thread: 2005-07-05 : Setting and Source Material
On 2005-07-06, Talysman wrote:
hi, Vincent. I agree with a lot of what you're saying, here, but I disagree with this, specifically because I agree with the rest:Setting elements are fictional things that aren't characters but that still have individual significance.
although this fits the traditional interpretation of "setting", Capital-S Setting is a little different, I think. at one point, Ron described Setting as being just one sentence, like a high-concept pitch for a hollywood movie. that's probably too extreme, but certainly Setting elements are much more generalized and are basically the "story physics" of the world. The Force and The Empire would thus be Setting in "Star Wars", but Jawas are Color.
in other words, Setting is exactly those creative principles you talk about later. Setting Color is the implimentation of those principles, specific applications of Setting in action.
