fictionfreesfools
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2bltbm wrote
Reply to comment by metal_stars in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
Every episode with a writer's credit is like this. The only variation being that "Michael Tolkin" isn't always the first name after the "and".
The 1st episode:
> Written by
>Michael Tolkin
The 2nd episode:
> Teleplay by
> Michael Tolkin & Leslie Greif
>and
>Michael Tolkin & Nikki Toscano
The 3rd episode:
- No writing credits in opening credits.
The 4th episode:
> Teleplay by
> Michael Tolkin & Leslie Greif
>and
>Michael Tolkin & Nikki Toscano
5th episode:
>Teleplay by
>Michael Tolkin
6th episode:
- No writing credits in opening credits.
7th episode:
- No writing credits in opening credits.
8th episode:
- No writing credits in opening credits.
9th episode:
- No writing credits in opening credits.
10th episode:
> Written by
>Nikki Toscano & Russell Rothberg & Michael Tolkin
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2bdgns wrote
Reply to comment by monsieurxander in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
Thank you for the resource.
I'll take some time to understand this.
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2az5hq wrote
Reply to comment by reddit455 in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
Wow. I didn't realize how formalized the writing/story credits were. Thank you.
It separation between "story" and "writing" credits is something I'll look further into.
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2ayc4h wrote
Reply to comment by monsieurxander in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
Big thanks for citing your insight.
It's odd to think that there are two writing teams with the principal writer being on both teams. Do they both write their own version of the episode and then the 2 version of synthesized to create the refined finished episode script?
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2axibb wrote
Reply to comment by Maninhartsford in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
Okay so every rewrite gets an "and", followed by the writers involved, appended to the "Written by" credit?
In this case there were 2 rewrites for every episode and every rewrite included Tolkin?
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2ax6h6 wrote
Reply to comment by Grundguetiger in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
That's interesting that the middle "and" denotes a partition of the episode's script. I wonder what constitutes a part of the script? Number of lines, screen time, scenes, etc could all be part demarcators.
Submitted by fictionfreesfools t3_zzbl5h in television
fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2bpzno wrote
Reply to comment by metal_stars in In opening credits, what does it mean when a writer is listed twice? by fictionfreesfools
Respectfully and after numerously repeated searches and pauses, I did not make a transcription mistake.
No episode is less than 50 minutes or greater than 55 minutes.
> Back when miniseries were a thing...
Limited series are still around. In my opinion, limited series will produce higher quality quantity due to a number of factors. Not least of these are the average viewers diminishing attention span and strictly parameterized expected investment to a series up front.
Much smarter people have probably hypothesized more succinctly and with substantiated sources the same sort of idea.