by Film School | Sep 12, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #424 How To Use Feedback The feedback loop is at the heart of developing any skill. But, the vast majority of the work we do as storytellers is done alone. So, where and when do you open yourself up for other people to comment on? And once get that...
by Film School | Sep 9, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #423 Dial M For Murder (1954) Do you really believe in the perfect murder…? Hitchcock certainly does! This time, it’s a man who wants to knock off his cheating wife. Can he get away with it??? Or can the old school, meticulous, quiet...
by Film School | Sep 5, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #422 Rhetoric Have you ever thought of your script, book, or film as a persuasive argument? It is. Drama quite literally arises from two (or several) characters with very different, very persuasive points of view clashing with each other. That’s...
by Film School | Sep 2, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #421 I Confess (1953) I want to make a confession… Hitchcock has a nose for a character in a bind, and that’s on full display with this one, where a priest takes confession from a murderer, then becomes the main suspect in that very same...
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