A nice example of a video that brings together unlikely collaborators from around the globe to create something lovely.
Stand By Me from David Johnson on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards Finalists
ANIMATION
6Teen “Date and Switch”
Written by Robin J. Stein and Alice Prodanou
6Teen “Whoa Baby!”
Written by Alice Prodanou
Ricky Sprocket, Showbiz Boy “The Perfect Family”
Written by Shane Simmons
CHILDREN OR PRESCHOOL
Captain Flamingo “Comic Slip”
Written by Christin Simms
Captain Flamingo “The Gobbler Robbler”
Written by Suzanne Bolch & John May
Future is Wild “Monkey Brains”
Written by Jeremy Winkels
DOCUMENTARY
FLicKeR
Written by […]
The Paley Center for Media has a great collection of videos available to be screened on line and the audio of some of the programs is available for download from Audible (for $1.97 each). This week I listened to a program called The Whacked Sopranos. It was a panel discussion with David Chase, Terence Winter […]
Friend of the blog Will Pascoe recently read an undated draft of the pilot script for Warehouse 13 by Rockne O’Bannon & Jane Espenson. Here are his thoughts:
Despite hearing that Warehouse 13 is an “X-Files” meets “Raiders of the Lost Ark” meets “Moonlighting” premise, the pilot felt more like “Ghostbusters” meets “Relic Hunter” minus Bill […]
Take a look at the first ten minutes of Sex Drive, thanks to the miracle of your friend and mine, the Internet. Very funny.
Sex Drive Movie - First 10 minutes of Sex Drive movie (red-band)
The second part of Contributor Mike McPhaden’s interview with Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern:
How did you educate yourselves about TV pilot craft and structure?
MORGENSTERN: Well, we’ve got a pretty substantial shelf of books by now: How To Write This, How to Fix That, How to Make Things Better.
[Laughter.]
ELLIS: And we watched a lot of cop […]
Monday, September 22, 2008
A guest point from our good friend Mike McPhaden:
Since Flashpoint burst onto the scene this summer on CTV and CBS, its taut stories and sharp visuals have nabbed impressive ratings and a second season from both broadcasters. The series tells the tales of the fictional SRU, an elite tactical unit trained to deal with […]
Friday, September 5, 2008
I have to jump in on the top ten pilot lists blogging around here, here, here and probably a few other places.
The lists tend to be heavy on classics: ER and Saturday Night Live, for example. Okay, sure. I don’t remember, though. But 30Rock?! Are you insane? Currently a great show, but the pilot was […]
1. Flashpoint is going to go another season in fact, it’ll probably go several more seasons. So your spec will have a couple of years shelf life. And these days, you can’t expect much more longevity from a spec.
2. It’s got action and heart so you can show […]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thanks to the WGA strike, Rescue Me didn’t manage to get a season last year. Word is they are coming back but they won’t broadcast for months yet. So to tide you over and help the series hang on to its fans over this ultra-long hiatus, they’ve produced ten “mini-episodes” — each about […]
