A podcast where @chasffisher and @stuwillis try to work out what makes great screenplays work || Quantity has a quality of its very own. || Est. 2014
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Vale Mark Poole
'just a guy' who made good work, cared about the people at every level of the industry, and wanted to raise all of us up together.
we could do with more like him.
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Draft Zero Podcast retweeted
Kicking off another week of #TexasSwitches, this #HowIMetYourFather stunt which swaps a rag doll for a real human!
We've got the whole scene breakdown, as well as why it's important to give three different setup shots, on the Substack.
1/2
Our last two episodes of DRAFT ZERO break down the use of secrets-and-clues in WAKE UP DEAD MAN, SIDE EFFECTS, and SHRINKING. Listen if you want to learn how you can use secrets - discovering and revealing them - to create emotional impact on your characters and your audience!
Draft Zero Podcast retweeted
Are you a fan of sci-fi horror and rpgs? We've launched a mothership actual play podcast called 1dZero! It's a spin off from @draft_zero and @_shotzero so expect lots of analysis alongside attempts at jokes. And accents. open.substack.com/pub/1dzero…
Shamelessly re-plugging this episode on how ADOLESCENCE maintains tension despite not cutting following its many deserved Emmy wins:
draft-zero.com/2025/dz-118/
Draft Zero Podcast retweeted
I was a guest on the fine screenwriting podcast @draft_zero where we talk about subtext.
Both Stu and Chas are smart, observant, and love film. I was honored when they asked me to join them, so I was surprised when it turned out to be an ambush.*
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Draft Zero Podcast retweeted
Gotta say that I really do miss the community feeling of old Screenwriting Twitter.
Nowadays often feels like the loudest voices on here are the petty & the embarrassing, rather than the kind & the illuminating.
DZ-119 drops! We examine how the final choice of your protagonist can create a great ending by successfully wrapping up the character arc and theme in one go. We look at DUNGEONS&DRAGONS, FINDING NEMO, MICHAEL CLAYTON, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN and TALK TO ME! draft-zero.com/2025/dz-119/
Draft Zero Podcast retweeted
A tale of two movies:
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
Draft Zero Podcast retweeted
if you listened to the latest @draft_zero episde, you heard @chasffisher and I talked about how this scene establishes tone
if you haven't, get on it!
and/or
have this (much shorter!) handy dandy visual guide
We dig into #ShaunoftheDead's script, and how the screen conveys what's on the page: specifically how Liz and Shaun have friends 'coming between' them.
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