Step 2: Discovery p. 15 – 30
Topic · 1 minute
By now you have met the entire Dutton family: John, his sons Jamie, Kayce and Lee, and daughter Beth.
From memory, would you be able to describe their characters based on yesterday’s scenes? If you can’t, see if today’s scenes help you piece together their defining characteristics.
Did you know…
Taylor Sheridan was never formally trained in screenwriting. All he did was exactly what you are doing right now: study scripts. Well, he also drew from his experience as an actor on bad films and TV, vowing never to repeat the mistakes he saw.
In great TV writing, as in all screenwriting, characters show their inner workings through all their – visible – actions.
Over the course of a TV series, characters deepen. Some characteristics will be further sharpened, and new unexpected traits may be added to the mix. This keeps a character and a show fresh and alive.
If you have watched the show, how can you see this in Yellowstone?
Taylor Sheridan has strong political views, but claims that he tries not to be partisan. Would you agree?
Where can you see political issues brought forward, and what is your emotional response?