Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘TV’
Taking a Moment
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Just been watching Life on Mars. Despite the way their trying to cram every possible social issue in the 8 episodes they’ve got before it’s all over it’s still some of the best TV around. It set me thinking how if in the 70s when I saw a computer that occupied a wall of a […]
Cop Night #3
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007More robbers than Cops tonight really. Just finished watching The League of Gentlemen which arrived from Amazon today. Not the situation comedy but the film from 1960 that the series took its name from in which Jack Hawkins and a hand picked crew of ex soldiers stage a bank robbery. The focus is on the […]
Inevitable TV Post
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006In no particular order: Torchwood Episode 3: Really enjoyed The State Within: Twisty. Interesting. Polished. Really enjoyed Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Wasn’t certain last week. Seems to have found its feet again with new, well, everything
Not the Usual TV Cooking Show
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection isn’t as polished as a Delia or an Oliver. Not as in-yer-face charismatic as a Ramsay or as passionate as a Stein. He sometimes appeared awkward presenting his recipes. This though is a new kind of cooking show. Torchwood joked about CSI Cardiff and the speed of a flying […]
Characters on the Couch (Part 15)
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006This Follows on from: Characters on the Couch (Part 14). The first part can be found at: Characters on the Couch (Part 1). So why use Archetypes? As a writer there are several advantages to using archetypes when designing characters. Archetypes give characters personalities that readers can easily identify with. They make characters memorable by […]
A Quick Note to the Makers of the Next Robin Hood
Saturday, October 7th, 2006I’m going to reserve commenting in detail on the new Robin Hood for a few episodes to see how it comes on. I’m also going to ignore that Robin seems capable of using a 2kg long sword as though it were a throwing dagger. I am going to however make one small suggestion to the […]
The Outsiders: Liverpool doubles for… Everywhere
Friday, October 6th, 2006One of the fun things with living in Liverpool is playing spot the Liverpool location in TV and films doubling for other places. I watched ITV’s The Outsiders that I recorded on Tuesday earlier. Lots of Liverpool to spot including some interior shots that I’m pretty certain were done in the building at the University […]
Friday Night Vice
Friday, August 11th, 2006Went to see Miami Vice earlier. I thought the set piece action sequences were on a par with those in Heat or other Mann films. If you want to see some nice technothriller scenes with all the hardware and SOPs this film delivers everything you could ask for. However while the cold professionals without any […]
Characters on the Couch (Part 1)
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006A Jungian approach to characters for Writers How do you get inside a character and understand what makes them tick? How can you use their desires, history and motivation to create memorable personalities? One possible technique is to draw on archetypal characters found in mythology that many writers use when creating characters. These archetypes can […]
Memorable Characters the M&S Way
Friday, June 16th, 2006A little idea for creating memorable characters that came to me while watching TV. Describe what makes your character stand out from the ordinary in the style of a Marks & Spencers advert. The formula goes something like (X is your character)… Start with "Not just a X it’s a " Now describe the character’s […]