Analyzing Great TV Scenes: Case Studies of Deep Space Nine, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Good Place, The Good Wife, Lost and The Simpsons (PT77)

Summary: Alex and Nick break down six iconic TV scenes to look at what makes them engaging and unique.<br> <br> The moments explored in this episode include scenes from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Good Place, The Good Wife, Lost, and The Simpsons.<br> <br> What makes for a great TV scene? How can a simple exchange play off character and story? How can dialogue be used to define a moment? What are ways acting, directing and editing influence the impact of a scene? What TV writing lessons can you learn from these scenes?<br> <br> Plus, we talk how many people should be in a writing group.<br> <br> The Paper Team gets in and out...<br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps: How many people in a writing group? (00:00:58)<br> 1 - Introduction to the six TV scenes (00:03:09)<br> 2 - "The Simpsons" Steamed Ham scene (00:08:02)<br> 3 - "Deep Space Nine" Benny Rant scene (00:16:15)<br> 4 - "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Papa scene (00:29:35)<br> 5 - "Lost" Henry Gale Breakfast scene (00:37:24)<br> 6 - "The Good Place" Many Attempts Montage scene (00:44:55)<br> 7 - "The Good Wife" Will vs. Alicia scene (00:53:02)<br> Next Week On (01:03:38)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/feedback-and-notes-building-your-reading-onion-pt08/">"Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion" (PT08)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/analyzing-great-tv-pilots-case-studies-of-alias-community-homicide-the-o-c-scrubs-and-3rd-rock-from-the-sun-pt54/">"Analyzing Great TV Pilots" (PT54)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/analyzing-great-tv-characters-case-studies-of-david-palmer-24-lindsay-youre-the-worst-michael-the-good-place-and-scorpius-farscape-pt72/">"Analyzing Great TV Characters" (PT72)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22_Short_Films_About_Springfield">"22 Short Films about Springfield (7x21 - The Simpsons)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDUIGvpDolw">The Simpsons' Steamed Ham scene</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Beyond_the_Stars">"Far Beyond the Stars" (6x13 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwzgtCwAnf8">Deep Space Nine's Benny Rant scene</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583018/">"Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse" (4x24 - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMNsMdnSBIk">Prince of Bel-Air's Papa scene</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Whole_Truth_(Lost)">"The Whole Truth" (2x16 - Lost)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1yQdWWTKc">Lost's Henry Gale Breakfast scene</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6949036/">"Dance Dance Resolution" (2x03 - The Good Place)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitting_the_Fan">"Hitting the Fan" (5x05 - The Good Wife)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMVMbmQBug">"I'm mad as hell" scene from Network</a><br> <a href="http://www.jammersreviews.com/st-ds9/s6/stars.php">DS9 comment by Kingofmadcows</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/nonlinear-storytelling-pt70/">"Nonlinear Storytelling" (PT70)</a><br> <br> <br> This episode brought to you by Tracking Board's Launch Pad Writing Competitions<br> <a href="https://www.tblaunchpad.com/#competitions" target="_blank"></a><br> Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a <a href="https://www.tblaunchpad.com/#competitions" target="_blank">Launch Pad Competition</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br>