Bluey (2018)

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DZ-102: Game of the Scene - Bluey, John Wick 4

How can 'games' help us write better scenes?

AI✦Examines how shifting victory conditions within a single scene–from “last person to talk” to “guess what toy dad will buy”–creates dynamic tension and forces characters to adapt their agency in real time, analysed through the “Quiet Game” episode.✦

⏱ 1h 23m

Scenes · Audience · Process | 31 AUG 2023

Listen to make your scene writing more dynamic (by looking at the underlying game)

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Stu and Chas turn their attention to a topic that has long eluded them: the game of the scene. We look at how considering the game that characters are playing — its rules, arenas, players, referees, and win conditions — can help you write more dynamic scenes… →

Films: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) , Bluey (2018)

Shows: Bluey 2x37 , Bluey 3x16

Scenes: Game of the Scene , Scene Structure , Conflict

Audience: Tension

Process: Craft Tools

"The beauty of it is his shifting of the tactics - shifting of the rules - shifting of the win condition… Well actually the win condition doesn’t change the win condition for all three of them is to have a fun game together."

— chas | DZ-102: Game of the Scene - Bluey, John Wick 4