Parul Bavishi, Melanie Naumann, and Randall Surles
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Editor Reactions:Randall: The intertwining storylines are so intriguing. Great setup.Mel: The Game of Thrones has officially started in this season with everyone wanting to be the next king, no matter who has a right to it and who does not. Pa
This is a series with a mini-plot, multiple characters that each pursue their own storyline but come together for a larger story arc. In this first season of Game of Thrones you’ll see multiple storylines weaving together. But the value at stak
Randall: I totally understand the hype on this series, I can’ believe it took this long for me to watch it. It just keeps getting better.Parul: This show is getting darker and more complex. It’s riveting. Randall: I think this is really what m
What did we think?Randall: Great 2nd season, they kept the surprises and tension goingParul: This show is on fire!Beginning Hook:Inciting Incident: Del is killed and Marty must get rid of Del's body before Cartel find out Turning Point Progress
Did the Story Work?Randall: Pretty good, some nice surprises, overall the story worked.Parul: High stakes, constantly moving. The story worked as a thriller.What are the Editor’s Six Core Questions?It’s a great way to analyze any story and figu
Randall Expectations: I’m excited to watch this series, it’s got a lot of good hype. I also really enjoyed Breaking Bad, with which I see some similarities.Parul Expectations: In terms of Genre? Action or Thriller with morality. Status? Maybe?
Villanelle demonstrates a cold brutality even though she looks stunning and absolutely beautiful which deceives everyone around her. Her beauty and innocent appearance is like the trap that lures her victims into her reach so that she can kill
Initial Observations:Mel - Seems like the biggest crisis and the most at stake was neither for Villanelle nor Eve, but for Konstantin in this final episode, while Eve and Villanelle were only bystanders. If I wouldn’t love the character of Kons
Initial Observations:Mel - I’m lost. I’m not engaged in the show anymore.Parul - We’ve veered off the global genreRandy - World’s worst assassinsRead our show notes at www.storygrid.com or www.sgshowrunners.com
Initial Observations:Mel - Very unexpected, and not believable beginning, and then the characters became unreal for me, too.Parul - I like many scenes, glad the investigation is back on track, but I’m worried about the global storyRandy - No wa
Initial Observations:Mel - A documentary about life in remote Russia that has a tragic, but expected ending.Parul - If I’m looking for a silver lining - here is a good way to look at how one might introduce a villain’s backstoryRandy - WTH?To s
Killing Eve S3 Ep4Initial ObservationsMel - Confusing, because I wondered why they’ve changed the way they tell an episode, especially in midseason? Probably only to keep the tension between Eve seeing Niko and in between until we found out why
Mel - Finally, Killing Eve is indeed back. Everything we loved about the show, they had saved for this episode. Loved it.Parul - Mostly good. A little disappointing.Randy - Nothing new, not too many surprises “I want to smell like a Roman Centu
First ImpressionsMel - This episode did not work for me and I’ll add the why later on.Parul - Strangely, I really enjoyed this episode, and I was really disappointed when the series ended.Randy - I get it, they had to have an episode where the
Initial Observations:Mel - Without Eve in her life, Villanelle returns to her old self.Parul - I no longer look at ConstantineRandy - Villanelle is back killing in her unique way, and the trailer shows some other scenes which look interesting t
Initial ObservationsMel - The villain is the hero of his own story. And it was great to get into the mind of a psychopath, especially through the first-person narrative, seeing how he leaves red herrings for whoever is trying to get him and sta
Randall and Melanie analyze the trailer on YouTube and the Wikipedia description to establish the viewer expectations based on the assumed Genre.
With three protagonists and three timelines, the story can get a bit confusing for those with no prior knowledge of the Witcher Universe. There were some good scenes, but the editors break down the problems and offer some solutions. Initial Ob
What other epic fantasy television or movie series have you guys watched?Melanie: Hercules, Narnia, Dungeons and Dragons, WarcraftRandall: Magicians; Shannara ChroniclesParul: Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, Xena: Warrior Princess, Wonderwo
We've analysed The Umbrella Academy TV Series of Season 1. In this episode we talk about the global story and if it satisfied our expectations or not. And if not, let's find out why.We talk about genre, moments we expect, the point of view, wan
Due to the high interest he had in our episode that included the 6 core questions for Season 1 and 2 of Killing Eve, we’ve decided to change our format for this podcast. The Podcast will now have two episodes a month: An intro to a new series t
Since we’ve talked so much about the first season of Killing Eve, we don’t want to leave the big question unanswered, why the second season wasn’t perceived as good as the first one. It’s gonna be just this one episode where we focus on the glo
The series is finally over!!!!Now the team will go through the Editor's Six Core Questions and write the Foolscap for Killing Eve Season 1.Genre: Thriller, Serial KillerPOV: Eve Polastri and Villanelle; Dramatic IronyObligatory Scenes and Conve
Inciting IncidentParul: Eve has discovered Constantin with Carolyn. This is important because she can no longer trust Carolyn.Melanie:Eve has discovered that Villanelle is free and not in prison anymore. This is upending her world. It also tu
As a review, if you follow the Story Grid Method, most stories are made up of the following elements:3 Acts - Beginning Hook, Middle Build, Ending PayoffThere are 5 Commandments in each scene, episode, and act that includes the Inciting Inciden
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