One reason why I have a branched out from film to writing for TV? Read this excerpt: Guillermo del Toro, director of Pans Labyrinth, has created a TV series called The Strain. Oliver Stone made The Untold History of The United States about under-reported but critical events since the second world war for the US cable channel Showtime. Robert Redford is making documentaries for CNN. The day after Steven Soderbergh announced his retirement as a movie director at Cannes last year, he teamed up with Clive Owen to make The Knick, a 10-hour period drama set in New Yorks Knickerbocker Hospital, produced by the company behind True Detective. The shift is noticeable in the economics of the entertainment business. Since the 2007-2008 film writers strike, there has been a 35% fall in the number of writers working in film. The number of major studio films releases declined from 168 in 2008 to 128 in 2012. Employment in television has rebounded over the same period. TV writers had a record year for earnings last year – up 10% – thanks in part to writing fees from cable programmes and services such as Netflix, and total employment is marginally up on pre-strike figures.
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 20:58:59 +0000
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