconds

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Little Women

Published: May 20, 2020, noon
Duration: 46 minutes 32 seconds

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It Follows

Published: May 13, 2020, noon
Duration: 36 minutes 39 seconds

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Aliens

Published: May 6, 2020, noon
Duration: 52 minutes 45 seconds

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Alien

Published: April 29, 2020, noon
Duration: 43 minutes 43 seconds

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Die Hard

Published: April 23, 2020, noon
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 22 seconds

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On screenwriting

Published: April 23, 2020, noon
Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds

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Introduction

Published: April 20, 2020, noon
Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds

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