Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

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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… →

⏱ 1h 30m

27 JUL 2022

Structure · Character · Genre

Listen to understand how setups, payoffs, and reversals create narrative cohesion even when your story is fkn bonkers.

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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… →

Films: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

Structure: Setups & Payoffs , Plot Twists , Endings , Midpoint

Character: Character Arcs

Genre: Genre Conventions , Genre Shift

"And it does all of that with fucking butt plug action sequences and hot dog fingers."

— chas | DZ-90: Setups & Payoffs in EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

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DZ-126

Secrets and Clues

⏱ 1h 28m

APR 2026

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