The tropes and what to expect from genre.
The first time I watched Psycho a scene captured my attention in particular, the one right after Marion’s murder. We see Norman cleaning up, disponisng of her body in the car trunk, hiding the car in the lake. I watched this scene and thought “That’s boring. Wouldn’t a montage be better?”. It’s a pretty long …
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As you have probably deduced by the title, there are more than one ways to use violence in a fictional story. With this post I’m trying to explain what’s the right way and the wrong way. And the truth is that there isn’t one right way, there are several. The word violence alone makes you …
The first episode of Crazy ex girlfriend opens with a depressed woman sitting on the bed watching a butter commercial that says “When was the last time you were truly happy?”. The woman goes to work, she’s sad and almost has a breakdown, she goes outside to get some hair and take her pills. Suddenly, …
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