#tv show production

[cbrownjc]

So yeah, been waiting for news about this. If a deal isn’t made in the next few weeks, the writers are going to go on strike. Sometime after May 1st its looking like, unless negotiations are going good and they push the deadline back even longer. 

However, if a strike does happen, what this means is that tv shows and movies that are in pre-production will be halted. No filming will begin for them at all until the strike is over.

For tv shows and movies that have already begun filming, or are about to start, they will still probably start filming or continue filming, if all the scripts for the tv show in question are done being written for the season. 

WRT tv shows, if all the scripts for the season aren’t done being written yet though, they’ll just film what they have and then production will stop.

For shows that do have all their scripts done and written for the season, this just means that during production there won’t be any rewriting going on. They have to film using the scripts that are already written. Which can be a tricky thing (many movies in particular will have rewrites going on during even the middle of a scene being filmed for example).

The last writers strike f-ed up a lot of shows last time. (The most infamous show it affected was Heroes.) 

And since, when it comes to tv shows, I mostly focus on Interview with the Vampire right now, then, if I had to guess just going off of Season 1, I’d say they probably have all the scripts written and done for season 2. Or, if not, they will be busy finishing them all up right now before whatever final strike deadline might be set. Because Rolin Jones and the other writers wont be able to do anymore rewrites they might want to do if any strike does actually happen. 

So yeah. Production and filming for Season 2 for IWTV won’t stop IMO, thank goodness. But they are for sure tightening up any loose things they feel are in any of the scripts at the moment, I’d bet.

#Interview with the Vampire #AMC Interview with the Vampire #amc iwtv #iwtv #iwtv writers #Rolin Jones #entertainment industry #tv show production #WGA #Writer's Guild #Variety

[sentienceisoverrated]

Things I miss about old tv shows:

1. Set Designs

One thing I miss most is actual tangible set designs. There used to be a handful of sets that would get used time and time again, and the characters actually interacted with them. Sets now look so damn clinical and clean, characters barely interact with them (mostly because half of all sets are almost entirely CGI) and they barely change over the course of a season or episode. Reflect your characters’ mental states by their rooms. Make them messy, dirty, have characters comment on the state of certain sets. Come on make them UNIQUE. And not in the way of just the objects either, make them unkempt or overflowed and mix up the lighting a bit.

2. Actual Episodic Structure

Most TV shows I’ve watched that came out in the last few years have had a continuous plot. Which is great. It makes me invested in the story, makes me excited for the next episode. But unless done correctly, it can feel like nothing was actually achieved in those episodes. Often it comes that a character spends the entire episode trying to do something, only for their plan to unravel right at the end of the episode and the next episode to be set up. It makes me feel like nothing was actually completed. Every episode is designed to set up for the next one and in some cases this works, but in others it doesn’t. An episodic structure is where each episode has its own individual storyline that may or may not add to the overall plot. Avatar: The Last Airbender used this structure, as did the Star Trek series (excluding season 2~ of Discovery) and BBC Merlin. A structure like this adds considerably more to character development and subsequent relationships between characters before moving on to more plot-driven antics, which in turn raises the stakes.

3. Fantasy Lighting

This, I believe, is self-describing. TV shows are too dark. I can’t see. Even if you want to establish how dark a setting is, there is still usually a source of light that a character is holding. It’s enough to make us actually see what’s going on, so let us. Please. And, anyway, it’s fiction. Doesn’t have to always be 100% realistic.

4. Filler Episodes

This comes in tandem with episode numbers. I do understand that in production the creators don’t have much time to film and edit before release. But. Where did the 20 episode seasons go? A lot of series are being released half-and-half, but even if it’s weekly, most people I know would be fine with it as long as each episode is produced to the best of the ability of the creators. I also miss fillers. Give me those character shenanigans. No plot, just pure antics. Those episodes keep me alive.

4. CGI Consistency

I will always maintain the opinion that good CGI relies on how consistent its quality is throughout a film, season or episode. Personally, I don’t care how good the CGI is so long as it remains relatively the same level throughout what I’m watching. I see this a lot in recent tv shows *cough* marvel *cough* where one scene will have the most spectacular CGI ever seen and another looks more like a low-budget animated kids show. It breaks immersion. I’m not into it. Just give me bad CGI all the way through. Or, on contrast, no CGI whatsoever. Construct scenes using actual corporeal sets and makeup. I miss funky little puppets.

