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DRAFT ZERO

Todd Haynes

Director

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Draft Zero Episodes 1

DZ-30: Oscars revisited - Spotlight and Carol
What makes a script so compelling that it ends up with an Oscar nod?
This week, Stu and Chas return to their first ever episode by tackling two Oscar-nominated screenplays. But this time - instead of exploring the rigid structures laid down by gurus - they use it as an opportunity to explore what they’ve learned in the last three years and apply them to the phenomenal writing in SPOTLIGHT and CAROL (with slight digression towards THE EXPANSE* and GAME OF THRONES)…
⏱ 1h 43m
Structure · Audience · Theme | 28 FEB 2016
Listen to learn how catharsis, world-building, mid-points, and status transactions elevate great writing
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