Running the Show: Television from the Inside - Jeff Melvoin torrent

Category: History
Language: English
Keywords: TV

Written by Jeff Melvoin
Read by Patrick Loos
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Running the Show takes you inside building a show from the ground up and what a showrunner’s life looks like in Hollywood. This unique job covers aspects from the creative to the managerial and everything in between.

Seasoned showrunner Jeffrey Melvoin shares his fascinating insider’s perspective on how to call the shots and make the final decisions when choosing and writing scripts, hiring staff, casting, making the budget, and juggling schedules. Along with the managerial responsibilities that keep the show afloat, they are also the visionary for the series and the characters. Melvoin describes how to confidently communicate abstract ideas so they can become the show’s reality.

Running the Show reveals the ethical side of show running and writing with humor, integrity, and wisdom.

As a writer/producer/showrunner, Jeffrey Melvoin has worked on over a dozen series including Designated Survivor and Killing Eve. He has taught courses at USC, UCLA, and Harvard, led workshops at the Sundance Institute and the American Film Institute, and chaired the Writers Guild of America’s Showrunner Training Program. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.