Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Wo0t. The Independent Production Fund will be financing web series! The press release contains the great news:
The Board of Directors of the Independent Production Fund (IPF) has approved a new pilot program to fund drama series created for any platform. In recognition of the evolving broadcast environment, the IPF will provide equity financing not only […]
Thursday, January 14, 2010
I scare myself sometimes. I come up with crazy impossible ideas like a Social Networking Week Story Project with a different writer bringing each character to life and live scenes on Twitter.
Actually, if all I did was come up with the idea, it would be fine. This idea itself isn’t crazy. It’s kind of cool. […]
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
People used to create their own entertainment. After dinner, they’d gather around the piano and sing. They’d make up stories to tell their children. They’d play sports and cards and board games. They’d knit and sew and crochet.
Then along came radio, television and film turning entertainment into a one-way street. Professionals entertained you and you […]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
I’m lucky enough to be attending my third Crossover lab with Frank Boyd which can best be described as creative heaven.
This one, like the first I attended in March is presented by the Canadian Film Centre under the title NBC Universal Multimedia Matchmaking Program. These sessions are incredible weeklong creative events that bring together people […]
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Margaret Robertson is a mentor here at Crossover Montreal 09 and a gamer — as you can see if you checkout her links. I’ve included some of my notes on her presentation with each link.
World of Warcraft - Margaret has personally spent 830 hours playing it over 4 years, which is a lot more time […]
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
I’m at Crossover Montreal 09 this week, a cross platform brainstorming workshop run by a team from the UK. I took the lab as a participant in March of this year thanks to the CFC and NBC Universal. This time the program is sponsored by Telefilm and is part of the festival […]
Here’s another quote from Pamela Douglas’s Writing the TV Drama Series. This one is about series creation and why only the most experienced writers get to do it in L.A.:
You’re not likely to get an original show made if you’re a beginner. At least, you’re not going to do it by yourself. […]
We’re finished with most of the fall launch and I for one am feeling a little let down. No slam-dunk must-see show has emerged.
But it’s not over yet. We might learn to love one of these series as the season goes on. The pilot was a solo writing effort. But now, […]
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I’ve just finished reading the two pilot scripts for Life on Mars. One was the 2005 “Amended Pink” draft of the British original, written by co-creators Tony Jordan, Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah. The other was the 2007 first draft of the American remake written by David E Kelley and Stu Moss.
(”Amended […]
