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Alex Garland

Writer / Director

Films Discussed 2

Draft Zero Episodes 1

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 impact the drama, conflict or stakes of the scene? How does your character’s conscious and subconscious world views dramatise the overall theme of the work? How can an individual scene reflect the larger themes of the overall story? Do any of these questions or approaches lead to writing better scenes…
⏱ 2h 21m
Theme · Scenes · Character | 27 OCT 2017
Listen to discover how a character's worldview becomes the engine of conflict inside a single scene.
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DZ-51
Antagonists! 3 - vs Nature
⏱ 1h 52m
MAY 2018

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