----- Original Message ----- From: Tavia tavia@btinternet.com
Perhaps someone who knows could explain what exactly the director (vs say the producer) is responsible for in television production?
The director does all the main casting for the episode; will rehearse with actors to judge their performance; has the most input in terms of the lighting, etc., decides where the music goes in, sits in on the final edit of the production, might (depending on the individual director) have a varying amount to say about the scenes during filming, and determines budget allocation. S/he also books the studios and locations, tells the cameramen where to stand, watches the recording and asks for retakes.
The producer casts the regulars (in this case, in consultation with Terry Nation and Chris Boucher); is in charge of hiring the script editor and the directors, be in charge of overall budget for the series; will liase with costume, sets, music and special sound effects guy, watches the final readthrough (they do a producer's run which s/he watches and makes suggestions); s/he is also in charge of publicity, and will follow the director around and if the director slips up on anything s/he should catch it. S/he will also discuss scripts, and the general director of the show, with the script editor and guest stars. In the end, the buck stops with the producer.
the field of asteroids is only there in the first place to cause the neutrotope's case to fall off the table and give them a reason to look into it and find it empty.
That was just what I meant by lame plot device upon lame plot device.
Plot device yes, but a necessary one-- no writer can do an episode totally without plot devices. But yes, I'd agree that that one's more obvious than usual. Still, considering the budget and the time constraint, I think they did a pretty good job on the script.
Fiona
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