Teasers

half hour comedy, Larry Charles, Larry David, screenwriting, Seinfeld, Teasers, television writing, tv writing

05 Nov 2007

Master of Their Domain – Seinfeld

I find myself working on some half hour comedies and hence watching them. In order to understand the half hour,…

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act length, character beats, structure, Teasers, theme

09 Aug 2007

Pilot Structure Trends

These are the structural trends emerging from the pilots I've read and watched:Open long.A lot of teases are running very…

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act breaks, curtains, Jekyll, pilot script, pilot scripts, pilots, Steven Moffat, structure, Teasers, tension, tv writing

24 Jul 2007

Time + Emotion – Jekyll Part 2

I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and am now back to tv. I have decided to wait…

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Aaron Sorkin, pilot scripts, Teasers

20 Jun 2007

Three by Sorkin

I'm almost done with Teasers (for a while at least) but before I move on I thought I might compare…

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Act One, pilot script, Teasers

19 Jun 2007

A Tour of Teasers

Let's take a quick tour through the opening acts of some of the pilots that aired thus far this year.Traveler…

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Babylon Fields, Dirty Sexy Money, Jekyll, K-Ville, Life on Mars, New Amsterdam, pilots, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, structure, Teasers, The Darlings, the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Viva Laughlin

18 Jun 2007

Do You Really Want to Know?

Will Dixon asks: Can you elaborate? Are they still teasers anymore or just Act One's with a sexy beginning? And…

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Act One, pilot scripts, pilots, Pushing Daisies, Teasers

18 Jun 2007

Don’t Let ‘Em Go

I have a bunch of scripts for the pilots that got picked up by the US nets for the fall.…

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Bryan Elsley, pilot script, pilots, Skins, Teasers

16 Jun 2007

Fucking Bollocking Twat Fuck

The airing of a pilot is your big chance to hook in an audience for your series. In the week…

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