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Beyond the Screenplay

Episode 57: The Last of Us Part II (with Sage Hyden)

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7626 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2020

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate the launch of Story Mode, our new video game-focused channel, the LFTS team discusses The Last of Us Part II with Sage Hyden of Just Write. They discuss the game's emotional gut punches, shifting perspectives, and ambitious narrative.

Check out our new channel, Story Mode: https://www.youtube.com/c/StoryModeOn/


Show Notes

Check out Sage's great video on The Last of Us Part 2 on his channel Just Write: https://youtu.be/jmivMh8Dpug


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay.

0:09.0

Today we are talking about the video game The Last of Us part two, directed by Neil Druckman,

0:14.7

written by Neil Druckman and Halle Gross.

0:16.8

I am here with part of the Lessons from Screenplay team, Brian Bittner.

0:20.4

Hello, hello. And Alex Coyeros. Hi from Screenplay team, Brian Bittner. Hello, hello.

0:21.1

And Alex Cayeros.

0:22.3

Hi.

0:22.9

And once again, we have a special guest with us, Mr. Sage Hayden.

0:27.7

Oh, Mr.

0:30.4

I went with Mr.

0:31.7

Thank you.

0:32.3

Yeah.

0:32.7

So we're here talking about The Last of Us, too, because people have asked us about it. We've all played it.

0:38.3

We all wanted to talk about it. But also, today is a special day because today we're

0:43.2

launching a new channel on YouTube, a second channel that is focused entirely on storytelling

0:49.1

and video games called Story Mode, which we're very excited about. So with Story Mode, the team and I, we get to

0:55.4

talk to the storytellers that are working in this new medium. We're talking to the quest

0:59.4

designers and the writers and anyone we can get our hands on really to do deep dives and conversations

1:04.3

with them about what are the techniques that are being utilized in video games to tell

1:09.3

their stories, to bring this to life, to create the

1:11.7

experiences for the players.

1:14.1

And so it's kind of like trying to take the analytical, you know, let's learn about

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