Hey everyone. I was watching some episodes of Angel last Thursday; a thought crossed my mind as to how these people worked upon the story lines to weave up such wonderfully unique episodes?
So, I got hold of, Mac, a good friend of mind, who is insanely crazy about Angel and he enlightened me on the writing of Angel. I feel there may be more ignorant fans like me, so here I share what I learned from Mac.
Mutant Enemy is a production company founded in 1997 by Joss Whedon and the whole process of script - writing is done by the company but the credits are given to the writers working there, notable of them being Tim Minear, Steven S. DeKnight, David Greenwalt, Mere Smith, David Fury, and Jeffrey Bell.
It is said, that Jane Espenson, who worked on Angel’s parent show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer for five years, is the first one to share the working at the Mutant Enemy Productions. First, there is a meeting of the writers, where an idea is introduced, which is mostly done by Whedon himself. The group then deliberates on the possible central theme of the particular episode, as well as the characters and their roles. This is followed by yet another meeting at the foyer to office of Whedon, to further brainstorm on slicing the story into scenes and acts. Here also, the complete group is present, with the exception of the person who is writing the earlier episode.
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When all this is done, the team of writers makes up the scenes on the whiteboard with a marker, highlighting a “brief ordered description of each scene.” Then one of them is chosen to work on the pointers of the concept of that particular episode in a time frame of one day, with, if possible some jokes and dialogues as well. Then this is passed on to the runner of the show, who takes another day for a revision. The writer then takes help of this revised sketch to work on the first draft of the story, as the other team members, work on the others. Then the first draft is handed over for revision anywhere between 3 to fourteen days which is followed by a second draft and if needed a third draft may also be written. After several deliberations the final draft is Okayed and is named as “shooting draft”.
Thanks Mac for the help. Folks, do jot down your thoughts below.
