“Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the storytelling is really done in post.” KindDoneRealityFictionDramaProductionsStorytellingPosts Author:Kurt Sutter
“There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from that terrific opening sequence), any sense of raw, intuitive drama.” LooksCharacterBloodMissingDevelopmentDramaFocusedOpeningStorytellingImpulseEpicIntuitiveSequenceTerrificCharacter Development Author:Stephanie Zacharek
“What serialized cable dramas have given us is the opportunity to not simply tell the same story with slightly different words and different costumes, every week. people are really mining the ability of storytellers to tell a long form story that goes from A to Z, and to trust that an audience will follow that. If they miss it, over the course of the week, they can watch it online or buy the DVD. There are so many different ways of interacting with it. Storytelling in television is getting more complex and more nuanced.” PeopleIfsWayLongDifferentStoriesFormCoursesOpportunityGivenAbilityWatchesAudienceWeekMissingTelevisionDramaComplexesStorytellingDifferent WaysOnlineStorytellerCostumesCablesDvdsInteractingMining Author:Sarah Wayne Callies
“I like storytelling, and for storytelling you need a drama. And for there to be drama, you need twists, and by twists I mean the ability to constantly change the trajectory of the story.” NeedsMeanStoriesAbilityDramaStorytellingTwistsTrajectory Author:Asghar Farhadi
“Theatre is filled w/ passion, risk and drama (as much behind-the-curtain as on stage), perfect ingredients for documentary storytelling.” PassionPerfectBehindsRiskStageDramaFilledTheatreStorytellingIngredientsDocumentariesCurtains Author:Dori Berinstein
“I think television is a unique form, in terms of storytelling. Having source material for these really dense, complicated, serialized dramas is a great way of world-building.” ThinkingWorldWayFormTermTelevisionBuildingMaterialsSourceDramaUniqueComplicatedStorytellingDense Author:Chris Albrecht
“But I do think that, when you slow the conveyor belt down, the quality control tends to go up. You have a lot more time between seasons to talk about what worked and what didn't work, and plan for the future. And the pacing of the storytelling, particularly for on-going serialized dramas, means that you don't need to do non-essential episodes, just because you have to fill this pre-existing schedule.” ThinkingNeedsMeanQualityPlansDramaEssentialsSeasonsStorytellingMore TimeEpisodesSchedulesBeltsPacingQuality Control Author:Damon Lindelof
“It is very linear storytelling, and I think that's not so much the fashion. I was watching a new drama the other night which was extremely non-linear, where you flash back and flash forward in ways that certainly keeps you on your toes as the audience. There's not much of that courage with the storytelling in our Maigret film.” ThinkingWayFilmNightAudienceFashionDramaStorytellingFlashToesLinear Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I love dealing with drama. I'm drawn to the painful side of storytelling, more so. I feel like that's where you get the most honesty from. My laughter comes from irony. You laugh at my pain. I can't look for the laugh 'cause I'll fall flat on my face. I like the type of laughter that comes from irony like, "Of course, it's sunny today when I wore a mink coat!" I'm that guy. I was raised on Benny Hill and The Odd Couple and The Honeymooners.” TodayPainGuyFallLaughingHonestyCoupleDramaLaughterPainfulStorytellingHillsIronyOddSunny Author:Michael K. Williams
“A culture cannot evolve without honest, powerful storytelling. When a society repeatedly experiences glossy, hollowed-out, pseudo-stories, it degenerates. We need true satires and tragedies, dramas and comedies that shine a clean light into the dingy corners of the human psyche and society.” NeedsHumansStoriesLightCulturePowerfulComedyHonestDramaTragedyShiningCleanCornersStorytellingEvolveSatireDegeneratesPseudoHuman Psyche Book:Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting Source: Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting