Pat you just graduated from Columbia College Hollywood for directing and writing, what are some things that they teach you in film school to make a movie or a TV show?
Well… In school the first thing they tackle is how to tell a story. How to grasp the audience within 30 seconds of the film; it’s really important to grasp the viewers in those 30 seconds because that is what is going to keep the audience watching it, and following it if it is a TV show.
Have you heard or watch Teen Wolf before?
I have heard of it and I have seen some episodes. I’m not a huge fan of it but for a MTV series it’s pretty good and well done. The story telling and the film making looks good too.
As a director and writer what do you think a show like Teen Wolf gets so much viewers?
Well first look at the people who watch that show and who watches other shows in MTV. They are mostly teenagers and young adults. That’s most of the viewers at MTV gets. Oh and promoting the show is a huge factor. Which MTV does a good job promoting their new shows; they are constantly showing teasers and putting Q&A after their shows with the cast and writers for their viewers. This is a perfect tactic to get your audience to get attached to the actors because they represent the characters in the show and it makes the viewers want to stick around for the next episode.
Do you think Teen Wolf is just for the tween group since it’s promoted by MTV?
MTV genre mostly attracts that group. I mean before they use to be just promoting music videos and strange reality shows and most of their audience who watched that were teenagers. Now in present time MTV hasn’t changed other than making TV shows. Which again most of their TV shows are based on high school and their characters are a bunch of teenagers. So… yeah I guess in my opinion, since Teen Wolf is promoted by MTV is going to attract the tween group.
Pat you mention you write your own stuff, how do the writers in Teen Wolf come up with these crazy scenarios?
Well, that’s has to come with each person’s imagination and what genre you want to go with and what the story takes you. So for Teen Wolf it’s mostly about strange things happening in a small town and in their high school. So they have to stick with the theme of being mysterious and also scary. People like to be scared so the writers for that show also have to find a way to make it not only mysterious but have a scary theme. In my opinion I believe they go with the most outrages stories they can fine and know that will attract viewers. At the end of the game it’s all about how many viewers you can get for your show because if you don’t get viewers you don’t have a job.
As a writer do you guys research and make sure everything connects in the story?
Of course we do! That’s like a lawyer going into court without being prepared for their case or a doctor getting ready for surgery but doesn’t know how to do the surgery. As a writer you have to do research for the story your going to tell. For example, Teen Wolf does a bunch of true super natural stories, so of course the writers have to research those super natural stories because most of their fan base are also fans of the super natural stuff.
In your opinion why do you think our society is so obsessed with the super natural especially right now?
Well… if you look back at the old movies it was about monsters and super natural things. I believe society has been fascinated by super natural stories since forever. That really hasn’t changed much now. I believe TV networks has seen that people want to see more of it and that’s why they have invested in to make shows based on that.
Do you think in the entertainment media will we see more shows like Teen Wolf?
I believe so. I mean in the 80s there was a movie that Michael J. Fox called Teen Wolf. It was based on a teenager that turned into a wolf. Same thing as the Teen Wolf TV show, they just added more super natural stories and very good-looking people. Overall, in the entertainment people are going to see something very similar to the show they use to watch. The reason why is because TV networks know that type of story is going to sell, so they are going to reproduce it with some tiny changes here and there but same concept and story.
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