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Past Lives (2023)

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DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston

How and why should every scene have an emotional event?

AI✦Uses the concept of awkward silence and translation dynamics to demonstrate how subtext and uncomfortable positioning between characters can emerge from the writing itself, creating dramatic tension that actors can access without additional interpretive guidance.✦

⏱ 1h 37m

Character · Scenes · Structure | 31 MAR 2024

Listen to understand why a scene's power lives in what shifts between characters, not what happens to them.

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Films: Oppenheimer (2023) , Casino Royale (2006) , Past Lives (2023)

Character: Subtext , Relationships , Tactics , Character Motivation , Writing for Actors

Scenes: Status , Scene Structure , Dramatic Irony

Structure: Emotional Event

"Almost every line feels like an emotional event. Like, every exchange feels like them negotiating their relationship, and their relationship is shifting."

— stu | DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston

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