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Ep 245: "Barbie"
Cinematography, wides, closeups; Story & Writing, pop culture references, Ken, Ruth, Gloria & Sasha; Performances, Set Design; Special guest Hannah Hartman joins us; and other such stuff and things an
Ep 244: “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World”
Cinematography, night scenes, camerawork; Story & Writing, friendship vs duty, weight of command; Directing & Editing, reaction shots, dynamic audio; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 243: “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning part 1”
Story & Writing, motivated storytelling, exposition; Action, consequential chases; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 242: “Oppenheimer”
Cinematography, color, black & white, fission vs fusion, IMAX considerations; Story & Writing, fast starts, Trinity buildup, final scene; Music, and Casting supporting roles; and other such stuff and
Ep 241: “Apollo 13”
Cinematography, vertigo shot, selling space-gravity; Story & Writing, exposition, building stakes & tension; Acting & Directing, building emotional weight, stoicism; and other such stuff and things an
Ep 240: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Story & Writing, leaning into exposition, moral dilemmas and the trolley problem; using Music to tell an efficient story; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 239: “Run Lola Run”
Visual signature; Story & Writing, Chaos Theory, time, soccer, runtime; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 238: “The King’s Speech”
Cinematography & Directing, framing Bertie; Story & Writing, British dry humor, Bertie's struggles; Performance, vocal exercises, and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 237: “Spirited Away”
Cinematography, editing; Story & Writing, Chihiro's journey from weak to strong, complex emotions; What's it all about, what does No Face represent; and other such stuff and things and stuff.
Ep 236: “The Secret of Kells”
Story & Writing, dialog, Aisling, Pangur Ban; Music, art style, hand-drawn animation; and other such stuff and things and stuff.