It's already August 9th; the table read for Episode 3 is this coming Saturday and this week is all about getting that prepared.
I'll be reviewing the script tomorrow through Tuesday, getting final numbers for attendance and then getting prepared for the dinner itself later in the week. Believe it or not this is going to be a ... long week.
I've been filming a bit more for Rogers TV recently. Saw the Barrie Baycats beat Kitchener and move on to the Intercounty Baseball Semi-Finals. Also did a Celebrate the County shoot in Heritage Park. Apparently Barrie has a small Carribana festival, and a steele drum band was playing in the park. It's actually quite a nice area and depending on how the footage is edited, you might see one of the better-kept areas of Barrie. I believe it's on Saturdays at 5pm on Rogers TV, which is channels 10 and 53 on cable. Barrie OHL starts up soon too, and I think there would be something challenging about filming hockey, so I'm excited to be signing up for that. Plus, it gets me into every Barrie Colts home game this season.
I've been writing Episode 5 lately, and have been wrestling with the idea of combining Episodes 5 and 6 together. I'm not confidant that I have enough material to actually make a 45 page script for Episode 6, but I'm sure that overlapping the plots of both would come out to longer than 45 minutes. It's actually been quite the dilemma that hasn't exactly been resolved.
Episode 5 is coming along great so far. It's the first opportunity I've had to characterize Danielle 'Lidless' Parsons as a tragic villain. I had always intended to her to be ruthless, yet sympathetic. Furthermore, the 'plot' of the show has always been about her political machinations, which are revealed in Episode 5. Though it's fun to write, there's also some critical thinking that has to go into this script that isn't exactly present in its predecessors.
Been doing some local travelling lately; was up in the Blue Mountains last weekend and managed to catch the sunrise from a particularly nice view. Was also doing some very-local sight-seeing at the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport, located in Oro-Medonte. I mention these because I think there's a lot of potential in showing the natural resources of this area in the show. Though there's plenty of shows filmed in and around this area, very few shows take place here. I think it would be fun to try and incorporate the Blue Mountains into the narrative of the show somehow, maybe further down the line, just to have an excuse to go out and film there.
I had intended to have August be my big month for blogging, but in full compliance with the law of economics, as a recently laid-off individual, I enjoy spending money I don't have on things I don't need. This involves a lot of unproductive days. I'll do my best to get a full eight blogs out over the next 23 days and see if I can't make that goal of having August be the most productive month for the blog.
Think that's gonna wrap things up for tonight. Hope you all had good weekends despite the return of the wet weather.
Showing posts with label Canadian Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian Television. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Show Stuff and Thrice
I suppose it's been a little while since my last entry - but rest assured, the time has been spent productively.
Earlier this week, I sat down and crunched some numbers for production. It's going to cost me about $20, 000 to build the sets for Episode 1 and store them for a month. Three weeks will probably be dedicated towards construction alone, so I'll probably need the studio space for two months which brings it up to $25, 000.
I feel its a rather liberal number, but I researched market trends to give myself a fairly accurate estimate. To be honest that number also doesn't worry me. If I can pace prouction accordingly, I can budget costs based on when grants become available. The pilot has to be finished for June 2010 and I think that's absolutely doable at this point.
I was talking to a friend with a business degree, M.B., who's starting his own financial company in the next few weeks. We're going to talk later about how he can go about helping me start the production company - so I've found the only 'business consultant' I can afford. As boring as that paragraph sounds, it's actually very, very good news because I was admittedlty intimdated by this process as a whole. I realize that although I understand basic aspects of business, economics, etc., I am definitely not prepared to proceed into this alone. It pays to have good friends.
E.B. is writing Episode 4. He'll possibly be contributing a writing commentary when he's finished his work on the script. I hope it's going well for him, but there's not much more I can speak on about Episode 4, so you'll have to wait for E.B. on that one.
Meanwhile, I've also been writing Episode 5 - 'In Media Res'. This is perhaps going to be the funnest episode for me to write, because I haven't worked out a lot of the minutia of the plot so far. But I do find what I've already written has worked out very well and I'm happy with the spontaneity that I seem to be demonstrating in this particular script.
I'm by no means winging it - this has been the most important episode in the back of my head. This is the reveal of Lidless' intentions. Somewhat. I came up with my McGuffins today (a term referring to a plot piece created specifically to drive the plot forward), and I think it ties in perfectly with the world I've set up so far. I had never had a specific motivation for Lidless kidnapping Davis besides the obvious uses of his intellect - but a specific reason came into my head today that doesn't necessarily need to be revealed in the miniseries to still be satisfying.
This episode takes place almost entirely from the perspective of Eve's kidnappers and the people responsible for orhcestrating it. We see the levels of power that Lidless has influence in. We see the both the tenacity and consciences of her associates. Furthermore, the episode foreshadows a weakness in her precognitive abilities that won't be revealed until Episode 6's conclusion.
Though I try and keep the content Canadian on this blog, I'd like to talk about the latest Thrice album for a number of reasons.
Thrice is a foursome band from Irvine, California and broke onto the scene in 2001 with their debut album, Identity Crisis. They've managed to evolve their style from hard-rock to experimental and still maintain a devoted following. Their latest album, Beggars (2009) was recently leaked through a mishap over at Vagrant Records. The album leaked nearly three months early, and I'm sure was a devasting blow to not only the band, but the production team behind the album.
