Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast
TV & Film
How can you do powerful storytelling... without dialogue?
Stu and Chas are joined by filmmaker, podcaster and writer Matthew Brown to deep dive into FURY ROAD and its astounding visual storytelling, both on the page and on screen. We talk about setups and payoffs, given circumstances, image systems, environmental storytelling, and how the relationship between Furiosa and Max is built over the course of the story with very little dialogue (besides Tom Hardy’s grunts and the odd bellow of “MEDIOCRE!”).
You can also watch the complete live stream on YouTube or just the breakdown of the Furiosa/Max fight (which isn’t in the podcast) here.
As always: SPOILERS ABOUND
Audio quotations used for educational purposes only. Timestamps indicated below. Chapter markers included in the mp3.
RUNNING ORDER
00:00:00 Intro: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling 00:01:07 Why Fury Road? 00:06:17 World Building & Given Circumstances 00:23:19 World Building & Plot Points 00:30:50 Setups & Payoffs 00:35:03 Who is the Protagonist? 00:35:08 Max & Furiosa's Arc 01:00:44 Stray Observations 01:05:28 Wrap UpEPISODE LINKS
FOLLOW: Matt Brown - @tederick on twitter, or buy his book at tederick.com/furyroad READ: Cinephillia and Beyond - In Search of Our Better Selves: The Rebirth, Redemption and Road Warriors of George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ WATCH: Mad Max: Fury Road READ: The Art of Mad Max Max Fury RoadRELATED EPISODES
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DZ-112: Breaking the 4th wall
DZ-111: Unreliable Narrators and Fight Club
DZ-110: Voiceover
DZ-109: Talking DIRECTLY to your audience
DZ-108: The Emotional Event with Judith Weston
DZ-107: Establishing Tone Through Character
DZ-106: How do you know if you have enough story?
DZ-105: Establishing Tone Through Big Print
DZ-104: Characters Alone - Dramatizing the Internal
DZ-103: Game of the Scene 2 - Triangle of Sadness, The Favourite
DZ-102: Game of the Scene - Bluey, John Wick 4
DZ-101 Creating Immediacy & Anchoring Action on the Page
DZ-100: Scenes through Swords
DZ-99: Scene Questions
DZ-98: Ensembles 3 - Character Function & Theme
DZ-97: Ensembles 2 - Servicing Characters
DZ-96: Ensembles 1 - What do we mean by an ensemble?
DZ-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenance
DZ-94: Talismans (Part 2)
DZ-93: Talismans (Part 1)
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