<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000</id><updated>2011-07-07T17:39:44.600-06:00</updated><title type='text'>This Is The Place</title><subtitle type='html'>- INFO AND UPDATES ABOUT THE FIRST LDS TV SERIES, INCLUDING (SOON!) VIDEO, PHOTOS, INTERVIEWS, CASTING CALLS, AND MORE -</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-8373249376584156771</id><published>2009-07-15T14:30:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T17:02:15.086-06:00</updated><title type='text'>ACCOUNTABILITY.</title><summary type='text'>What you may have not realized, and might be realizing following this blog, is that mounting a film or TV production takes a lot of time. Once I finished the first draft of the pilot script back in November, Todd and I began to organize this production. It took us about three months to get together the production for the trailer, and since March we've been working 60-hour weeks to push the series</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/8373249376584156771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=8373249376584156771&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/8373249376584156771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/8373249376584156771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/07/accountability.html' title='ACCOUNTABILITY.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-3209569207218328935</id><published>2009-07-06T17:58:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-06T18:44:38.226-06:00</updated><title type='text'>NEW THINKING.</title><summary type='text'>Sorry about the week absence, but Todd and I have been rethinking a lot of what's going on with the series recently. Thanks to the internet, it's a new world out there for entertainment media. I think that on some level we've always realized that that meant there was a lot of opportunity. In many ways, the interconnectedness of the internet has spawned a globalizing push outward, where you and I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/3209569207218328935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=3209569207218328935&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3209569207218328935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3209569207218328935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-thinking.html' title='NEW THINKING.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-781124361647565587</id><published>2009-06-29T13:07:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-29T13:16:30.176-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PARK CITY TV. TONIGHT.</title><summary type='text'>I'll be back tomorrow with another character study from the miniseries. I want you to meet our favorite character, the bishop's wife, Sarah. Again, check back tomorrow for that.Tonight, Todd and I will be on Park City TV's 'Mountain Views' with Ori Hoffer at 6pm. If you're in Utah, you can find it on the Comcast digital, and (I've been told) On-Demand service. If you're outside, I believe that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/781124361647565587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=781124361647565587&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/781124361647565587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/781124361647565587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/park-city-tv-tonight.html' title='PARK CITY TV. TONIGHT.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-653377299702987969</id><published>2009-06-19T16:16:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T13:46:07.310-06:00</updated><title type='text'>JOSHUA AVERY &amp; VINCE STRAUSS.</title><summary type='text'>If I were to reduce the plot of the entire series down to a single concise sentence, I'd probably end up with something like: An unlikely friendship develops between two neighbors: Joshua Avery, a young Mormon bishop, and Vince Strauss, a seemingly single man who chain-smokes at the end of his driveway. We've taken a little heat in the comments sections of our recent press over starting with two </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/653377299702987969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=653377299702987969&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/653377299702987969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/653377299702987969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/joshua-avery-vince-strauss.html' title='JOSHUA AVERY &amp; VINCE STRAUSS.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-4030341225112428276</id><published>2009-06-17T14:01:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T14:36:54.670-06:00</updated><title type='text'>LET'S TALK STORY.</title><summary type='text'>I've been following the chatter in the comments left here and left at end of every appearance we make in the press, and am honestly enamored with the interactivity that the internet affords us. I've always felt that the distance in entertainment between the creators and the audience was a hinderance. You see, I want to tell a story and I've trained for years to acquire the set of technical skills</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/4030341225112428276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=4030341225112428276&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4030341225112428276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4030341225112428276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/lets-talk-story.html' title='LET&apos;S TALK STORY.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-620808477007855702</id><published>2009-06-11T02:11:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:48:53.425-06:00</updated><title type='text'>DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP.</title><summary type='text'>In just a few minutes, after I jot down these few lines, I'm going to crawl into bed beside my sleeping wife. She'll turn in her sleep, and lift her leg over my hips before settling back into deep sleep. Sometimes she'll mumble drowsily, and I'll forever interpret those faint utterances as declarations of love. My career path has offered us little security financially, and out of necessity we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/620808477007855702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=620808477007855702&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/620808477007855702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/620808477007855702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/define-relationship.html' title='DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/thisistheplace-tv/blog/th_Page149.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-1552143314219201856</id><published>2009-06-10T12:21:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T08:43:14.011-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PRESS RELEASE - 06/10/09</title><summary type='text'>        CLICK THE ARROW IN THE TOP RIGHT TO ENTER FULLSCREEN.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/1552143314219201856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=1552143314219201856&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1552143314219201856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1552143314219201856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/press-release-061009.html' title='PRESS RELEASE - 06/10/09'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-4378202732588280835</id><published>2009-06-09T00:45:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T02:10:51.422-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A THOUGHT ABOUT 'BANNED/SLAMMED'.