Category: The TV Biz

Larry Brody’s TV Writing Tips & Tricks #3

Scene Construction
by Larry Brody

Scenes are more than a signposts on your way to the end of the screenplay road. They’re more than just moments in which story or character points are thrown out at the viewer or reader. A good scene in a screen or teleplay—and by good I mean EFFECTIVE in terms of getting the response you want—is a mini-story in itself, with a beginning, middle, and end.

In other words, scenes need to be structured so that the intensity within them grows and then climaxes, like microcosms of your script. read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front. HBO Max Gets Same-Day Film Releases, Discovery+ Details, & More!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://twitter.com/CordCuttersNews
Cord Cutters Web Site: http://cordcuttersnews.com read article

Larry Brody: Mark Trail’s Long and Winding, um, Trail…

by Larry Brody

Have you read the Mark Trail comic strip lately? For that matter, have you ever read it? The strip began in 1946 and pretty much changed the same until earlier this century when some minor alterations were made.

But less than two months ago, in the second week of October, it went through a radical change from nature strip to, well, what some people might call – and in fact are calling – an “unnatural one.” read article

WGAW December 2020 Calendar

Here’s what going on, socially and professionally,  at the Writers Guild of America West this month:

December 2020

Events listed are current at time of publication. Dates and details are subject to change during the month. read article

Should You Ditch Streaming & Go Back to Cable?

Every Tuesday we run the latest news in the world of cord-cutting, and yesterday was no different. Today, however, we’d like to bring you this alternate perspective.

by Andrew Heinzman

Streaming video was supposed to save us from the wicked grasp of cable TV. But as prices rise and streaming selections fall, it’s getting hard to justify the frustrating, expensive streaming experience that comes along with being a cord cutter. People subscribed to services like YouTube TV could actually save money and get more channels by with a cable subscription. But is going back really worth it? read article