{whedon} Dollhouse: de pilot wordt herwerkt
Bart Van Hemelen
http://whedonesque.com/comments/17005
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While all of you have been enjoying (and in some cases, suddenly NOT
enjoying) our adorable little musical romp “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along
Blog” (exclusively available on iTunes!) (And I lied about some people
not enjoying it!) I’ve been busying myself with a little something I
like to call DOLLHOUSE. Finishing a new episode. Finishing a new…
here’s the headline… FIRST episode.
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The fact is, I’m very proud of the ep we shot and the series is making
me crazy with the excitement. But I tend to come at things sideways,
and there were a few clarity issues for some viewers. There were also
some slight issues with tone – I was in a dark, noir kind of place
(where, as many of you know, I make my home), and didn’t bring the
visceral pop the network had expected from the script. The network was
cool about it, but not sure how to come out of the gate with the ep.
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Well, the idea to do a new first episode wasn’t the network’s. It was
mine. I understood their consternation, and saw the gap between my
style and their expectations, and I suggested I shoot a new ep and
make the one I’d shot the second. It isn’t going to be buried, like
the pilot of Firefly. It’s simply coming after another, slightly
cleaner ep. And because unlike Firefly, it isn’t a two hour epic which
introduces everyone to each other, the onus isn’t on the new ep to
explain a million things.
The fact is, Fox ordered the series before we shot a frame and then,
after the strike, I had literally two months to write and prep the
whole thing. Which means simply that the network has to figure out
what they might want to tweak AFTER it was shot, unlike a pilot. Buffy
didn’t make the fall sched, Angel got shut down when they saw the
second ep outline… it’s birth pangs. The network truly gets the
premise (this is a whole new crew, as you know), loves the cast, is
excited about the show – but they’re also specific about how they want
to bring people to the show and I not only respect that, I kinda have
to slap my forehead that I didn’t tailor my tone and structure to the
network’s needs, since that’s something I pride myself on.
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Dat stelt me enigszins gerust. En toch... Ik zou denken dat hij
ondertussen wel zou moeten weten wat zijn broodheren verwachten.
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BVH