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Damon Lindelof
Writer / Director
Films Discussed 4
- · Lost (2004) (d/w)
- · Watchmen (2019) (d/w)
- · Prometheus (2012) (w)
- · World War Z (2013) (w)
Draft Zero Episodes 3
DZ-82: Dramatising Given Circumstances in Watchmen
How can you elegantly convey given circumstances and exposition?
In this final podcast release of last year’s run of LiveSoLation episodes, Chas and Stu are joined by Uber-geek Mel Killingsworth (who else?) in an epic exploration of how Dave Gibbons’ and Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel WATCHMEN is adapted differently in Zack Snyder’s 2009 film and Damon Lindelof’s 2019 HBO television show… →
Listen if you're drowning your readers in world-building and can't figure out how to make it awome.
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DZ-67: Writing Passive Protagonists & Melodrama
How do I tell a powerful story where the protagonist cannot drive the plot?
Stu and Chas are joined by Stephen Cleary following his exploration into Melodrama, and together they try to reclaim the word from its pejorative meaning… →
Listen if you want to write powerful stories centred on characters without much agency.
DZ-56: Character Motivations (Part 2)
Workshopping ways to fix character motivations.
In this second part of their exploration of character motivations, Chas and Stu dive into what makes “BAD” screenplays NOT work. They examine at moments where they (and maybe you, dear listeners) did not believe a key decision being made by a character and so were taken out of the movie. In a departure from the Draft Zero format, they apply the tools they developed in Part 1 to workshop potential fixes to these beats… →
Listen if you want to understand how character decisions can break a screenplay and how to fix them
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Referenced In
Shot Zero Deep Dives
How To Transition #001 - MATCH CROSSFADES by Shot Zero
The Fall (2006); Watchmen (2019); A Haunting in Venice (2023)
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