What is useful about when there is a sort of pull-out to reveal moment going on is that it actually focuses the mind when you're writing the earlier scenes because you're thinking 'right, how do I? I can only show this amount of the room... I can only show these characters from the waist up because they've all got robot legs!' it's a challenge so it keeps you engaged on some level.
Charlie BrookerThe logic for me, in writing it is that the different areas or different years are almost like different rooms.
Charlie BrookerI'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.
Charlie BrookerTechnology isn't the villain and the people aren't often really the villain so much as they're weak.
Charlie Brooker