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Since the emergence of on-demand streaming platforms, television as a storytelling medium has drastically changed. The lines between TV and cinema are blurred. Traditionally, television relied on narrative forms and genres that were highly formulaic, striving to tease the viewer onward with a series of cliffhangers while still maintaining viewer comprehension. Now, on platforms such as Netflix, the lack of commercial breaks and the practice of "binge-watching" have led to a new type of television flow that urges viewers to see and consume a series as a whole and not as a fragmented narrative.
This book examines the structuring methods of 13 Netflix original horror series, including Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Stranger Things, Hemlock Grove, The Haunting of Hill House, and Santa Clarita Diet. Although these shows use television as the medium of storytelling, they are structured according to the classical rules of film.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
One. Netflix Original Horror Series: Films in Disguise
Two. The Narrative Structure of the Complex Discovery Plot
Three. The Narrative Structures of Triple and Double Function Plots
Conclusion
Filmography
Appendix A: Series Corpus
Appendix B: Three-Act Structures
Appendix C: Types of Plot and Horror
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Sotiris Petridis is an adjunct professor at Aristotle University and a screenwriter and an independent film producer. He lives in Thessaloniki, Greece.
