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TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era

TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era

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Wydawnictwo Taylor & Francis Ltd
Data wydania 30/01/2018
Liczba stron 314
Forma publikacji książka w miękkiej oprawie
Poziom zaawansowania Dla profesjonalistów, specjalistów i badaczy naukowych
Język angielski
ISBN 9781138705715
Kategorie Scenariusze filmowe
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TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era takes a deep dive into writing for today's audiences, against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving TV ecosystem. Amazon, Hulu and Netflix were just the beginning. The proliferation of everything digital has led to an ever-expanding array of the most authentic and engaging programming that we've ever seen. No longer is there a distinction between broadcast, cable and streaming. It's all content. Regardless of what new platforms and channels will emerge in the coming years, for creators and writers, the future of entertainment has never looked brighter.


This book goes beyond an analysis of what makes great programming work. It is a master course in the creation of entertainment that does more than meet the standards of modern audiences-it challenges their expectations. Among other essentials, readers will discover how to:








Satisfy the binge viewer: analysis of the new genres, trends and how to make smart initial decisions for strong, sustainable story. Plus, learn from the rebel who reinvented an entire format.







Develop iconic characters: how to foster audience alignment and allegiance, from empathy and dialogue to throwing characters off their game, all through the lens of authenticity and relatability.







Create a lasting, meaningful career in the evolving TV marketplace: how to overcome trips, traps and tropes, the pros and cons of I.P.; use the Show Bible as a sales tool and make the most of the plethora of new opportunities out there.





A companion website offers additional content including script excerpts, show bible samples, interviews with television content creators, and more. "This is like a masterclass in the art of creating television-both now and for whatever 'television' may become. Visionary, insightful and timely."
-Issa Rae, Golden Globe-nominated Writer/Producer/Actress: Insecure, The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl





"I'm a longtime fan of Landau! His decades of experience and genuine love of the form shine in TV Writing On Demand. The definitive guide to writing for modern audiences."
-Damon Lindelof, Emmy Award-winning Writer/Producer: Lost, The Leftovers


"With close to 500 scripted series, the current television landscape takes some navigating. Fortunately, Landau does that with precision, passion and purpose. This book is invaluable."
-Frank Spotnitz, Emmy-nominated Writer/Executive Producer: The Man in the High Castle, Medici: Masters of Florence





"The television business has changed radically over the last few years and Landau has written an absolutely-essential guide to understanding it. Whether you're trying to get a foot in the door, or you have a foot in and are trying to keep it there, this book is a must read."
-Sarah Watson, Creator: The Bold Type; Writer/Executive Producer: Parenthood





"Landau's previous book introduced us to the revolutionaries of the new age of creativity. TV Writing on Demand holds the secrets to becoming one. For writers, students and fans of story-driven entertainment, this book is indispensable."
-Dr. Nathaniel Kohn, Director, Roger Ebert's Film Festival; Associate Director, George Foster Peabody Awards



"Neil truly understands how television is changing and what today's creators need in order to transition to tomorrow's landscape. You're in good hands with this book!"


-Amy Aniobi, Co-Executive Producer, Insecure; Host of "Smart Manners" on Amy Poehler's Smart Girls' Network

TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era

Spis treści

Introduction







Peak TV vs. Pique TV: The Streaming Smorgasbord





How to Navigate TV Writing On Demand

















PART I - SATISFYING THE BINGE VIEWER:





NEW GENRES, FORMATS AND TRENDS







1 Blurring the Lines: Redefining Genre and Tone in the Dramedy





How Did We Get Here?





