Comments on: http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/ Life at the intersection of television and digital Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:12:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: J http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15013 J Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15013 I think the idea of "life experience" over "school experience" is a good one, but slightly difficult for those of us with an empty wallet. I've daydreamed about traveling through Europe with just a backpack and a pile of clean underwear...but roughing it through the European countryside can get mad expensive. I think the idea of “life experience” over “school experience” is a good one, but slightly difficult for those of us with an empty wallet.

I’ve daydreamed about traveling through Europe with just a backpack and a pile of clean underwear…but roughing it through the European countryside can get mad expensive.

]]> By: Denis McGrath http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15010 Denis McGrath Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:36:00 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15010 Goddamnit, doesn't everybody ALWAYS leave the criticisms to Denis? :) Goddamnit, doesn’t everybody ALWAYS leave the criticisms to Denis? :)

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15009 admin Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:08:40 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15009 You weren't there, but your assessment of the event is exactly right: not craft oriented enough. And maybe even the wrong guests. Robin Veith and James Manos were very interesting, but wouldn't it have been better to have Matt Weiner and the current Dexter showrunner (Clyde Philips?)? And then too, it wasn't in depth enough for my taste. I could have listened to Tassie and Tom for an hour each. Alone. Without two other writers on the stage. But didn't I say I would leave the criticisms to Denis? You weren’t there, but your assessment of the event is exactly right: not craft oriented enough. And maybe even the wrong guests. Robin Veith and James Manos were very interesting, but wouldn’t it have been better to have Matt Weiner and the current Dexter showrunner (Clyde Philips?)? And then too, it wasn’t in depth enough for my taste. I could have listened to Tassie and Tom for an hour each. Alone. Without two other writers on the stage.
But didn’t I say I would leave the criticisms to Denis?

]]> By: Kazza http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15008 Kazza Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:59:30 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15008 The original price was $250 before CFC alumni and WIFT members started getting a flurry of e-mails about the special price of $199. If it had been an event of the caliber of the CFC's panel discussions of years past, I'd be interested. They used to have a screening of an episode of a show followed by a conversation with the writer/showrunner. But this Playback event was too much money to hear a journalist who doesn't understand the craft interviewing professional screenwriters. And that is the chief problem with these for-profit events. If the CFC brought back master classes with L.A. showrunners, I'd gladly sign up and pay. I'm not interested in another expensive panel that discusses shows at the fan level. The original price was $250 before CFC alumni and WIFT members started getting a flurry of e-mails about the special price of $199.

If it had been an event of the caliber of the CFC’s panel discussions of years past, I’d be interested. They used to have a screening of an episode of a show followed by a conversation with the writer/showrunner.

But this Playback event was too much money to hear a journalist who doesn’t understand the craft interviewing professional screenwriters. And that is the chief problem with these for-profit events.

If the CFC brought back master classes with L.A. showrunners, I’d gladly sign up and pay. I’m not interested in another expensive panel that discusses shows at the fan level.

]]> By: admin http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15006 admin Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:40:35 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15006 I'm not sure of the price. It was not all that well attended. Many of the attendees were recent CFC grads or current residents. There were some producers, a lot of Playback folk and not many working writers. I’m not sure of the price. It was not all that well attended. Many of the attendees were recent CFC grads or current residents. There were some producers, a lot of Playback folk and not many working writers.

]]> By: Kazza http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15005 Kazza Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:34:46 +0000 http://www.jillgolick.com/2008/10/319/#comment-15005 Weren't they asking $250 for a panel discussion? Sounds ill-conceived and poorly executed, though no fault of the writers. Weren’t they asking $250 for a panel discussion? Sounds ill-conceived and poorly executed, though no fault of the writers.

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