DZ-126: Secrets and Clues
How can Secrets and Clues motivate characters? "Getting information puts your character in danger. And danger rewards your character with in...
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Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast
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...
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DZ-125: Oscars one-shot - BLUE MOON
What craft tools make a low-budget, contained, period drama riveting? Explore how narrative POV, interweaving relationships, hooky dialogue,...
DZ-124: Making the despicable compelling
How does Film Noir show us terrible people doing terrible things without endorsing it? Mel and Chas continue to explore what Noir (the genre...
DZ-123: Flawed Characters in Noir
What can Film Noir teach us about character arcs and audience engagement? In this two part series, Mel and Chas use Noir (the genre) as a le...
1dZ-01: Arkyvrs - A Mansion Most Vile - Ep1
What happens when a group of filmmakers play a ragtag group of filmmakers in a gritty sci-fi horror? "Ignite the fire within and explore unk...
DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism Across Genres
How can you apply horror ideas to action and comedy? In this episode Chas, Stu and guest Kim Ho continue their exploration into the power(s)...
DZ-121: Escalating Antagonism in SINNERS
How do the antagonistic forces in your story escalate distinctly from the protagonists' journey? We often struggle to develop the middle sta...
DZ-120: Subtext is overrated
Or, how focusing on good drama will result in good subtext. We often hear how subtext is important for good screenwriting. We're here to tel...
DZ-119: Final Character Choices & Great Endings
How does your protagonist's final choice resolve the plot, character arc and theme? In this episode, Stu and Chas focus solely on the final...
DZ-118: Adolescence and tension through questions
How do dramatic questions create tension? In this episode, Stu and Chas delve into the cultural phenomenon of ADOLESCENCE. We try to find th...
DZ-117: Tonal shifts
How can we teach our audience new storytelling rules in the middle of our story? Following on from our episodes on establishing tone through...
DZ-116: Writing physical comedy
How do you make extended technical scenes funny on the page? Mel joins Chas to tackle physical comedy. We limited our homework selection to...
DZ-115: A Christmas Special - Rewatching & Rituals
What magic do Christmas movies use to make them so rewatchable? In this "backmatter" episode of Draft Zero, Stu, Chas, and Mel Killingsworth...
DZ-114: Climaxes in Challengers
How does ending your story on the climax affect audience experience? While Stu is on show, Mel and Chas sit down to analyse the meaning behi...
DZ-113: Tools for filmmakers to talk to the audience
What tools help ensure that you as the filmmaker are not misunderstood? In our final (ha!) episode looking at Talking Directly to the Audien...
DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wall
DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wall How is the effect of breaking the 4th wall different to VoiceOver? As part of our series on how filmmakers can...
DZ-111: Unreliable Narrators and Fight Club
How does the unreliability of a narrator impact the way a story is told? In this episode, Stu and Mel (sans Chas!) take a deep dive into FIG...
DZ-110: Voiceover
How can you use Voiceover without it feeling like a cheat? In this episode, we finally delve into the world of VOICEOVERS (as part of our la...
DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audience
What are the different ways a filmmaker can ask something of the audience? Chas and Stu are joined by recurring guest Mel in this prelude ep...
DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston
How and why should every scene have an emotional event? For the first episode of our tenth anniversary year, we are joined by Judith Weston...
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