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| Fran |
Date: Saturday, 29-Oct-11, 0:23 AM | Message # 166 |
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28th October
4.10 Fugue in Red
Karl
Good Afternoon from the set of #TheMentalist Have a great weekend everyone! http://twitpic.com/777ija
"Gotta give a shout out to #SimonBaker. Awesome scenes we shot last night and tonight. Y'all are going to dig episode 410 of #TheMentalist" |
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| Fran |
Date: Saturday, 29-Oct-11, 11:19 AM | Message # 167 |
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28th October
4.10 Fugue in Red
MentalistWriter
"From set, 3 days b4 Halloween. There's a body in that body of water. The True Blood swamp. Anyone we know? Hmmm. DC." (Daniel Cerone, writer of this ep) http://twitter.com/#!....1 |
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| Fran |
Date: Tuesday, 01-Nov-11, 1:31 AM | Message # 168 |
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31st October
4.10 Fugue in Red
Karl
"Good Monday morning from the set of #TheMentalist" http://twitpic.com/78spe4
"Setting up a Day for Night shot on #TheMentalist" http://twitpic.com/78y9ym
"Halloween on set humor from one of our transpo guys. Funny guy, parked with no where to go" http://twitpic.com/7921vf |
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| Fran |
Date: Tuesday, 01-Nov-11, 1:51 AM | Message # 169 |
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31st October
4.10 Fugue in Red
MentalistWriter
"Tony Astrino: writers' assistant, note taker, contract maker, show bible keeper, manning the Twitter feed. Ask me anything!"
Reply to question 'was wondering if there is a Christmas themed episode this year?' - "No holiday ep this year. Just in our hearts. They're hard to do on a regular basis. And they're rarely good."
Response to question about distribution of episodes among writers - "As creator, Bruno handles premieres and finales. Exec producers next. On down the line, based on level. Most shows that way."
Response to question about Van Pelt/Rigsby - "Their past will always color their present. But this season Van Pelt too emotionally wrecked over discovery of killer fiancé."
Response to question about Red John - "Yes, Red John exists. Jane will not give up the pursuit until he catches him. Not at liberty to reveal more."
"We average about 51 pages a script. Excluding all our production pages"
"From assignment until final draft, a script takes about two months to hammer out. This includes production rewrites."
"In the room, working on 420. Guesses as to how long this room session will last?"
"Room is now about 414"
"Ok, room finally ended. Total Time = 2 hours 28 minutes. Now editing notes. Happy Halloween." |
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| Fran |
Date: Tuesday, 01-Nov-11, 7:53 PM | Message # 170 |
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1st November
4.10 Fugue in Red
MentalistWriter
"Morning Friends! Tony back in the driver's seat again. Will be here all week. Might post some pictures today. Already in the room on 414."
"Ok, finally done with 414 room. Looks good. Sitting down to lunch. Just me and the stories in here." http://yfrog.com/h0rljwsj
"We're all pretty deep in different stages of stories now. But when we get a chance this is the writers' room view" http://yfrog.com/g03ymsj
"Around 90 people, besides actors, work the set on any given day. Room poster #1" http://yfrog.com/ny5u1cij
"The calming presence of Hiroshige is writers' room poster #2" http://yfrog.com/h7ue6jtqj
"The entire cast and crew is lucky enough to get a month off for Christmas season, and around two months for summer hiatus."
"Addendum: Although the cast and crew get months of summer hiatus, the writers only get a few weeks at most."
"Alright folks, I bid you adieu and leave you with the last writers' room poster, #3" http://yfrog.com/nyvrahj |
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| Fran |
Date: Wednesday, 02-Nov-11, 8:23 PM | Message # 171 |
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2nd November
4.10 Fugue in Red
MentalistWriter
"Each episode has one writer but we all chip in to help when asked. Iron sharpens iron."
"Each writer has an office they write in. Some writers work better from home when on deadline, though."
"We use the writers' room to fine tune and brainstorm ideas. The Japanese poster was brought in by yours truly, Tony Astrino."
"Each writer is on set for most of the shooting done for their episode. The writers assistant stays in the office."
" Writers Assistant is a 9 to 5 job. Writers come in every day and often work late and weekends"
"Tony Astrino (that's me), is the only writers assistant on the Mentalist. Lucky to be working for cool writers."
"The actors usually get the scripts at the start of pre-production, around eight days in advance."
