DZ-36: Backmatter - Time Risk and Fixing Movies

Listen if you're juggling multiple projects and can't figure out which one deserves your attention right now.

In this "special", backmatter-only episode, Stu & Chas take inspiration from Terry Rossio's excellent article on TIME RISK and ice skate over a range of topics. We talk about time investment in projects, Stuart's project Restoration, doing you down work first, managing feedback, thinking positive being a negative, and we open the listener mail bag for critiques, praise and suggestions. We also explore how we could do Draft Zero episodes exploring tone and theme.

We welcome any listener feedback as to whether we should do any backmatter-only episodes into the future.

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

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FILMS

• RESTORATION (2016) — (w) Stuart Willis, Matthew Clayfield (d) Stuart Willis

LINKS

• Read: The Solute: Could the Mirror Be Really You? RESTORATION (2016)
• Read: Screen Director Podcast: Ben Mizzi talks to Stu Willis about directing Restoration
• YouTube: #Stranger2015 - Metallica's St Anger (2003) Album Re-Recorded
• Read: Aeon: Thinking positive is a surprisingly risky manoeuvre
• Read: Medium: Why You Should Do Your Work First, Others' Work Second
• YouTube: David Foster Wallace Commencement Speech (Audio Only)
• Watch: Ira Glass on Storytelling
• Watch: THE GAP by Ira Glass

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

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Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2016/dz-36/