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Mark Bomback
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Draft Zero Episodes 2
DZ-52: Antagonists! 4 - vs Systems
How do systems pressure your characters to change?
This is Part Four (!!) of our Five Part Epic Exploration into antagonists forces and sources of conflict. In this episode we explore “system/world/society” antagonists. While stereotypically associated with science-fiction, these sources of conflict are found across genres… →
Listen if you want to use how societal, governmental, or environmental forces as villains.
DZ-20: Writing Strong Secondary Characters - Trinity, Bechdel and a Bamboo Killer
How can the Trinity Syndrome help you write better secondary characters?
Chas & Stu are joined by Bamboo Killer (aka Emily Blake) - one of the co-hosts of the Chicks Who Script podcast. They take a critical look at secondary female characters in mainstream movies through the lens of the oft-cited Bechdel test and the new, less-cited, Trinity Syndrome. The Trinity Syndrome berates movies for creating a “Strong Female Character With Nothing To Do” (like Trinity in the Matrix sequels) and raises a list of questions for filmmakers to ask themselves about their (female) characters… →
Listen when you're writing secondary female characters and need them to have more depth.
Shot Zero Deep Dives
Staging the violence in TOTAL RECALL 1990 vs 2012 by Shot Zero
How can staging a scene differently completely change how we feel about a character?
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Why the fight choreography of Arnie's TOTAL RECALL is so good (and so brutal).