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In episode 25 of We Have To Go Back Podcast we take a look back at LOST season 3 episode 1, “A Tale of Two Cities” and episode 2, “The Glass Ballerina.” In “A Tale of Two Cities” the story focuses on Kate, Jack, and Sawyer as they have been captured by the Others and placed in different locations. Kate is given a dress and has breakfast with Ben, while Sawyer remains locked in a cage and tries to get food from a fish biscuit dispenser. Meanwhile Jack is kept inside the Hydra station and meets the mysterious Juliet. In a flashback we see the Others perspective of the plane crash of Oceanic flight 815. In the off-island flashbacks we see the end of Jack and Sarah’s marriage, and Jack accuse his own father of being the man that Sarah is having an affair with.
In “The Glass Ballerina” the story shares the back story of Sun and her affair with Jae Lee, ending with Jae Lee jumping out a hotel window to his death. On the island, Jin, Sun, and Sayid sail further around the island to try to send a message to Jack, but it puts them in a vulnerable position with the Others and Sun is nearly kidnapped when the Others steal the sailboat. Meanwhile, Sawyer and Kate are forced into hard labor to build a runway, and Jack continues to be frustrated as he’s locked up in the Hydra station.
Next up: “Further Instructions” & “Every Man For Himself”
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Pulled from somewhere … on the internet…. not my words, seems to be the best way to make sense of it. suffice to say, when it comes to writing TV shows, i’d guess the venn diagram of creative contribution is 50 circles all overlapping 90 percent of the time.
here’s what i found…
“Story by” is usually the people who came up with the story concept (1 or more people).
“Written by” is usually the person (or people) that took the concept, however fleshed-out, and wrote the full-fledged version that was taken as a basis for making the show/movie – often it will change along the way to your TV or cinema screen depending on things like the length of the finished product, whether scenes come across or are too vague or confusing and need to be re-shot, etc. etc.
“Teleplay by” is the same as written by, in that the one(s) responsible have fleshed the concept out to a version that can be taken to production. The difference here, though, is that teleplays are closer to stage plays in the way they are written, with dialogue and action being key and artistic shots or effects being left up to those filming and editing, etc.
Story: Approx ~5 page summary, by Prologue, Act x # and Epilogue that conveys the entire “essence” of the 1 hour drama (about 42 minutes on screen). Commonly – motives, methods, questions raised, questions answered, tensions established, conflicts resolved, plus mytharc points addressed, or pushed to a later episode, are incorporated.
Teleplay/Written By: Is the “script” that has gone thru the full pre-production process, about 80 pages, or so, for the 1 hour drama. It includes approved dialogue, location, setting (night. exterior. stormy) and crucial camera, sound and SFX to tell the ‘Story’.
Akiva Goldsman penned/conceived the “Story” for many pivotal FRINGE eps. He hardly ever touched the “Script”, unless it contradicted the “Story”.