Comments on: I’m Sad To Report http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/ Thoughts on television writing for screenwriters Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bill Cunningham http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/#comment-42 Bill Cunningham Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/#comment-42 Thanks, Jill.<br/><br/>I think this six-pack series structure is a lot of fun.<br/><br/>I'm hoping that US/Canada takes a peek and starts using the format more often, especialy for cable programming. Thanks, Jill.

I think this six-pack series structure is a lot of fun.

I’m hoping that US/Canada takes a peek and starts using the format more often, especialy for cable programming.

]]> By: Jill Golick http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/#comment-41 Jill Golick Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/#comment-41 There are a lot of great insights in those five paragraphs above. ... Learn things emotionally not chronologically...tale not show...fifth and sixth episodes as third act...<br/><br/>The coda scenes may have been what bugged me the most. I thought I'd been watching a novel, but they were the ending for a short story; one of those trick twist endings. <br/><br/>But in all it's minor complaining because there is so much to love in this series. So I wasn't completely happy with the ending. Endings are hard, as we've learned this year. And it's especially hard to build an ending that satisfies the viewer who is emotionally tied to the piece. There are a lot of great insights in those five paragraphs above. … Learn things emotionally not chronologically…tale not show…fifth and sixth episodes as third act…

The coda scenes may have been what bugged me the most. I thought I’d been watching a novel, but they were the ending for a short story; one of those trick twist endings.

But in all it’s minor complaining because there is so much to love in this series. So I wasn’t completely happy with the ending. Endings are hard, as we’ve learned this year. And it’s especially hard to build an ending that satisfies the viewer who is emotionally tied to the piece.

]]> By: Bill Cunningham http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/#comment-39 Bill Cunningham Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:41:00 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2007/08/im-sad-to-report/#comment-39 I finally finished watching the series and while I don't think it paid off explosively - I do think it paid off.<br/><br/>What's interesting is the way Moffat took a straight forward plot and chopped it up, mixing and matching the pieces across the six episodes. In this story you don't learn things chronologically you learn them emotionally. <br/><br/>Which of course is great because as you stated earlier "time" plays an important thematic role in the tale. (I almost wrote "show",but that's not right is it? This is a "tale.")<br/><br/>The coda scenes of Jekyll meeting his origins, while good in and of themselves, are misplaced in the structure. I would have liked to have learned this earlier. <br/><br/>I actually liked the number of twists in the fifth episode and looked at it and the sixth episode as the third act. I finally finished watching the series and while I don’t think it paid off explosively - I do think it paid off.

What’s interesting is the way Moffat took a straight forward plot and chopped it up, mixing and matching the pieces across the six episodes. In this story you don’t learn things chronologically you learn them emotionally.

Which of course is great because as you stated earlier “time” plays an important thematic role in the tale. (I almost wrote “show”,but that’s not right is it? This is a “tale.”)

The coda scenes of Jekyll meeting his origins, while good in and of themselves, are misplaced in the structure. I would have liked to have learned this earlier.

I actually liked the number of twists in the fifth episode and looked at it and the sixth episode as the third act.

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