On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 4:57 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, I heard that Spielberg was heavily involved in projects when > they were first being developed but not so much once they actually started > filming. The story passed along to me is that a writer was late to a > meeting in which Amblin was involved and just grabbed the first available > seat. He sat down and got shocked looks from everybody around the table. It > turns out he grabbed a vacant seat next to Spielberg. He didn't recognize > him and didn't expect him to be there. > If it is anything like the “in name only” producers I’ve encountered, at the start of each season they usually host a weekend retreat with the writers ostensibly to bounce ideas around for episodes, but mostly it is a preproduction party. And that’s the last they will be seen for a year. I’d like to believe Spielberg is more hands-on than most, but it would shock me. > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 10:39 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:27 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think I have read that some lead actors in TV dramas ask for a >>> producer credit without any extra pay because it gives them a legitimate >>> rationale for being in the Writers Room at times, and in other ways suggest >>> or lobby for story ideas. >>> >> >> That’s what agents tell their actor clients because that’s what studios >> tell the agents. If the actors are not in the WGA, they are not writing or >> exerting creative control. There are exceptions of course, but they are >> rare. >> >> >>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 8:40 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Kevin M, Thursday (12/20): >>>>> >>>>> The Producers Guild is a lost cause in terms of putting a cap on >>>>>> superfluous producer credits. A well run production requires at most two >>>>>> producers, one to oversee the creative aspects and another to oversee the >>>>>> organizational/financial aspects... sometimes one person can handle both >>>>>> sides of the production, but two are really what is required. But now >>>>>> actors get producer credits, as do their managers and lawyers, as do the >>>>>> relatives of the head of studio, as do the catering crew. Credits are >>>>>> seen >>>>>> as free contract negotiating ploys, but it ultimately hurts a production, >>>>>> tarnishes the credibility of the actual producers, and opens up a lot of >>>>>> people to civil litigation. You and I both know that Spielberg neither >>>>>> knows nor cares what’s going on at a crummy little CBS procedural, but >>>>>> now >>>>>> he’s getting dragged into it. And don’t misunderstand me, Dushku has >>>>>> every >>>>>> right to drag him into it as his name is right there in bold text, but >>>>>> his >>>>>> name is only there because CBS knows his name in the credits gives >>>>>> viewers >>>>>> a false sense of value. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> bermuda999, Friday (12/21): >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This is a serious question, if you know the answer: Does everyone >>>>>> listed as a producer receive a producer's fee, or can you hand out the >>>>>> title without the cash? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> Only the Guild knows for sure. >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
