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Daniel Kwan
Writer / Director
Films Discussed 2
- · Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) (d/w)
- · Swiss Army Man (2016) (d/w)
Draft Zero Episodes 2
DZ-117: Pulling Off 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 action lines and through character, this is what we have been building up to: how to pull off a tonal switch… that does NOT throw the audience out of the film. And, in particular, how to pull that off on the page when writers don’t have framing, lighting, music, editing, etc. at our disposal… →
Listen if you want to write tonal pivots that land on the page without a director's toolkit.
DZ-90: Setups & Payoffs in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
How can you use setups and payoffs to stitch your film together?
In this one-shot, Chas and Stu jump into the utter chaos of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE. Y’know, nultiverses, butt-plug action sequences, hot-dog fingers, a raccoon chef, a nihilist bagel. All the good stuff. And yet it lands emotionally in a way that feels inevitable… →
Listen to understand how setups, payoffs, and reversals create narrative cohesion even when your story is fkn bonkers.
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Also on Shot Zero
- ↗ Week 78: LEGENDS Bonus Episode! 2024-07-11