Once Upon A Time is an American fantasy drama series based on various fairy tale stories that have been adapted to fit the series.
The show is set in a fictional town named Storybrooke, Maine and the residents are all fairy tale characters that have been transported to the real world. These characters do not remember their past and don't have any recollection of how they appeared in Storybrooke. Episodes often show a primary storyline set in the real world and a secondary storyline from another point in the character's life before the curse that sent them to the real world was set.
Some of the characters and the storylines shown in the series are Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin and many more.
The series was created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowits, who both previously wrote Lost and Tron:Legacy.
The drama has 5 seasons, 2011 - 2016.
The director of the Pilot was Mark Mylod who has also directed several episodes of Games of Thrones, Shameless and The Royle Family.
Some of the most regular directors are Ralph Hemecker with 22 episodes, 2012-2016 (The Flash, Blue Bloods & Numb3rs), Dean White with 10 episodes, 2011-2013 (The 100, Pretty Little Liars & The Shield) and Ron Underwood with 9 episodes, 2012-2015 (Nashville, Grey's Anatomy & The Glades).
The series uses very clever camera shots and lighting effects in order to create a personality and different tone to each character. This helps the audience figure out who are the bad characters and who are the good ones. This also plays a part when switching to the secondary storyline as you know which character is which, not only through their appearance, but also through the similar camera shots and lighting used.
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I don't usually enjoy or watch a lot of fantasy based TV series, however this one has been taking my interest recently. I enjoy the adapted storylines of each character and I like how they have linked most of the stories and the character together. Some of the lighting in the show is quite dark while being natural at the same time. I want to use this type of lighting in my own work to give off the negative tone of the scene while also keeping it natural looking.
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