At 02:23 PM 10/12/96 -0400, you wrote: >A great opportunity. > Peace Reg >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Forwarded by Jeremy Butler. For more information, contact >[log in to unmask] (The Museum Of TV & Radio). > >--------------------------original message------------------- >* * * * * > >THE MUSEUM OF TELEVISION & RADIO >UNIVERSITY SATELLITE SEMINAR SERIES >1996 FALL SEMESTER >MADE POSSIBLE BY GENERAL MOTORS > >The Museum of Television & Radio, with the support of General Motors, >continues the extremely successful University Satellite Seminar Series for >the 1996-97 Academic Year. We initiated this project last year with two >programs each on the topics of Television and the Presidency and >Traditions in Sports on Television. These seminars, presented as real-time >videoconferences, are offered without charge to universities and colleges >across the country and include a live question and answer session with our >extended college audience. > >The series continues during the Fall 1996 with Television: The Creative >Process. Each seminar will be an instructive case study on how prime-time >television - encompassing drama, comedy, and the documentary program is >conceptualized and created. These seminars are: > >Writing for Television: The Legal Genre >Monday, October 21, 1996 * 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time > >Creating Prime-Time Drama: Party of Five >Tuesday, October 29 * 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time > >Creating Prime-Time Comedy: The Simpsons >Thursday, November 14, 1996 * 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time > >Ken Burns: The Historical Narrative on Television >Tuesday, November 19, 1996 * 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time > >* * * * * >In depth descriptions of each seminar follow. For your convenience, there >is a 'request for information form' at the bottom of this document. > >Please feel free to offer any suggestions which might help us in planning >future programs or forward a copy of this message to your colleagues. >Ritty Burchfield, Satellite Seminars Coordinator >Phone: 212-621-6723 >Fax: 212-621-6765 >E-mail address [log in to unmask] >We look forward to working with you on this exciting project. > >* * * * * > >Writing for Television: the Legal Genre >Monday, October 21, 1996 * 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time > >Reginald Rose, the creator of The Defenders, wrote thirty-two years ago >that the legal drama offers television writers a "natural area of >development for stories of crisis in human affairs...That is precisely what >all law is about." Over the years, different writers and producers have >used this basic foundation for vastly different purposes. Some, like the >creative teams behind Perry Mason and Matlock, have aimed to create >first-rate entertainment; other, in the tradition of Rose, have sought to >explore complex legal, moral and sociological issues - even the meaning of >life itself. > >In this seminar, the writers of some of the most distinguished legal dramas >in television history will discuss the creative challenges and >opportunities represented by the genre. They will also explore how >society's image of the lawyer - and the law - has evolved over the years >and how these changes have been reflected in television programming. > >Panelists: Jackson Gillis, Perry Mason; Dean Hargrove, Matlock, Perry Mason >television movies; Abby Man, The Marcus-Nelson Murders, Judgment at >Nuremberg,The Atlanta Child Murders, Indictments: The McMartin Case; David >E. Kelley, L.A. Law, Picket Fences, The Practice; Judith Paige Mitchell, >The Client; Dick Wolf, Law & Order, Feds, The Wright Verdicts > >Creating Prime-Time Drama: Party of Five >Tuesday, October 29 * 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time > >The creators, director and members of the cast of Party of Five will >discuss the making of this unusual drama about five siblings raising >themselves after their parents' deaths. The Fox series has won critical >kudos - and several awards - for substantive story lines and compelling >characters. This seminar will examine how the show's story lines are >interwoven and how characters are developed over time as well as taking a >look at the process of audience development. Now in its third season, >Party of Five has developed a loyal audience following, particularly among >Generation X viewers, which has been instrumental in keeping the series on >the air. Selected television clips from the previous seasons of Party of >Five will be shown to give a basis for the discussion. > >Panelists: Christopher Keyser, creator and executive producer; Amy Lippman, >creator and executive producer; Ken Topolsky, director and co-executive >producer; Mark B. Perry, writer and co-executive producer; cast members to >announced > > >Creating Prime-Time Comedy: The Simpsons >Thursday, November 14, 1996 * 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time > >Now in its eighth season, The Simpsons has reinvented the sitcom format >while serving up clever commentary on contemporary life and culture. This >seminar with Matt Groening and members of The Simpsons' creative team and >cast will focus on how each show evolves from original idea, through script >and story board development, and into production. > >Panelists: Matt Groening, creator and executive producer; Bill Oakley, >executive producer; Josh Weinstein, executive producer; David Silverman, >supervising animation producer; Nancy Cartwright, cast member (Bart) > > >Ken Burns: The Historical Narrative on Television >Tuesday, November 19, 1996 * 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time > >Filmmaker Ken Burns, whose eleven-hour documentary The Civil War was among >the most widely seen programs in PBS history, will discuss how he developed >his documentary style to explore many facets of the American experience. >In addition, Mr. Burns will reflect on his career from his earliest work - >1981's hour-long, Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge - to the >eighteen-and-a-half-hour, Emmy Award-winning Baseball. Mr. Burns will >comment on clips from his work and speak about his upcoming projects, >including a multipart history of jazz. > >* * * * * > > INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION REQUEST FORM > >Please complete and return to: Ritty Burchfield, University Satellite >Seminars Series, Museum of Television and Radio <[log in to unmask]> > >Please send me registration forms for the following seminars: > >[x] Writing for Television: the Legal Genre >[x] Creating Prime-Time Drama: Party of Five >[x] Creating Prime-Time Comedy: The Simpsons >[x] Ken Burns: The Historical Narrative on Television > >My mailing address is: >Name: Al Folker >Title: Director of Television Services >Department: Radio-TV-Film >University: UW-Oshkosh >Address: Arts & Communications Bldg. >City, State, Zip: Oshkosh, WI 54901 >Telephone: (414)424-3133 >Fax: (414) 424-1279 > >Message: > >---- >To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L >in the message. Problems? 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