I'll be honest - I downloaded it and I'd like to give it a short review at the end, so if you're looking for that, scroll down.
Free downloading (I won't call it illegal because it is simply - not) has had a devasting impact on the CD industry. I say specifically the CD industry because I do believe the music industry as a whole is doing fine (recession considered). The point is, owning a CD has absolutely no physical value anymore. If I were to buy a CD, I'd only want it for the sentimental value it holds. I want 'that' CD. Adding incentives to purchase the CD that can't be provided through the internet is what will revive the recording industry - which is exactly what Thrice will be doing with their latest album.
The album will see a digital release on August 11th through iTunes, shifting from its original release date of October 13th. Their statement was somewhere along the lines of 'releasing a CD earlier than planned is easy, changing a marketing strategy isn't'. Thus the band is going to release the album with bonus extras that would not be available through the promotional leak on its intended release date.
I was going to buy the album anyway. Thrice is one of those bands that I liked to own the CD, I don't have many of those but I definitely have a sentimental attachment with actually owning those albums. Seeing it on a computer screen isn't enough for me. I probably won't even listen to the CD itself, but I just like to have it. The record industry will survive on that alone - it will just reform into a smaller market. Movies hated TV, Radio had cassettes - media changes - get over it. Go make money off your Blu-Ray concerts, Rock-Bands and Ring-Tunes - all products established well after the internet caused damage to falling record sales. Thank you for waiting until your money was at risk to get innovative.
The fact is, and I could expand on this for far too long, so I'll keep it short; the increasing availability of affordable recording equipment is ending the record industry - not the internet. Thrice recorded this album in the basement recording studio of guitarist, Teppei Teranishi, largely on instruments that they constructed by hand. There is no problem with the music industry, there is only a solution - it's called artist independence and its happening more every day.
But alas, the album - reviewed.
Though its hard to say where Thrice peaked so far, I think the last album I was genuinely enthusiastic about was Artist in the Ambulance (2003). Vhessiu (2004), and The Alchemy Indexes I-IV (2008) were excellent demonstrations of their talent for creating refined music - but it had lost that hard rock feel. They didn't have many 'rocking out' opportunities.
Thrice returns to their hard-rock roots with three albums' worth of melodic experimental music behind them - combining the two for one of the most innovative, yet solid rock albums of the 21st century. The shear talent this band represents is just ridiculous compared to other bands that are gaining exposure these days. This album brings some of the most elegant, industrial notes a guitar can produce and finds them in a home in a rock album that is as bar-setting as it is purely enjoyable.
Of note, the tracks, All the World is Mad, The Weight, Circles, At the Last, In Exile, Talking Through Glass and Beggars are worth checking out even if you're not familiar with the band. So check out Beggars (2009) and hopefully introduce yourself to a band that's continued to impress for nearly a decade.
Hope everyone had a good weekend, and that you enjoyed this monster of a post!
P.S. I met someone this weekend who thought Thrice would be a more appropriate boys name than Thrace. I've been put in a quandry.
Earlier this week, I sat down and crunched some numbers for production. It's going to cost me about $20, 000 to build the sets for Episode 1 and store them for a month. Three weeks will probably be dedicated towards construction alone, so I'll probably need the studio space for two months which brings it up to $25, 000.
I feel its a rather liberal number, but I researched market trends to give myself a fairly accurate estimate. To be honest that number also doesn't worry me. If I can pace prouction accordingly, I can budget costs based on when grants become available. The pilot has to be finished for June 2010 and I think that's absolutely doable at this point.
I was talking to a friend with a business degree, M.B., who's starting his own financial company in the next few weeks. We're going to talk later about how he can go about helping me start the production company - so I've found the only 'business consultant' I can afford. As boring as that paragraph sounds, it's actually very, very good news because I was admittedlty intimdated by this process as a whole. I realize that although I understand basic aspects of business, economics, etc., I am definitely not prepared to proceed into this alone. It pays to have good friends.
E.B. is writing Episode 4. He'll possibly be contributing a writing commentary when he's finished his work on the script. I hope it's going well for him, but there's not much more I can speak on about Episode 4, so you'll have to wait for E.B. on that one.
Meanwhile, I've also been writing Episode 5 - 'In Media Res'. This is perhaps going to be the funnest episode for me to write, because I haven't worked out a lot of the minutia of the plot so far. But I do find what I've already written has worked out very well and I'm happy with the spontaneity that I seem to be demonstrating in this particular script.
I'm by no means winging it - this has been the most important episode in the back of my head. This is the reveal of Lidless' intentions. Somewhat. I came up with my McGuffins today (a term referring to a plot piece created specifically to drive the plot forward), and I think it ties in perfectly with the world I've set up so far. I had never had a specific motivation for Lidless kidnapping Davis besides the obvious uses of his intellect - but a specific reason came into my head today that doesn't necessarily need to be revealed in the miniseries to still be satisfying.
This episode takes place almost entirely from the perspective of Eve's kidnappers and the people responsible for orhcestrating it. We see the levels of power that Lidless has influence in. We see the both the tenacity and consciences of her associates. Furthermore, the episode foreshadows a weakness in her precognitive abilities that won't be revealed until Episode 6's conclusion.
