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The Centre RTE March 24th

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  • #202
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,930 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    the boss lady (Menton) is not bad in fairness.


  • #203
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Fatboydim wrote: »
    Interesting thread... Much of which can be answered by this link:
    http://iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4287022&tpl=archnews&force=1

    If you read the article you'll see RTE are looking for comedies at 30 - 50k per episode. It's hard to see how anyone can make a living wage at that rate. Additionally look at the time spans for development... very short.

    I noticed the time frame mentioned in that article - looking for shows for June 2014? - and presumed it was a typo. Surely they meant June 2015?


  • #204
    Fatboydim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭Fatboydim


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    I noticed the time frame mentioned in that article - looking for shows for June 2014? - and presumed it was a typo. Surely they meant June 2015?

    I think or at least hope that is a typo... however:

    ‘Monday Night comedy’ strand, which ‘The Centre’ is currently a part of. The deadline for proposals for the slot is 5pm, Friday 2 May 2014, with an expected delivery of the project for November 2014.

    The article gives a month for production companies to put in their pitches. Presumably with scripts, but perhaps not. Equally the tender for comedies may well have gone out earlier, but IFTN are only reporting it then. However May to November is six months at best assuming that it will take at least one month for RTE to commission, and that they will wait until the end of November. Delivery usually means that the company has to deliver the completed programme by then... That is a quick turnaround. To get honed scripts, cast, shoot, edit and grade the series.


  • #205
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Fatboydim wrote: »
    The article gives a month for production companies to put in their pitches. Presumably with scripts, but perhaps not. Equally the tender for comedies may well have gone out earlier, but IFTN are only reporting it then. However May to November is six months at best assuming that it will take at least one month for RTE to commission, and that they will wait until the end of November. Delivery usually means that the company has to deliver the completed programme by then... That is a quick turnaround. To get honed scripts, cast, shoot, edit and grade the series.

    Far too tight a turnaround time.

    Script development for comedy seems to be something that RTE don't believe is necessary. Just write it and shoot it.

    And they wonder why they have few successes in the comedy department.


  • #206
    Lukehandypants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 243 ✭✭Lukehandypants


    The show is written by Warren Meyler and Marion Cullen who own Waka tv a production company responsible for all of Katherine lynchs shows and six in the city.


  • #207
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Lukehandypants wrote: »
    The show is written by Warren Meyler and Marion Cullen who own Waka tv a production company responsible for all of Katherine lynchs shows and six in the city.

    Yes.


  • #208
    fiachr_a
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,204 ✭✭✭fiachr_a


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    And they wonder why they have few successes in the comedy department.
    The recent IFTA awards was funnier than this show.


  • #209
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,912 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I think it is aimed at women and will work well for that market.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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