OPINION: The Riddle of Tone

Understanding The Riddle of Tone The release of BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE is an appropriate moment to talk about tone, one of the least understood tools in the screenwriter’s toolbox. In the broadest sense, tone can be classified as comic, dramatic or tragic, but even within these “master” tones there are subdivisions. There are also multiple options for shading within – and in counterpoint to – a story’s master tone. By looking at the many and varied live-action

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