"Each writer creates their own character names. For legal reasons we have to avoid names that are too unique/rare." |
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| Fran |
Date: Wednesday, 02-Nov-11, 8:24 PM | Message # 172 |
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2nd November
4.10 Fugue in Red
Tim
"All five of us are on set today. Always a great time when we all get to work together in a scene!" |
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| Fran |
Date: Thursday, 03-Nov-11, 8:59 PM | Message # 173 |
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3rd November
4.11 Always Bet on Red
MentalistWriter
"The Red John smiley face has become our own Nike "Swoosh" and we use it for lots of things. Example #1: Our lobby" http://yfrog.com/g0vrwsqj
"The photo of the smiley face in our lobby is a plastic sign attached to our wall. Not a Photoshop fakery."
"There are nine writers working on the Mentalist right now."
"Bruno and our art department created the smiley face. Example #2: Red John likes our carts!" http://yfrog.com/h77qcuzj
"I'm a friend of Red John, are you? Example #3, our hoodies have been branded" http://yfrog.com/hwpmfjgj |
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| Fran |
Date: Friday, 04-Nov-11, 9:37 PM | Message # 174 |
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4th November
4.11 Always Bet on Red
Matt
"Cloudy day in Burbank, feels like a good ol' Midwestern fall day." http://twitter.com/#!/mattgossen/status/132529090556211202/photo/1 |
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| Fran |
Date: Saturday, 05-Nov-11, 8:33 PM | Message # 175 |
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4th/5th November
Blake Neely ( @cowonthewall, http://www.blakeneely.com ) - Composer for The Mentalist
About Blinking Red Light "That was a great episode to work on. And Simon directing!"
"I receive the episode fully completed (but without music). Then I write and record the music for each scene needed."
"I have about 7 days to write and record. Then they have a couple days to mix in with all the sound fx b4 deliver to CBS"
Reply to 'who decides which scenes need a score?' - " the producers and I decide by watching and discussing the show each week b4 I begin and again after when we mix it in." |
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| Fran |
Date: Monday, 07-Nov-11, 9:11 PM | Message # 176 |
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7th November
4.11 Always Bet on Red
MentalistWriter
"Oy it's way too early here on #TheMentalist. #WhyMustTheyShootAtDawn"
"Good morning! This is Ken Woodruff, writer on the mentalist. I'll be tweeting this week for the first time. Look out!"
"We're not on hiatus until Christmas. Filming episode eleven right now. Gonna be a good one!"
"This is How my next episode is looking at the moment. Don't tell my boss." http://twitter.com/#!....1
"Ashley Gable wrote the episode we're filming today. Directed by Jon Showalter."
Reply to 'Was Jane's act at the end of #blinkingredlight your idea or strategic group decision?' - "If you liked it, then it was my idea. If not, then it was someone else's. JustKidding - it was an idea the whole staff had." |
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| Fran |
Date: Tuesday, 08-Nov-11, 0:28 AM | Message # 177 |
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7th November
Karl
"day 3 of episode 411"
(surprised about this, I thought it was day 1  ) |
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| Fran |
Date: Wednesday, 09-Nov-11, 2:33 AM | Message # 178 |
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8th November
4.11 Always Bet on Red
MentalistWriter (Ken Woodruff)
"Spent morning pitching idea for my next episode. All went well. Should be a fun one!"
Reply to 'Does that mean the board is full now instead of blank?' - "Board is full. Off to outline."
About Simon & Owain - "As soon as the director yells "cut" the American accents drop. Amazing how they can go in and out of it so easily."
Reply to 'how about a case involving supermodels?' - "Trust me, if I could write a supermodel episode I would. Think I've tried pitching it 100 times."
Reply to 'Who decides the general storyline of the show?' - "General story for the whole season is come up with by all writers. Of course Bruno has final say."
About the line 'There's no business like Cho business' - "That was a great Simon Baker ad-lib. Great line." |
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| Fran |
Date: Wednesday, 09-Nov-11, 7:51 PM | Message # 179 |
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9th November
4.11 Always Bet on Red
Karl
"Grrr... traffic. You're in my way. Don't you know I have to get to the studio?" http://twitter.com/?photo_....1
"Good morning from Stage 14 #TheMentalist" http://twitter.com/?photo_....1
"same kitchen. They just moved the island for video village."
Video Village - "it's where we (director, scripty DP, producers, me, etc) watch on monitors what's being shot."
Reply to 'How long does it take to shoot one scene?' - "it depends on the complexity of the scene, how many actors, etc. It's quite variable" |
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| Fran |
Date: Thursday, 10-Nov-11, 2:04 AM | Message # 180 |
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9th November
MentalistWriter (Ken Woodruff)
Reply to 'Is there any chance we'll see Lindsay Smith from "Miss Red" again?' - "Not in the cards to see her anytime soon, but you never know. She was such a fun character. And a great actress!"
"We have 9 writers on our staff. Occasionally we bring on someone to write a freelance episode." |
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