Though I try and keep the content Canadian on this blog, I'd like to talk about the latest Thrice album for a number of reasons.
Thrice is a foursome band from Irvine, California and broke onto the scene in 2001 with their debut album, Identity Crisis. They've managed to evolve their style from hard-rock to experimental and still maintain a devoted following. Their latest album, Beggars (2009) was recently leaked through a mishap over at Vagrant Records. The album leaked nearly three months early, and I'm sure was a devasting blow to not only the band, but the production team behind the album.
I'll be honest - I downloaded it and I'd like to give it a short review at the end, so if you're looking for that, scroll down.
Free downloading (I won't call it illegal because it is simply - not) has had a devasting impact on the CD industry. I say specifically the CD industry because I do believe the music industry as a whole is doing fine (recession considered). The point is, owning a CD has absolutely no physical value anymore. If I were to buy a CD, I'd only want it for the sentimental value it holds. I want 'that' CD. Adding incentives to purchase the CD that can't be provided through the internet is what will revive the recording industry - which is exactly what Thrice will be doing with their latest album.
The album will see a digital release on August 11th through iTunes, shifting from its original release date of October 13th. Their statement was somewhere along the lines of 'releasing a CD earlier than planned is easy, changing a marketing strategy isn't'. Thus the band is going to release the album with bonus extras that would not be available through the promotional leak on its intended release date.
I was going to buy the album anyway. Thrice is one of those bands that I liked to own the CD, I don't have many of those but I definitely have a sentimental attachment with actually owning those albums. Seeing it on a computer screen isn't enough for me. I probably won't even listen to the CD itself, but I just like to have it. The record industry will survive on that alone - it will just reform into a smaller market. Movies hated TV, Radio had cassettes - media changes - get over it. Go make money off your Blu-Ray concerts, Rock-Bands and Ring-Tunes - all products established well after the internet caused damage to falling record sales. Thank you for waiting until your money was at risk to get innovative.
The fact is, and I could expand on this for far too long, so I'll keep it short; the increasing availability of affordable recording equipment is ending the record industry - not the internet. Thrice recorded this album in the basement recording studio of guitarist, Teppei Teranishi, largely on instruments that they constructed by hand. There is no problem with the music industry, there is only a solution - it's called artist independence and its happening more every day.
But alas, the album - reviewed.
Though its hard to say where Thrice peaked so far, I think the last album I was genuinely enthusiastic about was Artist in the Ambulance (2003). Vhessiu (2004), and The Alchemy Indexes I-IV (2008) were excellent demonstrations of their talent for creating refined music - but it had lost that hard rock feel. They didn't have many 'rocking out' opportunities.
Thrice returns to their hard-rock roots with three albums' worth of melodic experimental music behind them - combining the two for one of the most innovative, yet solid rock albums of the 21st century. The shear talent this band represents is just ridiculous compared to other bands that are gaining exposure these days. This album brings some of the most elegant, industrial notes a guitar can produce and finds them in a home in a rock album that is as bar-setting as it is purely enjoyable.
Of note, the tracks, All the World is Mad, The Weight, Circles, At the Last, In Exile, Talking Through Glass and Beggars are worth checking out even if you're not familiar with the band. So check out Beggars (2009) and hopefully introduce yourself to a band that's continued to impress for nearly a decade.
Hope everyone had a good weekend, and that you enjoyed this monster of a post!
P.S. I met someone this weekend who thought Thrice would be a more appropriate boys name than Thrace. I've been put in a quandry.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A-Channel, Rogers and Community Media
Stardate, May 14th, 10:24pm:
Captain's log. I've been involved in volunteer efforts with Rogers Television for the past week or so. It's a terrific program. Really, I can't say enough about how great this experience is. One week ago I'd never stepped behind a camera, now I can somewhat operate one. That's a good skill to have when you're trying to get in to television production.
I was published by the Barrie Examiner in a Letter to the Editor in response to a similar letter first published by Peggy Hebden, Station Manager of A-Channel. You can find the link to that here; http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1564892 ; but since this was an edited copy, I'd like to attach a copy of the full version I had e-mailed to editor Bob Burton, but was told it would only fit if it was half its size(that's what she said).
The economic crisis has taken its toll on many industries, media included. The most recent Letter to the Editor from A-Channel Station Chief, Peggy Hebden, although informed, reeks of bias from a network that has failed to meet the needs of its community.
Local media serves one of two purposes. It either acts as a companion to mainstream media, or as an alternative. The simple question in determining A-Channel's worth to the community comes in identifying which of these two services the network is providing to Barrie and its surrounding area.
As this is an editorial, I'm going to save myself a lot of words and jump straight to the conclusion that A-Channel is a companion to mainstream media. The stories A-Channel has been reporting on are nothing short of the same headlines reported on national and local broadcasts coming out of most major cities. The bulk of its non-news programming is imported from larger networks unable to accommodate them in their scheduling. Its efforts to reach out to the community are becoming substantially insignificant.
A-Channel stands alone in the Barrie area as one of the only media outlets which does not co-ordinate a volunteer program to educate local youth in media production. It stands alone as one of the hardest networks to reach for comment, as evidenced by several personal attempts to receive network feedback for a paper based on the value of local media. Throughout the years, its programming has become more and more distant from the community it serves.