(Note: this is opinion based. Feel free to agree or disagree, add or remove. I won’t contend)

#demand means that a lot of shows that follow these points get pushed under the rug #see: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds #some of these problems also come from the fact that corporations don’t give their employees enough fucking time #creativity dies when deadlines are inflexible #I hate corporations #films #tv shows #film #shows #film production #tv show production #I don’t know how to tag this #disney #netflix #adding those there because I have a particular bone to pick

[pensarecool2]

I've posted a bit on her about how I've been watching Shameless, and I'm closer to the end of the show at this point, and one thing I find interesting is how as the show goes along the child characters have bigger and bigger roles in the show.

I know that it is because of child labor laws and stuff; although as a side note, it is interesting to see how similar stuff crops up throughout the show. Like how most of the background actors don't speak (you have to pay actors more if they have speaking lines). So this kind of comes across as most of the background people in this show just being mute apparently.

There are quite a lot of scenes throughout the show with crowds or a lot of background people, and it gets really noticeable in scenes where main characters (usually Frank) interact with said characters. Usually, characters will just have a weird one-sided conversation where the other person just gestures or makes overdramatic facial expressions as a response. Sometimes it is played for laughs, or the silent character will be a child, or someone rude.

It is really noticeable when you see it during "Frank" scenes, where he is doing something obnoxious to or in front of a group of people and only one extra will say anything or a main character shows up. I think the most noticeable/funny variations are when he goes up to a bunch of individual people in a bar or crowd and rants at them.

There is the classic response of [buff guy at a bar simply stands up and grunts to intimidate protagonist] but it gets really weird when Frank starts ranting about something really offensive or weird and gets up in their face. Like they barely ever have a response. For the record, I find it extremely entertaining. I fucking love that shit cause it's funny and fuck it I'm going to say its nonverbal (as in getting stressed out and not responding to a situation cause that is too much effort) or mute representation.

Also, if you didn't already notice that, you are about to start notice it whenever you watch television now. The lower budget the television show is, and the less main characters there are, the more you will notice it. It's not super common in Shameless anyways, I just wanted to bring it up cause I find it funny. I learned about this in a YouTube video essay about the sitcom Lab Rats because I am the kind of person who watches 3 hour long video essays about shows they watched as a child to think about them from a new perspective for the fun of it. What can I say? I enjoy them.

Ok anyways this post was about child labor laws. So the main cast of Shameless is very large and in the earlier seasons, some of this cast is made up of children (younger siblings of the protagonist) but as the show goes along, the focus shifts to the younger siblings and they slowly get more and more screentime. Both because the story slowly changes in structure over time, and also because the some of the younger siblings, the youngest of which was a child in diapers, could only appear in entire episodes for a single scene or even just a few scenes or shots.

Then as the show went along they would have more of a role. Anyway, the point is that they would not have been able to predict which of any of the kids would end up actually being good at acting as the show went along. Carl, a young boy at the start, is one of the weaker actors in my opinion. He's not awful, but he's really kind of monotone most of the time and usually just looks like he's confused. It's really noticeable considering how most of the cast is very overdramatic and he looks like he doesn't know what is going on (although to be fair, he is implied to be autistic, and I also don't know how to react to things most of the time as well, so same) so it mostly works for him.

But the character Liam, the youngest brother is the worst actor on the whole show. He has the exact same line delivery in every single scene and it gets really distracting. He wasn’t acting when the show started, and it resulted in that and by season 10 his scenes are grating. It doesn’t matter what scene he is in, he has the same neutral emotion and flat line delivery.

I’m not upset about this or like mad at the actor, but I just find it funny. Honestly, any show that manages to have that one baby be a good child actor in the later seasons is fucking lucky as hell. It’s interesting how this is a specific career (acting) where you can be randomly selected as being publicly platformed if you happen to both be a cute baby and a good actor. Or as a really shit actor if it turns out that you’re bad at acting. Which is one of many reasons why platforming children as tv stars can be really bad. but that’s a whole other discussion.

#please reblog. i want attention #i was diagnosed with adhd #shameless (show) #shameless #shameless us #shameless show #tv show production #about tv shows #about child actors #my viewer commentary tag

[chimaeraonwards]

no ai generated content will ever compare to the absolutely cartoonishly evil plot to cut down trees to prevent workers from striking to get livable wage.

