Vince Gilligan

Writer / Director

Films Discussed 2

· Better Call Saul (2015) (d/w)
· Breaking Bad (2008) (d/w)

Draft Zero Episodes 1

DZ-24: Forging story rules in TV pilots

Are your story rules in your pilot strong enough to play out over the life of your show?

Stu and Chas move away from the world of features and dive into the Pilot Episodes of some (New) Golden Age Television: THE SHIELD, THE WIRE, BREAKING BAD, and MAD MEN. And we sneak in some discussion about ANGEL, THE SOPRANOS and GAME OF THRONES… →

⏱ 2h 5m

4 AUG 2015

Structure · Genre · Theme

Listen if you wanna know great television pilots establish the dramatic, literary, and cinematic rules that sustain their entire run.

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Films: The Shield (2002) , The Wire (2002) , Breaking Bad (2008) , Mad Men (2007)

Shows: The Shield 1x1 , The Wire 1x1 , Breaking Bad 1x1 , Mad Men 1x1

Structure: Climax , Stakes , Openings , Act One , World Building

Genre: Genre Conventions

Theme: Theme