The creator and the producer of an Irish comedy-drama series discuss their approach to grabbing audiences in the first five minutes of Season One. They reflect on the challenge of introducing multiple characters and setting up the plot in a short amount of time.
With its second season now airing on Ireland’s RTÉ One, the creator and the producer behind Irish comedy-drama both sat down at Dublin’s Storyhouse festival to give attendees a masterclass in how they attempted to grab audiences in the first five minutes of Season One. The series, which is written by Nancy Harris and produced by Element Pictures’ Emma Norton, follows Shiv Sheridan (Roisin Gallagher) as she returns to Dublin after years of partying in London.
She tries to navigate a new phase of her life but trying to stay sober and being back with her family is not easy. After showing the audience the first few minutes of the show, both Harris and Norton reflected on the craft of building a big opening scene that would keep the audience wanting more while also introducing the characters. “The challenge of that was to try and set up every single character,” said Harris. “It’s not a one-character show, it’s a five-character show and it’s five POVs and you’ve got five minutes to set up that she’s an alcoholic and make that funny, to show who everybody is in the context of the family and to also show that there has been a death in the family but that is not the death that we see there. So, right off the bat, that was the biggest thing. We needed the audience to be asking questions. has a “clear conceit”, the whole plot is generated from character
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