Episode 11: Back to the Future
This episode we're looking at BACK TO THE FUTURE, the great time-travel comedy from back in the 80's. It's been more than 30 years since that film was made, 30 years since it showed us its protagonist traveling back 30 years in his past. And now it gets the Storylanes...
Episode 10: Shaun of the Dead
This episode we're looking at SHAUN OF THE DEAD, the great zombie comedy written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and directed by Edgar Wright. But first, an announcement: we're moving to biweekly episodes. Sorry, folks, but an episode a week is too tough a schedule for...
Episode 9: Breaking Bad
This week we turn our eyes to TV and analyze the pilot episode for Breaking Bad, the great series about Walter White, high school teacher and meth cook. Written by Vince Gilligan and starring Bryan Cranston as Walt. And here's the links: The script.The Storylanes...
Episode 8: Jojo Rabbit
This week we're looking at JOJO RABBIT, the historic drama/farce that's all about a boy and his Hitler. This one is interesting: it allows us to talk about a new screenwriting model, the Mazin/LeFauvre method. As such, the links include links to fuller explanations of...
Episode 7: Get Out
This week I look at 2017's GET OUT, Jordon Peele's horror film that revolutionized what you can do in a horror film. It also won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and the film itself was nominated for Best Picture, a rare accolade for a horror film. Here's the...
The Storylanes Podcast tells the story of how Smart House Movie LLC is producing DOMICIDAL, a new feature film. We talk about all the trials of producing an independent film, with episodes that talk about read-throughs and script feedback and directing and all the other filmmaking things.
But we also dive into movie scripts. A lot of our episodes look at the great films and their scripts, giving a screenwriter’s view of the world. Each screenplay episode does a deep-dive analysis of one movie or show, examining how the story is structured and how all the elements come together to create the story, complete with a chart showing all the story’s key beats.
So check out Storylanes. You just might learn something about the craft of filmmaking!
