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Seth MacFarlane on why WGA strike is for the "little guy" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 406 seconds On November 9, 2007, more than 4,000 striking Writers Guild of America members and their supporters rallied at Fox Plaza in Century City as a demonstration of their solidarity. In this speech, "Family Guy" executive producer explains why the WGA strike is for middle class writers. Related: america, amptp, downloads, family, guild, guy, macfarlane, media, new, residuals, screenwriters, seth, striking, wga, writers |
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2007 Writers Guild of America Awards highlights Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 461 seconds Highlights from the 2007 Writers Guild of America Awards with speeches from Steve Carell (The Office), Robert Towne (Chinatown), Robert Wuhl (Arli$$), Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives), John Wells (ER), J.J. Abrahms (Lost), Ben Garant & Tom Lennon (Reno 911!), Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer), Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H), and actor Morgan Freeman. Related: 2007, america, awards, carell, cherry, freeman, gelbart, guild, john, larry, marc, morgan, robert, steve, towne, wells, writers, wuhl |
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"This Is Our Moment" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 281 seconds Screenwriter (Field of Dreams, Sneakers) and Writers Guild of America, West board member Phil Alden Robinson recounts the turning points in Guild history and explains why the strike of 2007 is this generation of writers' watershed moment. Related: alden, america, dreams, field, guild, of, phil, robinson, screenwriter, sneakers, strike, west, wga, writers |
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Writers Guild of America Strike Announcement - Nov. 2, 2007 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 341 seconds On November 2, 2007, the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East held a press conference to announce that as of Monday, November 5, they will be on strike. These are the complete remarks of WGAW President Patric Verrone and WGAE President Michael Winship from that briefing. Related: 2007, america, contract, guild, screenwriters, strike, writers |
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Screenwriter Peter Barsocchini on High School Musical 1 & 2 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 430 seconds Screenwriter Peter Barsocchini talks about why he wrote the script for High School Musical, now a billion-dollar juggernaut for Disney Cable, and why he thinks writers deserve a fair share of the profits made from franchises like HSM. Related: 1, 2, barsocchini, channel, disney, ephron, gabriella, high, hudgens, musical, peter, school, screenwriter, troy, vanessa, zac |
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Charlie Kaufman on his latest film & why "movies are dead" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 363 seconds Screenwriter/directo r Charlie Kaufman discusses his latest film Synecdoche, New York, the differences between writing films vs. theater, and offers words of encouragement for writers who want to tell stories outside the Hollywood norm. Related: adaptation, advice, being, eternal, hoffman, john, malkovich, michelle, philip, screenwriting, scripts, seymour, sunshine, williams |
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Publicity 101: A Workshop for Screenwriters, Chapter 1 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 480 seconds A workshop presented by the Writers Guild of America, West's Publicity & Marketing Committee teaching screenwriters how to use the media to publicize themselves and their careers. In this segment, Variety.com editor Dana Harris and L.A. Times "Scriptland" columnist Jay Fernandez explain how to pitch a feature story. Related: america, guild, marketing, media, of, publicity, screenwriters, screenwriting, scriptland, scripts, west, wgaw, writers |
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WGAW President Patric Verrone on Sunday Morning Shootout Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 599 seconds Writers Guild of America, West President Patric Verrone speaking about the future of the entertainment industry on Sunday Morning Shootout with Variety's Peter Bart and producer Peter Guber. Related: america, guild, morning, patric, shootout, sunday, verrone, west, writers |
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Publicity 101: A Workshop for Screenwriters, Chapter 2 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 345 seconds A workshop presented by the Writers Guild of America, West's Publicity & Marketing Committee teaching screenwriters how to use the media to publicize themselves and their careers. In this segment, screenwriter John August (Go, Big Fish) and United Talent Agency's Chris Day explain how you can help your publicist help you. Related: america, august, big, fish, go, guild, john, marketing, media, publicity, screenwriters, screenwriting, scripts, west, wgaw, writers |
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Rage Against the Machine "rallies round tha writers" Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 269 seconds Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and Zach de la Rocha perform "Bulls on Parade" for more than 4,000 striking Writers Guild of America members and their supporters at a rally at Fox Plaza in Century City. Related: against, america, bulls, guild, jackson, jesse, machine, morello, of, on, parade, rage, ratm, strike, the, tom, writers, writers |
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WGA West Picket/Contract Captains speak out Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 220 seconds Members of the Writers Guild of America, West speak about why they've volunteered to serve as Picket/Contract Captains during the WGA's talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Related: america, amptp, contract, guild, negotiations, screenwriters, screenwriting, talks, west, writers |
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WGA Negotiating Committee Members answer strikers' FAQs Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 368 seconds Writers Guild of America Negotiating Committee members Robin Schiff, Susannah Grant and John Bowman visit the Writers Guild of America picket lines to answer some of the members most frequently asked questions. Related: america, amptp, family, guild, guy, mike, negotiations, producers, scully, simpsons, strike, striking, writers |
