The Struggle

It has been a while since my last post, due to nothing but the lack of switching the web address over to blogger.com.

Anyhow, as the process of media scriptwriting gets a little more underwing, I am feeling a little shaky about it. I love writing, I really do. That is why I am a journalism major. But never did consider writing scripts for the media be it radio or television. I find it just a little difficult to get use to, but I am not against it at all. Scriptwriting is just a sub group of the subject I love so much, and that is why I am open to learning more about it and getting better at it.

I think one of the reasons I find it difficult to transition from straight news writing to media writing is because I am so use to order and everything being structured. Then I learned more about media writing and there is all of that and more in structuring a script. There is so much I have to learn about the creative writing behind media, but don't get me wrong, I am excited for it.

We will see where I end up at the end of the semester, hopefully on a positive note.

Leno/Kimmel switch

Here is a good article that describes a little bit on the reasoning that the two decided to guest star on each others shows.

G~

Jay on Kimmel

I guess am kind of getting attracted to this whole blogging thing, it's not so bad...
So I just got done watching Jimmy Kimmel because I knew he would be having Jay Leno as a guest of his. Since the writer's strike has started, it is hard to get guests due to them not wanting to pick sides of the fence, so both Leno and Kimmel agreed to guest star on each other's shows. Unfortunately I was out at the REBASH, so I didn't get to catch Kimmel guest on Jay Leno's 'The Tonight Show.' How was it, anyone see it??
Yea so actually it did not seem at all that bad as I thought it might be, and I didn't feel any sense of awkwardness between the two. It is cool because each of them are from different networks. Though the lack of writers, Kimmel did a fine job keeping Jay talking. Kimmel asked mainly about all of Leno's life, about his childhood--some random monkey that Leno got in the mail that he referred to as a small human from the Amazon--also about what Leno's future looks like. As it has been announced, in 2009, Leno will be stepping down from host on 'The Tonight Show' and passing the reigns down to Conan. I don't think I will like it that much, but we'll see.

U-N-T,

G~

Update with the WGA

I am a subscriber to the Entertainment Weekly RSS feeds, and just moments ago read a feed stating that a movie company, Weinstein, has made a deal with the WGA, similar to that of which Letterman has made.
As we talked about in class, it is interesting that the WGA continues to make all these little side deals, leading to them not accomplishing exactly what they want. But if it brings back the writers, then I am not opposed to it. We will just have to wait and see how many more of these little side deals are made.

Until Next Time,

G~

For better or for worse:the WGA strike

Since November 5, the Writer's Guild of America has been on strike, negotiating several issues such as DVD residuals, union jurisdiction over reality program and animation writers, and the most important issue they are dealing with: compensation for new media-written for or distributed through digital technology such as the internet.
Those 3 issues have kept the WGA on strike through the new year and as most citizens are unhappy, not getting to see their new shows, the employees are the ones beginning to worry. Surveying the damage, many people are losing their jobs due to the strike. Warner Bros. announced that at least 1,000 people would be receiving a WARN mailings, something basically saying that layoffs are inevitable.
It's interesting to read many of the different articles written regarding the WGA strike and I only look forward to what the outcome will be. Personally I don't have my own opinion of the strike at this moment, as I have only recently become intrigued by the issue and have yet to pick a side. Yet I do say that I wish it upon nobody to lose their job over something that may not be necessary.
The last WGA strike lasted 21 weeks in 1988, and we are now into the 10th week of of this new writer's strike, and the only thing we can do is wonder when it will last, when the writer's will finally be happy and negotiations have been made to fit the best needs of everyone.

Until Next Time...
G~

It's Interesting...

Here I am, writing my first blog, something that I never thought I would do. Yet I am required to do this for a class that I much look forward to, but just never thought I would be writing a blog for grade. Media Scriptwriting seems like it will be a fun class and as I know half the class, I look forward to getting to know all the others that I have yet to meet.

Until next time,
G-Ret J'nS'n