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Current Talk '05 II / Re: The 2004 WB Pilot
« on: March 01, 2010, 06:50:12 PM »
I love what they accomplished with the WB pilot, but something we tend to forget is that it's just a rough cut - it's not polished. There's two primary reasons for that: 1) it was going over budget, and 2) postproduction was ceased before it could be completed. It's common practice to use a temp music track while editing (which is why the pilot feature already existing music cues from Jennifer 8, Klute, and Deep Red) and time simply ran out before an original score could be done. Time also ran out before all the CGI sequences could be completed (about 80% of them were done - and there are simply place holders where the CGI is missing) and all the scenes could have been edited to where they wanted them. One of the scenes that was not completely edited was the scene at the end.
Sometimes we also forget that a pilot is designed to show the networks what a show could be and where it could go. It's not necessarily supposed to be perfect, which is why many pilots (at least as shown to the networks) are never shown on the air and many are actually reshot.
Sometimes we also forget that a pilot is designed to show the networks what a show could be and where it could go. It's not necessarily supposed to be perfect, which is why many pilots (at least as shown to the networks) are never shown on the air and many are actually reshot.