Hello all. A listener, contacting us through this site, asked us why the links were down, and I realised while I had made a similar post on my twitter account, I’d neglected to update this website. We’re sorry to announce that the Story Toolkit is currently on hiatus. We’re not sure if or when it…
This week we talk about the excellent historical drama, VIKINGS starring Travis Fimmel and Linus Roache and how it arcs a story through generations. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we talk about the recent adaptation by Kenneth Branagh of Agatha Christie’s famous Poirot novel, “THE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS”. Full of the fudge, we talk about Branagh’s interpreation and reminisce a little on the 1974 version starring Albert Finney. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we return to Santa Clarita for the second season of SANTA CLARITA DIET! We talk the joy of watching a long-form series opening up slowly and the potential for writers to examine their own expectations as an audience to learn how to manage and satisfy those expectations for their own work. Royalty free…
This week we get to the joy that is the Amazon series, THE MARVELLOUS MRS MAISEL starring Rachel Brosnahan. We talk about how important rehearsal and timing is to comedy, something that plays out across the first season. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we finally address a topic some of you have asked for: Horror! And we take a look at the genre through the lens of a terrific episode of DOCTOR WHO… BLINK! Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we look at the late John Mahoney’s terrific and iconic performance as Martin Crane on FRASIER and how that character worked into the show’s cast dynamic. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we finally get to THOR: RAGNAROK, the wonderful Action Comedy by Taika Waititi! We talk about how the film wonderful polarises its cast, simply and efficiently, driving dynamic scenes all the way to its climax. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we talk about Rian Johnson’s wonderful independent film noir, BRICK, and how its originality stems from the choices he made. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we take a look at a single episode of the anthology comedy series, INSIDE NO.9; it second episode from its first season, “A QUIET NIGHT IN”. The episode is a short, 30-minute farce about a burglarly in which there is no dialogue. A joy from start to finish, we breakdown each of the…
This week we go back to STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI to talk about how the dense storytelling makes demands on your attention that means you might miss how it all works together. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.
This week we take a look at the hilarious webseries by the Onion: PORKIN’ ACROSS AMERICA. The entire series is up on YouTube and takes less than an hour to watch. It’s ridiculous and funny and worth your time. We discuss the nature of just how far this show goes in so short a time,…
This week we talk about the stylistic choices of master writer/director, Edgar Wright as used in his latest film, the delightful BABY DRIVER.
This week we talk about the things we saw in 2017 that for some reason or another, we didn’t want to do a whole podcast on. Enjoy!
Straight from the cinema, this week we talk about the new episode of the STAR WARS saga, THE LAST JEDI. We talk about this film without having read anything about the discussion surrounding it, but essentially we place the criticism levied at this film on its predecessor, THE FORCE AWAKENS, which we spent our fifth…
