LINE OF DUTY (LoD) is a UK police procedural #TV show focusing on cop corruption, created and written by #JedMercurio. Running for 6 series now, its 'Who is H?' storyline has kept the nation talking, with nearly 10m viewers for its most recent finale ✒✒✒ . LoD is best known for its iconic interrogation scenes, where accused cops must justify their decisions and defend their actions. These are known to be highly tense, with many reversals of expectations on both sides. Interrogation scenes are very popular in spec #screenplays too, but rarely reach the heights of a produced show like LoD (or equivalent #movies like #Prisoners) ✒✒✒ . There is good reason for this. New #screenwriters rarely understand what a good interrogation scene is for - revealing character and pushing the story forward. Instead they will use them as exposition dumps to 'catch up' the audience on the storyline. It is no accident then many newer #writers accuse interrogation scenes like those in LoD of being 'static'. Nope, they are CONTAINED. There is plenty going on in these scenes - chrs moving in and out of the room; visuals of chrs' discomfort or triumph; hidden movements under the table etc. This is why said scenes are so tense and work so well. Lesson? Never mistake one location as being STATIC ✒✒✒ . #Bang2write #Bang2writers #amwriting #writer #author #authors #screenwriting #screenplay #B2Wreviews https://www.instagram.com/p/ByNNnv8hW9b/?igshid=pyav153vo32j
