[MR] TV Coverage

[Perronelle]

Good and Creative Sir:

You put forth some valid points and imaginative scenarios. I agree in part
with the honorable Sajah bint Habushun that there is good reason not to
broadcast to the world but to those who have a particular interest in
history and period reenactment.

>>Broadband announcement will inundate us
>>with .. well .. people who make the Tuchuxs look tame and civilized. (My
>>apologies to the Tuchux nation as well. So much lies in the reputation of
>>the group, not in the individual grace, honor and decorum of its members.)
My apologies also to the colorful Tuchux...

There is already the (IMO) unfounded assertion made by various groups that
the SCA is not serious about pursuing research, but instead is just a group
of folk who just want to bash the bejeezus out of each other. In my short
SCA life I have found that to be decidedly false.

I see a great opportunity to use your ideas. If the SCA page can support
streaming media, why not create these entertaining and informative pieces in
a special link to those who want to find out more about participating in our
wonderful events. Or create them and make them available to folks who are
willing and able to have them on their pages.

Let not a good idea be wasted,

A fair and promising day to you,

Perronelle

mundanely known as
Debbie Irwin




----- Original Message -----
From: "Towey, Brian" <cbt4489 at glaxowellcome.com>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Cc: <ingrid at ib-ent.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: [MR] TV Coverage


> Friends and neighbors-
>
> Well, I've already stuck my foot in my mouth once today by repeating an
> Heraldic Myth (tm).
>
> Maybe I can change the subject to something a little more fun.
>
> As photogenic as we all are, how come there isn't more TV coverage of the
> SCA?
>
> Where's the million dollar contract for ESPN coverage of Pennsic?  Why
isn't
> the crown tournament even on the local TV sports segment?
>
> Some of the sports that do get coverage are pretty marginal.  Tractor
pulls.
> Curling.  Surely we can pull as big an audience as that!
>
> And, wouldn't we make a cool 30-second cable TV ad?
>
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
>
> Establishing shot: Interior of living room.  Joe sixpack is sitting on a
> recliner watching TV.
>
> Close up of Joe.
>
> ANNOUNCER (Male): Hey, Dad, what do you want for Father's Day?  A new tie?
>
> Joe looks glum.
>
> ANNOUNCER: A lawn mower?
>
> Joe looks resigned.
>
> ANNOUNCER: How about an armored fist?
>
> Magic white flash.  Joe holds up his hand, wearing a steel clamshell
> gauntlet.  He flexes it.
>
> JOE: (Delighted) Oooooh!
>
> Audio of pounding war drums.  Jump cut to montage:
> Slam-bam heavy single combat.
> Line of elegant dancers doing a kick and turn
> Crash of shield walls.
> Steaming roast being set onto the high table
> Extreme close up of pewter tankards clanking in a toast, banners in
> background, to audio of a crowd shouting "Vivat!"
>
> Dissolve to SCA logo and URL.
>
> ANNOUNCER: Society for Creative Anachronism.  Visit our booth at the
> Renaissance Festival this weekend.
>
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
>
> Establishing shot: Interior of restaurant.  Jane and Betty, business
women,
> are having lunch.
>
> JANE: My husband was in a tournament last weekend.
>
> BETTY: Mine, too.
>
> JANE: He did pretty well.
>
> BETTY: Mine, too.
>
> JANE: I don't know *where* I can put the trophy.  What did yours win?
>
> BETTY: Well, that's a little hard to explain...
>
> Magic white flash.  Inside at coronation. Betty is dressed royally.
>
> Close-up: A crown is set on Betty's brow.
>
> Outside.  Concentric circles of swashbucklers kneel around Betty.
>
> Audio of basse danse, with sackbuts and drums.  Jump cut to montage:
> A big mangonel fires.
> Candlelight.  Extreme close up of a hand being kissed
> Pastoral.  A lady draws a longbow aimed into the camera.
> Steadicam shot circling a very well-dressed table, laden with goodies
> Extreme close up of wine goblets clinking in a toast, banners in
background,
> to audio of a crowd shouting "Vivat!"
>
> Dissolve to SCA logo and URL.
>
> ANNOUNCER (Female): Society for Creative Anachronism.  Visit our booth at
> the Renaissance Festival this weekend.
>
> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
>
> Can't you just see it?
>
> -Charles Fleming
> mka Brian Towey
> "Miror Otium Negotium Multum Requirare"
>
>
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