What are the central themes for storytelling a TV series and a feature?
The differences can be of two orders: creative and technical differences. From a creative point of view the TV series don’t have themes, they have a central idea or premise. The movie has messages that underlie what the film has to be about. Then those themes are explored. With it comes story arcs and protagonists change through the film. At the end of the movie they have learned something and they have changed. Movies are about something in our lives, a moment that changes things. In a series that would send it off in another direction. The scriptwriter has to bear in mind that audiences’ expectations are very high. The public expects special effects. The scriptwriter has to find stronger skills of storytelling because we can’t always match them. From a technical point of view, there are two differences of quality. In 2D you get strobing in cinema. For TV the quality of drawing doesn’t have to be so high. There is no need to be too precious about every single frame of drawing. On a bi