#tree law #sag strike #wga strike #also also it can be hard to admit but the US does set some industry standards so although im on the other side of the world its concerning!! #if bigwigs at US companies are screwing out their own workers what would this mean for those producing content in other countries? #what about our own local production companies that model american production houses? #oh we cant pay you a living wage cause thats industry standard. dont believe me? here is what a writer at X USA company at X TV show earns #also if you “cant afford” to pay your creatives a living wage then maybe you shouldnt be in charge #so yeah #i think this whole strike thing will affect more than just the US #just fucking pay your creatives

[mo-mode]

We talk about the 13yo AO3 writers whose second language is English, but we do NOT talk about the 14yo TikTok editors who only have time to post between their fifteen extracurricular activities enough okay? I cannot wait to see all these kids make it to the other side of the fan-to-creator pipeline because 👏🏼 they 👏🏼 should 👏🏼 be 👏🏼 making 👏🏼 professional 👏🏼 videos 👏🏼 like they’re posting the most profound, heart-wrenching, gut-punching, blood-pumping, tear-jerking video edits four times a day like it’s nothing. If they don’t grow up to become professional video editors for feature films and trailers and music videos then what is even the point? They’ve set the bar too high now, if they are the next generation of video production then we are in good hands rest assured

#they deserve their flowers #I took one (1) video production class and I could NOT do the shit these kids are doing #percy jackson #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #percy jackson and the olympians #video #fandom edit #tiktok edits

[charlesoberonn]

The fact that there used to be a reality show where people competed to be mentored in business by professional conman and 4-times bankruptcy declarer Donald Trump, and it ran for 17 fucking seasons and only got canceled because he became fucking President of the United States.

We're living in the parody timeline.

#like I know people call him reality show host all the time #but I need it to really sink in how that WAS his major success #he was losing billions on real estate #he gained billions by lying about his success on TV #Donald Trump is Donald Trump's only successful product #and it's also a scam #maybe the biggest scam of all

[autism-alley]

look obviously i don’t know the guy but i feel like 2009 rick riordan would fist fight 2024 rick riordan

#or at least send him a strongly worded email like he did to the production of the movies #my man you already wrote the story #the movies committed the sin of sexing up his children’s story #now the show is committing the sin of removing the story’s spirit #if that sounds dramatic to you. same but once i thought about it? yeah. #i rly fucking hope disney is more to blame than rick but the show is not automatically above criticism bc rick is involved #and i am just being silly with this post but i am itching to post my own critiques #i have been rb’ing critiques i agree with so i won’t repeat those but i have points of my own to make #percy jackson #pjo #pjo tv show #pjo show crit #percy jackson disney+ #percy jackson and the olympians #rick riordan #ris raves

[pinkeoni]

S1 and s2 (but especially s1) feel so intimate and grounded and personal. I am watching these character’s lives.

But s3 and s4 (ESPECIALLY s3) feels fake and removed. I’m watching a tv show.

#and yeah yeah i know i know it IS a tv show and maybe im giving the earlier seasons too much credit #but man :/ you can really feel the switch and its rough to watch sometimes #i think it comes down to colors + cinematography + production design a lot of things #also i think ive stated this before and sorry to repeat myself #but my blog is just a stream of consciousness tbh i just say whatever im feeling atm #and right now its relevant! #robin rambles #stranger things

[lullaby-bliss]

I just realized I never posted the finished piece. I submitted it for an art exhibition and was selected! I am very excited about the exhibit and am super proud of my work.

#jim henson #muppets #the Muppets #dark crystal #skeksis #scientist #essence #pencil #graphite #drawing #sketch #art #my art #picture #personal #movie #tv show #puppet #puppet master #costume #free hand #no grid #black and white #black and gray #grayscale #pencil sketch #gelfling #henson production #netflix #exhibition

[leavemeslowly]

“Nothing in life worth having comes without little danger.” moodboard

#mass production of horniglass content #someone stop me cause I need to study #Eddie x Susie #the gentlemen #the gentlemen 2024 #theo james #kaya scodelario #Netflix #tv show #otp #I ship it #ship #ff #moodboard #dark academia #black and white #fanart #aesthetic #new tv shows #season 1 #horniglass #angst #Mafia #au #girlboss #fanfiction

[fighting-naturalist]

