Received an email from the lovely Tanja yesterday. She was our production coordinator for many, many years of the Stargate franchise and was in the offices the other day to coordinate the final wrap. Apparently, it was a very melancholy vibe as work began on de-rigging Stage 5 first. Stage 5, as you may or…
April 18, 2011: Pre-Production Update! My Favorite Germans! The Office Routine! And Magic Wands!
I spent the weekend incorporating five different sets of notes into my rewrite of (what was formerly episode #2 but is now) episode #3. It now comes in at a robust 62 pages. On the one hand, the longer page count makes it more challenging to schedule; on the other hand, a couple of more…
April 16, 2011: Catching up with the mailbag!
Heading out for dinner tonight after which I've got to hit the gym, start The Wise Man's Fear, and finish up the last two episodes of Eden of the East. Here's a long overdue mailbag for you to peruse... Chevron7 writes: "Now onto Colonel Cockblock – love that name Joe. Did you write in the closed…
April 14, 2011: The search for a Script Coordinator/Exec. Producers’ Assistant Begins! The Transporter Summit Concludes!
We've started interviewing for a Script Coordinator/Exec. Producers' Assistant, partly because Ashleigh refuses to upend her life for us by moving to Toronto (Selfish, no?), but mainly because we don't like the attitude of our present temp Script Coordinator, Alexander M. Ruemelin. Instead of embracing these new and exciting (albeit unpaid and time-consuming) duties as…
April 12, 2011: Talking Transporter stories! More behind the scenes pics of SGU’s “The Hunt”!
We kicked off the day with a four hour meeting followed, after a thirty minute lunch break, by another three hour meeting. Over the course of these seven some hours, we discussed scripts and stories with our four broadcasters, covering everything from page notes on episodes #1 and #2 to big picture arc for the…