TV & Hollywood Writers Today

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If the scripts being produced by television writing staffs today are any indication, Hollywood could benefit from revisiting the old “writers room” system for producing quality films. Work performed collaboratively, rather than by a series of consecutive contributors, currently generates what many would consider some of the best writing in the entertainment industry in recent years. Television {...Continue...}

When a film flops at the box office

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Putting months or more of time, work, and emotions into a film project, only to see it perform poorly at the box office, can be shattering for all involved in its production, particularly for those most responsible for its development and on whom its success or failure most strongly reflects. The experience can be likened to a political campaign and its run-up to a fateful election night, where {...Continue...}

TV salaries and revenue

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How the revenue from a television series is distributed among those who work on the show differs widely across genres and networks and depends on the relative success of the program, along with an assortment of many other factors. The earnings of executive producers—showrunners in particular—and other above-the-line talent may be calculated per week, per episode, or per year, and can vary {...Continue...}

3D Technology in Film and TV

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The past several years in film have seen a flood in the use of 3D technology, with enough titles coming through to occupy any fan of the format for most of the year. The popularity of 3D in theaters would seem to suggest a move toward an increase in its use on television, as well. Televisions with 3D compatibility, however, have been available since April 2010 but have not brought about a small-screen {...Continue...}

Please release and return to filmmaking

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Filmmakers all over the world have called for the immediate release of six independent Iranian filmmakers arrested last month by the Iranian government on charges of espionage and treason for allegedly working with the BBC. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the American Cinema Editors and the Directors Guild of America, among others, said in a joint statement yesterday that the recent {...Continue...}

Independent Revival

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Independent film was on the minds of everyone at the Toronto Film Festival, earlier this season. TIFF marks the start of serious film season. Say goodbye to the superhero flicks and popcorn action movies of summer and say hello to the artsy, high-thinking, and foreign films. Celebrities, directors, and producers swarm Toronto for the film festival, which draws in a varied array of attendees. This {...Continue...}

Documentary Landscape: Truth-Seekers

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"Truth is the property of no individual but the property of all men." True words spoken by Ralph Waldo Emerson hold up to the feelings driving today's documentary filmmakers. There is always an aspect of life that is compelling enough to someone to make a documentary about; the truth is out there, it's just waiting. While audiences seek truth, the documentary landscape is becoming more varied {...Continue...}