{"id":4354,"date":"2010-12-07T19:48:23","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=4354"},"modified":"2010-12-07T19:48:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T19:48:23","slug":"not-joined-up-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=4354","title":{"rendered":"Not joined up enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are watching &#8216;Hitman&#8217; (aka Hitman &#8211; Assassino 47, in Brasil), so I might get directed as I write this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Hitman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4355\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Hitman-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hitman-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hitman.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Distracted, not directed.<\/p>\n<p>We recorded &#8216;Hitman&#8217; a couple of days ago, because it looked good. But the continuity announcer just before the film said it was directed by Luc Besson. And I am a bit of a Luc Besson fanboy. If not an actual geek. So distraction might occur. But IMDB doesn&#8217;t list &#8216;Hitman&#8217; amongst M. Besson&#8217;s titles, so I&#8217;m confused.<\/p>\n<p>Umm.<\/p>\n<p>Where was I?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yes.<\/p>\n<p>I had a lovely email from C4 television today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Channel4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4356\" title=\"Channel4\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Channel4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently they loved the sitcom I sent in. But it&#8217;s not for them. Yet. Though they did say they liked my wiring.<\/p>\n<p>Writing, not wiring.<\/p>\n<p>And they liked the gags.<\/p>\n<p>There was uncertainty about the setting, though.<\/p>\n<p>But they loved the opening scenes.<\/p>\n<p>And the bacon visuals in s2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Back_bacon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4358\" title=\"Back_bacon\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Back_bacon-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back_bacon-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Back_bacon.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the way the opening and closing scenes tie together.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that they have made some suggestions and we are in an open-ended dialogue, but I won&#8217;t be nipping round to C4 to sign a contract for a little while.<\/p>\n<p>Trying to look at this honestly, and with my anal-editing and attention to detail attitude, there could be another six months work on the script.<\/p>\n<p>Oh.<\/p>\n<p>And I got a pat on the head for getting the format right too.<\/p>\n<p>So not a complete write-off.<\/p>\n<p>In other news.<\/p>\n<p>I have got the unheard items on my podcast subscriptions down to&#8230; one.<\/p>\n<p>Yay!<\/p>\n<p>p.s. I&#8217;m not too sure about this film. It feels as though it&#8217;s trying too hard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are watching &#8216;Hitman&#8217; (aka Hitman &#8211; Assassino 47, in Brasil), so I might get directed as I write this. Distracted, not directed. 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