Passing on another one: this one for the Writers [and some bonus points for kids
WGA Strike [thanks to angstslashhope
Excerpts from Joss Whedon @ Whedonesque :
Pencils2MediaMoguls
This week, United Hollywood (the blog) met with a group of showrunners who have particularly vocal fan bases. We discussed the fans’ eagerness to put their energy to use in a unified campaign, and this is what we came up with:
Several fan sites have suggested sending pencils into the networks and studios, and some of them are already doing it. It’s a great idea, and we’d like to take it a step further - get everyone buying pencils at the same time, from the same vendor, to be delivered in masses (like the peanuts were for Jericho.) All the fandoms working together, in concert. It seems that the conglomerates take it for granted that the fans will always be there to purchase content, that their concerns about the strike don’t matter. This is a chance for the fans to show that they do matter.
(When fans click to buy the pencils, they can choose to identify the show they are supporting if they want. This will generate a database of fans by show - among other things, allowing showrunners to thank fans by group if they want to.)
This has the potential to be a historic moment in fan history - the first time that all fandoms band together to show that they are a force to be reckoned with to the corporate world.
Send a box of pencils (or two, or three) to the Studios. (The company that will provide the pencils uses sustainable farming for the wood, no deforestation problems, and suggests the recipients donate the pencils to non-profits who teach kids to write.)
Excerpts from Joss Whedon @ Whedonesque :
Pencils2MediaMoguls
This week, United Hollywood (the blog) met with a group of showrunners who have particularly vocal fan bases. We discussed the fans’ eagerness to put their energy to use in a unified campaign, and this is what we came up with:
Several fan sites have suggested sending pencils into the networks and studios, and some of them are already doing it. It’s a great idea, and we’d like to take it a step further - get everyone buying pencils at the same time, from the same vendor, to be delivered in masses (like the peanuts were for Jericho.) All the fandoms working together, in concert. It seems that the conglomerates take it for granted that the fans will always be there to purchase content, that their concerns about the strike don’t matter. This is a chance for the fans to show that they do matter.
(When fans click to buy the pencils, they can choose to identify the show they are supporting if they want. This will generate a database of fans by show - among other things, allowing showrunners to thank fans by group if they want to.)
This has the potential to be a historic moment in fan history - the first time that all fandoms band together to show that they are a force to be reckoned with to the corporate world.
Send a box of pencils (or two, or three) to the Studios. (The company that will provide the pencils uses sustainable farming for the wood, no deforestation problems, and suggests the recipients donate the pencils to non-profits who teach kids to write.)