So what alternative is A-Channel providing the residents of Simcoe County? Its news programming mirrors that of national networks. It's non-news programming mirrors that of national networks. Though A-Channel, formerly The NewVR has provided an alternative in the past, its growing reach into York Region and national headlines have left us with nothing more than an expensive sister-station to national networks.
Hebden pleads in her final paragraph for the support of its audience during these tough economic times. I have only one response; No Peggy, we need YOUR support. A shift to more community-based broadcasting and providing an alternative to the mainstream networks we can find anywhere else is what we both need - or A-Channel will simply become increasingly unnecessary, and obsolete.
There have been rebuttals by A-Channel high-ups, including evening news anchor Lance Chilton and while I'm going to avoid an all-out Barrie Examiner editorial war, I'd like to defend my position here.
When I first started watching A-Channel it was known as CKVR and provided local news to Barrie and the surrounding area. Somewhere between CKVR and A-Channel, we lost that same local station. For one, the news isn't about Barrie and surrounding area anymore. It's occasionally about Barrie, and more often about the '905 Belt' and the municipalities south of Simcoe. I can't remember the last time I saw a locally-produced program on their primetime lineup.
As the former employee of what I'll leave to be an unnamed public-service, I'll tell you personally that A-Channel is one of the most difficult media outlets to get in contact with regarding issues important to Barrie's citizens. Furthermore, as a communications student at Carleton this past year, the cutbacks to A-Channel earlier this year inspired me to write a paper about the importance of community media and the need for networks like the former New VR to exist. After several attempts to reach the network for comment, I received no word back. The conclusion I reached at the end of the paper is A-Channel no longer fit the criteria for community media. If A-Channel is unwilling to help itself, why should we pay the bill via bailout funds to assist it?
I opened this entry with a paragraph on my experiences with Rogers for a reason; that is that there is a difference between an intern and a volunteer. This is for you, Mr. Lance Chilton; A volunteer comes in whenever he or she wants to, and participates only as much or as little as they wish. They decide their own level of involvement, commitment and create their own schedule that works around them. An intern is the equivilant of an unpaid employment position, with set hours and menial duties.
I'm going to at least send a link to the Barrie Examiner, Bob Burton, to this blog, as I feel that in this digital age we don't need to continue this bickering through a newspaper. For those who've come here through the Examiner, thank you for taking an interest in community media, and I hope you realize how little A-Channel fits that profile. Thank you so much for reading and stay tuned for updates on
Soundtrack.
Captain's log. I've been involved in volunteer efforts with Rogers Television for the past week or so. It's a terrific program. Really, I can't say enough about how great this experience is. One week ago I'd never stepped behind a camera, now I can somewhat operate one. That's a good skill to have when you're trying to get in to television production.
I was published by the Barrie Examiner in a Letter to the Editor in response to a similar letter first published by Peggy Hebden, Station Manager of A-Channel. You can find the link to that here; http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1564892 ; but since this was an edited copy, I'd like to attach a copy of the full version I had e-mailed to editor Bob Burton, but was told it would only fit if it was half its size(that's what she said).
The economic crisis has taken its toll on many industries, media included. The most recent Letter to the Editor from A-Channel Station Chief, Peggy Hebden, although informed, reeks of bias from a network that has failed to meet the needs of its community.
Local media serves one of two purposes. It either acts as a companion to mainstream media, or as an alternative. The simple question in determining A-Channel's worth to the community comes in identifying which of these two services the network is providing to Barrie and its surrounding area.
As this is an editorial, I'm going to save myself a lot of words and jump straight to the conclusion that A-Channel is a companion to mainstream media. The stories A-Channel has been reporting on are nothing short of the same headlines reported on national and local broadcasts coming out of most major cities. The bulk of its non-news programming is imported from larger networks unable to accommodate them in their scheduling. Its efforts to reach out to the community are becoming substantially insignificant.
A-Channel stands alone in the Barrie area as one of the only media outlets which does not co-ordinate a volunteer program to educate local youth in media production. It stands alone as one of the hardest networks to reach for comment, as evidenced by several personal attempts to receive network feedback for a paper based on the value of local media. Throughout the years, its programming has become more and more distant from the community it serves.
So what alternative is A-Channel providing the residents of Simcoe County? Its news programming mirrors that of national networks. It's non-news programming mirrors that of national networks. Though A-Channel, formerly The NewVR has provided an alternative in the past, its growing reach into York Region and national headlines have left us with nothing more than an expensive sister-station to national networks.
Hebden pleads in her final paragraph for the support of its audience during these tough economic times. I have only one response; No Peggy, we need YOUR support. A shift to more community-based broadcasting and providing an alternative to the mainstream networks we can find anywhere else is what we both need - or A-Channel will simply become increasingly unnecessary, and obsolete.
There have been rebuttals by A-Channel high-ups, including evening news anchor Lance Chilton and while I'm going to avoid an all-out Barrie Examiner editorial war, I'd like to defend my position here.
When I first started watching A-Channel it was known as CKVR and provided local news to Barrie and the surrounding area. Somewhere between CKVR and A-Channel, we lost that same local station. For one, the news isn't about Barrie and surrounding area anymore. It's occasionally about Barrie, and more often about the '905 Belt' and the municipalities south of Simcoe. I can't remember the last time I saw a locally-produced program on their primetime lineup.
