Sequels & Prequels

 It's a bird! It's a Plane! IT'S A FRANCHISE! This week hosts dive into the world of Sequels and Prequels and all manner of money grabbing antics! What makes a good sequel? What makes them bad? All this and more!


LINKS:

The Ten Commandments of Writing a Good Sequel

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/screencraft/the-ten-commandments-of-w_b_8235658.html


The Problem With Prequels

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15326/the-problem-with-prequels


 

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Queer Films

YAAAAAASSSSSSS We're finally getting to the gay stuff, and there was too much hetero so we invited guests Zane C Weber and Michael James form WTF did you make me watch podcast to talk all things gay films, gay tv, gay characters and why, as a cinema, the quality isn't always there...  

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Endings

  In which we talk about the end of all things... or just the ends of movies... but all things sound so much more dramatic...

From happily ever afters, cliffhangers, tragedies and the ending of inception, hosts dive into the art and craft of making that final shot, word or moment play out on the screen.


Movies with Twist Endings

https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-with-twist-endings/anncasano

The Worst Movie Endings

https://bestlifeonline.com/worst-movie-endings/

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The Hero's Journey

It’s a swashbuckling, princess saving, dragon fighting adventure this week.  Hosts delve into one of the most ancient and pervasive story forms in the history of humankind: The Hero’s Journey.  Form Harry Potter, to Star Wars to little intimate dramas like Brooklyn, The Hero’s Journey is a wonderful tool for storytelling.

 

Links:

Joseph Campbell’s Mono-Myth

http://www.movieoutline.com/articles/the-hero-journey-mythic-structure-of-joseph-campbell-monomyth.html

 

The Writer’s Journey

https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Writers-Journey-Christopher-Vogler/9781932907360

 

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