Writer's Strike
I've been reading more about the Hollywood Writer's Strike today and woe is me that it seems all my favourite shows are going to be affected in some way. So that's a curtailed season of Heroes, Prison Break, Lost and 24. I'm not sure I can take it!
I'm honestly not sure where I stand on the whole issue, either. I sympathise with the writers as 4 cents a DVD seems like pretty small change compared to the mark-up that the studios/distributors and whoever make. Is another 4 cents really that monumental? Shouldn't we, as a culture, reward creativity? After all, if it weren't for the writers then no show - as is being amply demonstrated.
As a fan, though, I'm gutted and just want the talented US writers top up pens again and get creating. There's so much great drama that has come out of the US and imported over to us here in Blighty that maybe they do deserve a pay-rise. Particularly considering that TV shows now get budgets and have production values akin to most movies. The quality has clearly increased, the viewers have increased, sales have increased, so why not pay? As an equation, it is seriously out of balance.
It does always seem that the writer is the one that always seems to lose out and doesn't really get paid a fraction of what they should do (as originator). We should value our writers more, laud then even. One can only hope this happens very soon and that the writer's start doing what they do best again - write!
I'm honestly not sure where I stand on the whole issue, either. I sympathise with the writers as 4 cents a DVD seems like pretty small change compared to the mark-up that the studios/distributors and whoever make. Is another 4 cents really that monumental? Shouldn't we, as a culture, reward creativity? After all, if it weren't for the writers then no show - as is being amply demonstrated.
As a fan, though, I'm gutted and just want the talented US writers top up pens again and get creating. There's so much great drama that has come out of the US and imported over to us here in Blighty that maybe they do deserve a pay-rise. Particularly considering that TV shows now get budgets and have production values akin to most movies. The quality has clearly increased, the viewers have increased, sales have increased, so why not pay? As an equation, it is seriously out of balance.
It does always seem that the writer is the one that always seems to lose out and doesn't really get paid a fraction of what they should do (as originator). We should value our writers more, laud then even. One can only hope this happens very soon and that the writer's start doing what they do best again - write!
posted by Nick Kyme at
17:39
2 Comments:
Couldn't have said it better myself. Creative writers are definitely underpaid. If someone wants to get rich, they should definitely choose a different career. How about editors though? ;)
Nope, we're penniless too, ;-p
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