As the former employee of what I'll leave to be an unnamed public-service, I'll tell you personally that A-Channel is one of the most difficult media outlets to get in contact with regarding issues important to Barrie's citizens. Furthermore, as a communications student at Carleton this past year, the cutbacks to A-Channel earlier this year inspired me to write a paper about the importance of community media and the need for networks like the former New VR to exist. After several attempts to reach the network for comment, I received no word back. The conclusion I reached at the end of the paper is A-Channel no longer fit the criteria for community media. If A-Channel is unwilling to help itself, why should we pay the bill via bailout funds to assist it?
I opened this entry with a paragraph on my experiences with Rogers for a reason; that is that there is a difference between an intern and a volunteer. This is for you, Mr. Lance Chilton; A volunteer comes in whenever he or she wants to, and participates only as much or as little as they wish. They decide their own level of involvement, commitment and create their own schedule that works around them. An intern is the equivilant of an unpaid employment position, with set hours and menial duties.
I'm going to at least send a link to the Barrie Examiner, Bob Burton, to this blog, as I feel that in this digital age we don't need to continue this bickering through a newspaper. For those who've come here through the Examiner, thank you for taking an interest in community media, and I hope you realize how little A-Channel fits that profile. Thank you so much for reading and stay tuned for updates on
Soundtrack.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Blog!
May 10, 2009
So why has it been over a week since the last blog update? Because I’ve been busy! Television production requires money and skill – and I’m trying to get as much as both of those as I possibly can.
I applied to volunteer at Rogers Television in Barrie at the suggestion of a former coworker, E.S. The next day, I got a call from their volunteer program about an orientation being held that night and I was welcome to attend. Not even 14 hours later I was operating a camera for the live-television program, DAYTIME.
During the final weeks of university I was trying to complete a paper on the value that local media provides in community, especially considering these troubling economic times. I had attempted to reach A-Channel for contact through several different venues, trying to reach a producer for comment on the story. I received absolutely no feedback, and when I was trying to find volunteer programs for media outlets in Barrie, I couldn’t quite decide if I was surprised or not that A-Channel didn’t offer one. In the days following my positive experiences at Rogers, I’ve come to understand a major difference between the two if both are to be considered local media. A news article in the Barrie Examiner motivated me to write a letter to the editor about A-Channel’ s value to the community is diminishing, and labeling itself community media is an outright lie to justify its budgetary expenditures. I was contacted by the editor to be assured the article would be published in Mondays edition, and so I’ll link to that as soon as it becomes available.
Volunteering at Rogers Television has been a tremendous experience. I never thought that on day one I would be operating a camera for a live television show. On a side note, it didn’t go very well, and I was kicked off after failing to deliver a shot that the director wanted, but that’s how this business goes. The director isn’t as mean as she sounds, I just think she was uninformed to my lack of experience on the camera.
Apparently everyone starts out on camera operating – but there are several things I’ll be learning. Directing, producing, sound and visual editing. It truly sounds like a wonderful experience that will be absolutely invaluable by the time I’ve committed a few months to the program. On top of the education, it’s got an accommodating schedule. I’m able to go in at 10am, prepare for DAYTIME and then assist with its filming and production and be out by noon. There are also so programs that film at 6:30. In short, it’s a perfect opportunity for me to learn the hands-on things that University just can’t provide. On top of that, it’s free! So in advance, thank you, Rogers Television!
I made some changes to Episodes 2 and 3. Eddie and Cain are now headed for a storage facility located near Toronto’s lakefront. I figured cops would be sitting on Davis’ house, or at least have investigated it. The point is, the Superhero Closet would be either too hard or too easy to find and thus an alternative needed to be presented. Cain and Eddie are still going to stumble upon the same wealth of information and equipment – just in a different spot.
I’m a little nervous to continue writing episode 3. It’s quite important in the scheme of the whole series, and needs to be treated with that in mind. In a nutshell the whole episode is about Derek and Riley rescuing Davis, and Eddie and Cain finding the info and equipment. Those are literally the only two important events in the episode – but they’ll shape everything to come.
Davis is on the verge of discovering what happened in 1986, Derek’s year of birth. While he’s aware of the precognitive born around the time of 1970, he hasn’t made the connection between the precognitive’s self-awakening and Derek’s birth. Derek is the result of a timeline being disturbed and a physical manifestation of its intent to protect itself. While all this information is going to be in the files that Eddie and Cain have by episodes’ end, no one’s going to make the connection for some time.
One of the most difficult exchanges I’m trying to write is Cain’s reaction to the information. He’s unaware that Derek is a superhero, he has his suspicions but they’re nowhere near the true explanation. Stumbling into Davis’ secret hideout is going to leave him with some questions about the detective, as well as Derek. Eddie, armed only with a single handgun, is either going to have to do his best to explain things to him. It’s quite the difficult exchange to write, because I mean, how would anyone react to it? I think I need to spend a little time getting to know Eddie and Cain a little bit more before I can know how this conversation is actually going to happen. Unfortunately it happens at the end of the first quarter of the episode, so it’s putting a damper on the rest of the episode coming out.
Not sure if there’s anything else to report on really. Today is Mother’s Day, so make her breakfast and clean the house!
