Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20150127033511

I'm a firm believer in the fact no piece of art is without some redeeming quality. As a writer there's always something I can learn from nay given work, even if it's something as prosaic as how not to do something.

I showed you the intro to Caprica, which I think was fairly unique for an American production of any kind. Another interesting thing the show did was how thye handled the "Previously on..." segments at the beginning of most episodes. Most shows just have a single narrator, who makes the above statement, then clips are shown from previous episodes. Caprica took a different track; given that it's a show with divergent plot lines revolving around specific characters, everyone is given one sentence, in their own voice, which sums up their arc to this point, along with the aforementioned scenes.

It's really less a plot summary and more a tag line. The way I'd translate this into 319 is as such:

Kirk: I met a new friend, but everyone else pretends she's not there.

Holly (following her episode, which I'm writing right now): I lost a part of me...and found another. (This would feature scenes of her with Jordan, and then her Kirk and Amy).

Thomas: I made a promise to protect the people I love. (This would show he and his sister, and also his friends.)

Lincoln: My sister died, and now I have the chance to do something about it.

Isabel: I have to atone for things my brother did...the things I did. (This ought to be fairly self explanatory.)

Alexandria: I made a horrible mistake. (I don't really think this needs an explanation either).

Amy: I was a coward...but I won't ever be again.

You'd really have to see a few episodes for it to make sense.

The alternative would be to do things the way The Dead Zone did, which had both an intro and an opening. Kirk could basically monologue briefly over the general premise of the show; this of course would change once he actually learns about the Calamity. 