You wanna know how Wednesday pulled off that magic trick of a first season that got everyone talking? And how the show, which is back for season two, continues to mash up genres and keep people excited?Well, so do I. Which is why I really studied the show and decided a lot of it has to do with the ease at which it switches genres and leans into tropes when it needs to help the story.This is much easier said than done, but no one is doing it quite like Wednesday. So how'd they do it? Let's dive in. - YouTube www.youtube.com The Engine: A Coming-of-Age StoryFirst off, you gotta ground your crazy ideas in something real. Something we've all been through. For Wednesday, that's the classic coming-of-age story. She's at a new school, she's got roommate drama, there's the awkward first dance, and the love triangle. We know these beats.But Wednesday makes them her own. It doesn’t matter that the school is a gothic castle for supernatural teens. The emotional core is relatable. Wednesday is the ultimate outsider, and who hasn't felt like that?By building the story on this rock-solid foundation, the writers gave themselves permission to get weird. And boy, did they get weird. It's Also A MysteryThis is where the script really starts cooking. You take that coming-of-age story and you bolt a murder mystery onto it. Not just any mystery, but one with a monster ripping people to shreds in the woods.This is Screenwriting 101; Your...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 6 August