So why has it been over a week since the last blog update? Because I’ve been busy! Television production requires money and skill – and I’m trying to get as much as both of those as I possibly can.
I applied to volunteer at Rogers Television in Barrie at the suggestion of a former coworker, E.S. The next day, I got a call from their volunteer program about an orientation being held that night and I was welcome to attend. Not even 14 hours later I was operating a camera for the live-television program, DAYTIME.
During the final weeks of university I was trying to complete a paper on the value that local media provides in community, especially considering these troubling economic times. I had attempted to reach A-Channel for contact through several different venues, trying to reach a producer for comment on the story. I received absolutely no feedback, and when I was trying to find volunteer programs for media outlets in Barrie, I couldn’t quite decide if I was surprised or not that A-Channel didn’t offer one. In the days following my positive experiences at Rogers, I’ve come to understand a major difference between the two if both are to be considered local media. A news article in the Barrie Examiner motivated me to write a letter to the editor about A-Channel’ s value to the community is diminishing, and labeling itself community media is an outright lie to justify its budgetary expenditures. I was contacted by the editor to be assured the article would be published in Mondays edition, and so I’ll link to that as soon as it becomes available.
Volunteering at Rogers Television has been a tremendous experience. I never thought that on day one I would be operating a camera for a live television show. On a side note, it didn’t go very well, and I was kicked off after failing to deliver a shot that the director wanted, but that’s how this business goes. The director isn’t as mean as she sounds, I just think she was uninformed to my lack of experience on the camera.
Apparently everyone starts out on camera operating – but there are several things I’ll be learning. Directing, producing, sound and visual editing. It truly sounds like a wonderful experience that will be absolutely invaluable by the time I’ve committed a few months to the program. On top of the education, it’s got an accommodating schedule. I’m able to go in at 10am, prepare for DAYTIME and then assist with its filming and production and be out by noon. There are also so programs that film at 6:30. In short, it’s a perfect opportunity for me to learn the hands-on things that University just can’t provide. On top of that, it’s free! So in advance, thank you, Rogers Television!
I made some changes to Episodes 2 and 3. Eddie and Cain are now headed for a storage facility located near Toronto’s lakefront. I figured cops would be sitting on Davis’ house, or at least have investigated it. The point is, the Superhero Closet would be either too hard or too easy to find and thus an alternative needed to be presented. Cain and Eddie are still going to stumble upon the same wealth of information and equipment – just in a different spot.
I’m a little nervous to continue writing episode 3. It’s quite important in the scheme of the whole series, and needs to be treated with that in mind. In a nutshell the whole episode is about Derek and Riley rescuing Davis, and Eddie and Cain finding the info and equipment. Those are literally the only two important events in the episode – but they’ll shape everything to come.
Davis is on the verge of discovering what happened in 1986, Derek’s year of birth. While he’s aware of the precognitive born around the time of 1970, he hasn’t made the connection between the precognitive’s self-awakening and Derek’s birth. Derek is the result of a timeline being disturbed and a physical manifestation of its intent to protect itself. While all this information is going to be in the files that Eddie and Cain have by episodes’ end, no one’s going to make the connection for some time.
One of the most difficult exchanges I’m trying to write is Cain’s reaction to the information. He’s unaware that Derek is a superhero, he has his suspicions but they’re nowhere near the true explanation. Stumbling into Davis’ secret hideout is going to leave him with some questions about the detective, as well as Derek. Eddie, armed only with a single handgun, is either going to have to do his best to explain things to him. It’s quite the difficult exchange to write, because I mean, how would anyone react to it? I think I need to spend a little time getting to know Eddie and Cain a little bit more before I can know how this conversation is actually going to happen. Unfortunately it happens at the end of the first quarter of the episode, so it’s putting a damper on the rest of the episode coming out.
Not sure if there’s anything else to report on really. Today is Mother’s Day, so make her breakfast and clean the house!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Apologies for the Lateness
I will definitely update this regularly. Feel free, in fact, I even encourage you to post your own suggestions in the comments section, or on Twitter @eddietucker or my Facebook fansite for SOUNDTRACK. That being said, here is the official post for the unofficial soundtrack of SOUNDTRACK!
APRIL 29, 2009
The name’s Zach, MuZach. Music is perhaps the most critical aspect of SOUNDTRACK. Canadian artists will fuel the supercharged official soundtrack of the series, and will be absolutely instrumental in its success.
I’ve began to compile a list, tentatively, of the music I’d like to see represented in SOUNDTRACK. On a side note, I’m looking for someone with industry connections to assist me in securing the rights to use any of the following songs. I’ve included the song name; artist; album; year of release and record label for all selections. There are in absolutely no particular order.
