Quotes about Episodic

I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out. Votes: 2

You know, I'm almost out of the habit of watching episodic television now. Votes: 2

I was, in my day, one of the best directors of episodic TV around. Votes: 2

In episodic TV you have to keep things secret to keep the viewer in suspense. Votes: 2

If you think about it, episodic filmmaking has not been something that people have really done. Votes: 2

So then I started doing a lot of episodic TV, just car chases or helicopter chases or whatever. Votes: 2

It was acting, and WWE is the longest-running weekly episodic program in television. Sure, there are story lines that are better than others. Votes: 2

I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that. Votes: 2

Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them. Votes: 2

It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job. Votes: 2

Ice shelves in general have episodic carvings and there can be large icebergs breaking off - I'm talking 100km or 200km long - every 10 or 20 or 50 years. Votes: 2

One thing I'm working on is an episodic web series titled 'One Warm Night.' It's a kinda crazy, quirky series, filled with a lot of misfits, oddballs... ninjas. Votes: 2

Yes, we're trying some new stuff. Some of it might work. Some of it might not. This, of course, is the nature of episodic television. They can't all be gems. Votes: 2

You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done. Votes: 2

One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. Votes: 2

I'm a sports fanatic. It's hard for me to commit to the weekly, episodic nature of television, so for me, anytime that I can put a game on, that's what I do. Votes: 2

I enjoy working with Melissa a great deal. We're always looking for projects to do together. I was happy to have her do the show, because she doesn't normally do episodic unless she's starring, and I was very happy with the results. Votes: 2

I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that he doesn't care about anyone else, and it's very difficult for a main character - a lead character - in a movie to not care about anybody else. Votes: 2

With every episodic, there's a learning curve where writers try to find the voice of the characters by way of the actors. Many details are found along the way. On 'Caprica,' although the franchise already existed, we were creating an entirely new world full of new characters. Votes: 2

One Hundred Years of Solitude' is a masterpiece because it is an episodic novel that has a rigorous form - an unprecedented combination. From the very beginning we know the town of Macondo will endure only a century, so there is a limit to the length of the narrative. Votes: 2

Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and running, teams of writers putting familiar characters through permutations - but that doesn't explain the widening quality gap that makes movie humor look like a genetic defective. Votes: 2

Being a regular in a television series, for me - if I wanted to be a cop, I woulda went to cop school. If I wanted to be a doctor, I would've gone to medical school. You get trapped in your normal episodic television shows, basically doing the same thing. Votes: 2

Television has never known what to do with grief, which resists narrative: the dramas of grief are largely internal - for the bereaved, it is a chaotic, intense, episodic period, but the chaos is by and large subterranean, and easily appears static to the friendly onlooker who has absorbed the fact of loss and moved on. Votes: 2

The body moves through space every day, and in architecture in cities that can be orchestrated. Not in a dictatorial fashion, but in a way of creating options, open-ended sort of personal itineraries within a building. And I see that as akin to cinematography or choreography, where episodic movement, episodic moments, occur in dance and film. Votes: 2

I'd been making music that was intended to be like painting, in the sense that it's environmental, without the customary narrative and episodic quality that music normally has. I called this 'ambient music.' But at the same time I was trying to make visual art become more like music, in that it changed the way that music changes. Votes: 2

I'm going to start work on developing a series for HBO, because I'm naturally given to episodic stories of considerable length. And I won't have to listen to complaints about how wordy and long my work is if you can watch it on your telephone on the subway: You can make it conform to your day as if it were a book. Votes: 2

It's hard to make a book episodic. Votes: 0

It's hard to fit everything in and still have episodic television. Votes: 0

Yeah, episodic doesn't work. Your coolest character needs something big and meaningful to do. Otherwise, well, it's just narrative shit. Votes: 0

One of my first episodic jobs was on 'Twin Peaks,' if you can imagine that - one of the most unusual series ever. Votes: 0

One of the tricks that you have to learn, with episodic TV, is you don't know how many years you're going to be blessed with. Votes: 0

Lower caloric exposure and episodic fasting can extend the life span of all animals, the longer we spend in the catabolic state, the longer we live. Votes: 0

With episodic, kind of one-hour directing, they always have guest directors come in, so they don't have the same person week after week. You get a break. Votes: 0

Films that rely on their cast to be funny are often episodic and feel like a series of loosely connected sketches rather than a satisfyingly structured script. Votes: 0

I want to do more independent film. I'm blessed to be working on really quality episodic television, which to me actually feels like a sort of 13-hour film. Votes: 0