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jryno · 1 month

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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)

Katara vs. Master Pakku (1x07) - Zuko vs. Fire Lord Ozai (1x06)

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scottxlogan · 7 months

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@giftober 2023 | Day #3: "Mood". Harley Quinn and her sandwich in Birds of Prey. This sparks so many relatable feelings/mood/emotions.

#giftober2023 #birds of prey #harley quinn #margot robbie #dceu #filmgifs #moviegifs #fyeahmovies #userfilm #filmedit #movieedit #gifs #filmandtv #cinemapix #women of dc #chewieblog #film and television

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derangedrhythms · 11 months

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I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)

#mary shelly's frankenstein #film and television #frankenstein #i have a violence in me that is hot as death blood #l

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bluboi-365 · 1 year

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Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory

#young sheldon #big bang theory #sheldon cooper #jim parsons #missy cooper #georgie cooper #mary cooper #meemaw #bbt #film and television #reblog

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bella-gothics · 4 months

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Cillian Murphy and Lucy Liu in behind the scenes of “Watching the detectives”

#cillian murphy #lucy liu #watching the detectives #bts #behind the scenes #oppenheimer #oppenbarbie #barbenheimer #kill bill #charlie’s angels #peaky blinders #inception #movies #film and television #film #movie #2000s movies #2000s nostalgia

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diariesofaprimadonna · 1 year

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@mothercain

#ethel cain #hayden anhedönia #preachers daughter #bones and all #timothee chalamet #film and television

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decaf-americano · 1 year

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sofia coppola x uniqlo

#virgin suicides #sofia coppola #marie antoinette #the bling ring #lost in translation #film and television #film #film aesthetic #uniqlo

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what-thisiscrazzzy · 16 days

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Okay I just wrote and essay on soap operas and while doing this is read Glen Creeber’s ‘serial television’ where he discussed the hybridisation of the soap opera and its characteristic of the ‘flexi- narrative’ and I want to talk about how this applies to 911 on ABC especially with the season 6 ending and the season 8 renewal 3 episodes into its new season.

Disclaimer: I don’t want to write a whole essay on this and i dont fully have an idea where im going with this. this is just me rambling.

Firstly Creeber defines the soap opera as: A continuous, never-ending drama series usually set around the domestic and intimate lives of a small community that explicitly resists narrative closure.

The 'flexi-narrative' is the characteristic of soap operas where there are multiple narratives running separately and with different tones. not all of these narratives will reach a complete conclusion, some trailing off and some left open for further exploration. This creates a sense of realism as real life continues on and doesnt have a conclusion.

Additionally, Christine Geraghty explains that realism in soaps is also built by the way that the narrative continues without the viewer creating the sense that they live a day to day life beyon what the viewer can observe.

A quick explanation of hybridisation is that elements such as the flexinarrative and the focus on close interpersonal relationships rather than larger overarching plotlines and politics. Within the text that I'm referring to there is a discussion of how shows based on work places become less about the jobs and more about these relationships.

John Wilsher (who is quoted in this book) states that essentially all drama is becoming a soap opera with these more personal stories, this is stated like a negative by him but I personally find these narrative more interesting as they become more psychological and allow for a discussion of more personal topics and political implications.

But basically what is being said is the drama now is a sort of hybrid with soap operas and has adapted to include the flexi-narrative and a focus on more personal narrastives.

This is where my thoughts come to 911 and its move to ABC. The previous season of 911's ending was created with the knowledge that the show would most likely be cancelled (i don't know at what point the writers where aware of this but i think it can be assumed that the season didn't start with this confirmed and/or known) this meant that everything had to be wrapped up, every story line must come to a form of conclusion. I think it can be easily said that most viewers and fans found the conclusion as unsatisfying due to the choices made by writers. However, I think to an extent no conclusion would be satisfying as 911 is a show that benefits and thrives on the flexi-narrative. In a sense it is a hybrid of the soap opera similar to most modern procedurals and within this is the expectation that it will feature continuous plot lines and refer back to its past stories. This can be seen in the various 'Buck' iterations, the acknowledgement of Buck's character progression. A large part of 911 is the personal development of characters like Buck but also Bobby and his alcoholism, Hen's family and its occasional issues and celebrations, Chim and his journey with relationships and Maddie with overcoming abuse and developing a healthy family. Any final conclusion to 911 will feel unsatisfying as the show has built on the sense of realism, these characters have been shown to experience life beyond the plot and to write it to a close feels unnatural.

