Episode 5, The Queen’s Gambit

In which I shine the light on a French police drama and its treatment of passion versus duty. This is a model we can steal from in L&D because we often use drama to discuss how to deal with rules when they conflict with your emotions. Head versus heart.

Rear Window is a classic movie and a technical tour de force. But it’s not the kind of technique that draws attention to itself. In this episode I look at Hitchcock’s use of the Kuleshov effect and explain the stealthy power of fundamental film technique that anyone thinking of making a video drama should be aware of.