Summary: Alex and Nick discuss the importance of teasers in television writing and key elements that make cold opens effective.<br> <br> What is the point of opening scenes? What makes a good teaser? How do you reveal character, story and theme in those first few pages? Are there teaser differences between comedy and drama?<br> <br> Plus, we talk 2017 Emmy winners and the revamped Fox Writers Lab.<br> <br> The Paper Team opens up...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps: Emmys 2017 & Fox Writers Lab (00:28)<br> 1 - Why are teasers and opening scenes important? (11:00)<br> 2 - What makes a good opener: tone, character, expectations, story, and world (14:55)<br> 3 - Specificities of teasers: comedy vs. drama, length, pilot vs. normal episode (32:01)<br> Takeaways and Next Week On (38:19)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards">69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale_(TV_series)">The Handmaid's Tale (TV Show)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Waithe">Lena Waithe</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Glover">Donald Glover</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_K._Brown">Sterling K. Brown</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Pembleton">Frank Pembleton</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190417232725/https://theaudienceawards.com/fox/foxwriterslab">Fox Writers Lab</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StceREZcEIs">"Six Feet Under" Pilot Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLx3BBseiUM">"Riverdale" Pilot Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)">Glee</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_(1999_film)">Election</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arpp-ZdrkXQ">"Scandal" Pilot Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series)">Firefly</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)">Psycho</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LShir4YMYUU">"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Pilot Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_medias_res">In medias res</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cljoguL6OMs">"Rick and Morty" Lighthouse Scene (Video)</a><br> <a href="http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/jmittell/clips/breaking-bad-pilot-opening/view">"Breaking Bad" Pilot Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KlnQyjiZ5w">"Lost" Pilot Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQtjpYZqy8E">"Breaking Bad" Crawling Scene (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_SG-1">Stargate SG-1</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa%27uld">Goa'uld</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama">Futurama</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers">Cheers</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOA4OaGovqk">"Lost" Season 2 Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBCvryIc4Wc">"Lost" Season 3 Opening Sequence (Video)</a><br> <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> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
