People's Pilot Update
PButler111
>From: TV Writer.Com lbr...@tvwriter.com
>Date: 12/14/2000 3:43 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <okfi3tki6ecoddrk6...@4ax.com>
>
>Entries for the first People's Pilot Competition
>are now in, and half of them have been read by members
>of the Brody Productions/Shapiro-Lichtman Agency staffs.
>
I didn't see this before. Are entries still being accepted?
KD Woodrow
"TV Writer.Com" wrote:
> Entries for the first People's Pilot Competition
> are now in, and half of them have been read by members
> of the Brody Productions/Shapiro-Lichtman Agency staffs.
>
> So far, the quality of the entries is much better than
> expected. The ideas are good, and their expression is
> clear and concise. Genres include family drama, more
> sophisticated drama, science fiction, action, children's,
> and sitcoms ranging from wry to slapstick.
>
> Many people have inquired about the criteria being used
> for this competition. In the biz itself, development
> execs are always trying to second-guess the programmers
> at the various networks and cable channels, and this often
> leads to a watering down of quality and the look of
> sameness that so many of us object to.
>
> We at the People's Pilot are professionals primarily
> interested in selling the winning series. However, we
> refuse to lower our personal standards in order to do so.
> That would defeat the whole point of the competition,
> which is to present the grass roots ideas that the biz
> so desperately needs if it is to survive amid all the
> new entertainment competition.
>
> Therefore, in addition to asking "Can we sell this?" we
> have another criterion--our own taste. What do we like?
> What do we want to see? What can we believe in enough to
> go through the arduous development and placement process
> with the necessary enthusiasm to see it through to the end?
>
> At this point in the judging, fully half of the entries
> that have been read have passed both tests, and our
> excitement is mounting as we plunge back into the pile.
> TV Writer.Com and the People's Pilot will keep you posted
> as we proceed, and when we agree on a group of "semi-
> finalists" we will publish it immediately.
>
> Oh--for those who have wondered, here are the statistics.
> The People's Pilot received 130 entries. This is an
> easy to handle amount, large enough to give us plenty of
> ideas to sort through, yet small enough so that nothing
> will get lost in the shuffle.
>
> TV Writer.Com thanks everyone who entered for all their hard
> work, and wants to remind you that another People's Pilot
> Competition will start February 1, 2001, to find material
> for the summer 2001 selling season. For details, go to
> http://www.tvwriter.com/peoplespilot
>
> TV Writer.Com
> Better Writing Means Better TV
PButler111
>Subject: Re: People's Pilot Update
>From: KD Woodrow kwoo...@home.com
>Date: 12/14/2000 6:26 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <3A396102...@home.com>
Fundoc
Joe Sykes
Fundoc
Joe Sykes
Fundoc
> Syko.
Much better
Joe Sykes
Thanks.
Syko.
Anopheles
"Joe Sykes" wrote:
>
> Thanks.
Pleasure
Fundoc
>
> Thanks.
>
> Syko.
Joe Sykes
Joe Sykes
Fundoc
> In article <cwy_5.16564$7g.23...@typhoon.nyroc.rr.com>, Fundoc
> <fun...@nycap.rr.com> writes
> >
> >"Joe Sykes" <sy...@joeshow.demon.co.uk> wrote
...
Joe Sykes
Ha ... ha.
Syko.