Almost every time I recommend an episodic series, I find myself saying: "The pilot is a bit weak but if you watch until episode 2, it finds its way."
I should not have to say this.
I am aware of the worldbuilding and introduction challenges of writing series pilots -- they have to fulfill some very specific story functions -- and I still shouldn't have to say this.
BTW, one of the best pilots of all time is still the first episode of Cheers.
Life is Strange: Rewriting Max and Chloe’s Reunion for the Show
When adapting a beloved game like Life is Strange to television, some narrative choices from the original medium need reevaluation. One of the most significant of these involves the reunion between Max Caulfield and Chloe Price. In the game, Max doesn’t immediately recognize Chloe after returning to Arcadia Bay. While this works in an interactive gaming context—where the player experiences discovery and uncertainty—television is a different medium. The audience needs to understand […]
It's not especially relevant to my current life, or to my conversations on Mastodon, but I'm an international award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker.
I used to talk about screenwriting regularly on my pre-Fediverse accounts.
Are there hashtags or groups that TV and film writers congregate around in the Fediverse? I wouldn't mind picking those conversations back up.
(And I'm pondering a related project to launch in the new year.) 1/n
"3%" from Brazil and "Bon Appetit, Your Majesty" from South Korea exist in a shared universe in that they both know exactly what the game engine is that underlies their series premise and the writers deploy that game engine skillfully and elegantly in each episode (at least in the first few seasons of 3%).
I recommend both series to anyone interested in advanced episodic writing.
#BonAppetitYourMajesty #ThreePercent #Netflix #TVWriting #EpisodicWring #Screenwriting #Kdrama
Started #DeptQ Enjoying it, but have to say, the least interesting thing about it is the main character. IMHO I think we’ve seen more than enough of the misanthropic, yet brilliant, tortured man who is hard to be around, even if the angle of his having PTSD is a little differentiating. Other perspectives than difficult CIS Het men are more interesting to me now,we’ve had this thoroughly explored with Dr. Gregory House & Sherlock after all.
Time to migrate from those other places to here. Long past time, really. Time to find the like-minded.
#punkrock #anime #writing #TVwriting #wga #art #graphics #dada
Just worked with a writing coaching client, & applied some of Aristotle's Poetics to a half hour comedy pilot, & we gained useful, actionable insights. Very old school and very cool. #writing #ScreenwritingCoach #ScriptSky #screenplay #ComedyWriting #TVWriting #ComedyPilot #AmWriting #WritingTips
Just worked with a writing coaching client, and applied some of Aristotle's Poetics to a half hour comedy pilot, and we gained useful, actionable insights. Very old school and very cool.
#writing #ScreenwritingCoach #ScriptSky #screenplay #ComedyWriting #TVWriting #ComedyPilot #AmWriting #WritingTips #Scriptodon #tv
THE BOYS
is now shit.
There, I said it. It's fun, but it's just the same ingredients going around and around in circles. We end Season 4 with no progress, at a plot point we could have reached by the final of season 2.
Yeah, yeah I know it's all Trump allegory. I couldn't give a fuck. I just want a story, the violence and one liners aren't enough.
The Boys is the most *frustrating* series.
#theboys #theboysisfucked #tv #tvwriting #tvwritingdead #fucksupes
Hey #screenwriter friends, I need your mastodon accounts to follow! Comment anything so I get get my #WGA #PreWGA #screenwriting #TVwriting #tvwriters #writer #writing #wgastrike #wgastrong #wgastrike2023 feed back. I finally escaped Twitter because I was seeing NOTHING from the people I followed.
It would be a great honour if we could have @Petergould as a guest on our podcast to talk about his experiences and insights on TV writing.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7lm4XmUmW6XHiJjdN6vzGSeeC7lU1pq7
#petergould #BreakingBad #BetterCallSaul #TVwriting #Podcastguest #SaulGoodman
@Petergould is a genius writer! He brought some of the most unforgettable moments in #BreakingBad and #BetterCallSaul to life with his amazing storytelling skills. Thank you for creating such incredible and gripping TV shows that we'll never forget. #petergould #tvwriting
I'm watching the pilot of #RanaNaidu on Netflix and I don't know if the premise behind the opening sequence is unique, but I've never seen it done before. 😂
Excellent read for all emerging writers, but especially underrepresented folks:
"My advice to other aspiring writers: Don't be afraid to live life, because it'll all be usable eventually." https://www.businessinsider.com/tv-writer-the-office-selling-shirts-macys-after-layoff-2022-10
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#WritersLife #WritingCommunity #Screenwriters #Screenwriting #TVWriting
Now that I've intro'd myself as a writer and myself as a Servant of Bast, here are things that interest me. #fantasy #UrbanFantasy #SFF #ScienceFiction #comics #GraphicNovels #NarrativeDesign #AnimationWriting #TVWriting #archaeology #photography #AncientHistory #etymology #Science&Technology
Finally caught up on #insidenumber9 and I have been so impressed with it. There are hilarious episodes, there are scary episodes, there are incredibly affecting straight drama episodes—including one that reads as a tribute to Ken Loach and actually works on those terms—and there are episodes that contain all of these strands. It really is a masterclass in #TVwriting.
Good luck to all my fellow Barnstorm Film contest short listers as finalists are announced tonight! #screenwriting #tvwriting
Re-posting as the previous link has gone away now, because the newsletter platform Revue has gone away now, another victim of Elon Musk's cost-cutting. (Revue was owned by Twitter.) This is the last in a series of tutorials on #playwriting, #screenwriting, and #TVwriting, still available on Medium. There's also a series on writing feature articles for newspapers and magazines, for anyone interested in #journalism. Both available via this link: https://medium.com/@frankmoher/more-issue-25-tv-writing-and-writing-the-end-35cc68dd33e7
WONG & WINCHESTER premieres on Citytv tonight! It was such a blast being involved in a small way, and I cannot wait to watch! It is such a smart, fun show. Please tune in!
#screenwriting #tvwriting #cdnTV #montreal #canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UdZg1gIaI&feature=youtu.be
Latest in the series on #playwriting, #screenwriting, and #TVwriting that I've been posting on Medium, taken from my university courses. This one's on what I call "dramatic punctuation". Flying pig explained within. https://medium.com/@frankmoher/more-issue-24-scriptwriting-dialogue-dramatic-punctuation-68a51476d2d3
