How to Write a Mystery
Writing a mystery can be difficult. But that doesn’t stop Netflix from making a mystery film. Leave the world behind is the latest (or at least it was for about a second before Netflix released something else) to follow the trend of bad streaming films. Though it makes for an excellent study into what not to do with a mystery, and a big target for a video essay to tear it to sheds.
00:00 - How do you write a mystery?
00:33 - The Autopsy of Jane Doe
02:19 - Trailers
03:01 - Saltburn
04:47 - Leave the World Behind
05:08 - Act 1
08:17 - Act 2
11:55 - Seven
12:51 - Act 2 Part 2
16:12 - Act 3
20:38 - The Witch
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