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-72: Theme & The Story Synopsis – Development Tools 2
DZ-71: Treatments & Loglines - Development Tools 1
DZ-70: Joker & Melodrama
DZ-69: Parasite & Audience Questions
DZ-68: Using POV to structure KNIVES OUT
DZ-67: Writing “Passive” Protagonists & Melodrama
DZ LiVEsolation Annoucement
DZ-66: The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker - Audience Knowledge vs Character Motivation
DZ-65: Collaborating with a Director - The Snip
DZ-64: Backmatter - Controlling your Work, Treatments, and Writing Styles
DZ-63: Tools for Better Dialogue 2 - Hook and Eye
DZ-62: Unfilmables and Unscriptables 3 - As Ifs & Emotional context
DZ-61: Unfilmables and Unscriptables 2 - Moments of Awe
DZ-60 Unfilmables and Unscriptables 1 - Engaging imagination
DZ-59: Avengers Endgame - Ending Character Journeys
DZ-58: Game of Thrones - Character Exposition
DZ-57: Backmatter - Aesthetics and Forgiveness in Writing
DZ-56: Character Motivations (Part 2)
DZ-55: Character Motivations (Part 1)
DZ-54: Thematic Sequences
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