Mr. Fanservice himself, Dr. Daniel Jackson

#stargateedit #stargate #sg-1 #daniel jackson #michael shanks #tropes #tv tropes #***edits #i wonder how much of the fact that every villainess wants to eat him alive #was 1) a character choice made from the beginning #2) the product of taking one look at michael shanks and going 'oh yeah everyone's gonna want a piece of that' #did they cast him to be the babe or did he just show up and they were like 'oh FUCK he's HOT'

[bellamygate]

this

#yea literally NO ONE wants higher tv style production and barely anyone acc wants non ryan-shane shows #theyre like we wanna go a completely different direction than u all signed up for but u should still pay for it for us #watcher #watcher entertainment

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

55 years ago today, January 4, 1969, the final new episode of Wacky Races aired. It is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Saturday mornings. The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, with all of the drivers hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The show was inspired by the 1965 comedy film The Great Race.

The cartoon had many regular characters, with 23 people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. Wacky Races ran Saturday mornings on CBS from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969, and in syndication from 1976 to 1982. Seventeen 20-minute episodes were produced, with each of them featuring two 10-minute segments.

The series spawned numerous spin-offs throughout the years featuring Dick Dastardly, the most similar in theme being "Fender Bender 500" in 1990.

In 2017, the series was remade as a reboot, airing on Boomerang. It aired only once on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2018.

#car #cars #cartoons #animated shows #wacky races #hanna barbera #saturday morning tv #Productions #Dick Dastardly

[redstonedust]

i keep thinking hermitcraft s7 is so much longer ago than it actually is because in my head im like ''well there mustve been a gap between seasons right'' but no. it was like. barely 2 weeks. as someone whos only been here for s8-s9 that terrifies me somehow.

#hearing grian plugging 3rd life at the end of s7 doesnt help. bc i keep thinking the life series is older than it is. #4 seasons? surely its been going for years !!! #< guy who is used to normal TV show production

[celestie0]

when ppl get too caught up in the accuracy of situations in fanfiction or if things are super realistic or as they should/would be in real life etc etc im like. my tumblr user in christ. it's fanfiction.

#ff writers don't get paid to put hollywood level research into their stories lol #also keep in mind ff writers don't have professional editors either #ALSO i've read a lot of published books and watched massive scale high budget production tv shows/movies that have put way less #effort into researching n making sure things are cohesive n legit compared to some fanfics i've read #js thinking ab a m00tie who had an anon come for her for something like this n i'm still pissed ab it #just enjoy the fic you're getting to read for free #like obv i think realism makes for a great story and is part of what good writing entails #but?? it's ok to bend the rules in some places?? it's a STORY #that's like getting pissed at a fantasy book for having dragons cuz they don't exist irl #just say u have a bad imagination n go #the author's pen is the will of the world in the story perioddd #either accept them or dont. but don't make fun of or criticize authors if you're not fuckin w it when ur just sittin behind a keyboard #also sometimes i just wanna read stories that don't remind me of the harsh truths of reality lmfao like get outtaaa heeerreee #just writer things

[cubantheweirdcube]

Not sure if I am the only one who noticed this, but in the leaked picture we got of a new world from Episode 2 (or a different episode) in the Amazing Digital Circus. We can actually see a wagon carrying what looks like Pomni, Kinger, and I think I see Zooble and Jax. I don’t see Gangle or Ragatha, but maybe their hard to see in the wagon or their not there at all.

I kind of have a theory. What if either Gangle or Ragatha or maybe both get captured by one of the new characters we saw in the new teaser and the little adventure/mission they were given by Caine was to stop a certain character and save them. But we also saw other teasers in different worlds, so maybe Caine sends them all off on different adventures that. Like Jax (or maybe he has a partner to help him with the adventure) has to get different orders correct at a fast food restaurant to get enough scores so that he could complete his adventure. Since I see Pomni and Kinger in this picture, Pomni and Kinger were probably paired together to stop a certain character (probably one of those new characters we saw in the new teaser) and save one of their friends or maybe that Candy Princess we saw.

That’s all I have…. Bye…

#the amazing digital circus #tadc #theory #tadc theory #tadc episode 2 #tadc leaks #pomni #jax #Ragatha #Zooble #gangle #caine #Kinger #the amazing digital circus 2 #tv shows #indie animation #gooseworx #glitch #glitch productions #adventure