Dramedies and Life on the Cringe





Female-Driven Dramedies





You're the Worst: The Anti-Romantic Dramedy





Baskets and Lives in Disarray





Satire as the Weapon of Reason in Dear White People





I Love Dick: Exploring the "Female Gaze"





Master of the Observational: Master of None





Better Things: Philosophical Vignettes





Love and Death in Atlanta





Bonus Content: Further analysis on dramedies, including the rise of the genre, Catastrophe and Casual













2 The Slow-Burn, Season-Long Procedural: From Murder One and Twin Peaks to The Night Of, Fargo, Search Party and More





The Season-Long Mystery





The Mystery Underlying the Crime: The Night Of





The Good Fight: The Procedural Within a Procedural





Search Party: Something From Nothing





Fargo Is a State of Mind





The Season-to-Season Pivot: Broadchurch





Truth and Consequences





Bonus Content: American Crime, True Detective Season 1, Riverdale, Medici: Masters of Florence, Happy Valley, The Fall, Bloodline, The Expanse



















3 Trust Me: The Long Con On-Demand-From The Riches to Sneaky Pete, Patriot, The Americans and More





The Put Up, The Play, The Rope, The Touch, The Blow Off





The Masquerade: Sneaky Pete





The Period Political Masquerade: The Americans





Entrapment and Reversals: The Night Manager





All Is Not What It Seems: The Good Place





The Farce Thriller: Patriot





Ozark: Who Can a Con Artist Trust?





Bonus Content: The Path, Younger, Mr. Robot

















4 Dystopias, Multiverses and Magic Realism





The Constructive/Destructive Power of Ideas: The Handmaid's Tale





Our World with a Cautionary Twist





Crafting the Supernatural/Dystopian Pilot





Microcosmic Dystopias and the Monster Mash: American Gods





Portals and Multiverses: Childlike Wonder in Stranger Things





Surprise and Shifting POV: The OA





Adjoining Realms in The Man in the High Castle





Bonus Content: Atlanta, Man Seeking Woman, The Good Place, Game of Thrones, The Young Pope, plus "The Neurotic Superhero"



















5 Story Tentacles: Making Surprising Choices That Yield More Story





Inevitable Yet Unpredictable





Keep Your Frenemies Close: Orange Is the New Black





You Can't Always Get What You Want . . . Mozart in the Jungle





A Window Onto a New World: Switched at Birth





Taboo Relationships in Comedies





Points of View: The Affair





Ensembles and Backstories





When a Flaw Becomes an Asset: Girls





The Macro/Micro Approach: The Young Pope





Game of Thrones: The Ultimate Story Tentacle Show?





The Unreliable Narrator: Mr. Robot





Bonus Content: Breaking Bad, Scandal, Mad Men, Taxi, plus the Switched at Birth pilot teaser



















6 Spotlight on a Rebel: Ryan Murphy Reinvents the Mini-Series by Embracing His Inner Outsider





Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn?







In Television, Tone is Everything





Reinvigorating a Genre





The More Specific You Make Something, The More Universal It Becomes





"No" = A Rest Stop on the Road to "Yes"





Limitation as an Opportunity and Differentiator





The Pop Culture Junkie





The Limited Anthology Series





Impossible = Possible





Marcia, Marcia, Marcia





If You Can Dream Within a Structure, You Can Do Better Things

















PART II DEVELOPING ICONIC CHARACTERS:





RELATABILITY AND AUTHENTICITY







7 Character Empathy vs. Sympathy: How and Why We Align With Characters' Wants and Needs





Touching the Void





Nobody's Perfect





Examples of Coping Powers





The Dance





Reverting to Type





Judgment, Morality and Perception





The Insatiable Appetite of the Ego





Insecure: Authentic as F**k





Big Little Lies, Guilt and Shame





Sympathy for the Robot: Westworld





Hannah, Clay and the Razor's Edge: 13 Reasons Why





Alignment and Allegiance





Bonus Content: Mr. Robot, Getting On, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Young Pope, Better Things, Animal Kingdom, plus "Empathy and the Female Gaze"



















8 Choosing Between Two Wrongs: Characters Trapped by Limitation





Creating the Dilemma





Homeland: The Lasting Effects of Devastating Decisions





A "What If?" Exercise





Dilemma and Perspectives





Politics, Power and Internal Logic: Legion, The Handmaid's Tale





Jessica Jones: How Late is Too Late?





