Elsewhere on today’s page, the wonderful Peggy Bechko has a very helpful article on one of the essential ingredients of good storytelling: Creating believable motivations for your characters. We couldn’t resist being funny when it came time to finding illustrations for it, but now, here’s a more serious breakdown of what could be pushing your characters forward. (Or backward, or making them stand still, come to think about it.) Anyway:
More about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs HERE
Ensemble shows demand good writing. And sometimes they even remember to hire good writers to do it. So don’t despair – write!
Um, no, that isn’t what this article is about. That’s what the article made us think. And any article that makes us think is worth highlighting, no?
by Laura WolfordEnsemble casts have always been a part of the lives of TV viewers, but recently this trend has multiplied and the results are spectacular. Ensemble shows like “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead” are massive hits with audiences.
Cuz some people really do live by the principles they set forth. Even in showbiz:
by Chelsea StarkBring in well-established indie game developers. Add a lot of cameras and premise for a YouTube reality show. Then throw in serious product placement from Mountain Dew and stir up accusations of producers manipulating cast members to get reactions.
If all accounts are accurate, this is how potential reality show GAME_JAM ended production after only one day, as the 11 indie developers asked to participate left the set in anger. The show was a production of Maker Studios’ subchannel Polaris, which focuses on games and gaming culture.
From the Experienced:
Okay, okay, so we saw it on Facebook. It’s still – gulp – true!
Neither did we. And we’re shocked, we tell you, shocked. Seniors? Creativity? Since when do those things go together?
Of course, we’re also just now starting to adjust to the idea that there’s an area called the NOHO Arts District in beautiful, not-so-downtown North Hollywood, which previously was known – to TVWriter™ – for only one wonderful thing: Little Tony’s Pizza, on the corner of Lankershim and Vineland. (Free plug!)
Be this as it may, here’s the NOHO Senior Arts Colony Apartments pitch, for all of you oldsters who can’t get into the Motion Picture and TV Country Home, live and in color: