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DRAFT ZERO
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Timothy J Sexton

Writer

Films Discussed 1

Draft Zero Episodes 2

DZ-101: Oners - Creating Immediacy & Anchoring Action on the Page
What can we learn by analysing how 'oners' are written on the page?
Chas, Stu and Mel reunite to talk about writing the feel of camerawork in screenplays. We use “oners” — a long-playing continuous take — as a lens to talk about how some writers have “directed” from the page. We talk immediacy, camera positions, handovers, and anchoring action and more…
⏱ 1h 23m
Scenes · Genre · Process | 3 JUL 2023
Listen to understand how screenwriters direct the camera without calling shots.
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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
Structure · Character · Scenes | 8 JUL 2017
Listen to understand how dramatic questions shape audience engagement and pacing through sequences.
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Referenced In

DZ-9
Characterising Introductions
⏱ 1h 22m
JUN 2014

Shot Zero Deep Dives

Time and space in staging "Oners" by Shot Zero

via Goodfellas, Children of Men, and The Adventures of Tintin

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