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How Big Brother Gives Us Drama Fuel

An hour ago, I learned that Celebrity Big Brother starts tonight on Five at 9pm.  This is worrying, since I'm a fan and had no idea.  What chance does the casual viewer have, eh?  Now that's stealth programming.

Anyway, I wanted to share a thought which I've long held about Big Brother, in terms of how it can help us dramatists.  So before you unreservedly sneer at the show and perpetuate the idea that it's the sworn arch enemy of TV drama, consider this for starters:

Big Br...

What's Your 60-Second Story?

This post contains spoilers for The Evil Dead and John Carpenter's The Thing.  Albeit mainly via the medium of clay.

Hello!  I've only just caught up with Lee Hardcastle's remarkable claymation videos - in particular his web series which presents 60-second versions of horror classics.  I've enjoyed them on two levels: namely, being greatly entertained, and having a subsequent think about story-related matters.

If you haven't seen it already, give Lee's take on The Evil Dead a spi...