In movies, formulas are easy to
find. In television shows, however,
formulas are a little more difficult to find.
To me, because movies have a definite beginning, middle, and end, it’s
easier to see the formula used. In The Walking Dead, it was difficult to
find specific formulas because there is no definite end in each episode; it is
usually continued in the next episode.
One
formula that I did see used in The
Walking Dead is the use of children.
Horror films and shows typically use children in order to increase the
feeling of fear. The use of children in
horror makes the audience stay on the edge of their seat. The audience roots for the children to
survive and make it to the end, although sometimes they don’t. In The
Walking Dead, the show started out with two children bur sadly one of the
children did not survive. The other
child is one of the characters that everyone wonders what will become of after
the zombies have been dealt with.
Another
formula I found in The Walking Dead
is that of a love triangle. At the
beginning of the show, the main character, Rick, is in a coma but his wife Lori
thought he died. She started a
relationship with Shane, Rick’s best friend.
When Rick finds the group and his wife, they end up back together;
Shane, however, does not give up his fight to be with Lori. This is a typical love triangle formula; two
of the people end up together while the third is left by themselves to deal
with their feelings.
These
formulas are important to the show.
Because the show is based in today’s world, it’s important that there
are issues that come up today. Without
these formulas, this show would not have much of a story to tell and would
probably lose much of its fan base.
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