HeyJaredBeyond the Screenplay
“Lessons from the Screenplay” creator Michael Tucker and the LFTS team do deeper dives into the storytelling of individual movies and chat with the creatives behind those films.
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Beyond the Screenplay Writes a Movie | Patreon Preview (opens the original)
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Listen to the full episode over on the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay/posts/beyond-writes-168200117 With this video we're trying a different format, and we'd really love to hear your feedback! In this episode, the BTS team attempts to write an original movie pitch in 80 minutes. But we aren't starting from scratch—we get starting constraints chosen at random (directory, genre, etc.), and every twenty minutes "the studio" shows up and throws us a curveb
Episode 211: Fixing Prometheus (opens the original)
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The team behind Lessons from the Screenplay breaks down the narrative of Prometheus to extract storytelling lessons and explore the kinds of tools writers can use to address various problems in their stories. In particular, we look at the motivation of the central characters, the themes the filmmakers seemed to be interested in examining, and the overall onslaught of themes, rules, creatures, and lore this movie attempts to fit into its two hour runtime. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://yo
Episode 210: The Odyssey (opens the original)
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The BTS team discusses Odysseus' character arc, Nolan's modern approach to crafting a mythological epic, and the story's themes of homecoming, hospitality, and guilt. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LZIQUlPEh24 🎬 Join our community! Head to the Beyond the Screenplay Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/beyondthescreenplay 🎬 Beyond the Screenplay on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondTheScreenplay 👕 Beyond the Screenplay Merch:
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