[TheForge] guild question

[Chris Kilpatrick]

TV gets it's drama mostly from drama queens.  Great TV gets it's drama from a person or people overcoming  roadblocks; surviving and communicating the essense of being human.  The ideal "drama" in a blacksmith show would be the figuring out how to best make a thing for a purpose, with limiting factors to build the drama, like budget, time or limited materials or tools.

-Chris K.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] guild question
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:22:36 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> Amen. I point it out because, knowing not much about the real working
> of tv but what  can extrapolate from what gets shown, it seems that
> without a hook you don't get on. I have been tv-less now fr a while and
> haent' seen the show you mention, but yeah Id like to see a show about
> the people blacksmiths really are. But who wants to watch a bunch of
> reasonably well adjusted grownups mostly get along?
> 
> ;)
> 
> j
> 
> --- xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
> 
> > I am pretty burned out on the ones you list.  I get enough bickering
> > and pressure at work, so that I don't seek it out for entertainment.   To
> >
> > that end, I have grown to really like  Southern Chopper.    A show
> > that demonstrates that complex metal working projects can be taken on
> > without all the drama.  Even some fun can be had.   In one of the first
> > couple of episodes the shop owner tried some of the Orange County high
> > anxiety approach , but it obviously didn't fit him.  Even when he 
> > does get annoyed, the crew generally responds with a "sorry" and 
> > addresses the
> >
> > issue, after which the shop owner generally apologizes for being 
> > an ogre.   If your going to show blacksmiths at work I would 
> > rather that
> > be the model as it is more representative. Charles
> >
> > Justin Fellenz wrote:
> >
> > >not a bad idea. Just nee to find some organizing principle to create
> > >drama--orange county chopers has the tension between the dad and
> > son,
> > >monster garage has the character of jesse james and the time and
> > money
> > >contraints, monster house the time issue etc. Smithing has nevr been
> > a
> > >high-speed art, I don't think--and I don't personally think much of
> > the
> > >soap opera appoach to drama. But I'm sure there's a way--even a
> > >charismatic central person who jouneys around visiting shops and
> > >discovering new techniques....
> > >
> > >"croikey, the little bugga burnt me!"
> > >
> > >You know, or something like that.
> > >
> > >J
> > >
> > >  >
> >
> >
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