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DRAFT ZERO

DZ-75: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling

How can you do powerful storytelling... without dialogue?

Legacy Episode — Migrated from our original site. Will take time to tidy up!

⏱ 1h 9m
31 DEC 2020

Show Notes

Stu and Chas are joined by filmmaker, podcaster and writer Lia Matthew Brownn to deep dive into FURY ROAD and its astounding visual storytelling, both on the page and on screen. We talk about setups and payoffs, given circumstances, image systems, environmental storytelling, and how the relationship between Furiosa and Max is built over the course of the story with very little dialogue (besides Tom Hardy’s grunts and the odd bellow of “MEDIOCRE!”).

You can also watch the complete live stream on YouTube or just the breakdown of the Furiosa/Max fight (which isn’t in the podcast) here:

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


Chapters

  • 00:00:00 – Intro: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling
  • 00:01:07 – Why Fury Road?
  • 00:06:17 – World Building & Given Circumstances
  • 00:23:19 – World Building & Plot Points
  • 00:30:50 – Setups & Payoffs
  • 00:35:03 – Who is the Protagonist?
  • 00:35:08 – Max & Furiosa's Arc
  • 01:00:44 – Stray Observations
  • 01:05:28 – Wrap Up

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