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Picketing with the Stars Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 203 seconds As a demonstration of the Screen Actors Guild's solidarity with the Writers Guild of America, hundreds of film and television actors join the striking members of the WGA on the picket lines outside Universal Studios. Related: astin, ben, braff, driver, helgenberger, julia, kudrow, lisa, louis-dreyfus, marg, minnie, sarah, sean, silverman, stiller, strike, zach |
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WGAW President Patric Verrone speaking on media ownership Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 328 seconds WGAW President Patric M. Verrone speaks before the FCC on media ownership. Related: america, consolidation, fcc, guild, media, of, ownership, patric, verrone, west, wgaw, writers |
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Publicity 101: A Workshop for Screenwriters, Chapter 3 Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 472 seconds A workshop presented by the Writers Guild of America, West's Publicity & Marketing Committee teaching screenwriters how to use the media to publicize themselves and their careers. In this segment, United Talent Agency's Chris Day and World Trade Center writer Andrea Berloff describe how writers can choose and help their publicists. Related: america, andrea, berloff, guild, marketing, media, publicity, screenwriters, screenwriting, scripts, west, wgaw, writers |
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Intervention's Dan Partland describes how the show's written Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 314 seconds Dan Partland, executive producer of Intervention, A&E's award-winning non-fiction series about addiction, explains in detail how the show is written and why it's covered by the Writers Guild. Related: 12, addicts, documentaries, project, reality, recovery, screenplays, screenwriters, screenwriting, scripts, shows, steps, tv, writing |
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Senator John Edwards pickets with striking writers Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 177 seconds Senator John Edwards, Democratic candidate for President of the United States, joins members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line outside of NBC Studios in Burbank on the 11th day of their strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Related: america, candidate, democratic, edwards, guild, john, negotiations, senator, strike, wga, writers |
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L.A. City Council Hearing on economic impact of WGA strike Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 356 seconds On December 19, 2007, the Los Angeles City Council conducted a hearing about the economic impact of the Writers Guild of America's strike. Hundreds of WGA members were on hand to listen and voice their concerns about the strike's impact on the community. Representatives from the producers did not attend. Related: 2007, alliance, bowman, city, contract, council, eric, garcetti, john, l.a., motion, picture, producers, strike, tv, writers |
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Alfre Woodard speaks at FremantleMedia "reality" TV rally Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 641 seconds On December 7, 2007, the Writers Guild of America staged a rally at the North American headquarters of FremantleMedia (American Idol, Temptation, The Price is Right) in Burbank, California to ask the international conglomerate to improve sub-standard working conditions for writers working in "reality" TV and game shows. Related: alfre, american, game, idol, pop, reality, shows, strike, television, tv, wga, woodard, writers |
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Writers Vote to End WGA Strike Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 132 seconds On February 12, 2008, the membership of the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East voted overwhelmingly in favor of lifting the restraining order and ending their 100-day strike that began on Nov. 5, 2007. Related: conference, film, labor, negotiation, news, over, patric, press, sag, strike, tv, union, verrone, wga, writers |
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Screenwriter Marc Norman on WGA contract negotiations Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 173 seconds Marc Norman, Writers Guild of America Negotiating Committee member and author of the screenwriting history book What Happens Next," speaks out about the WGA's negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Related: america, contract, guild, history, marc, negotiations, norman, screenwriting, wga, writers |
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Step Brothers' Adam McKay on writing and pitching comedies Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 227 seconds Writer-director Adam McKay (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy) describes where the idea for Step Brothers came from, working with writing partner Will Ferrell and what he looks for in a comedy pitch. Related: anchorman, bobby, brothers, burgundy, c., ferrell, john, nights, reilly, ricky, ron, screenwriting, scripts, snl, step, talladega, will |
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Ray Romano, Phil Rosenthal & Patricia Heaton support WGA Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 60 seconds Everybody Loves Raymond's Ray Romano, Phil Rosenthal & Patricia Heaton voice their support for the striking members of Writers Guild of America. Related: everybody, heaton, loves, patricia, phil, ray, raymond, romano, rosenthal, strike, wga, writers |
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2007 Writers Guild Award Winners speak Posted by: wgadotorg
Video duration: 139 seconds Winners from the 2007 Writers Guild Awards, including Steve Carell, Robert Benton, John Wells, and Michael Arndt, speak about being honored. Related: 2007, arndt, awards, baer, benton, carell, guild, john, michael, neal, robert, screenwriting, steve, wells, writers |
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