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Charlie Kaufman on his latest film & why "movies are dead" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 363 seconds Screenwriter/directo r Charlie Kaufman discusses his latest film Synecdoche, New York, the differences between writing films vs. theater, and offers words of encouragement for writers who want to tell stories outside the Hollywood norm. Related: adaptation, advice, being, eternal, hoffman, john, malkovich, michelle, philip, screenwriting, scripts, seymour, sunshine, williams |
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Seth MacFarlane on why WGA strike is for the "little guy" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 406 seconds On November 9, 2007, more than 4,000 striking Writers Guild of America members and their supporters rallied at Fox Plaza in Century City as a demonstration of their solidarity. In this speech, "Family Guy" executive producer explains why the WGA strike is for middle class writers. Related: america, amptp, downloads, family, guild, guy, macfarlane, media, new, residuals, screenwriters, seth, striking, wga, writers |
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Criminal Minds' showrunner Ed Bernero on what he looks for when hiring a TV staff writer Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 339 seconds Criminal Minds' executive producer Edward Allen Bernero offers his opinion on what makes his show a success and details what he looks for when he's hiring a staff writer. Related: a.j., brewster, cbs, cook, for, gibson, glaudini, gray, gubler, joe, lola, mantegna, matthew, moore, paget, screenwriting, scripted, scripts, shemar, staffing, television, thomas, tv, writing |
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Doubt's John Patrick Shanley lends his advice to writers Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 317 seconds Golden Globe-nominated and Academy Award-winning writer-director (Moonstruck) John Patrick Shanley talks to Angle On about adapting his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Doubt: A Parable, to film and tells writers how to find their best writing. Related: adams, amy, davis, hoffman, how, meryl, philip, screenplays, screenwriters, screenwriting, scripts, seymour, streep, to, viola, write |
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Intervention's Dan Partland describes how the show's written Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 314 seconds Dan Partland, executive producer of Intervention, A&E's award-winning non-fiction series about addiction, explains in detail how the show is written and why it's covered by the Writers Guild. Related: 12, addicts, documentaries, project, reality, recovery, screenplays, screenwriters, screenwriting, scripts, shows, steps, tv, writing |
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"This Is Our Moment" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 281 seconds Screenwriter (Field of Dreams, Sneakers) and Writers Guild of America, West board member Phil Alden Robinson recounts the turning points in Guild history and explains why the strike of 2007 is this generation of writers' watershed moment. Related: alden, america, dreams, field, guild, of, phil, robinson, screenwriter, sneakers, strike, west, wga, writers |
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Writers Guild of America Strike Announcement - Nov. 2, 2007 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 341 seconds On November 2, 2007, the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East held a press conference to announce that as of Monday, November 5, they will be on strike. These are the complete remarks of WGAW President Patric Verrone and WGAE President Michael Winship from that briefing. Related: 2007, america, contract, guild, screenwriters, strike, writers |
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Eagle Eye writer Travis Wright on breaking into Hollywood Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 170 seconds Eagle Eye screenwriter Travis Adam Wright lends his advice to writers struggling to break into Hollywood. Related: billy, bob, eagle, eye, guild, how, labeouf, screenplays, screenwriting, scripts, shia, thornton, to, write, writers |
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WGA West Picket/Contract Captains speak out Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 220 seconds Members of the Writers Guild of America, West speak about why they've volunteered to serve as Picket/Contract Captains during the WGA's talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Related: america, amptp, contract, guild, negotiations, screenwriters, screenwriting, talks, west, writers |
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Step Brothers' Adam McKay on writing and pitching comedies Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 227 seconds Writer-director Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) describes where the idea for Step Brothers came from, working with writing partner Will Ferrell and what he looks for in a comedy pitch. Related: anchorman, bobby, brothers, burgundy, c., ferrell, john, nights, reilly, ricky, ron, screenwriting, scripts, snl, step, talladega, will |
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2007 Writers Guild of America Awards highlights Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 461 seconds Highlights from the 2007 Writers Guild of America Awards with speeches from Steve Carell (The Office), Robert Towne (Chinatown), Robert Wuhl (Arli$$), Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives), John Wells (ER), J.J. Abrahms (Lost), Ben Garant & Tom Lennon (Reno 911!), Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer), Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H), and actor Morgan Freeman. Related: 2007, america, awards, carell, cherry, freeman, gelbart, guild, john, larry, marc, morgan, robert, steve, towne, wells, writers, wuhl |
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Picketing with the Stars Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 203 seconds As a demonstration of the Screen Actors Guild's solidarity with the Writers Guild of America, hundreds of film and television actors join the striking members of the WGA on the picket lines outside Universal Studios. Related: astin, ben, braff, driver, helgenberger, julia, kudrow, lisa, louis-dreyfus, marg, minnie, sarah, sean, silverman, stiller, strike, zach |
