Vertical Mini-Series Review.
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Creator-first note: this is a craft-and-market read you can borrow from. A year after its October 2024 launch, The Missing Master Chef is still hovering on the hot charts for vertical dramas: an unlikely long tail for a dubbed import built around Chinese cuisine. The buy map skews unmistakably European;
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Creator-first note: this “review” isn’t here to canonize a masterpiece. It’s a field report for writers and producers reverse-engineering…
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Vertical drama grows up: marriage, media storms, and the cost of staying in love…
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The Top-Ranked Show That Proves the Market Is Broken.
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In the world of short-form storytelling, The Mafia Boss on DramaShorts is a perfect example of how to hook viewers fast and keep them scrolling for more. I only had access to the first ten episodes, but even within that window it’s clear: this show understands the vertical format,
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This piece is by Amy — entirely personal opinion.
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(Heads-up: this review contains mild spoilers, consider before reading.) Caroline Smith doesn’t play the victim, she prosecutes the pattern. A hyper-competent “abuse intervention” pro gets swept into a too-neat blind date with Richard, a silver-tongued divorce attorney who sells therapy-speak and safety. The courtship is fast, the marriage faster
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Brace Face Betty plunges us into freshman Betty Brunson’s first-day-from-hell at “the best uni in the state.” Minutes after arrival, the…
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When this Chinese vertical drama, produced by Shenyang Xinuo Information Technology, slipped onto DataEye’s domestic “heat list” at №28 on…
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A note from one screen-addicted filmmaker to another
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Vertical dramas are series built for phone screens. Every episode runs between sixty and ninety seconds, fills a tall nine by sixteen…
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Streaming on FlickReels since early June, this ninety-second-chapter drama has rocketed into the most-watched carousel on several…