DZ-17: Where's my gold-plated ensuite?

Listen when you're deciding between shorts, features, and web content--and need to know which format actually builds a sustainable creative practice.

It's our Holiday Special! In this episode (recorded December 2014), Chas and Stu break all the rules. No homework. No pages. No empirical analysis. They reluctantly but boldly reflect over the first year of Draft Zero and how it has influenced their 'careers' (such as they are). They also engage in a heated debate on whether a short film, a micro-budget feature or web-based content is the best way to go in terms of pushing a filmmaking career forward.

As the 2014 "season" comes to a close, Chas and Stu hold two polls for the listeners:

• Should Chas and Stu spruik a favourite crowd-funding campaign run by listeners each episode?
• Should Chas and Stu stick to the rules or occasionally set format aside to talk about their personal approaches to career and craft?

Click here to go to our 2-question / 7-second Draft Zero listener survey!

May 2015 be great for all our listeners and may Chas and Stu finally open a door to find a gold-plated ensuite.

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

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FILMS

• PLAY IT SAFE (2015) — (w) Chris Pahlow, Jack White (d) Chris Pahlow

LINKS

• Read: Austin Film Festival Staff Picks review of THE SUICIDE THEORY
• Read: THE TYGER written by Matthew Clayfield, art by Melanie Cook
• Read: THE TYGER written by Matthew Clayfield, art by Melanie Cook
• Read: THE TYGER written by Matthew Clayfield, art by Melanie Cook
• Read: PLAY IT SAFE written & directed by Chris Pahlow
• Read: MEATSPACE - Leon East's production company. He the man
• Watch: PAYLOAD written and directed by Stuart Willis

EPISODES IN THE BACKMATTER SERIES

• DZ-17: Where's my gold-plated ensuite?
• DZ-36: Backmatter - Time Risk and Fixing Movies
• DZ-47: Backmatter - A Lost Jedi, White Knighting, and Writers-On-Set
• DZ-57: Backmatter - Aesthetics and Forgiveness in Writing
• DZ-64: Backmatter - Controlling your Work, Treatments, and Writing Styles
• DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projects
• DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product
• DZ-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenance

RELATED EPISODES

• DZ-03: Making Unlikeable Protagonists Compelling
• DZ-10: Midpoint Reversals and The Ride
• DZ-15: World Building Rules, Okay?
• DZ-16: Masters of Time and Whitespace

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Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2015/dz-17/