I was watching the opening credits (God Bless ReplayTV), and was wondering if this was a joke? I counted the following credits:
Co-Executive Producer: 4 Supervising Producer: 8 Producer: 7 Co-Producer: 2 Produced By: 5
Seems like the management of a failed dot com.. :-)
Chairman Kaga
Maybe some do more than one job?
Bazilla
Or rather no one's doing a full job these days anymore?
Martin.
Chairman Kaga wrote:
I read somewhere that some of those "producer" credits (maybe others) are actually writers -- they don't actually produce.
To be honest, the concept of having 26 people in various "producing" positions is ridiculous. First of all -- in the early days of "The Simpsons", there weren't that many "producers", etc. And secondly, there are more "producing" positions than there are voices in the show.
If this pace keeps up, by the time "Directed By..." comes up, it'll be time for the first commercial.
Also, what's the difference between "Producer" and "Produced By"?
Like I said, it's ridiculous.
Hey, a "title" and a credit are a lot cheaper than a raise and often as beneficial to the recipient.
It means they own a "small" piece of the show -very small, like probably .00001% - like was said before - cheaper than a raise, and good as future resume fodder.
BG
"John Gilmer" wrote in message news:3cecbead$0$[email]...
On Thu, 23 May 2002 06:21:28 GMT, Steve Mindykowski wrote:
Nearly all "producer" credits in television are writers. Titles such as "supervising producer", "story editor" and sometimes even "executive producer" are the titles of staff writers that have been promoted. They still pretty much do the same job but they get more money and have a fancy shmancy title.
Scott
Steve Mindykowski wrote:
I understand that only the "produced by" credits are real producers. The rest are writers. Notice that there are no episodes written by the "produced by" people.
Cheers,
OK, but that still leaves us with 21 writers in that episode!?! Or are the producer credits supposed to be a hall of fame, that will appear in every episode? I still hope it's a joke...
Martin.
Its a union thing - if you work on a show - you get a credit. And not always a WRITING credit. The season 1 DVDs seem to make it clear that there is a lot of input from the other writers about the script - so the Executive Producer scroll is probably a backward way of acknowledging it. Also, you must be a producer to get an Emmy nomination or award for the show...
BG
"Martin Schl�mer" wrote in message news:[email]...
Right, in the first few seasons, i guess, all scripts went through a table reading with all writers attending, so everybody could give input. But in the end that usually turned out to be two or maybe four writers collaborating on one show.
But now seriously: 21 writers getting credit in this show? So each one wrote approximately one minute of story?
Or did one write it and he had twenty guys peeking over his shoulder telling him to change this and that. Sounds like a working environment aiming at producing shows that please everyone and offend no one. Just like Hollywood. Woohoo! The kind of show you watch when nothing interesting is on!
Martin.
Martin Schl�mer wrote:
The process is somewhat like this: -All the writers meet and agree on the basic stories. -Each writer is assigned one episode and writes a first draft. -That first draft is rewritten many times by all the writers together. This is when you get the 21 "producer" credits.
This has always been the case, but the size of the writing staff keeps getting bigger. They joke about this in the season 1 DVD.
Cheers,
you know, like when you are split up into groups in Science class and one nerd does all the work, but you all get a B, even the dumb jock
Only this time the viewer has to endure what the dumb jock wrote...
"Chairman Kaga" wrote in message news:[email]...
I'm a little tired of the extended producer credits, myself, only because it forces me to pay attention until they get to the writer credit.
On Thu, 23 May 2002 04:29:28 GMT, Chairman Kaga wrote:
They call writers producers in order to get their share of the possible Emmy success. You need to be a producer to get awarded for your contributions.
-Jouni
I thought there was no producer awards...according to "Wag The Dog"