Here's a link to a great round table discussion where some of today's top TV writer/producers reveal how they do it on a daily basis. Roundtable: Seth MacFarlane, Ryan Murphy, Chuck Lorre, Doug Ellin, Steve Levitan, Linda Wallem — Th livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com By Matthew Belloni "This place looks like Johnny Sack's office," Seth MacFarlane noted at
Chapman University’s Ad Club just won the entire NSAC competition, placing first at the National level! Congratulations to the entire team, faculty advisor Cory O’Connor, and the dedicated Chapman fans throughout the campus: you’ve all worked so hard – you deserve it! What is the NSAC? It’s the National Student Advertising Competition, a national program
A TV SERIES BASED ON TWITTER POSTINGS? AT CBS??? Yep – that’s exactly what this fall will bring. CBS has ordered a half-hour comedy for fall based on the popular series of Twitter postings &*$! My Dad Says. At first blush, this seems crazy – using something as slight as Twitter postings to
TV Students Robert Amidon and Ashley Young are off to Korea with Prof. James Gardner as part of a Korean exchange program where Chapman students make a short film with Korean students from Seoul Institute of the Arts, then the Korean students come to Orange and make a film with the Chapman Students! Television students
CREATING YOUR OWN TV SERIES For professional TV writers the Holy Grail is creating your own series – coming up with the concept and characters, pitching and selling it to a network, writing and producing the pilot, then making it to the fall schedule – and hopefully 10 years on the air. Here at Chapman,
Jeff Levering (TBJ, 2005) is one of alums working in sports. Jeff chose the hyper-competitive field of play-by-play, passing on easier paths with Fox Sports and the NFL Network. And in a few short years Jeff has made it to second base, landing the play-by-play gig with the Springfield Cardinals, the AA-affil of the St
My friend Neil Landau (author of the hot new book 101 Things I Learned in Film School – check it out) says that to make it in the entertainment industry, you need luck. BUT: Neil has a very specific definition of luck. It’s LUCK = PREPAREDNESS + OPPORTUNITY. You never know when opportunity might knock,
Dean Bassett gave a heartfelt introduction to this year's Cecil Awards, mentioning – among other things – the exciting developments coming to Dodge College, including the advent of 3D and the inclusion of a 3D production class in next year's course catalog. Finally, he asked everyone in the theater to turn, stand, and congratulate the
Writing a spec script for an existing TV show is the first step for writers wanting to break into TV. It's how I got an agent and my first staff job (on The Cosby Show) when I began my career – I wrote a spec Cheers. Entire books have been written on the subject of
The Internet and the Future of TV Google has just announced technology that will allow TV viewers to flip seamlessly between traditional TV shows, YouTube videos and other Internet content. Called Smart TV, the software will be built into Internet-connected TVs, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes. How are we at Chapman keeping pace
WHAT’S A SHOWRUNNER? Most people know that in feature films, the director is the final word creatively on the project. But on a TV series, the head honcho on all creative matters is called the showrunner. A showrunner is a writer/executive producer – both the head writer of the show and the highest ranking
GOT JOBS? WE DO! Last night, the Prime Time TV Club held its 4th annual Foot in the Door night, where recent alums share the inside story on how to land a job in TV or film when you graduate. Here’s just a few of the highlights: · Andrew Lewis now works as an