DZ-45: Arguments of the Scene

Listen to discover how a character's worldview becomes the engine of conflict inside a single scene.

As part of their ongoing exploration of scene-work, Stu and Chas apply their earlier thinking on theme and character worldview to individual scenes. Can examining a scene from a thematic perspective impact the drama, conflict or stakes of the scene? How does your character’s conscious and subconscious world views dramatise the overall theme of the work? How can an individual scene reflect the larger themes of the overall story? Do any of these questions or approaches lead to writing better scenes?

To this end, Stu and Chas examine particular scenes from works that have particularly apparent, strong and consistent themes; namely: FINDING NEMO, EX MACHINA, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA and the Netflix TV series GLOW.

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CHAPTERS

00:10:36 – Finding Nemo
00:17:28 – Ex Machina
00:59:55 – Manchester By The Sea
01:28:26 – Glow
02:04:13 – Wrap Up

FILMS

FINDING NEMO (2003) — (w) Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds (d) Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
EX MACHINA (2015) — (w) Alex Garland
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016) — (w) Kenneth Lonergan
GLOW (2017) — (w) Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch

SCRIPTS

Study the script: FINDING NEMO (2003) — Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds
Study the script: EX MACHINA (2015) — Alex Garland
Study the script: MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016) — Kenneth Lonergan

SHOT ZERO DEEP DIVES

Blocking and Framing for Character: HIGH AND LOW

LINKS

YouTube: Every Frame a Painting: Snowpiercer - Left or Right
Read: Film Crit Hulk: Ex Machina and the Art of Character Identification
YouTube: Ex Machina - Ave Session 5 Avas Test
Read: Letterboxd: Stu's Review
Read: Podcast: The Contrarians -- Bonus! Netflix's Glow
YouTube: Dare (Live) - The Cybertronic Spree
YouTube: Stan Bush - Dare (from Transformers the Movie)

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