On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:20:56 -0500, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Gerry <everyday@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Seems to me, if I was a writer, I'd find a way to not cooperate with
>> > that effort. Or does the network have a backlog of unrecorded
episodes
>> > in the vaults?
>>
>> Well if you didn't cooperate, you won't get paid, writers on strike
>> don't make much, and the producers just might find another writer to
you
>> replace you.
>
> I know some autoworkers who pull a bunch of overtime when strikes are
>looming because then they have more savings, can stay out longer before
>feeling the pinch, and figure (probably quite correctly) that the extra
>vehicle or two that might get produced wouldn't make all that much
>difference in letting the company play games. I am supposing largely the
>same with many writers.
THis was true of movie writers and directors and actors. Scripts
*have* been banked in prep for the strike and already produced movies
have been banked for the strike.
Since I'm a Gilmore Girls Geek, I can use Lauren Graham for an
example: since the show ended, she's done four movie roles (her "Wife
World Tour" as she puts it) and has been the voice of Kellogg's
Special K products on television.
Conversely, a few horror movies that were ready for release this
Halloween are being delayed until next year specifically to make sure
that the studios have Halloween-themed movies at that time next year.
However, movies have *much* longer lead times than TV shows do, which
is why X-Files 2 remains unaffected. The script was complete, so they
can film it, conversely, the turnover time for television scripts is
so quick that most shows have only 2-3 more episodes to film before
they run out of scripts, but they've also already finished shooting
around 3 episodes yet to air besides the 2-3 more that they can shoot,
so most series are going to have another 5-6 episodes air before the
strike imposes a hiatus due to lack of scripts. Fortunately, the
timing coincides more or less with regular winter hiatus anyway, so
while TV hasn't been able to bank hardly any scripts, the truth of the
matter is that the filming schedule won't really be disrupted until
the cast & crew would normally come back after winter hiatus to start
filming new episodes that won't have been written.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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