DZ-87: Keeping Genre Fresh

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. LIKE THIS EPISODE? Send us feedback. Thanks to our Patrons, especially Khrob, Theis, Sandra, Jesse, Randy, Paulo, Thomas, Jennifer, Malay, Alexandre and Lily. ——— 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 ——— More Draft Zero is brought to you by our awesome Patreons. If you enjoy the show, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, a rating on Spotify, or a review on Podchaser. We are @stuwillis, @mehlsbells and @chasffisher on Twitter. You can find @draft_zero and @_shotzero on Instagram and Twitter. Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2022/dz-87/