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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✦Breaks down how shifting the win condition--not the rules--keeps a scene alive. What Bluey’s doing when Dad keeps guessing wrong but the kids stay invested anyway.✦

⏱ 1h 23m

31 AUG 2023

Scenes · Audience · Process

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

"So the victory condition shifts from who’s the last person to talk to the dad’s got a guess what one to buy and he’s frustrated but they do a good job of actually finding joy in that right."

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