Metric – Satellite Mind – Fantasies (2009)
Tegan and Sara – Give Chase – The Con (B-Side, 2007)
Tegan and Sara – The Con – The Con (2007)
Tegan and Sara – Back in Your Head – The Con (2007)
Moneen – Don’t Ever Tell Locke… - The Red Tree (2006)
Alexisonfire – Accidents – Watch Out! (2003)
The Arcade Fire – No Cars Go – Neon Bible (2006)
Attack in Black – Young Leaves – Attack in Black (2006)
Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline) – Broken Social Scene (2005)
Broken Social Scene – Major Label Debut (Fast) – EP To Be You and Me (2005)
Chromeo – Needy Girl – She’s in Control (2004)
The Constantines – On to You – Shine a Light (2003)
Controller.Controller – History – History (2003)
Controller.Controller – Disco Blackout – History (2003)
Danko Jones – Sound of Love – Born a Lion (2002)
Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month – You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004)
Death From Above 1979 – Blood on Our Hands – You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004)
Die Mannequin – Do It Or Die – Slaughter Daughter (2007)
Dragonette – Shock Box – Dragonette EP (2007)
Feist – I Feel It All – The Reminder (2007)
The Flatliners – This Respirator - - The Great Awake (2007)
Jakalope – Pretty Life – It Dreams (2004)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fashionable People - Ashtray Rock (2007)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Snowed In / Cruisin – Ashtray Rock (2007)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Extraordinary – Truthfully, Truthfully (2003)
Malajube – Montreal -40c – Trompe-L’oeil (2006)
Malajube – Les Collemboles – Labyrinthes (2009)
Mariannas Trench – Masterpiece Theatre Pt. 3 – Masterpiece Theatre (2009)
Metric – IOU – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Metric – Wet Blanket - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Moneen – Start Angry, End Mad – Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? (2002)
Moneen – If Tragedy’s Addicting, Then Disaster’s An Addiction – The Red Tree (2006)
Moneen – The Freightening Reality That We’ll All Have to Grow Up and Settle Down One Day – The Red Tree (2006)
Most Serene Republic – Where Cedar Nouns and Adverbs Walk – Underwater Cinematographer (2005)
MSTRKRFT – D.A.N.C.E. (Justice Remix) –
The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic – Mass Romantic (2000)
Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne – Fortress (2008)
Sam Roberts – Them Kids – Love At the End of the World (2008)
Sloan – If It Feels Good Do It – Pretty Together (2001)
Sloan – The Other Man – Pretty Together (2001)
Sloan – The Good in Everyone – (1998)
Stars – Ageless Beauty – Set Yourself On Fire (2004)
The Stills – Eastern Europe – Oceans Will Rise (2008)
The Stills – Killer Bees – Rememberese EP (2003)
The Stills – Ready For It – Logic Will Break Your Heart (2003)
Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On! – A Lesson in Crime (2005)
The Weakerthans – Aside – Left and Leaving (2000)
Matthew Good Band – Load Me Up – Beautiful Midnight (1998)
Matthew Good Band – Indestructible – Underdogs (1997)
Matthew Good Band – Everything Is Automatic – Underdogs (1997)
Matthew Good – Weapon – Avalanche (2003)
Controller.Controller – Tigers Not Daughters – X-Amounts (2006)
Junior Boys – Caught in a Wave – So This is Goodbye (2006)
Junior Boys – Like a Child – So This is Goodbye (2006)
Junior Boys – In the Morning – So This is Goodbye (2006)
Metric – Gold Guns Girls – Fantasies (2009)
The Russian Futurists – Let’s Get Ready to Crumble – Me Myself & Rye... An Introduction to the Russian Futurists (2006)
Our Lady Peace – Naveed – Naveed (1998)
Our Lady Peace – One Man Army – Happiness is Not a Fish… (1999)
Metric – Dead Disco – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Kevin Drew – Frightening Lives – Spirit If… (2008)
Hot Hot Heat – Middle of Nowhere – Elevator (2005)
Hot Hot Heat – No, Not Now – Make Up the Breakdown (2002)
Chromeo – Destination: Overdrive – She’s in Control (2004)
Broken Social Scene – Cause = Time – You Forgot It In People (2003)
Broken Social Scene – Lover’s Spit – You Forgot It In People (2003)
Broken Social Scene – Stars and Sons – You Forgot It In People (2003)
Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye’d Boy – Broken Social Scene (2005)
Billy Talent – Try Honesty – Billy Talent (2003)
Billy Talent – The Ex – Billy Talent (2003)
Billy Talent – River Below – Billy Talent (2003)
Alexisonfire – This Could Be Anywhere in The World – Crisis (2006)
Alexisonfire – Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux-Pas) – Alexisonfire (2003)
Alexisonfire – Pulmonary Archery – Alexisonfire (2003)
Billy Talent – Red Flag – Billy Talent 2 (2006)
Hot Hot Heat – Oh, Goddamnit – Makeup The Breakdown (2002)
Feist – My Moon, My Man – The Reminder (2007)
Non-Canadian Songs I’m Interested In:
The Kills – What New York Used to Be – Midnight Bloom (2008)
Saosin – Sleepers – Saosin (2007)
Saosin – Kept Secrets – The Grey (2008)
APRIL 29, 2009
The name’s Zach, MuZach. Music is perhaps the most critical aspect of SOUNDTRACK. Canadian artists will fuel the supercharged official soundtrack of the series, and will be absolutely instrumental in its success.
I’ve began to compile a list, tentatively, of the music I’d like to see represented in SOUNDTRACK. On a side note, I’m looking for someone with industry connections to assist me in securing the rights to use any of the following songs. I’ve included the song name; artist; album; year of release and record label for all selections. There are in absolutely no particular order.
