Show Notes
Listen if you're writing a genre film but sense your story wants to become something else entirely.
Stu and Chas reunite with TV writer & director Kodie Bedford to look at how some films start out as genre but gradually become character dramas. Or, as Stu never said on the episode "Genre in the streets, Drama in the sheets".
Together, they break down HUSTLERS, PIG and POWER OF THE DOG, to see how these films use their genre trappings to hook their audience while ultimately delivering something else entirely. We discuss chapter breaks, inciting incidents, character questions, theme and MORE.
Thanks to Chris Walker for editing this episode.
As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:01 – Intro
00:00:56 – Drama in Genre Clothing
00:02:21 – Sam Elliot on Power of the Dog
00:03:19 – Lessons from Keeping Genre Fresh
00:08:14 – Hustlers
00:43:58 – Pig
01:16:24 – The Power of the Dog
01:55:02 – Key Learnings and Wrap Up
FILMS
HUSTLERS (2019) — (w) Lorene Scafaria
PIG (2021) — (w) Michael Sarnoski, Michael Sarnoski, Vanessa Block (d) Michael Sarnoski
THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021) — (w) Jane Campion, Thomas Savage (d) Jane Campion
SCRIPTS
Study the script: HUSTLERS (2019) — Lorene Scafaria
Study the script: THE POWER OF THE DOG (2021) — Jane Campion, Thomas Savage
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-87: Keeping Genre Fresh
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