Lessons from the Screenplay
(06/08/2016–11/30/2022)13 min
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Episodes
S2016E01
Gone Girl — Don't Underestimate the Screenwriter
S2016E02
Independence Day — What Makes It So Great
S2016E03
How Ghostbusters Became Ghostbusters
S2016E04
American Beauty (Part 1) — The Art of Character
S2016E05
American Beauty (Part 2) — The Missing 27 Pages
S2016E06
The Dark Knight — Creating the Ultimate Antagonist
S2016E07
Nightcrawler — Empathy for the Antihero
S2016E08
Moonrise Kingdom — Where Story Meets Style
S2016E09
The Shining — Quietly Going Insane Together
S2016E10
Whiplash vs. Black Swan — The Anatomy of the Obsessed Artist
S2016E11
Ex Machina — The Control of Information
S2017E01
The Social Network — Sorkin, Structure, and Collaboration
S2017E02
When Harry Met Sally — Breaking Genre Conventions
S2017E03
Inglourious Basterds — The Elements of Suspense
S2017E04
Breaking Bad — Crafting a TV Pilot
S2017E05
Rogue One vs. The Force Awakens — The Fault in Our Star Wars
S2017E06
Arrival — Examining an Adaptation
S2017E07
True Detective vs. Se7en — Creating Light Amongst the Dark
S2017E08
Telling a Story from the Inside Out
S2017E09
Game of Thrones — How to Evoke Emotion
S2017E10
Memento — Telling a Story in Reverse
S2017E11
Blade Runner — Constructing a Future Noir
S2017E12
Logan vs. Children of Men — The End is in the Beginning
S2017E13
Hidden Figures — The Power of Subplots
S2018E01
The Avengers — Defining an Act
S2018E02
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Breaking Convention
S2018E03
Get Out — A New Perspective in Horror
S2018E04
Black Mirror — Now Entering the Twilight Zone
S2018E05
Collateral — The Midpoint Collision
S2018E06
The Last Jedi — Forcing Change
S2018E07
Jurassic Park — Using Theme to Craft Character
S2018E08
Black Panther — Creating an Empathetic Villain
S2018E09
Mission: Impossible — Executing the Perfect Heist
S2018E10
No Country for Old Men — Don't Underestimate the Audience
S2018E11
A Quiet Place — How to Write Sound into a Screenplay
S2018E12
Shaun of the Dead — Why Comedy Needs Character
S2018E13
The Devil Wears Prada — The First 10 Pages
S2018E14
Good Will Hunting — The Psychology of Character
S2018E15
Annihilation — The Art of Self-Destruction
S2019E01
Groundhog Day — An Inescapable Premise
S2019E02
Searching — Reformatting a Thriller
S2019E03
The Silence of the Lambs — Dissecting a Scene
S2019E04
Adaptation.
S2019E05
One Marvelous Scene — Spider-Man: Homecoming
S2019E06
Minority Report — When the Story World Becomes the Villain
S2019E07
The Hidden Structure of Before Sunset
S2019E08
The Matrix — Exposition in Action
S2019E09
Aliens vs. Terminator 2 — How to Sequel like James Cameron
S2019E10
The Last of Us (feat. Writer & Creative Director Neil Druckmann) | @Story Mode
S2020E01
Casino Royale — How Action Reveals Character
S2020E02
Parasite — The Power of Symbols
S2020E03
Parasite vs. Sunset Boulevard — The Disillusionment Arc
S2020E04
Iron Man vs. Captain America — The 11-Year Character Arc
S2020E05
Jaws — Assembling a Top-Tier Team (feat. @TierZoo)
S2020E06
Mad Men — Layers of Meaning
S2020E07
One X-Cellent Scene — Attack on Division X
S2020E08
How The Outer Worlds Builds Companion Relationships
S2020E09
The Rules (Guidelines) of Adventure — The Pirates of the Caribbean
S2020E10
Christopher Nolan vs. Interstellar — The Nolan Crosscut
S2020E11
How Stranger Things Conveys Tone and Style
S2020E12
How Coraline Borrows from Ancient Forms of Storytelling
S2020E13
I started a second channel! Check out @Story Mode
S2020E14
A Few Good Men — Writing a Final Battle
S2020E15
How A Christmas Carol Perfectly Demonstrates Five-Act Structure
S2021E01
The Soul of Good Character Design
S2021E02
How Good Filmmaking Brings a Script to Life
S2021E03
Why Mass Effect Should Be the Next Game of Thrones
S2021E04
What's new on my other channels
S2022E01
The Anatomy of Genres — A Conversation with John Truby | @BeyondTheScreenplay