So You Want to Make a TV Show- 2nd Period- Class #3

[fear_of_fish]

As soon as everyone was seated, Dana started with, "Anyone who cops to calling me yesterday gets detention. Don't be that stupid. Now that we have that out of the way, this week we're going to be discussing what kind of show you want to do.

"I'll spoil it for you: you're going to be putting together a sports show. Sometimes when you get into this business, you have to take the job that comes to you. Maybe you wanted to work on some cable news show and have to cut your teeth at MTV. It'll happen. Take the experience, learn what you can, and when another opportunity comes, you can move on. Now, you might be saying 'I don't know anything about sports,'" Dana went on. "You're missing out, but that's beside the point. You will pick up things in the course of the job. If you don't, you're not really listening. Lingo will get to you, you'll start recognizing names, and after a while you might actually be able to sound like you know what you're talking about when you're watching a game with your friends, even if you only know it from a technical aspect.

"What we're going to do today is go around the room, and you're going to tell us what you know about sports right now. What's your favorite? Why? Do you play? Why not? And then you're going to get together- or work singly, I don't care- and come up with reasons why you think why working on a sports show might be harder or easier than working at CNN or a Comedy Central news show. Anything you can come up with. Once you know the problems- and believe me, you will run into them- you can start to tackle them. No pun intended."

As Dana took a seat at her desk, she said, "Oh, and don't get too used to this sort of class. Next week I start giving you assignments. Oh, wait, I lied. For homework this week, I want each of you to catch a game. I don't care what kind. Football, curling, whatever you saw, just see something to get some more experience than you do this week."

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[fear_of_fish]

...I don't know, be creative for me. It's 4 am.

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[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal King

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[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

Claire Fisher

During the lecture

[fear_of_fish]

With slightly slower talking this week!

Re: During the lecture

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal could do a sports show. Unless that sport was golf. But golf wasn't really a sport. That was hitting a ball with a stick.

Totally not a sport.

Re: During the lecture

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

Adora was rather glad she and Emmett had discussed sports a few weeks back, her new understanding just might come in handy.

Re: During the lecture

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Jotting down a few notes, Turtle's suspicion that she liked this class and, more importantly, how this lady ran it, were certainly confirmed. Having to work with something she knew very little about was definitely a challenge she was ready to take!

Re: During the lecture

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was mildly horrified at the idea that Dana might've gotten any phone call she made this weekend, so was keeping very, very quiet. And also grateful that things were slower this week; she still had to buy that voice recorder.

Re: During the lecture

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Sports? After he'd already had a talk with Turtle about sponsoring? Jack wasn't happy about this, but he'd make do.

Dscussion question

[fear_of_fish]

Do you have a favorite? What is it? Do you play? Do you only know who's who thanks to TMZ?

Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves, too.

Re: Dscussion question

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Football, American version," Hannibal said. "Yeah, yeah, there's padding but watch someone's leg snap in half and then you call it a wimp sport. I played back home but we don't have a team here so I don't play. I still watch though."

Re: Dscussion question

[ashockingbitch]

"Rugby," Jenny said. "It's crackingly violent good fun. I especially like it when the blokes from the All Blacks take off their shirts for the haka. And no, I don't do sport. I chain-smoke, they don't mix."

Re: Dscussion question

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Archery," Adora said. "I haven't seen enough of other sports to say anything about them. And archery requires a great deal of skill and training to do right."

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[armybrat-lois.livejournal.com]

"I'm definitely a fan of American football," Lois said. "I played it with the guys on the base but I never stayed in one place enough to be on a team."

And, you know, in most schools they wouldn't let girls play.

Re: Dscussion question

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

"Football," Turtle said, wincing a little as she added in a much quieter voice, "

Re: Dscussion question

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Martial arts. Judo, karate, tae kwon do. I love the Olympics for that. And maybe because those guys train for years before they get their shot at any publicity or attention outside of the sport. They really have to be dedicated." Dinah pushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "I kickbox too, so I know enough to really follow the action. And I'm a fan of the Gotham Knights basketball team through osmosis."

Re: Dscussion question

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Well, either baseball or football. If there's a game on, I'll watch it. Not too bad at either, neither," he said.

Re: Dscussion question

[robinthefrog.livejournal.com]

"I like extreme sports." Robin said. "I've never gone skiing or snowboarding, but I'd love to try it."

Work

[fear_of_fish]

Pair up or work alone, figuring out why a sports show might be harder or easier than another type of show. Dana'll love you iif you add in stuff about your own strengths and weaknesses.

Re: Work

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal took a seat and waited for a partner, mentally making notes on why sports shows would be easier while he waited.

Re: Work

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle already had a few ideas jotted down (it compromised her ethics a little, but she felt her idea about a very pretty, potentially big-breasted woman being involved was a very good one), and looked around to see if anyone else wanted to share in her glory.

Re: Work

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

"Man. After all that planning..." Jack slumped in his chair, wondering if he'd have to do this solo.

Talk to Dana

[fear_of_fish]

She's around before and after class.

OOC

[fear_of_fish]

I'm going to have to get my head amputated and replaced. It's obviously broke.

Re: OOC

[laceycantlie.livejournal.com]

CURLING. :D :D :D