As well as being tragic, Dot is scripted as a comic character.
Espinoza said he wants films that will be as buzz-worthy as Showtime's hit scripted series such as "Homeland," "The Affair" and "Billions," which viewers seek out to watch live, on demand or online thanks to the channel's fast growing over-the-top business.
Sony Music was quick to realise that singing competitions such as "American Idol" and scripted shows such as "Glee" were a uniquely powerful means of touting artists, especially in America where most radio is local.
Reality shows such as Big Brother and scripted programs such as Modern Family have canonized the use of the confessional shot, in which cast members seem to answer questions honestly and reveal their truest inner monologues.
It is film-making that addresses very urgent concerns about the modern world that James believes has a future — not least because some of the more intelligent US scripted films, such as The Hurt Locker or The Fighter, have been fictions shot in documentary style.
The LA-based production studio and media company makes scripted dramas such as Chicken Girls on platforms like YouTube targeting a purely teen audience.
Unlike its peers at the time, Half-Life used scripted sequences, such as a Vortigaunt ramming down a door, to advance major plot points.
In recent years, scripted features such as "Gangster Squad" and the summer comedy "The Watch" were thrust in an awkward position after their plot lines echoed real-world fatalities that occurred after they were made.
The Ghost Hunters lingo, and use of night vision cameras, and other gadgets, could also be felt throughout movies and scripted TV, such as Paranormal Activity, The Conjuring, and Supernatural, among others.
The "manipulation" that happens is often not connected to what the camera is forcing you to see, but comes from what happens in the space where your character is situated the sounds and scripted events, such as things orchestrated to drop from shelves.
