Fan production ideas....
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A lot of radio shows (I think mainly adventures aimed at kids), as well as Saturday afternoon movie serials, had fifteen-minute time slots. That doesn't seem to have survived into the television era. Could good, dramatic and grown-up stories be developed in fifteen minutes? 
Kor
Kor
Yeah, the Buck Rogers radio show comes to mind, which was pretty juvenile stuff. Superman less so, but still aimed at kids. But I know some comedy shows also were 15 minutes in their early years (e.g. Amos 'n' Andy, Lum 'n' Abner), as well as soap operas.A lot of radio shows (I think mainly adventures aimed at kids), as well as Saturday afternoon movie serials, had fifteen-minute time slots. That doesn't seem to have survived into the television era. Could good, dramatic and grown-up stories be developed in fifteen minutes?
Kor
All shows that length, I think, were serial in nature, so they didn't have to develop a complete story in that time.
Yes, because Columbo was initially one of four rotating segments in the "wheel show" that was The NBC Mystery Movie.
There were also 90-minute talk shows, though, like The Tonight Show and The Tomorrow Show.
It's all archaic notions of trying to match what was done. I prefer a story Keep It Short and Sweet (or Sad). The length of a script doesn't matter as much as avoiding contriving ridiculous "end of acts" with their false drama. Tell me a story. Entertain me. Don't bore me. YMMV, of course. Some fans seem to want 52 min episodes with a teaser, acts 1-4 and an epilogue for every production. If that's what they want, power to them. But it's not what I want, and it's not what I generally produce.
For the 1st 20 mins, I plead guilty and through myself on the mercy of the court.
Ah, yes. I believe Perry Mason was a fifteen-minute soap opera on radio. What a difference, if you're used to the TV show, or even the novels.
Well, it depends... Some try to tell a more natural story, while others consciously choose to be bound by the limits of a certain format, warts and all, in order to replicate the whole viewing experience as closely as possible.
Kor
Yep. But it helps to have enough story to fill an hour long slot with those simulated commercials. Most fanfilms are rather thin on the story side, filled with the empty calories of pointless or drawn-out dialog.Ah, yes. I believe Perry Mason was a fifteen-minute soap opera on radio. What a difference, if you're used to the TV show, or even the novels.
Well, it depends... Some try to tell a more natural story, while others consciously choose to be bound by the limits of a certain format, warts and all, in order to replicate the whole viewing experience as closely as possible.
Kor
As much as I really like STC I was hoping it would be more like this.
What was that, if you recall?
Most modern network one-hour dramas have an average run time of 45 minutes minus the commercials.
Back in the day when I first started watching TOS I was initially confused by WNMHGB. Because it looked so different I thought it was part of an earlier season that I had yet to see.
Maybe that would be interesting. A limited run of episodes (6-10?) showing us the first year of Kirk's command of the Enterprise before the refit and 5-year mission. The events of WNMHGB could be referenced somewhere in there.
Maybe that would be interesting. A limited run of episodes (6-10?) showing us the first year of Kirk's command of the Enterprise before the refit and 5-year mission. The events of WNMHGB could be referenced somewhere in there.
Well actually im new here but i'll already talk about a project of me and a friend.
A series based on Ds9 well in fact its a sequel to Ds9 but filmed on Minecraft and we have an idea for the space battles which are impossible to do in Minecraft. The problem for you who speak english only is we are doing the series in French but the we are going to put some subs for you
For now we only need a name and actually we search some suggestions so if you can post an idea for a name here it would be nice.
So thanks for reading and thanks for suggestions
A series based on Ds9 well in fact its a sequel to Ds9 but filmed on Minecraft and we have an idea for the space battles which are impossible to do in Minecraft. The problem for you who speak english only is we are doing the series in French but the we are going to put some subs for you
For now we only need a name and actually we search some suggestions so if you can post an idea for a name here it would be nice.
So thanks for reading and thanks for suggestions
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