TV Structure Made Easy For Beginning Writers - Niceole R. Levy

[@gopro_audio]

Can you imagine how much the interviewer knows after 12 years of videos on this channel?

[@palootto4021]

Awesome breakdown of writing for TV.

[@filmcourage]

What do you like about this video?

[@palootto4021]

As usual, I like how the questions are framed; and I like how time is given to the guest to answer without interruptions. I've learned so much from watching.

[@yesyesyesyes1600]

The interviewer's voice has become more gentle, less nervous and less rushed over the past few years 👍 The content has gotten better. In early episodes it was like "I know exactly, but I won't tell you". Vital information was kept secret. But now every advice seems actionable. You can take your script and work off every single point like - have I done that? Does my script contain enough this and that. VERY COOL CHANNEL. Thank you for sharing all this valuable information with us.

[@nickw6229]

this was amazing. thank you

[@DarthXboxian]

Great interview

[@filmcourage]

Thanks Akash!

[@TheMrSkyshark]

Thanks

[@filmcourage]

Thank you so much Mr. Sky Shark! We love the way Niceole explains the ins and outs of tv writing. We're grateful for your support. Best of luck with your creative projects!

[@leonoradompor8706]

Yesszzz amen amen amen ****

[@MrHunterseeker]

First minute of this video is the reason why we don't have any good TV shows anymore. The first thing that should be done is figure out if the show is going to be a situational show or a show that has an ongoing story. Once that is established, draw up an outline, and then figure out who your main characters are. Use the first season to introduce the whole cast to the audience. Sure figure out the technical structure of the show and how you implement commercials, but you want the most people watching those commercials as possible, so don't alienate anyone that might be interested in the show with your real world politics, religion or social awareness campaigns. Keep that stuff out of your show, or have the characters in the show deal with it, and show how they would react to it. Instead of preaching to the audience. The best structure of shows I have seen with shows with huge casts of main characters (like Star Trek TNG and all the old 90s star treks) was to have 3 different story line arcs/plots going on at once in each show, with 3 different locations, with 3 different main characters all dealing with a different dilemma, with 3 or 4 "acts" between commercials, cliff hanging hard at each commercial break. About halfway through the show, the characters story lines all end up merging together into one main plot that no one could see was going to be connected and by the end of the show, all characters end up together resolving their plot lines, which also progresses the main seasonal story line in some way. This keeps everyone interested because it has more of a chance to keep people watching their favorite characters. Tip to writers: Enough with the sarcasm and cynicism.

[@alpharius_nox]

You wrote my comments for me!

[@jane-mulcahy]

...This video is about TV structure. So that's what the interview focuses on. The other elements of TV writing like story and characters are obvious givens, which is why she doesn't start with that. Plus in the second half of your comment you describe act structure and A,B, and C plots, which is a large part of what Levy discusses in the video. What are you talking about?

[@wesleywade4299]

Can you all cover sitcoms for like Nickelodeon and Disney.

[@silvanadonato8446]

so practically all look the same...