Well done Dean! Great result!
Sitcom Trials 2009 Page 20
This thread is locked. No further replies can be posted.
Quote: Hackett @ June 9 2009, 9:13 PM BSTThanks everyone. To answer a couple of the questions - the pilot is based on the winning sitcom, but not using exactly the same premise. It's BBC Radio themselves that have commissioned it and, depending on how good the pilot is, they'll then pitch it to Radio 4 if it's funny.
To people considering entering, my only advice is a) DO IT, and b)do be thinking about putting something together now. Simon and Dec will announce details pretty soon, I imagine. I think, as Dan says, the main thing to bear in mind is that it will need to be staged, but other than that, I suspect that the brief will be open.
I thought Simon and Dec are not involved next time.
And congrats by the way. Got my idea underway.
Simon and Dec said in a previous post that they''ll be announcing details of their own Sitcom development show in due course. It's that that I'd encourage people to enter. I'm sure the Sitcom Trials will be good, but I only have experience of working with Simon and Declan and can't recommend them highly enough.
Quote: swerytd @ June 9 2009, 8:19 PM BSTWell done, Dean. Congrats.
Lazz,
Brief is 15-minute sitcom for the stage. It's run when Declan & Simon run it once a year. You will get a heads-up or visit www.every1sacritic.com for more info.
Dan
Thank you, Sir.
One of our workshop attendees has injured himself (tendon, if you're interested) so won't be there on the 27th.
If you'd like to take his place, let us know asap.
Simon and Declan
Every 1's a Critic
News of our new season, the 10th Anniversary Sitcom Trials Season, is already leaking out, so I figured the BSG faithful should be the first to hear about it. Stay tuned for details of the new producer, and for the deadline for entries. Meanwhile the new Rules and Competition details are now on the new look website, along with a launch video. Enjoy...
The Autumn 10th Anniversary season of The Sitcom Trials sees a return to the long-running format, as used on the TV series and Edinburgh Fringe shows, whereby every sitcom is approx 10 minutes long ending in a "cliffhanger" or ad-break moment. The audience votes having seen all sitcoms in contention, then only sees the ending of the winning sitcom. The audience vote alone chooses which sitcoms ending is seen, however a panel of industry judges will decide on which scripts continue to subsequent rounds
.
Hmm. To be honest if I was in the audience I think it would piss me off no end not see the end of script I had been enjoying because the author of another script had brought along a claque of his mates. Not sure how not seeing the end is going to help the industry judges either.
Quote: Timbo @ June 30 2009, 10:48 AM BST.
Hmm. To be honest if I was in the audience I think it would piss me off no end not see the end of script I had been enjoying because the author of another script had brought along a claque of his mates. Not sure how not seeing the end is going to help the industry judges either.
It will be interesting to see how the Trials format with the cliffhanger endings goes down with an audience who may be used to the version of the show that's been running for the last couple of seasons. But rest assured it's a tried and tested formula that proved popular in all the Edinburgh shows, the touring shows, every London show from 2001 to 2006 and of course the TV series.
This time around we're looking at how the audience can see the endings of the not-winners online after the show. YouTube and the web have moved on quite a bit since the last season I was directly involved in, and we aim to take advantage of that.
On which subject, you'll have noticed the website has been updated to include the deadline for entries - midnight Sunday September 6th. Read those new rules and get writing everybody.
I'm delighted to learn we've had our first entry already. The Trials will be properly launched when our new producer posts a notice in the Writing Opportunities area. Because, as he pointed out last night, this thread is only being read by writers who entered last season, so it's not reaching the widest audience on the BSG Forum.
As for who this mysterious new producer is, I'll leave him to tell you that himself. Have a good weekend everyone.
Quote: Kev F @ July 3 2009, 6:03 PM BSTI'm delighted to learn we've had our first entry already. The Trials will be properly launched when our new producer posts a notice in the Writing Opportunities area. Because, as he pointed out last night, this thread is only being read by writers who entered last season, so it's not reaching the widest audience on the BSG Forum.
As for who this mysterious new producer is, I'll leave him to tell you that himself. Have a good weekend everyone.
Its a man!!! 
Kev... For those of us who aren't convinced that clips of theatre shows filmed on mobile phones or camcorders and uploaded to YouTube give the best impression of our work, hopefully writers will be able to opt in or out of having film clips on your website?
Quote: Kev F @ July 3 2009, 6:03 PM BSTAs for who this mysterious new producer is, I'll leave him to tell you that himself. Have a good weekend everyone.
Uh-oh...
Quote: Griff @ July 3 2009, 7:06 PM BSTKev... For those of us who aren't convinced that clips of theatre shows filmed on mobile phones or camcorders and uploaded to YouTube give the best impression of our work, hopefully writers will be able to opt in or out of having film clips on your website?
Of course. Did I suggest everything was going to be videod and go online? I agree that wouldn't look good in most instances. Although some performances come across quite well with fixed cameras on YouTube, mostly they're a bit "you had to be there". Anyone who checks out the Sitcom Trials vids on the new website will see 2008's winner Sweet As uploaded straight, which I found funny, not even having seen it live.
But in addressing the problem of how anyone can see the ending of a script that doesn't win on the night, there are ways. Most simple being making the ending available in script form.
I'm glad it's all the new producer's problem, not mine. But I can see I'm not going to be able to stay as hands-off as I've been for the last two seasons.
Kev F
PS: No, the producer's not Simon Cowell. But he would be eligible to be a judge.
Quote: Kev F @ July 4 2009, 8:49 AM BSTOf course. Did I suggest everything was going to be videod and go online?
Sorry, I obviously misinterpreted the bit about
"we're looking at how the audience can see the endings of the not-winners online after the show. YouTube and the web have moved on quite a bit since the last season I was directly involved in, and we aim to take advantage of that."
Glad to hear I was wrong as usual.
*starts working on entry*
Quote: Griff @ July 4 2009, 9:48 AM BST*starts working on entry*
Are you going for this one then Griff rather than with the splinter rival group or with both maybe with different pieces?
Yes, I'll take my chances again. Hopefully Kev will allow me to invite a director of my choice this time, if my script even gets picked.
And to be fair to Simon and Declan, I think they realised that 32 sitcoms was too many to produce last time round. (Also I have absolutely no complaints production-wise about the experience I had with Simon and Declan's Trials in 2007.)
Kev, are you going with 16 or 32 this time?