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Choices and Decisions

2 episodes  ·  Oct 2021 – Nov 2021

DZ-84: Choices & Decisions 1 - Booksmart

What is the difference between choice and decision when it comes to characters?
In order to better understand dramatising of character, Chas and Stu take a very draft zero look at very specific tool: choices and decisions. We analyse three films through the decisions made by their characters. In particular, how the audience understanding of: the choice available, the considered decision itself, and the consequence changes how we feel about these characters. And how separating those three things can create different emotional effects on your audience…
⏱ 1h 12m
30 OCT 2021
Listen how the separation of choice, decision, and consequence (for a character) creates emotional impact.
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DZ-85: Choices & Decisions 2 - The Farewell & Wrath of Man

What is difference between choice and decision when it comes to audience experience?
In our second part of our “series” on Choices & Decisions, we take a deep dive into THE FAREWELL and WRATH OF MAN, with a sidebar on NOMADLAND…
⏱ 1h 49m
17 NOV 2021
Listen when you want to show a character refusing to change despite every opportunity to do so.
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