Somebody said that one of the secrets behind "Modern Family"'s success was that they were doing a one-camera mockumentary and still hitting a punchline every 15 seconds like a multicam.
Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 3:38 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Like many here I used to read Ken Levine’s blog and he decried the single >> cam sitcom in the days of The Office and Parks and Rec, harkening back to >> the days of multicam. Then I heard a Maron interview with the show runner >> of Fresh Off the Boat. She said she broke into TV writing for Nickelodeon >> and she said she hated what Multicam sitcoms turned into. The network was >> demanding a laugh every 30 seconds which meant the script was just >> setup-punchline with no chance for plot or character development. >> > > I guess I’d need to know the context in which that comment was made, but > there’s a few decades of sitcom history featuring multi-camera productions > that included plot and character development. Granted, there was also mind > numbing pablum filmed before a live studio audience (especially in > kid/family friendly programming), but any TV writer who struggles with the > format should really consider a different line of work. > > >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024 at 11:22 AM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Same. >>> >>> Kevin M. 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