DZ-02: Do the Screenplay Gurus score big at the Box Office?

Listen to see how GRAVITY and FROZEN use completely different structural blueprints.

After analysing awards-nominated screenplays, Stu and Chas turn to the original screenplays that struck it biggest at the box office in 2013: GRAVITY and FROZEN. Do bigger films stick more closely to the archetypal story structures espoused by Vogler and Snyder?

We start discussing GRAVITY at around 7'33" and FROZEN at 54'40", though discussion does skip back-and-forth at times.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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FILMS

• GRAVITY (2013) — (w) Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron (d) Alfonso Cuaron
• FROZEN (2013) — (w) Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Shane Morris (d) Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

SCRIPTS

• Study the script: GRAVITY (2013) — Alfonso Cuaron, Jonas Cuaron
• Study the script: FROZEN (2013) — Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Shane Morris

LINKS

• Read: The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith: Iron Man 3 Q&A
• YouTube: Framestore's jaw-dropping Gravity Show and Tell (YouTube)
• Read: The Q&A Podcast with Jeff Goldsmith on Frozen
• Read: Scriptnotes Podcast - Frozen with Jennifer Lee

EPISODES IN THE SCREENPLAY GURUS SERIES

• DZ-01: Do Screenplay Gurus win you Oscars?
• DZ-02: Do the Screenplay Gurus score big at the Box Office?

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