Tag: People’s Pilot Contest

Producers Guild of America Announces TV Award Nominations

by Team TVWriter™ Press Service

BigMedia, in the form of the Producers Guild of America, has stared the new year off with a bang via the following announcement, designed to take the spotlight away from not-so-BigMedia encourage the excellence for which  the job title “Producer” has always been so famous.

Or something like that. Per the press release:

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures; The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures; and The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television. The documentary film category and other television category nominations were already announced by the Guild in late 2013. read article

Herbie J Pilato: What’s Your P.O.V.?

conflictby Herbie J Pilato

Beyond having talent, to attain and subsequently maintain success in Hollywood, in any area, certainly as a writer, depends on many things, but mostly the ability to retain a carefree spirit.

“Ok…alright….no problem,” is usually the best response when your showrunner rips your script to shreds, figuratively; or when your showrunner rips your script to shreds, literally; or both.

Nobody wants to be around someone who is unable to manage their emotions, especially in Hollywood. read article

Doofenshmirtz as Gilgamesh: Mythic Bromance and the Humanist Ethic of “Phineas and Ferb”

Cuz everybody needs to do a little overthinking once in awhile, right?

And besides, we have this, um, “thing,” for Phineas and friends.

phineas-ferb-590x326by Jessica Levai

Phineas and Ferb is a cartoon show on The Disney Channel which tells the story of the titular stepbrothers and their never-ending quest to enjoy thoroughly their summer vacation. They spend their time constructing wacky, intricate machines and contraptions, all in the name of fun. Unbeknownst to the pair, their pet platypus, Perry, is a secret agent (codenamed “Agent P”), whose daily duels with the evil Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz are the subject of each episode’s B plot, often intersecting with the adventures of the boys and their friends in unexpected ways. Perhaps more unexpected are the parallels between the exploits of Doofenshmirtz and Agent P and those of Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the ancient Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh. Indeed, Doofenshmirtz and Agent P retell that legendary bromance in their own story. If we accept classics scholar Gerald K. Gresseth’s conclusion that Gilgamesh is fundamentally a humanist work, then we can see how this retelling reflects and supports the humanist ethic of Phineas and Ferb. read article

Peer Production: Yeppers, There Was a Doctor Puppet Christmas Special

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We’ve been neglecting the Doctor Puppet lately, mostly cuz, well, it’s not as fun anymore now that the blog is told in the voice of the DP’s creator instead of his own. But that’s our problem…and probably why the usual kinds of marketing don’t work on us. Anyway, better late than never:

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Do You Suffer From “Creative Fatigue?”

No, that question isn’t a set-up in search of a punchline. It’s a very common writers’ problem. Here’s how Nathan Bransford looks at it:

some-old-creator-tvwby Nathan Bransford

I’m on record saying Writer’s Block doesn’t exist. There’s really no writing problem that can’t be solved by staring at a blinking cursor until you think of something.

But man do I get tired sometimes. This happened to me in the past month. I worked like crazy to get my guide to writing a novel finished and published and promoted just as I was starting a new job while still maintaining my commitment to make sure I’m getting enough time away from the computer and spending time with friends in person. It was a lot. read article