The effects of damage and melancholy passion on characters

The “melancholy” as a passion that affects the characters, generating their troubled actions and dark and anesthetized feelings, in The Power of the Dog and The Lost Daughter.

The strategic "arches" of "Squid Game"

As successful series, such as Squid Game, they structure their stories and their characters to “hook” the viewer through the dramatic arcs.

Narrative strategies of "Bacurau"

How Bacurau's characters act with their passions and cunning, and how Brazilian culture and folklore become weapons to overcome the power of the first world gringos.

The visible and invisible layers of “Neighboring Sounds”

Greimasian semiotics shows how the characters are structured in Kleber Mendonça Filho's scripts, especially in Neighbouring Sounds.

The invisible structure of the “Parasite” script

New narrative theory explains how the hero's true journey works, demonstrated in the characters Arya Stark and Jon Snow, from Game of Thrones, and in Joker.

The "plot point" from the character's point of view

New theory explains the plot points in the Joker and Parasite scripts.

How to write the pilot script for a fictional series?

Analysis of the scripts for the pilot episodes of Big Little Lies, Chernobyl and Game of Thrones.

From Arthur to Joker: the invisible curve of the character

Analysis of the Joker script shows that semiotics offers an instrument to build the character's dramatic arc.

The invisible structure of the “Parasite” script

Emotional narrative theory shows that the invisible structure of the Parasite script is the secret to its success.