I also believe the way they chose to conclude specifically Bucks story did feel rush, if anything if they didn't have time to give him a fully developed love interest then they should have returned to a previous iteration of the couch metaphor and had him happy single or continue looking for love with a healthier mind set. To give him a concrete close without the time to set up a fulfilling future feels odd even if you have no investment in Buddie or if you did have investment in his relationship with Natalia. The narrative structure of 911 creates the pattern that there is no happy ending, they just continued development. The ending of season 6 didn't create a sense that Buck will develop more, his new relationship felt almost closed. I think a comparison to this is Eddie's ending which did feel like a closing but instead like a slightly new beginning (I don't personally like Marisol but this isnt about opinions of the love interest but instead how she is introduced) as it was an opening to Eddie developing past... well his past.

Anyway this is all to say that the renewal of 911 after 3 episodes of season 7 does sit well with this comparison to soap operas in terms of its benefits. 911 works better when the writers can write these flexi-narratives that are continuous and could last not just for a season but beyond that. I think that's sort of where 911 has suffered as it sometimes tries to close narratives that don't require closure or are ended too early. Such as the Buckley parents, that's a narrative that could have been taken through multiple seasons and even with forgiveness it could be something that could be further discussed. But season 8 being renewed allows the writers the safety to write continuous stories that don't need to be concluded by the end of the season. I think in general 911 thrives when it doesn't try to close things and instead continues on. A wedding isn't the ending of the dating era but a new beginning, a death isn't the end but a way to explore its ramifications, etc.

This was all just me rambling bc i had to read a bunch of stuff for uni and 911 was on my brain but ultimately what i want to get at is procedural shows such as 911 benefit more from being treated as soap operas or at least using the characteristics they have inherited to its advantage and if they are given the freedom to create long running and never ending personal narratives they can develop a more satisfying story.

This all made more sense in my head sorry

#911 abc #911 on abc #911 season 7 #evan buckley #evan buck buckely #eddie diaz #what can i actually tag that actually applies #i dont want to be someone who tags unrelated things #911onabc #911 show #film and television #tv shows #oliver stark #ryan guzman #911 fox #911 #911 s7 #911 meta #meta

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kalamity-jayne · 2 months

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In case you were wondering where things are at in the film and television industry here's how post-production folks (editors, VFX, Colorists, etc) are doing. These screenshots are from The Blue Collar Post Collective's FB page (they are an International professional network for folks working in post).

This one is from a few months ago...

These are all from the past few days (from 2 separate Anon posts re "where to find jobs")...

My former post-supervisor really fucked me over and I've been unemployed for months. At this point I'm applying to jobs in grocery stores cause it's just dead dead dead out there. Winter is always the time of year you don't want to be without a film or series to work on but this just abysmal.

#Post-production #Film and Television #Unions and the strikes #documentary film and series #Movies #An assistant editor speaks #I work in the documentary sector which you would think wouldn't be affected by the strikes (for good and for worse)#but when the reality tv sector of the industry is doing bad then that means *everyone* is completely boned.#Also It's a reputation based industry #so 90% of the jobs I have had came from people cold emailing me ''Hey you came highly recommended from so&so. Are you available?"#And most years I'd get about a dozen of those emails a year with one of 'em usually resulting in a gig #not so this year😩

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dduane · 1 year

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Hi! I'm a long-time fan of your Trek novels and just came across an episode you wrote for the 80s My Little Pony cartoon! I had no idea you'd worked on it, I was so surprised when your name came up in the credits. It was delightful! Hope you're having a great day :)

It's been great so far! Thanks. :)

And thanks also for the nice words about the Trek novels. And about MLP! That was a lot of fun. As often enough happens in animation, if you're working for a company on one of their series, you may shortly find yourself working on another—and in that case I went from a series called Glo Friends, to MLP, and then to Transformers (with my old friend Len Wein). ...It was a busy time. :)

My live action and animation credits are over here, for anyone interested:

Diane Duane at IMDb

...Thanks again!

#Diane Duane #film and television #credits

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chloeolivia4015 · 1 year

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