by Film School | Feb 22, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #380 What is a Framing Device? Framing devices can be a powerful storytelling tool…but what ARE they? What is an “epistolary,” or a “flashback” or an “unreliable narrator”? And whyyyy would we use them? What...
by Film School | Feb 19, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #379 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) Goodbye for the last time. What could be more touching than that? Peter Lorre. That’s the first thing to know about this movie: Peter. Lorre. Hitch teams up with his first truly enduring star, someone we still...
by Film School | Feb 15, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #378 How Personal Should Your Story Be? We all know the power of a personal story when we encounter one. Nothing cuts like the truth. But, turning that lens to our own work…just how personal should our own work be? Is it possible to be too...
by Film School | Feb 12, 2024 | Alfred Hitchcock, Deep Dive, Episodes
Episode #377 Waltzes From Vienna (1934) And now the polka, you worms. Hitchcock makes a musical! …kinda. It’s an operetta, which were very much in fashion at the time; a little music, a little dancing, and a love story at the center. This one...
by Film School | Feb 8, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #376 What Makes A Great Hero? Who are the heroes that got under your skin, that live with you well past watching or reading the story, the heroes that changed you? Why? Why did they stick with you? And in thinking about/asking those questions, how can...
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