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Elyse Rubin - Web Producer
Hey everyone. First of all, thanks for coming to the site. Hopefully you've been enjoying all of the content here in our Television section. Now that the show is over, we encourage you to take your time and sift through everything at a more leisurely pace. Simply head over to the Archive on the far left of the Television page to scan the section by content type, or head on down to the "Episodometer," and reload the page as it appeared during any particular episode. That way, you can retrace the making of "Stolen Summer" week-by-week and see which content was highlighted.
The Television section was created as a jumping off point from the show, mainly to do two things: give people a greater understanding of filmmaking, and to expand upon what people saw on television each week. Each feature article aims to cover an aspect of filmmaking highlighted in the episode, explain it a bit more in detail, and then discuss how it was handled, specifically, in the making of "Stolen Summer." The other articles supplement the show by explaining elements of film development and production (such as coverage or special effects) that were mentioned or shown on television, but perhaps not fully explained. When editing episodes together from months worth of footage, there is a bit of shorthand involved and not always time to pause and explain all the action. That's exactly where the site is meant to come in and give people the opportunity to educate themselves on what they were seeing.
Another point of the site is to allow people to read the documents involved in filmmaking, through the Paper Trail. Besides the fact that it doesn't exactly make good television to zoom in on pieces of paper or computer screens, being able to have the script notes you see Pete debating on the show available on the site was one of the founding principles of this whole integrated media project. Like reading scripts? The Paper Trail hosts the Top 250 from the contest -- just go into the Paper Trail in the Archive and, under Episode 1, click on "Top 10 Scripts" and then you'll see links for the Top 30 and then Top 250 (we wanted to ease you into the whole thing). Want to recreate each day on the set of "Stolen Summer," including ones not featured on the show? Check out the Paper Trail's Daily Production Reports. You might also want to revisit the cast lists and the emails -- including Pete's rant to Chris after Balis gets fired, and then Balis's numerous and detailed emails to Chris after he wins back his job. Just make sure you view the PDF files at 100% resolution - Acrobat sometimes resets the percentage and makes the documents fuzzy.
Certainly one of our Television section's most popular features is Bylines, where "characters" from Project Greenlight and "Stolen Summer" spoke out. We hope you enjoyed hearing from Chris and Pete every week. As for me, I'm eternally grateful to those guys, Balis, and everyone else who contributed to this section, for giving extra, insider perspective on their job, the show, and Project Greenlight. Having articles from people seen on television definitely enhanced the site, and the whole experience.
Yet, the apex of this integrated endeavor is the message boards. It's great to hear from people in the show, but it's even better to interact with them. Whether answering the "You Decide" challenge from Chris Moore on who should have won the contest, to asking Pat Peach about production issues, to chatting with Balis about all sorts of things, or debating the ethics of documentary editing, the TV forum was crackling throughout the series. It was our own online water cooler, and it was amazing to talk with people after they had seen the show and the content on the site. Project Greenlight has always been incredibly lucky to have an active community, participating in message boards and chat nearly 24/7 - and it was great to see so many people join in the debates and general banter.
One of the most underrated parts of the Television section is the Glossary. Full of definitions for general filmmaking and Project Greenlight-specific lingo, our glossary aims to be both educational and entertaining. Worth a read for sure. And, if you are missing the show, you can always relive some of the funnier moments with clips from our Audio section. The Video section is great too - full of everything from educational segments about editing, production design, and cinematography to the comic relief of The "F*ck You" Guy and Kevin Pollak as Christopher Walken (not to mention Ben imitating Chris, Matt imitating Chris, and Balis imitating Chris).
So, the show may be over, but there's more to come. Our Film section, soon to debut, will contain the release schedule for "Stolen Summer" and articles on how the movie is being marketed and distributed. You'll be able to watch the trailer, download the poster, and read reviews. It's the next chapter of Project Greenlight, and we hope you'll all want to keep learning about what happens to a film after its premiere, and that you'll go see "Stolen Summer" and draw your own conclusions about this whole experiment.
On a final note, this site, and the Television section in particular, is the product of many people's hard work (whose Project Greenlight user names are in parentheses). You have been enjoying the brilliant designs of Sharon Cardinal (sasssy), the genius writing of Matt Sherman (Sherman32), the amazing talents {especially in the Glossary and Paper Trail} of Lauren Mugglebee (humblebee), and the astounding skills of Technical Producers Fred Gonnello (fgonnello) and Alan Olifson (aolifson). The engineering prowess of Michael Tibbott and Ernie Beernik, in addition to the sharp eyes of Scott Brode, also contributed our ability to get content up each week without fail. Of course, special thanks must also go to the multi-titled Chris Moore (ChrisMoore).
In addition, thanks to Liz Bronstein (PiriReis) and her talented staff for episodes we couldn't wait to get our hands on. They were so much fun to discuss and were great inspiration for content. Thanks to Sheila McLaughlin (kit) for her insight, coordination with the show, and excellent video. Thanks to Amanda White for the compressions, and all the other editors for their hard work. And thanks to Eli Holzman (griffin mill) for his support and bylines.
So, I guess I'll end where I began and thank you all again for coming to the site, participating in all this convergence and integrated media, and thanks for reading this.
See you on the message boards,
Elyse (allyn)
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