Internal Working

Today is a busy day for the crew and I. I am meeting with the writing staff to flesh out the scripts for season two, so we're going to take the storylines and actually create the scenes and scripts for the cast. This will then be shipped to the cast for review and to the crews to scout for/create the needed sets and the wardrobe to find the necessary outfits.

Afterwards we're going to work on the editing for November's episodes. I've taken to having a more hands on approach with the editing of the shows which the staff hasn't complained about-I just dare them to complain, ha! The stills are edited, but we need to format the shows to be packaged for the networks and they need to be sent out rather quickly, next week at the latest.

The lawyers are reviewing the contract renewals and looking at our salary rates vs other shows and looking at the success of the show to see how much of a bonus-if any-the cast recieves. We're considering moving away from a per episode pay scale to a flat rate for the season depending on number of episodes the character appears in, skill level of the cast and other potential issues. With some we're going to offer bonuses in lieu of a severly increased paycheck.

Next season will be a bit different. We will take our time with filming, allowing the cast to have occasional breaks, but no more of the massive amounts of filming in the beginning with a long break for the cast. It's too hard to call them back for events, photo shoots and reshoots of scenes, so we'll probably film two episodes ahead of schedule, which will allow us some flexibility in terms of storylines. The hardest part is trying to keep the writing staff focused on the season at hand, they keep throwing out ideas and storylines (I'm afraid that I'm not helping much with this aspect). Honestly, we have enough storylines to last for seven seasons at least and that's not including my desire to add new cast members.

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