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True Detective (2014)
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DZ-41: Theme and Worldview
How can your characters' worldview dramatise your theme?
In this episode, Stu and Chas tackle one of the more esoteric topics in screenwriting (and writing in general): theme! To help us tackle this topic, we decided to look at television pilots, because we felt that television requires the theme to be more explicit. Our zig-zagging (and long) discussion covers thematic engines, music themes, thematic loglines, punishment vs reward, and - perhaps most of all - the worldview of characters… →
Listen if theme feels abstract - we talk how how to make it visible through what characters believe.
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In this episode, Stu and Chas tackle one of the more esoteric topics in screenwriting (and writing in general): theme! To help us tackle this topic, we decided to look at television pilots, because we felt that television requires the theme to be more explicit. Our zig-zagging (and long) discussion covers thematic engines, music themes, thematic loglines, punishment vs reward, and - perhaps most of all - the worldview of characters… →
Films:
House of Cards (2013)
, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015)
, True Detective (2014)
, Transparent (2014)
, Fargo (2014)
, Game of Thrones (2011)
, BoJack Horseman (2014)
, Six Feet Under (2001)
Shows:
House of Cards 1x1
, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend 1x1
, True Detective 1x1
, Transparent 1x1
, Fargo 1x1
, Game of Thrones 1x1
, BoJack Horseman 1x1
, Six Feet Under 1x1