{"podcast":{"title":"Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast","slug":"draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast-770577","podcast_index_feed_id":770577,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast","website_url":"http://www.draft-zero.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SNg7vlbjF99Iqt6O0suAq8ASob0lWK1CRClKin7a4gk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NjRj/Yjg4ODAyMWYzZTBk/OGNiM2ZjNmEzZjBk/NWY3NC5qcGc.jpg","author":"Stuart Willis","episode_count":131,"summary":"Two emerging screenwriters – Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis – try to work out what makes great screenplays work. Discovering what it takes by analysing what successful writers put on the page.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast-770577"},"episode":{"title":"DZ-107: Establishing Tone through Character","slug":"dz-107-establishing-tone-through-character","published_at":"2024-02-29T12:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast-770577/dz-107-establishing-tone-through-character","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast-770577","url":"https://draft-zero.com/2024/dz-107/","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/a61eddc0/2a5d81dd.mp3","summary":"Listen if you want to understand how character actions and reactions shape a film's tone In this episode, Chas and Stu continue their deep dive into how to write tone by examining films with “light” (we use the phrase loosely) tones: LADY BIRD, EMILY THE CRIMINAL, THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS, and SPONTANEOUS. We also talk a surprising amount about DUNE and CRAZY STUPID LOVE. We focus on the relationship between character & tone and how the writers of these films use dramatisation to create their unique tones. We talk minimalism vs maximalism, dialogue, character actions & reactions, emotional dynamic range, and rules of the world vs given circumstances. Stu proposes a new triangle to help us understand the dials we as writers have to affect tone: The given circumstances of the story, How that effects character actions & reactions, How the audience are told about those elements. Thanks to Chris Walker for his excellent editing this episode. As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes. LIKE THIS EPISODE? Watch and comment on YouTube . Send us feedback. Thanks to our Patrons, especially Lily, Alexandre, Malay, Jennifer, Thomas, Randy, Jesse, Sandra, Theis and Khrob. → Read the transcript for this episode. ——— \"Emily feels a rush of blood to the head. And the blood, to me, kind of connects it to the feral thing, right? Like it's just got a little bit of an animalistic quality to it in terms of the kind of language system they're using it.\" — Stu Willis @ 00:42:31 ——— CHAPTERS 00:00:00 – Cold Open 00:00:23 – Tone & Character 00:15:26 – Ladybird 00:33:20 – Emily The Criminal 00:57:43 – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 01:17:28 – Spontaneous 01:39:38 – Key Learnings & Wrap Up 01:51:58 – Many thanks to our…","meta_description":"Listen if you want to understand how character actions and reactions shape a film's tone In this episode, Chas and Stu continue their deep dive into how t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6859,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast-770577/episodes/dz-107-establishing-tone-through-character/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/draft-zero-a-screenwriting-podcast-770577/dz-107-establishing-tone-through-character.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}