Write Your Screenplay Podcast

Every Genre Is Like a Musical

Nov 9, 2022
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INSIGHT

Audience Comes For A Feeling

  • Audiences come to any film or show to feel a specific emotion or experience repeatedly.
  • Delivering that core feeling consistently is essential or the audience will be disappointed.
ADVICE

Decide And Return To Your Core Feeling

  • Decide what you want to feel when you watch and then design your script to return to that feeling.
  • Keep landing the feeling across scenes and increase its intensity as the story progresses.
INSIGHT

Genre Translates Drama Into Mode

  • Every genre functions by translating dramatic scenes into specific modes or elements.
  • Musicals exemplify this by turning a powerful dramatic scene from the book into an aria or song.
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