Go into the past with the historical movie and TV genre.
We all know that Hollywood has a preference for ideas based on intellectual property that audiences recognize. Well, if you don’t have access to famous books or other hot properties, you have to find things in the public domain. One of the easiest and most marketable things to use for film and TV ideas is a historical event. Major historical events and people are all free to use. You can adapt their lives or singular events, and turn them into hot properties. And all of these fall into the historical movie and TV genre.
Today, we’re going to unlock the historical genre in film and TV. We’ll talk biopics, events, epics, and even alternative history. And I’ll make sure you get definitions and examples for each of them.
So let’s jump into it!
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