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Rage Against the Machine "rallies round tha writers" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 269 seconds Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and Zach de la Rocha perform "Bulls on Parade" for more than 4,000 striking Writers Guild of America members and their supporters at a rally at Fox Plaza in Century City. Related: against, america, bulls, guild, jackson, jesse, machine, morello, of, on, parade, rage, ratm, strike, the, tom, writers, writers |
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Writers Vote to End WGA Strike Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 132 seconds On February 12, 2008, the membership of the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5, 2007. Related: conference, film, labor, negotiation, news, over, patric, press, sag, strike, tv, union, verrone, wga, writers |
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WGA Negotiating Committee Members answer strikers' FAQs Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 368 seconds Writers Guild of America Negotiating Committee members Robin Schiff, Susannah Grant and John Bowman visit the Writers Guild of America picket lines to answer some of the members most frequently asked questions. Related: america, amptp, family, guild, guy, mike, negotiations, producers, scully, simpsons, strike, striking, writers |
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Screenwriter Peter Barsocchini on High School Musical 1 & 2 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 430 seconds Screenwriter Peter Barsocchini talks about why he wrote the script for High School Musical, now a billion-dollar juggernaut for Disney Cable, and why he thinks writers deserve a fair share of the profits made from franchises like HSM. Related: 1, 2, barsocchini, channel, disney, ephron, gabriella, high, hudgens, musical, peter, school, screenwriter, troy, vanessa, zac |
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Indiana Jones' David Koepp on what every writer should know Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 149 seconds Scribe David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, Spider-Man) tells WGA.org's Angle On what's the one thing every screenwriter should know about writing. Related: crystal, how, impossible, indiana, jones, kingdom, mission, movies, screenwriters, screenwriting, skull, spider-man, to |
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Is "Reality" TV Written? Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 198 seconds How real is "reality" TV? Three veteran "reality" TV writers reveal how the genre is written and how the networks and production companies use that label to take advantage of those who help create their multi-million dollar shows. Related: americas, american, fremantlemedia, got, idol, model, next, talent, top |
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Alfre Woodard speaks at FremantleMedia "reality" TV rally Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 641 seconds On December 7, 2007, the Writers Guild of America staged a rally at the North American headquarters of FremantleMedia (American Idol, Temptation, The Price is Right) in Burbank, California to ask the international conglomerate to improve sub-standard working conditions for writers working in "reality" TV and game shows. Related: alfre, american, game, idol, pop, reality, shows, strike, television, tv, wga, woodard, writers |
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WGAW President Patric Verrone speaking on media ownership Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 328 seconds WGAW President Patric M. Verrone speaks before the FCC on media ownership. Related: america, consolidation, fcc, guild, media, of, ownership, patric, verrone, west, wgaw, writers |
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Publicity 101: A Workshop for Screenwriters, Chapter 1 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 480 seconds A workshop presented by the Writers Guild of America, West's Publicity & Marketing Committee teaching screenwriters how to use the media to publicize themselves and their careers. In this segment, Variety.com editor Dana Harris and L.A. Times "Scriptland" columnist Jay Fernandez explain how to pitch a feature story. Related: america, guild, marketing, media, of, publicity, screenwriters, screenwriting, scriptland, scripts, west, wgaw, writers |
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Marc Norman on his book What Happens Next Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 464 seconds Marc Norman, Writers Guild of America Negotiating Committee member and Oscar-winning writer of "Shakespeare in Love," speaks with Written By's Richard Stayton about "What Happens Next," his new book on the history of screenwriting. Related: america, guild, history, in, love, marc, norman, of, screenwriting, scripts, shakespeare, writers |
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Senator John Edwards pickets with striking writers Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 177 seconds Senator John Edwards, Democratic candidate for President of the United States, joins members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line outside of NBC Studios in Burbank on the 11th day of their strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Related: america, candidate, democratic, edwards, guild, john, negotiations, senator, strike, wga, writers |
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L.A. City Council Hearing on economic impact of WGA strike Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 356 seconds On December 19, 2007, the Los Angeles City Council conducted a hearing about the economic impact of the Writers Guild of America's strike. Hundreds of WGA members were on hand to listen and voice their concerns about the strike's impact on the community. Representatives from the producers did not attend. Related: 2007, alliance, bowman, city, contract, council, eric, garcetti, john, l.a., motion, picture, producers, strike, tv, writers |























