Wednesday, December 12, 2007
I was lucky enough to attend the nextMEDIA conference entitled Monetizing Digital Media. I was interested in what opportunities there are for screenwriters in the ongoing digital wave and the word “monetizing” sounded promising.
I’ll get to the bottom line first: the money’s in advertising. Whether it’s banner ads, product placement or building a […]
Friday, November 16, 2007
Just a few last thoughts about the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds meetings and then back to regularly scheduled programming.
I haven’t mentioned the French guild — Union-Guilde des scénaristes (UGS).. They were represented by Treasurer Bernard Besserglik and Co-President Olivier Lorelle, the award winning screenwriter of Indigènes, Don Quichotte ou Les mésaventures d’un homme […]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
In Ireland, anti-competition laws prevent screenwriters from negotiating minimum terms because they are independent contractors. According to Chief Executive of the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild David Kavanagh it’s a difficult problem to solve. So the IPSG is developing best practice standards to help guide writers in negotiating their deals.
The TV writing market in Ireland […]
Perhaps I have sufficiently conveyed to you my admiration of Jekyll. Now down to business:
The pilot episode, written by Steven Moffat, is laid out in a teaser and four acts and as Anonymous pointed out, it’s the pilot for a short-lived miniseries and not for an ongoing series. For that reason it’s quite […]
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I love Reaper. I love it. It’s written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. What I read is an unnumbered draft dated in December and is clearly not a production draft. No scene numbers. I had to count them: 45ish (accounting for my margin of error). A fast fun […]
Jaime J Weinman, in his blog TV Guidance, recently discussed what I’m doing here and then dove-tailed into a broader discussion of “premise” or “setup” pilot versus the “typical episode” premise. He makes good arguments on both sides from a viewer’s perspective.
But if you’re a Canadian screenwriter trying to get a show on the […]
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