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Orson Welles
Writer / Director
Films Discussed 3
- · Citizen Kane (1941) (d/w)
- · F for Fake (1973) (d/w)
- · Touch of Evil (1958) (d/w)
Draft Zero Episodes 2
DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audience
What are the different ways a filmmaker can ask something of the audience?
What are the different ways a filmmaker can ask something of the audience… →
Listen if you've wondered what a character actually wants when they're talking directly to the audience!?
DZ-53: Antagonists! 5 - vs Audience
What if there is no antagonist?
It’s time. The Epic Deep Dive(TM) into Antagonists has reached its shuddering conclusion. And for this Part V - by choosing films that have no obvious singular antagonist (and in some cases no obvious narrative either) - Stu and Chas realised there was indeed a final category of antagonists: the films themselves. Where the film (and the filmmaker) are engaging directly with the audience. Where the films are… VERSUS AUDIENCE… →
Listen to turn narrative uncertainty itself into the engine that keeps viewers compelled.
Referenced In
Shot Zero Deep Dives
Electric Dissolves in STEVEN UNIVERSE and CITIZEN KANE and MANK by Shot Zero
Electric Dissolve? Who made that up?!
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