14 Ways a TV or Movie Setting Was Used To Enhance a Screenplay

When a TV or Movie Setting IS A Character In the Narrative… Ask yourself this: what is a TV or movie setting? Really think about it. Is it just a backdrop on which to stage the events of your story? A static playground, conveying only time and place? Or can it be something more? Where is the screenplay electricity? Sometimes the best settings reveal something about a character, or force a character to do something they otherwise wouldn’t have. In

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