Posts Tagged ‘sitcom’

Writers of web series “Bruce”, Holt & Blackwell

You know when you see a snippet of a trailer for a sitcom or web series and you think: “wow, that’s my kind of show”? Well, I definitely had that response when I first saw the trailer for upcoming web series Bruce. Bruce the show Written by Warwick Holt and Mat Blackwell, it was directed/produced by the […] Read more…

My Mad Fat Diary Production Assignment

I’m continuing to learn SO much in my Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting: Series Television course at AFTRS. I haven’t yet written much about the course, but one of our subjects was Production Process and the Writer. The Assignment There were two assignments or tasks: a written report where we interview a series television scriptwriter (coming soon), and a video assignment […] Read more…

Writing and other reversals

Ahem! Well, it’s been RATHER a long time between posts hasn’t it? *whistles* There’s a device in TV shows and films called a ‘reversal’, which is a plot twist that reveals something new, reversing the audience’s expectation, and spinning the plot off in a new direction. (For more on reversals, see Five Types Of Plot Twists) […] Read more…