Summary: Alex and Nick invite Alethea Jones, director on Queen America, Wrecked and Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, to discuss what goes behind directing TV comedies and half-hour shows.<br> <br> What is the role of a director in television? How can writers better convey action for directors? How does a director work with a TV writer on set? What are differences between directing children's television and comedies? How do directors handle crossboarding? What are the responsibilities of being a producing director?<br> <br> The Paper Team takes the shot...<br> <br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Directing for TV comedies and dramas with Alethea Jones (00:43)<br> Final Advice, Resources and Next Week On (44:27)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/AletheaJones">Alethea Jones on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/queenamerica/">Queen America on Facebook</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrecked_(U.S._TV_series)">Wrecked</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gortimer_Gibbon%27s_Life_on_Normal_Street">Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strictly_Ballroom">Strictly Ballroom</a><br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3847656/">Gretchen Enders</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Randolph">Charles Randolph</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Berlin">Babylon Berlin</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)">Succession</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://www.dafont.com/">DaFont</a><br> <a href="https://www.hollywoodcamerawork.com/shot-designer.html">Shot Designer</a><br> <a href="https://scriptation.com/">Scriptation</a><br> <br> <br> <br> This episode brought to you by Script Pipeline<a href="https://scriptpipeline.com/shop/tv-writing-contest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Submit by March 1st to the <a href="https://scriptpipeline.com/shop/tv-writing-contest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2019 Script Pipeline contest</a> for a reduced entry fee<br> <br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
