Feeling pitchy
Apr. 23rd, 2009 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
progHello, my social network,
Tell me: do I know anyone who is involved in the TV industry, or who might be able to comfortably introduce me to colleagues who are? (Note: have already dispatched pigeons to the Gameshelf's crew members. Y'all are the second ones to hear this question.)
No need for me to be coy here: it struck me earlier this evening that there's no good reason for my complete ignorance about the world of commercial television. So long as I'm in the dark about it, I also lack reasons why I've never even thought about making The Gameshelf a part of it. I can imagine plenty of good reasons it's a ridiculous and dismissible notion - even ones that have nothing to do with the quality of relevance of my show - and wouldn't be a bit surprised to discover that any or all are true. But I don't know.
What I do know is that when I turn on TV38 and I see The Phantom Gourmet, I point at it and say "I would not hate it if my show worked like this." And as it happens, I feel that my show actually is really relevant. I could totally make a pitch on the basis that we're entering an increasingly ludocentric world, and we need a TV series that intelligently examines the history, culture (hi![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
radtea!), and criticism of games across all media. Something far broader and deeper than your typical G4 game-of-the-moment review show.
The two episodes we produced in 2007 were really awesome, and were I so motivated, I would feel perfectly comfortable cutting a demo reel around them. The thought of shooting a whole honest-to-god season of The Gameshelf with a budget, even a very small one, makes my toes tingle. It's a fragile fantasy right now, but now that it's bit me, I've got to know more about it.
Tell me: do I know anyone who is involved in the TV industry, or who might be able to comfortably introduce me to colleagues who are? (Note: have already dispatched pigeons to the Gameshelf's crew members. Y'all are the second ones to hear this question.)
No need for me to be coy here: it struck me earlier this evening that there's no good reason for my complete ignorance about the world of commercial television. So long as I'm in the dark about it, I also lack reasons why I've never even thought about making The Gameshelf a part of it. I can imagine plenty of good reasons it's a ridiculous and dismissible notion - even ones that have nothing to do with the quality of relevance of my show - and wouldn't be a bit surprised to discover that any or all are true. But I don't know.
What I do know is that when I turn on TV38 and I see The Phantom Gourmet, I point at it and say "I would not hate it if my show worked like this." And as it happens, I feel that my show actually is really relevant. I could totally make a pitch on the basis that we're entering an increasingly ludocentric world, and we need a TV series that intelligently examines the history, culture (hi
radtea!), and criticism of games across all media. Something far broader and deeper than your typical G4 game-of-the-moment review show.The two episodes we produced in 2007 were really awesome, and were I so motivated, I would feel perfectly comfortable cutting a demo reel around them. The thought of shooting a whole honest-to-god season of The Gameshelf with a budget, even a very small one, makes my toes tingle. It's a fragile fantasy right now, but now that it's bit me, I've got to know more about it.
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Date: 2009-04-23 11:13 am (UTC)Did you meet him at MINT? If not, I will make an intro for you. He's in the NY area in some production house of some sort.
I also have a cousin who is a Producer in San Fran. If you have something of detail and substance to pitch, I will certainly put you in touch with her and she might be able to find some appropriate people to send it to.
I really have no idea how those folks in TV and such out there work for sharing ideas and concepts, but if I can help ya, I will.
Feel free to email something, if you'd like.
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Date: 2009-04-24 10:11 pm (UTC)Am impatient, so I'll say this here:
(a) Cool, thanks! I'll follow up of these ideas with you.
(b) I'd also appreciate introductions within public broadcasting, if you know anyone connected to the TV side of things. I just read a few chapters from a book I remembered I already owned about video production, and it makes PBS and ITVS look like pretty good targets for independent producers like me.