Jul. 28th, 2010

charlie_cochrane: (jamie/jonty)
Last year I ran a workshop about writing historical fiction. I'm reproducing it here over the next few weeks.

1. Why ‘Chariots of Fire’ works and ‘The Vikings’ doesn’t

From the moment we see those young men running along the sands in their old-fashioned costumes, we know that we’re in another time and another place. Subtle details and broad strokes – costumes, dialogue, the sporting jackets and the cut glass accents – all combine to produce an atmosphere which suggests we’re actually looking back in time. We know it can’t be so, we know that outside the studio sets it’s the end of the 1970’s, but our minds have been transported back to just after WWI. ‘Chariots of Fire’ works its magic.
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