DZ-87: Keeping Genre fresh

How do you deliver on the emotional contract of a genre while surprising the audience? In tackling this enormous topic, Stu and Chads enlist professional TV writer and director for 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. As always: SPOILERS ABOUND Audio quotations used for educational purposes only. Timestamps indicated below. Chapter markers included in the mp3. Thanks to Chris for editing this episode. 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! LINKS Freshening Up Genre - Stu's Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64358617 Kodie Bedford: https://twitter.com/ms_kodie Authentic Storytelling – Kodie Bedford: Breaking Down Characters And Worlds RELATED EPISODES DZ-68: Using POV to structure KNIVES OUT: http://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-68/ DZ-69: PARASITE & Audience Questions: http://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-69/ DZ-54: Thematic Sequences: http://draft-zero.com/2018/dz-54/ This episode brought to you by ScriptUp – https://www.scriptupstudio.com – use promo code DZ10 to get 10% off. Thanks to all our patrons, especially Jennifer, Leigh, Thomas, Garrett, Bjorn, Randy, Jesse, Sandra, Theis, Alex, and Khrob. Please considering rating or subscribing to us on Apple Podcasts or sharing us on the Social Medias! We like finding new listeners. We are @stuwillis and @chasffisher on twitter. And you can find @draft_zero on Instagram and Twitter.