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I write for television as a job. I am currently wrapping up work on the third of three television shows for which I have been commissioned to write. This does not imply that I am a better or even...
Like a movie, a single shot is taken on sets, locations, etc. in a single camera show. Like a play, a multi-camera (previously three camera) film is shot on a stage. Instead of capturing each angle one at a...

Your Protagonist Goal

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The majority of people are familiar with that word because they learned it in English class in high school. It is accurate. However, the protagonist of your story is not the actual person who is affected by the events....
Go watch the pilot for Cheers. Right now and then return. The pilot of Cheers is frequently referred to as one of the greatest pilots ever. for a valid reason. In addition, I will keep referring to it in subsequent...
There will typically be one or two lead characters, even in ensemble productions. It's Michael Bluth in Arrested Development. It is Michael Scott in The Office. It's a little bit murkier with Friends, but if you watch the pilot, Ross...

The Act’s Midpoint

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The second act is split in two parts mostly because of the importance of the story’s midpoint. It’s called that because it’ll happen pretty much exactly halfway through your script. It’s another complication, like the end of the first act. But it...

The First Acting Scene

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As previously stated, the first acting step is for you to set the stage. Your characters, your world, and your central conflict are all necessary for your audience to comprehend what they are watching. Even without the opening crawl, think of...
Structure with three acts: the thing you probably remember from English class in middle school. This is the format that almost all narrative fiction follows. Traditionally referred to as "setup," "confrontation," and "resolution," each act covers roughly a third of your...

Act Two, Part One

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Okay, your second act is split in two, so "three acts" is kind of a misnomer. At the end of this section, I'll explain why. However, given that our Haunted Bakery pilot just set up a confrontation between the protagonist...
The escalating beats of your hero trying to accomplish something and whatever is in their way interfering with them in the second half of act two are very similar to those of the first half. However, the midpoint complication has...