Guilt, Maturity and Aspirations: This Is Us





The Cleanse and Crossing the Line





Bonus Content: Bates Motel, Breaking Bad, Queen Sugar, Orange Is the New Black



















9 The Wild Card Character: Power Dynamics and Motivations





The Wild Card With a Twist: Mr. Robot





The Wild Card's Wild Card: Mozart in the Jungle





The Roommate Soulmate: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt





The Pushy Roommate/Friend/Business Partner/Mentor: Silicon Valley





Disrupting an Institution: The Young Pope





The Role of Destabilizing Characters: Better Call Saul, The Crown and Goliath





Bonus Content: Luther, Big Little Lies, Stranger Things, Bloodline, plus script excerpts from Mr. Robot, The Crown, Goliath



















10 Writing Smart Dialogue in the Digital Era





The Oblique





Bonus Content: The Profound Power of Silence plus Better Call Saul excerpt





Idiosyncratic Voices: Empire, Silicon Valley





Get in Late, Get Out Early





Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication





Point of View and Subtext: The Last Man on Earth, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend





Shop Talk: Brooklyn Nine-Nine





Naturalistic Dialogue: Profanity in The Wire





Backstory: What They Don't Say





Actions-and Triangulation





Overlapping Dialogue: Stranger Things





Economy With Words





E-Communication





Listening to Our Characters





Bonus Content: Bones, Orphan Black, The Americans, Scandal

















PART III CAREER STRATEGIES IN THE EVOLVING TV MARKETPLACE







11 To I.P. or Not to I.P.? That Is the Question: The Value of Intellectual Property in the Scripted TV Ecosystem





Intellectual Property Glossary





Breaking (Through the Noise) and Entering (the Zeitgeist)





The Literary Approach





Adapting Autobiographical Material





Bonus Content: A deeper dive into putting a new spin on forms of I.P., from comics to musicals



















12 The Show Bible as an Essential Sales Tool





That Was Then. This Is Now.





The Need for Reassurance: From Closed-Ended, Stand-Alone Procedurals to Open-Ended, Slower-Burn Serials





If There's a Central Mystery, There Needs to Be a Series Bible





Networks That Circumvent the Pilot Process (Tend to) Commission Series Bibles





The Following Networks Still Make Pilots, But Do They Require Series Bibles?Half-Hour Sitcoms Rarely, If Ever, Require a Series Bible . . .





Drafting the Series Mini-Bible





Bonus Content: Examples/templates of one-hour drama and half-hour dramedy series mini-bibles, plus how to create a story area document



















13 Trips, Traps, Tropes: Avoiding Rookie Mistakes





Become Experts in the Genre







"Great Pilot, But What's the Series?"





"It's Too Wrapped Up"





"What's the Franchise?"





"Who Are We Rooting For?"





"There's No Sense of Place or Time"





"It's Confusing"





"The Premise Is Weak"





"It Doesn't Feel Authentic"





"The Dialogue/Style/Tone Are Uninspired"





"It's Too Long"





"The Plotting is Tepid"





"The Stakes Are Not High Enough"





"It's Just Talking Heads"





"It's Too Superficial"





"There Are Too Many Characters"





"The Good Stuff Appears Too Late"





Know the Industry-Yet Be Innovative





The Temptation to Rush





Bonus Content: "The War Against the Kitchen Sink Pilot," a/k/a "The Premise Pilot Blues"



















14 The Creative Entrepreneur: From Kickstarting a Web Series to Hitting the Big Time





"Call My Agent"





Getting an Agent





Agents vs. Managers





Advice From the (Staff Writer) Trenches





Bonus Content: List of the Top Contests and Fellowships





More Opportunities Than Ever-Yet It's Never Been More Competitive





Show Them Your Proof of Concept





Think Locally, Act Globally





What I Really Want To Do Is Direct (a Web Series)-Broad City, Key & Peele, High Maintenance, Awkward Black Girl, The Skinny, 37 Problems, EastSiders





Bonus Content: Advice from Kit Williamson





Work Begets Work











Acknowledgments





About the Author





About the Editors





Index

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