Draft Zero: a screenwriting podcast

DZ-75: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling


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Listen to hear how visual storytelling can carry an entire narrative with minimal dialogue.

Stu and Chas are joined by filmmaker, podcaster and writer Lia Matthew Brownn to deep dive into FURY ROAD and its astounding visual storytelling, both on the page and on screen. We talk about setups and payoffs, given circumstances, image systems, environmental storytelling, and how the relationship between Furiosa and Max is built over the course of the story with very little dialogue (besides Tom Hardy’s grunts and the odd bellow of “MEDIOCRE!”). You can also watch the complete live stream on YouTube or just the breakdown of the Furiosa/Max fight (which isn’t in the podcast) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8uYAbEcQeQ&feature=youtu.be

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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    CHAPTERS

    • 00:00:00 – Intro: Fury Road & Visual Storytelling
    • 00:01:07 – Why Fury Road?
    • 00:06:17 – World Building & Given Circumstances
    • 00:23:19 – World Building & Plot Points
    • 00:30:50 – Setups & Payoffs
    • 00:35:03 – Who is the Protagonist?
    • 00:35:08 – Max & Furiosa's Arc
    • 01:00:44 – Stray Observations
    • 01:05:28 – Wrap Up
    • FILMS

      • MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) — (w) George Miller, Nico Lathouris, Brendan Mccarthy (d) George Miller
      • SCRIPTS

        • Study the script: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015) — George Miller, Nico Lathouris, Brendan Mccarthy
        • LINKS

          • Read: Buy Lia's book! The Cinema of Survival -- Mad Max: Fury Road
          • Read: Cinephillia and Beyond - In Search of Our Better Selves: The Rebirth, Redemption and Road Warriors of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road
          • Read: The Art of Mad Max Max Fury Road
          • YouTube: Breaking down the Max vs Furiosa Fight - Storyboards vs Filmed
          • RELATED EPISODES

            • DZ-33: Protagonist vs Hero - Dawn of Character Function
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              Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-75/

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