Show Notes
Listen when you're writing within a genre but terrified you'll deliver something your audience has already seen.
In tackling this enormous topic, Stu and Chads enlist professional TV writer and director Kodie Bedford, someone who has somehow managed to defy genre pigeon-holing by writing mystery, comedy and vampire shows.
The three of them look at GET OUT, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN and THE INVISIBLE MAN (with reference to PARASITE, JOHN WICK, TAKEN, KNIVES OUT and more) to see what tools the writers have used to deliver on the expectations of a genre while moving that genre on, without writing something stale.
Thanks to Chris for editing this episode.
As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:57 – Intro: Keeping Genre Fresh
00:03:10 – What is Genre?
00:16:30 – Get Out
00:45:10 – Promising Young Woman
01:25:08 – The Invisible Man
01:59:18 – Wrap Up
02:11:44 – Thanks to our Patreons!
FILMS
GET OUT (2017) — (w) Jordan Peele
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020) — (w) Emerald Fennell
THE INVISIBLE MAN (2020) — (w) Leigh Whannell, H G Wells, Leigh Whannell (d) Leigh Whannell
SCRIPTS
Study the script: GET OUT (2017) — Jordan Peele
Study the script: PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (2020) — Emerald Fennell
SHOT ZERO DEEP DIVES
Perp & Victim 2: Opening Kills in Horror (2000s+)
LINKS
Website: Kodie Bedford: Breaking down characters and worlds
EPISODES IN THE TWISTING GENRE SERIES
DZ-87: Keeping Genre Fresh
DZ-88: Drama in Genre clothing
RELATED EPISODES
DZ-54: Thematic Sequences
DZ-68: Using POV to structure KNIVES OUT
DZ-69: PARASITE & Audience Questions
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