We breakdown the pilot to BREAKING BAD to examine the elements necessary for a pilot for a long-form series. Royalty free music from Bensound. Logo design by the Proxy Guy.

0-30 – ‘Premise’ – Introducing the premise of the episode.

6-40 – ‘Synopsis’ – Breaking down the major story beats of the BREAKING BAD pilot.

14-30 – ‘Pilot’- Discussing the purpose of a pilot episode and the elements you need to address as a writer including; Dramatic Question, Empathy and Exposition.

36-45 – ‘Example’ – Analysing the pilot episode of BREAKING BAD and how it uses all these elements to hook the audience.

1-03-20 – ‘Counterpoint’ – Referencing examples of shows that failed to address each of the elements.

1-21-45 – ‘Research’ – Discussing a useful research tool the writer of a pilot can use.

1-24-15 – ‘Summary’ – Summarising the key writing techniques discussed.