by Film School | Feb 29, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #382 If You Could Travel Anywhere… If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? What would top your list? Money is no object, neither is time. Dream as big as you want. Also, Josh recommends Deep Space Nine on Pluto TV and...
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 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 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...
by Film School | Feb 1, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #374 What is the Best Time to Create? Do you have a time of day (or night) where you find that you’re the most creative? What about times that are consistently free? Or have the least number of distractions? Finding a reliable pocket of your day...
by Film School | Jan 25, 2024 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #372 Sympathetic or Unsympathetic Villains There’s much ado these days about making your villain’s point of view a sympathetic one. After all, everyone is the hero of their own narrative. But…what about all those villains who are just,...
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