Week 8: Production Overview

Today we watched all the new primetime shows and the top failed pilot for this month on Channel 102 (now called Channel 101 NY), as well as Fenecia's short-format soap opera, which she produced for the Mobile Medium class last semester.

We also had a visit from Jule Selbo, a professional screenwriter and coordinator of the screenwriting track in the Summer Arts Program. This is a fantastic program — check it out online!

I've been consulting with Jen Vaughn about the scripts for her production class, and gave a lot of info today; if you missed today, please get in touch with a few people from class to get filled in (there's more than I can summarize here).

Please note a few changes to the homework listed on the Class Schedule Update:

1. Today everyone turned in the Episode 2 treatment, script, and Reader Feedback sheets. We did not have a workshop today, so if you were absent, you don't need to make one up.
2. Everyone will e-mail me a .pdf file of whichever script will be submitted to Jen's class for production (choose your most producible script). I need these by Monday 3/24 so I can put them online and Jen and her class can "sneak preview". This needs to be a complete script, but not a final draft; the final handoff date will be Tuesday 4/8.
3. Nothing due April 1! Just keep polishing those scripts for Jen's class — let's make it a really hard decision for her teams. : )

Have a great break; you've all earned it! Remember to watch lots of new-media stuff (and post interesting links to the Class Wiki). See you in April --

Marie