by Film School | May 23, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #272 The Vast of Night (2019) What’s the tale, nightingale? What a gem! It’s always such a rush to find a film that almost nobody else knows about, made by someone you’ve never heard of (because this is his first feature), acted by...
by Film School | May 19, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #271 How To Identify Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3; how do we tell them apart? What distinguishes the beginning of our story, the middle, and the end? Ya boys talk about how to sort a story into three, neat, easy-to-use parts. Also,...
by Film School | May 16, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #270 Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) Once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub. It was an indie darling that went all the way to a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Benh Zeitlin’s debut feature, set loosely in the New...
by Film School | May 12, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #269 How To Schedule Breaks Breaks are so important. So, how do you work them into a busy schedule? How do you make sure that you get the rest you need, but don’t lose your momentum? We discuss! Also, Josh recommends Alien and Aliens, and Ira...
by Film School | May 9, 2022 | Episodes, You Gotta See This!
Episode #268 Pusher 3 (2005) So, Milo wants to go clean… NWR wraps up his deep dive into the seedy underbelly of the Copenhagen drug world. This time, we’re following the bad guy from the first film! Milo has grown a conscience. He’s trying to...
by Film School | May 5, 2022 | Cutting Room Floor, Episodes
episode #267 How to Write Good Dialogue Almost all you have in a script is dialogue. 99% of a play is dialogue. The majority of fiction prose is dialogue. It’s probably the most effective way to tell a good story…so how do we do it WELL? Josh and...
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