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Judith Weston

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"I think they’re both testing each other. I think, you know, Oppenheimer wants the job, but he knows that Groves wants somebody who will test him. They want the friction. They like the friction. They both work best with friction."

— Judith Weston | DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston

2024

DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston

How and why should every scene have an emotional event?

Listen to understand why a scene's power lives in what shifts between characters, not what happens to them.

⏱ 1h 37m

31 Mar 2024

Character · Scenes · Structure

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How and why should every scene have an emotional event?… →

Films: Oppenheimer (2023) , Casino Royale (2006) , Past Lives (2023)

Character: Subtext , Relationships , Tactics , Character Motivation , Character Agency , Writing for Actors

Scenes: Status , Scene Structure , Dramatic Irony

Structure: Emotional Event

"If I see a stage direction that I think needs to be read, I will read it. But most of them don’t."

— Judith Weston | DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston