How GAME OF THRONES Evokes Emotional Responses From Its Audience

In a new episode of Lessons From the Screenplay, host Michael Tucker explores into the narrative storytelling styles of Game of Thrones, concentrating on last year’s widely famous battle episode “The Battle of the Bastards.” He details how showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss attempt to occasionally buck expectations, especially in the use of the “rule of three” when it comes to Rickon’s end and even going as far as to specific music cues that lead us to think something might occur on screen.