by TVWriter™ Press Service
What can we say but “These guys are giants!?” This looks to be the most valuable evening of the year for WGAW members and non-members alike. TVWriter™ heartily recommends it. Hey, maybe we’ll see you there?
Tag: People’s Pilot Contest
WHY HOLLYWOOD A-LISTERS ARE FLOCKING TO TV
The showbiz paradigm probably has changed more in the last year and a half than in the preceding decade. And we owe it all to the fact that TV isn’t merely TV anymore. Witnesseth:
by Christine Persaud
Flip on your television any given day, and you might think you tuned into a feature film. The once-held stigma about “real actors” appearing on the small screen has virtually vanished, and high-quality television programming has been attracting a swarm of A-list Hollywood talent. Christian Slater, Matthew McConaughey, and James Franco have all recently made the move to TV, and the shows in which they appear are doing very well. This begs the questions: What started this migration, and will the trend continue?
The rise in TV quality
A New Approach to TV Diversity
These days, diversity representation in and on TV is a huge issue, on which many experts, mayvens, stars, et al have weighed in. Time now for a word from somebody we respect even more: A genuine member of that very diverse population known as…the audience!
from gothlolilunitic
Whatcha think?
John Ostrander: You/Not You
by John Ostrander
One of the interesting facets of talking about writing is the contradictions you find in the craft. For example: All your characters are you. All your characters are not you.
All of your characters are you.
Every character you write must have some of you in it. All of them. Not just the ones you like to identify with. All of them. The large and the small, the good and the bad, male and female, no matter what age, race, or nationality. If you’re going to write honestly about the character, you must be in the mix.
Have TV & Film Already Merged?
Of course they have. You just have to be a member of the “VR Generation” to see it! Here’s what we mean:
For the VR generation, the differences between TV and movies may already be irrelevant
by Steven Zeitchik
The upcoming crime drama “The Night Of” would seem like a prototypical cable show — commissioned by HBO, airing for eight episodes, designed as summer appointment viewing.
Yet look beneath and a film beast stirs. “The Night Of” was co-written by Steven Zallian, an Oscar winner, and stars John Turturro; neither has ever been a key figure on a TV series. Every episode was directed by Zallian — highly atypical for a TV show. The scripts were also all finished before a single moment was shot — unlike much of television, in which writers often stay just an episode or two ahead production.