The Film Mechanics w/ Deri Tyton Podcast begins with foundational elements in the screenwriting process.
Deri Tyton covers the first three (3) steps in the screenwriting process before you write your screenplay, which are:
1) What's your story?
2) What's the Point of View (P.O.V.)?
3) What's the Major Dramatic Question (MDQ)?

Deri Tyton covers the next two (2) steps in the screenwriting process before you write your screenplay, which are:
1) What is your Theme?
2) What is the screenplay Genre?
3) What's your screenplay Tone?

Deri Tyton covers how to create and build your character(s) in the screenwriting process before you write your screenplay, which are:
​1) What is a Character?
2) Why Write a Backstory?
3) What are Archetypes?
4) What are the two (2) Journeys your protagonist/antagonist will take?
5) How to apply your Character Arc?

Deri Tyton covers how to develop and build a character's world in the screenwriting process before you write your screenplay, which are:
1) Why build the world?
2) How to build the world?
3) When You Should Destroy Your World?
4) How To Save Your World?
​5) Will Your World Survive?

Deri Tyton covers how to compose a logline in the screenwriting process before you write your screenplay, which are:
1) What is a logline?
2) What are the main four (4) components of a logline?
​3) What are some creative ways to keep your logline genre-specific?
4) What are some basic rules to follow?
5) Why do you write a logline?

Deri Tyton covers Screenwriting Structure in the screenwriting process before you write your screenplay, which are:
1) What is screenwriting structure?
2) Who created the screenwriting structure?
3) Why is screenwriting structure so important?
​4) How does one write in screenwriting structure?