Tone in TV Writing (PT60)

NEW: Get the episode cheat sheet on our Patreon! Alex and Nick discuss the importance of tone in TV shows and how to establish it in your own writing. What is tone in television? Where do TV shows fit on the scale between farce and gritty realism? How can you establish tone through story, character, themes, and world? How do you keep a consistent tone in your TV script? Plus, we announce brand new episode transcripts. The Paper Team goes dark and gritty... SHOWNOTES Content Paper Scraps: New Paper Team transcripts (00:23) 1 - Defining tone and its importance (01:56) 2 - How to set-up or establish tone: world, character, story, dialogue, themes, and marketing (08:12) 3 - Tonal dissonance and "tonal recall" (32:53) Takeaways and Resources (38:35) Links "TV World-Building 101" (PT44) – Transcript "Joke-Writing, Stand-Up and Late-Night TV ft. Simon Taylor (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)" (PT22) - Transcript "Writing Adult Comedy Animation ft. Alison Tafel (BoJack Horseman)" (PT39) – Transcript "Assisting TV Comedy Writers ft. Gary Sundt (Superstore/The Goldbergs)" (PT43) "Breaking in & Writing From “Outside the System” ft. Hilliard Guess (The Screenwriter’s Rant Room)" (PT47) - Transcript Psych The Shield The Mentalist Burn Notice Homeland Arrested Development Ozark Jason Bateman Coen Brothers Burn After Reading Desperate Housewives Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston David Tennant Matt Smith Veronica Mars "Fly" (3x10 - Breaking Bad) Rian Johnson "Wormhole X-Treme!" (5x12 - Stargate SG-1) "200" (10x06 - Stargate SG-1) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 The Hitman's Bodyguard Kingsman Church Scene (Video) Star Trek: Discovery The Orville The Mummy (2017 Film) The Mummy (1999 Film) Saw The Room The Disaster Artist (Film) "It insists upon itself" - Family Guy (Video) Terriers Sweeney Todd (Film) Cougar Town The TV Set Flanderization The Practice David E. Kelley Boston Legal Baywatch Baywatch Nights Resources Tone Shift (TV Tropes) Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode. If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]