Alex and Nick are joined by Buffy the Vampire Slayer expert Evan Schmitt to discuss visual storytelling in television writing through the prism of two episodes, "Hush" and "Restless". How do you convey information visually? How can you use imagery to illustrate story and character? What does exposition look like without dialogue? How creepy are the Gentlemen? What was the Cheese Man all about? The Paper Team invokes the First Slayer... SHOWNOTES Content 1 - About "Hush" and "Restless" (01:39) 2 - Narrative structures of "Hush" and "Restless" (11:08) 3 - Visual storytelling in "Hush" (18:33) 4 - Visual storytelling in "Restless" (40:53) Takeaways and Resources (56:37) Announcement Paper Team is going to WonderCon 2017! Join our panel "Writer Versus Fandom: TV Writer's Rooms and Fan Interaction" on Sunday, April 2 at 4:00PM in Room 209. Links Evan Schmitt on Instagram Paper Team panel at WonderCon 2017 Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD "Hush" (4x10 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Restless" (4x22 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Shooting script for "Hush" (dated November 3, 1999) Shooting script for "Restless" (dated April 8, 2000) The Ascension "Primeval" (4x21 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "How Joss Whedon and the Buffy writers’ room broke episodes" - TV Calling The Gentlemen Cheese Man "Beer Bad" (4x05 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Ozymandias" (5x14 - Breaking Bad) Christophe Beck Saint-Saëns' "Danse macabre" "The Zeppo" (3x13 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Ethan Rayne "Band Candy" (3x06 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Ripper Maggie Walsh "Graduation Day" (3x21-22 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "This Year's Girl" (4x15 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Dawn Summers Joyce Summers Mr. Pointy "The Gift" (5x22 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer) Resources Buffy World's episode index with shooting scripts "Tough Enough: Female Friendship and Heroism in Xena and Buffy" - Dr. Sharon Ross Dr. Sharon Ross (Columbia College Chicago) Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode. If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co
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