Discussion: Pro's and Con's of Spotlight

I wouldn’t say I favour it but I do have an appreciation for it

I know a lot of people will probably say that you need to have really good narration for a spotlight story to be good, but I think it’s more so about having the type of plot that works with spotlight - which doesn’t always mean heavy/detailed narration. Idk how to explain what I mean other than to say think of thriller or horror stories where there’s a stalker watching the main character from the shadows. In cinematic, you can direct that scene to really spook your readers. But with spotlight, since you can only have one character on the screen at one time, it wouldn’t have the same effect.

I wish we could change the bubble colour and I don’t like how the swim animations and lie down animations aren’t compatible

I don’t have to put shoes on my characters :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

No directing at all. Spotlight was pitched as a format you could use that would be easy to learn on because you don’t have to direct but OMFG you still do. You still need to position your characters and face them at the very least and then occasionally you will need to direct your speechbubbles too. Zooms, overlays and weather effects aren’t needed but will definitely enhance story

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