Tim, if you're still hanging, will you please explain the difference between the "written by" and "teleplay" credits for TV?
(Or, did Jackal and I basically understand them? We had the discussion just above the first post you made, today.)
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
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[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 2:02:53 pm PDT #9377 of 10001
What is even happening?
Tim Minear - Apr 12, 2006 2:15:21 pm PDT #9378 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
Teleplay by is a credit when the credit is split between more than one person. For instance, on the last episode of "The Inside," I got "story by" credit and Jane Espenson got "written by." If one writer came up with the story, or wrote the outline, and another writer expanded it into the screenplay, it would be broken up this way.
These things are often not as definitive as all that, though. In other words, a staff might break an episode as a group. The show runner may be the driving force behind the story break, but generally she or he won't take a "story by" credit. Generally it's just credited to the writer "whose episode that is."
Another example would be if a non staff person came in and pitched an idea -- like Bob Hamer, our FBI consultant on "The Inside" did for the episode "Gem" -- and if I buy a pitch, I might want to assign it to a writer on my staff. We might take a big or a small portion of that pitch, or even end up with a script that doesn't resemble the pitch, but the freelancer would get a "story by" credit all the same.
Narrator - Apr 12, 2006 2:18:28 pm PDT #9379 of 10001
The evil is this way?
Remember that exchange between Allyson and Kristen. Should come clear in several months.
You can make them shut up? You are the Great and Powerful Oz Min!
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 2:18:56 pm PDT #9380 of 10001
What is even happening?
Thank you, Tim. I've always been curious about it, and today I was looking up Diane Ruggiero's credits for Veronica Mars. Most of the time they're a "written by" but for a few episodes it was "teleplay".
Topic!Cindy - Apr 12, 2006 2:19:35 pm PDT #9381 of 10001
What is even happening?
You can make them shut up? You are the Great and PowerfulOzMin!
At least.
Tim Minear - Apr 12, 2006 2:28:08 pm PDT #9382 of 10001
"Don' be e-scared"
I am the great and powerful Min to the Max.
msbelle - Apr 12, 2006 2:31:43 pm PDT #9383 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
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§ ita § - Apr 12, 2006 2:36:04 pm PDT #9384 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just added the other dude to one of my sites. I need to see more of Shahine first.
Narrator - Apr 12, 2006 2:37:38 pm PDT #9385 of 10001
The evil is this way?
I am the great and powerful Min to the Max.
And now I am seeing him in "The Wizard of Oz Min" and I fear anyone who comes to him seeking a heart or a brain or any other body part.
Kessie - Apr 12, 2006 3:18:46 pm PDT #9386 of 10001
The thing about life is :You can rehearse it all you want,
But nobody else ever sticks to the script. So why bother?
"gets even more curious about Drive" You guys are such teases!