110 Creating a serial product is quite complex: it goes from the pitch to the concept, then to the subject and to the various script versions up to the shooting script with captions and dialogues that reaches the director and the production to define the working and shooting phases of the series. The showrunner is the professional who holds the threads of all this work together by acting as a guarantor of the overall coherence of the product. What drama series has won the most awards? ANALYSING A FILM AND A TV SERIES The art of storytelling has flourished in cinema and television. While films often show tightly woven narratives within a couple of hours, TV series have the luxury of time to use intricate plots and develop characters over multiple episodes or seasons. Their differences have to be taken into consideration while analysing these two different types of format. What to analyse General data: film title, date of release, director, DOP (Director of photography), year and country of production, screenwriter, duration, main cast, network (in case of TV series), setting, genre, special effect, awards . Setting: place and time. Genre Story concept: it encompasses the broader aspects of a narrative: the purpose of the story, its themes, emotions and overall message conveyed. Story structure: a film typically operates within a fixed framework, requiring the story to fit into a coming-of-age (drama): storia di formazione eerie: spaventoso heartfelt: commovente layered: a strati synth-heavy: ricca di sintetizzatori tightly woven: strettamente intrecciato unsettling: inquietante 246 BIG AnD sMAll sCREEn runtime that averages between 90 and 180 . On the other hand, the long-form of TV series storytelling allows for gradual character arcs, layered subplots, and moments of quiet introspection that would be impossible to achieve in a feature film. Each episode builds on the previous one, creating a cumulative impact that deepens the viewer s emotional investment. Therefore, take into consideration pace for both formats and consistency in building each episode for TV series. Plot: description of what happens and why it happens. Acting and characters: quality of acting, type of characters (stereotypes, flat or round). Visual and storytelling: take into consideration the visual and how it integrates the storytelling such as: colours, contrasts, shades, type of shots, soundtrack, dialogue, camera shots, camera movements, costumes, lighting, special effects. Personal comment.