Just curious who has cranked out a pilot specifically for streaming and what structure they decided on since act breaks aren't something you have to have. What have you heard? What have you decided on?
You have Stranger Things that still uses a 4 act, then you have Narcos, which is blurred and you have things like GLOW that is a feature style 3 act structure
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I've cranked out two TV pilots in the past few months and did both, depending on where I'm presenting my work. One set does not include any act breaks. They read without interruption. The other versions have the act breaks in place. I haunted a lot of message boards and asked a lot of questions and the consensus seemed to be that in today's market, the presence or lack of act breaks just isn't that important. But, if I know I'm sending a script to someone who's reading for network/basic cable, I think it's better to give them a script that's formatted for their platform.
Thanks man!!!!! Same deal here. I’ve been haunting around trying to sort it out. I appreciate your input greatly!