Insider Interview

Andy van Roon

Writer/Executive Producer—Founder, Film-Com

DOI: 10.4324/9781003186182-5

In the story development process, what is the importance of story research (i.e., time period, clothing, historical references, etc.)?

All stories for film and television require a unique premise, world, characters, and plot trajectories, optimally enabling the greatest possible growth for all characters concerned, unless in certain cases the very point is for a character to have opportunities to grow, but [she or he] fails to do so, due to the unique characteristics of her or his persona.

The audience becomes absorbed and, in various ways, transformed by experiencing what a story’s characters are put through, and this is because viewers ...

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