Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I have been tagged in the “why TV” meme twice now. Once by Matt Thornton over at Writerling and also by cousin Jane of If this is LA. So here goes:
My parents didn’t let me watch TV growing up. My mother, the child psychologist, would not allow any television on school nights and limited it […]
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 […]
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Marcela Fernandez Violante, a feature writer from Mexico, spoke on behalf of her guild. She told us television writers in Mexico are not covered by any union. The Sección de Autores y Adaptadores de Cine (STPC) only covers film writers. Although the telenovela is enormously popular, the writers have none of the protections that a […]
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
For those who found this on a Google search for “free porn“, sorry. This post is actually about a fourth season episode of Friends, entitled The One with Free Porn — story by Mark J Kunerth, teleplay by Richard Goodman. And if you are looking for porn, I know you’ll be disappointed […]
I find myself working on some half hour comedies and hence watching them. In order to understand the half hour, I’ve tried to check in with a variety of series mid-run, rather than watching the pilots. So the next few posts will review what I’ve been watching.What I’m up to is a quick […]
I can’t get the show out of my head. So at the risk of boring you with more on Mad Men, I’ve put together a handy-dandy list to help you with that spec.
1. Beat out between 14 and 19 juicy sequences to lay down two or more thematically related plotlines. Read some interviews with […]
I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and am now back to tv. I have decided to wait for the final episode of Jekyll before watching ep 5. I’m looking forward to the mini-binge and dreading saying good-bye to the show.
Meanwhile, so much is building up that I may have to […]
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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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Burn Notice (BN) made me want to go back and look at my notes on the Veronica Mars (VM) pilot written by series creator Rob Thomas. I think I’ve broken down the show at least twice and I’ve certainly watched many times. I’ve also read the script which is quite different that […]
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 […]
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