Summary: NEW: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/26355904" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get the episode cheat sheet on our Patreon</a>!<br> <br> Alex and Nick discuss the importance of tone in TV shows and how to establish it in your own writing.<br> <br> 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?<br> <br> Plus, we announce brand new episode transcripts.<br> <br> The Paper Team goes dark and gritty...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps: New Paper Team transcripts (00:23)<br> 1 - Defining tone and its importance (01:56)<br> 2 - How to set-up or establish tone: world, character, story, dialogue, themes, and marketing (08:12)<br> 3 - Tonal dissonance and "tonal recall" (32:53)<br> Takeaways and Resources (38:35)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-world-building-101-pt44-transcript/">"TV World-Building 101" (PT44) – Transcript</a><br> <a href="http://paperteam.co/22transcript">"Joke-Writing, Stand-Up and Late-Night TV ft. Simon Taylor (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)" (PT22) - Transcript</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/writing-adult-comedy-animation-ft-alison-tafel-bojack-horseman-pt39-transcript/">"Writing Adult Comedy Animation ft. Alison Tafel (BoJack Horseman)" (PT39) – Transcript</a><br> <a href="http://paperteam.co/43transcript">"Assisting TV Comedy Writers ft. Gary Sundt (Superstore/The Goldbergs)" (PT43)</a><br> <a href="http://paperteam.co/47transcript">"Breaking in & Writing From “Outside the System” ft. Hilliard Guess (The Screenwriter’s Rant Room)" (PT47) - Transcript</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych">Psych</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shield">The Shield</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mentalist">The Mentalist</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_Notice">Burn Notice</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)">Homeland</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_(TV_series)">Arrested Development</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozark_(TV_series)">Ozark</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Bateman">Jason Bateman</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers">Coen Brothers</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_After_Reading">Burn After Reading</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Housewives">Desperate Housewives</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who">Doctor Who</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston">Christopher Eccleston</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tennant">David Tennant</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Smith_(actor)">Matt Smith</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Mars">Veronica Mars</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(Breaking_Bad)">"Fly" (3x10 - Breaking Bad)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rian_Johnson">Rian Johnson</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole_X-Treme!">"Wormhole X-Treme!" (5x12 - Stargate SG-1)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/200_(Stargate_SG-1)">"200" (10x06 - Stargate SG-1)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2">Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitman%27s_Bodyguard">The Hitman's Bodyguard</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1WWDBTda2Y">Kingsman Church Scene (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery">Star Trek: Discovery</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orville">The Orville</a><br>
