[Tig] writer's strike news

[mkp at sonic.net]

Fortunately my writing work isn't interrupted right now* because I'm
academia with the UCLA advanced professional screenwriting program. Our
writer-producer instructor is participating the WGA strike, but he's still
teaching.

*But, as a matter of fact, I guess that the strike is interrupting my
writing since I'm procrastinating right now, writing in this list about
the WGA strike instead of working on my pages that are due at the end of
the week...

In my experience so far, the hardest part of a writer's work is doing the
re-writes under pressure right before and during production. Story
development and first words on paper can often be a straight-shot single
person effort, but re-writes have to take into account the constraints and
creative requirements of all the departments involved in production.

The same challenges apply to the technical work I do. As an engineer in my
day job I have to take into account constraints (economic, time, safety,
compliance, physics) and creative needs (like from TIGers).

--
Michael Poimboeuf
Digidesign, a division of Avid

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> That is a great point, even though scripts have been delivered I think
> it is very naïve to assume that the movie is ready to shoot. Remember
> many of these scripts came in right before the deadline, if I'm the
> writer I'm not sure I would make it perfect.
>
> Series have begun to shut down already, most will be down in a few
> weeks. Features are shooting and getting ready to start but they always
> need a rewrite of some kind. A sympathetic director or actor could stop
> it if they tried even though they have a no strike clause.
>
> It all starts with a script, if this goes long we are all in for a rough
> ride, layoffs will start quickly and they will only grow. Some areas
> will be busy but only for awhile and if history is any teacher not as
> long as we like to think.
>
> Let's hope it doesn't last long and things are back to normal in a week
> or two or we will all be in the reality business, Colorist Survivor
> anyone?
>
>
> Domenic Rom
> Postworks the Lab
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> From: tig-bounces at tig.colorist.org [mailto:tig-bounces at tig.colorist.org]
> On Behalf Of Bob Kertesz
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:48 PM
> To: tig at colorist.org
> Subject: Re: [Tig] writer's strike news
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> Thanks to Assimilate Inc. for supporting the TIG.
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>>Most scripted shows have at least some
>>episodes written and those will continue to be shot and go through
>>post.  For many shows, that means the TV pipeline won't be empty
>>until Jasnuary.
>
> Never having worked on an episodic drama, I don't know how those work,
> but I
> can tell you that for sitcoms, the writers are right there on set, and
> every
> rehearsal of a scene has some new lines, including rewrites in front of
> the
> studio audience. Those shows will likely shut down if they haven't
> already.
>
> --Bob
>
> Bob Kertesz
> BlueScreen LLC
> Hollywood, California
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