Jane Goldman

Writer

Films Discussed 2

· Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) (w)
· The Woman in Black (2012) (w)

Draft Zero Episodes 2

DZ-43: Driving Sequences - Character and Plot Intensity

What gives your sequences their intensity?

Chas and Stu are joined for the fourth time by the inestimable Stephen Cleary - this time to take a deep dive into sequences. A real deep dive. A 3+ hour deep dive… →

⏱ 3h 16m

8 JUL 2017

Structure · Character · Scenes

Listen to understand how dramatic questions shape audience engagement and pacing through sequences.

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Films: The Bourne Identity (2002) , Naked (1993) , The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) , There Will Be Blood (2007) , Fargo (1996) , Children of Men (2006) , Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

Structure: Sequences , Dramatic Questions , Character Questions , Plot Questions

Character: Character Agency

Scenes: Scene Structure

DZ-16: Masters of Time and Whitespace

Does manipulating time on the page make your script feel more cinematic?

Chas and Stu are joined by Khrob Edmonds - an award-winning filmmaker - to discuss manipulation of time… →

⏱ 1h 49m

16 DEC 2014

Words · Genre · Process

Listen if you want your screenplay to feel cinematic before a director ever reads it.

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Films: Pulp Fiction (1994) , Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) , The Bourne Identity (2002) , The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) , The Untouchables (1987) , The Woman in Black (2012) , Up (2009) , Whiplash (2014)

Words: Whitespace , Formatting

Genre: Visual Language

Process: Craft Tools

Referenced In

DZ-15

World Building Rules, Okay?

⏱ 2h 0m

NOV 2014