Metric – Satellite Mind – Fantasies (2009)
Tegan and Sara – Give Chase – The Con (B-Side, 2007)
Tegan and Sara – The Con – The Con (2007)
Tegan and Sara – Back in Your Head – The Con (2007)
Moneen – Don’t Ever Tell Locke… - The Red Tree (2006)
Alexisonfire – Accidents – Watch Out! (2003)
The Arcade Fire – No Cars Go – Neon Bible (2006)
Attack in Black – Young Leaves – Attack in Black (2006)
Broken Social Scene – 7/4 (Shoreline) – Broken Social Scene (2005)
Broken Social Scene – Major Label Debut (Fast) – EP To Be You and Me (2005)
Chromeo – Needy Girl – She’s in Control (2004)
The Constantines – On to You – Shine a Light (2003)
Controller.Controller – History – History (2003)
Controller.Controller – Disco Blackout – History (2003)
Danko Jones – Sound of Love – Born a Lion (2002)
Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month – You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004)
Death From Above 1979 – Blood on Our Hands – You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine (2004)
Die Mannequin – Do It Or Die – Slaughter Daughter (2007)
Dragonette – Shock Box – Dragonette EP (2007)
Feist – I Feel It All – The Reminder (2007)
The Flatliners – This Respirator - - The Great Awake (2007)
Jakalope – Pretty Life – It Dreams (2004)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Fashionable People - Ashtray Rock (2007)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Snowed In / Cruisin – Ashtray Rock (2007)
Joel Plaskett Emergency – Extraordinary – Truthfully, Truthfully (2003)
Malajube – Montreal -40c – Trompe-L’oeil (2006)
Malajube – Les Collemboles – Labyrinthes (2009)
Mariannas Trench – Masterpiece Theatre Pt. 3 – Masterpiece Theatre (2009)
Metric – IOU – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Metric – Wet Blanket - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Moneen – Start Angry, End Mad – Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? (2002)
Moneen – If Tragedy’s Addicting, Then Disaster’s An Addiction – The Red Tree (2006)
Moneen – The Freightening Reality That We’ll All Have to Grow Up and Settle Down One Day – The Red Tree (2006)
Most Serene Republic – Where Cedar Nouns and Adverbs Walk – Underwater Cinematographer (2005)
MSTRKRFT – D.A.N.C.E. (Justice Remix) –
The New Pornographers – Mass Romantic – Mass Romantic (2000)
Protest the Hero - Sequoia Throne – Fortress (2008)
Sam Roberts – Them Kids – Love At the End of the World (2008)
Sloan – If It Feels Good Do It – Pretty Together (2001)
Sloan – The Other Man – Pretty Together (2001)
Sloan – The Good in Everyone – (1998)
Stars – Ageless Beauty – Set Yourself On Fire (2004)
The Stills – Eastern Europe – Oceans Will Rise (2008)
The Stills – Killer Bees – Rememberese EP (2003)
The Stills – Ready For It – Logic Will Break Your Heart (2003)
Tokyo Police Club – Cheer It On! – A Lesson in Crime (2005)
The Weakerthans – Aside – Left and Leaving (2000)
Matthew Good Band – Load Me Up – Beautiful Midnight (1998)
Matthew Good Band – Indestructible – Underdogs (1997)
Matthew Good Band – Everything Is Automatic – Underdogs (1997)
Matthew Good – Weapon – Avalanche (2003)
Controller.Controller – Tigers Not Daughters – X-Amounts (2006)
Junior Boys – Caught in a Wave – So This is Goodbye (2006)
Junior Boys – Like a Child – So This is Goodbye (2006)
Junior Boys – In the Morning – So This is Goodbye (2006)
Metric – Gold Guns Girls – Fantasies (2009)
The Russian Futurists – Let’s Get Ready to Crumble – Me Myself & Rye... An Introduction to the Russian Futurists (2006)
Our Lady Peace – Naveed – Naveed (1998)
Our Lady Peace – One Man Army – Happiness is Not a Fish… (1999)
Metric – Dead Disco – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
Kevin Drew – Frightening Lives – Spirit If… (2008)
Hot Hot Heat – Middle of Nowhere – Elevator (2005)
Hot Hot Heat – No, Not Now – Make Up the Breakdown (2002)
Chromeo – Destination: Overdrive – She’s in Control (2004)
Broken Social Scene – Cause = Time – You Forgot It In People (2003)
Broken Social Scene – Lover’s Spit – You Forgot It In People (2003)
Broken Social Scene – Stars and Sons – You Forgot It In People (2003)
Broken Social Scene – Fire Eye’d Boy – Broken Social Scene (2005)
Billy Talent – Try Honesty – Billy Talent (2003)
Billy Talent – The Ex – Billy Talent (2003)
Billy Talent – River Below – Billy Talent (2003)
Alexisonfire – This Could Be Anywhere in The World – Crisis (2006)
Alexisonfire – Waterwings (And Other Poolside Fashion Faux-Pas) – Alexisonfire (2003)
Alexisonfire – Pulmonary Archery – Alexisonfire (2003)
Billy Talent – Red Flag – Billy Talent 2 (2006)
Hot Hot Heat – Oh, Goddamnit – Makeup The Breakdown (2002)
Feist – My Moon, My Man – The Reminder (2007)
Non-Canadian Songs I’m Interested In:
The Kills – What New York Used to Be – Midnight Bloom (2008)
Saosin – Sleepers – Saosin (2007)
Saosin – Kept Secrets – The Grey (2008)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
