#light tone

[shadowcaststudio]

Coming in with another chart because my neurodivergency demands it! This time I wanna touch on writing with "Tone versus Age Demographic"

The difference between the two is this.

Tone is the degree in what themes and mood your piece conveys. Whereas darker tones of drama, tragedy, and horror make a story heavier, comedy and romance can make it more light. While action and mystery can vary depending on how it is handled in the piece.

Age Demographic is what age group your target audience is and what degree of the following can occur or be implied. Drugs, Cursing, Sex, Violence. This usually influences how media is rated (G, PG, PG-13, PG-17, M)

Here is an example of a few stories on where they can lie on the chart.

For stories in the gray area of tone, they vary between comedic and dramatic moments. The overall mood tends to be adventurous, but does not have to be. Usually there is character growth over the course of the story, but not always.

Stories that are lighter in tone are more comedic, feel good, and generally have a 'lesson' the characters learn. Sometimes there is a status quo the show gets back to by the end of the episode, but not always the case.

Darker toned stories go into more dramatic and philosophical inquiries that can go into topics not usually discussed. Endings tend to be mixed from tragic, to melancholy, to bitter sweet. Nothing is certain as far as the ending goes.

For demographic, the General Audience or all audiences is intended for family viewing. Usually a lighter tone is good for a younger audience to avoid emotional trauma. But for PG stories with parental guidance, it's good to get topics of conversation going and to get them introduced to tougher subject matters, like death and confrontation.

PG-7 are usually for audiences seven and up. Here we get a bit more variety between drama, adventure action, and comedy. Violence in these pieces usually have to be martial arts and/or fantastical (ex magic), guns, shattered glass, and knives are usually prohibited. There's no cursing. Certain subject matters can be IMPLIED (usually with drugs being replaced with potions and chemical formulas. And sex being implied through innuendo).

Teen demographic goes more into cursing (ex, damn, hell, and crap), sexual content being implied more or talked about, censored nudity, talk of drug use, and more graphic violence with blood being seen. Anime/manga has more content teen and up as well that does not have to touch on comedy.

Adult media (18+, M, R ratings), are much more explicit with the above subject matters. There's more graphic sex/nudity on screen. Explicit drug use. More adult cursing (s***, f***, c**) as well as sexual talk. The violence is much more graphic with blood, intestines, bone, mutilation and so on.

And stories don't always stay in one place. There are plenty of examples of a story growing up with it's audience and changing tone as the plot develops. Overall this is to show that not every kid's show is a silly comedy, they can be dark and dramatic. And not every adult show is serious and brooding, they can be comforting and comedic.

For my comic Legend Catcher, it's a Action Dramedy (Gray in Tone) that's rated 18+ for an adult audience for:

Explicit Language

Nudity

Graphic Violence

Drug Use

I know who my audience is and is NOT for (not intended for young audiences), and they know how it will make them feel.

So when writing, it's good to think about who you want your audience to be. What themes you want to touch on. And how much you feel safe to include without getting into trouble.

[dimalink]

Wood and stone. Bench in a garden. But it is early spring. So it looks like a filed. There is no grass yet.

Winter is going to the end. It is a going and going to the end and yet not go to the very end. But month march is already ends. It is still snow. So, it is still can be cold. And I had as a photo walk a grey day with long time very small raining. And anyway, spring is beginning.

This photo was made in a grey day with endless rain. So, I can say it was most bright photos. Bench is made out of light wood. Stone is big. There is snow in the street. But anyway, it is such a light background. Spring mood in light tones. At the background of snow and such a dark soil. Someone tells dirt. But it is soil.

[pixel8or]

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