Robbed!

As you can see by the eye-catching title, the office dealt with some unnecessary stress this week when two of our rental lap tops, and one extremely important black trash bin, were stolen during the night. There are a few likely suspects; the carpet cleaning crew that had been there the night before, crack heads/hobo’s who inhabit the area, and/or an inside job by someone with keys (not someone from our office, but from the building). We filed a police report, the officers loved hearing about The Shield, but we don’t expect to find the culprits or the laptops anytime soon. Luckily, one was a research computer and the other used for converting files, so there was no confidential information lost. Also, the production company is fiscally prepared to deal with these things. Well now that the teaser is done, on to my more drab ramblings about the rest of TWD life for the last two weeks. My last post was the long overdue recap of my first two weeks working in the writers’ room at TWD Productions; look below for details… (Done? Didn’t care enough to look? Cool) basically I am the assistant to the office P.A. (not calling myself an intern for the time being as this sounds more professional to me) and I am officially one month into the new job. So far – a tribute to saying it twice in rapid fire in my last entry, hmm, someone doesn’t edit their work – I still love it; especially since the last two weeks have included a lot more time in the writers’ room boarding and interacting with the writers. This is my favorite part of the whole experience, and it’s a blast to say the least. Obviously the specifics of what is said in that room, and more specifically what I write on the board, is totally confidential and not going to be made available in this blog. But, I can say that we are making steady progress and the dailies (daily’s? It’s an industry word, not sure what the correct spelling is) from the pilot have been impressive. Sorry, but I signed my life away, and they will literally kill me if I spill any important show details…literally, and I know Odin wouldn’t hesitate if it meant a raise/promotion; and I doubt he will ever read this but he’s a straight shooter (no pun intended), he would confirm that. I have decided to maintain a certain level of anonymity for the writers, although for those interested I’m sure IMDB.com has all the information, but I will be referring to people on a first name basis only. My time in the room has been with the brain trust of Chic, Jack, Adam, and Michael. They bounce ideas back and forth and develop the story in a roundtable setting, the whole process feels like one long and elaborate conversation, and you almost forget that they are creating an immense world for their characters. It’s amazing how in depth they get, and they develop multi-dimensional characters that would give any serious actor a hard-on, the people acting in the show are extremely lucky to have the talent that they have. This is no effort to be a kiss-ass, I do that all week at the office; these guys are really good at what they do. Chic is the best show runner in the game, in my opinion; he is polite to everyone he encounters, he is a wizard in the writers room, and he handles all of the curveballs and subsequent pressure that comes with creating/ running a show. Jack is, well he is classic Hollywood; he knows what he wants/likes, he is an excellent writer, and he understands the business so well. Adam is a class act, and hilarious to boot, and a genius in the writers room; especially at finding what a story is really about. Michael is the quieter one of the bunch, as he is the writers’ assistant as well, but he often has a strong influence on the flow and relationships within the story. All together they form an unstoppable team, each adding different elements to the conversation, and that collaboration produces multi-dimensional characters. On a subject other than the great writers, I got a hat from AMC, along with the rest of the writers and probably all of the cast and crew as well. It’s a zombie themed baseball cap, with the AMC logo on the back. I definitely feel like I am part of the team now, and I haven’t stopped wearing the hat…I tried sleeping with it on, fail. But, people dig the hat, it’s hot. Ok, I dig the hat, and people will learn to love it like I do. I feel it necessary to mention the last character regularly in our office, and that’s Brian our script coordinator. Bry, B, B-Dog, The Bry Man, making copies, well not really because that’s my job; Brian is the comedian of the office. He also puts in a lot of late hours sending scripts out and editing all of the scripts throughout the process, and generally working his ass off when he is called upon. Odin is someone you know, and who you will gradually get to know better, because it’s more fun for me that way. Looking back, it appears that this week’s post focuses mainly on the people that make the office so great. My duties really haven’t changed, and I continue to take on more responsibility (answering the phone a lot more), and I have heard that I’m doing a pretty good job, so right-on…as I told Odin, I won’t fuck that up. With that R-rated last sentence (or can I pull a PG-13 since I only used one? Truthfully, I just wanted one last parenthetical statement) I bid you adieu.
* Ah yes, the significance of the trash can…well it was the one positioned beside my couch and shredder. Now I have to get up to throw trash away. Totally ridiculous right, I know.