Date and Time:
October 26, 2006
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:
The Dean's Conference Room, 12th Floor
Shanté V. Barros, a Tisch alumna, will discuss the accessibility of writing careers through television writing staffs not only within Daytime but in Primetime as well. In addition to discussing the intricacies of pursuing positions on writing staffs, Ms. Barros offers the unique opportunity to gain experience working on the writing staffs at As The World Turns and Guiding Light. Shanté V. Barros hopes to share the creative community at As The World Turns with aspiring writers. Having worked six years in the film industry for Comedy Central productions (Chappelle’s Show, Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn); A&E Productions (Biography, American Justice) PBS Productions (Reading Rainbow), Ric Burns’ documentary New York: A Documentary Film and 40 Acres and Mule’s 25th Hour, Ms. Barros finds the creative opportunities at Proctor & Gamble Productions’ As The World Turns and Gui! ding Light a rare commodity. Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP) produces the daytime soap operas As The World Turns and Guiding Light. These shows, taped in New York City and Brooklyn, broadcast nationwide on CBS and fuel the film and television industry in New York. P&G’s soaps have won over 80 Emmys. As The World Turns is “one of four soap operas and more than 100 television shows which shoot in New York City; the Brooklyn-based production contributes to an industry which employs some 100,000 New Yorkers and contributes $5 billion to our local economy on an annual basis.” Presented by the Office of Career Development at the Tisch School of the Arts.
