Napoleon's dark night of the soul (screenplay plotting, mins 75-90)
In the sixth 15-minute section of our screenplay, Napoleon plunges into his darkest hour. Reeling from betrayal and defeat, he confronts the plague-ridden horrors of his campaign in the Levant and fac...
24 Jun 1h 3min
Waterloo teaser: The myth of Hougoumont
Charles Esdaile has a lot to get off his chest when it comes to the Battle of Waterloo - which is why he surprised me recently by asking to do what turned into a three-hour mythbusting session working...
21 Jun 18min
1798 recap: Egyptian adventure
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1798 - a year in which Napoleon Bonaparte leads an astonishingly bold expedition to capture Egypt...
11 Jun 51min
Napoleon's pear-shaped ambitions (Screenplay plotting, 60-75mins)
In the fifth 15-minute section of our screenplay, Napoleon’s journey takes a sharp, downward turn. Success is replaced by mounting setbacks as our hero heads to Egypt - an ambiguous mission that isola...
4 Jun 52min
1797 recap: The frenzy of victory
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, have reached 1797 - a year in which Napoleon Bonaparte continues to confound western Europe amidst the continu...
28 Mai 48min
Towards the midpoint: Love triangles and military montages (Screenplay plotting, 45-60mins)
In the fourth 15-minute section of our movie screenplay we move towards the midpoint, the critical moment where accumulating consequences for our hero Napoleon Bonaparte make him realise his military ...
21 Mai 39min
1796 recap: The rockstar general
Our recap episodes, which offer a synthesis of our 1792-1804 coverage one year at a time, has reached 1796 - a year in which the rockstar general Napoleon Bonaparte writes his own script. Chris Sloan ...
13 Mai 47min
What every Napoleon movie needs: The promise of the premise (Screenplay plotting, minutes 30-45)
In the first 15 minutes of Act 2 of our putative Napoleon movie, we get into "the promise of the premise"—delivering the kind of content audiences expect from a Napoleon film: military campaigns, poli...
6 Mai 50min