</title><summary type='text'>A weekend ago, maybe two... it's really hard for me to contextualize time backward... Anyway, at some point in the recent past, I was invited by Jerry Rapier of the Plan B Theater in Salt Lake City to participate in their annual fundraising event. It's a 24-hour play competition, meaning at 8pm, myself and four other brilliant writers (all of whom were more apt for theater, for me it's been years</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/4378202732588280835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=4378202732588280835&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4378202732588280835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4378202732588280835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/thought-about-bannedslammed.html' title='A THOUGHT ABOUT &apos;BANNED/SLAMMED&apos;.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/thisistheplace-tv/blog/th_4456_127882145504_696070504_3233185.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-4432992247346930192</id><published>2009-06-07T00:26:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T02:30:08.210-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A NEW LOOK.</title><summary type='text'>There's a lot of talk about deadlines and benchmarks these days around our production office. We're trying to make sure that as the series heads into production, we're not scrambling to have everything set up to keep y'all up to date with the latest news and developments. This bit of redesign, a shift away from the old Blogspot boilerplate, has been on the list for a while and I've been putting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/4432992247346930192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=4432992247346930192&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4432992247346930192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4432992247346930192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-look.html' title='A NEW LOOK.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/thisistheplace-tv/blog/th_104page9.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-6604470888955186277</id><published>2009-05-06T12:53:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-06T23:34:50.903-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PROCESS VS. OUTCOME.</title><summary type='text'>It's my hope at this point that some of you are still checking in twice a month or so, about as often as I'm able to these days. I'm just winding down on the first draft of the third episode script, which started out with an idea that seemed simple enough and evolved into probably the most ambitious story that we'll be telling during the miniseries... A story spanning about ten years in the lives</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/6604470888955186277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=6604470888955186277&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6604470888955186277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6604470888955186277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/05/process-versus-outcome.html' title='PROCESS VS. OUTCOME.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-5826452909055454647</id><published>2009-04-22T12:17:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:46:53.866-06:00</updated><title type='text'>THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK.</title><summary type='text'>Thanks to all on the mailing list who sent us comments and such. We're taking it back to the editing bay now to finish it up.Just a note: If anybody ripped the video off Vimeo, please don't repost it anywhere else (YouTube, etc.) since we're still in the process of clearing the music, and since it's just the rough edit. Doesn't help the project, if video links lead to lawsuits that scuttle us </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/5826452909055454647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=5826452909055454647&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5826452909055454647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5826452909055454647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/04/thanks-for-feedback.html' title='THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-6160809878364620666</id><published>2009-04-13T13:17:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:47:06.703-06:00</updated><title type='text'>TEASER TRAILER.</title><summary type='text'>Are you on our mailing list? We want to preview the teaser trailer that we shot a few weeks ago. So if you're not on the list, send an email to info@thisistheplace.tv today. We're not going to spam, in fact, I think we've sent out just two or three emails to our list, only when we have casting calls or, like now, something to show off.Sorry, it's been sparse, but I've been running. Back soon.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/6160809878364620666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=6160809878364620666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6160809878364620666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6160809878364620666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/04/teaser-trailer.html' title='TEASER TRAILER.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-3148334681077785545</id><published>2009-03-15T15:12:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:47:35.495-06:00</updated><title type='text'>WINDING DOWN.</title><summary type='text'>I've been walking around half-asleep all day. I think I got about 6 hours of sleep all weekend. Not to worry, though. We have the footage in the can (although that now means raw digital footage stored on hard drives) and we're looking to start postproduction this week. While we organize ourselves, and track down our behind the scenes photos, here's a little something:Our thanks to the crew from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/3148334681077785545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=3148334681077785545&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3148334681077785545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3148334681077785545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/03/winding-down.html' title='WINDING DOWN.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2602672853289589485</id><published>2009-03-12T22:52:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:47:46.527-06:00</updated><title type='text'>10 HOURS UNTIL PRODUCTION.</title><summary type='text'>I'll be updating the Twitter tomorrow as much as possible. Follow along.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2602672853289589485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2602672853289589485&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2602672853289589485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2602672853289589485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/03/ten-hours-from-now-cameras-will-be.html' title='10 HOURS UNTIL PRODUCTION.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-5533889973361848046</id><published>2009-03-10T22:16:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T01:04:29.484-06:00</updated><title type='text'>THINKING ABOUT 'BIG LOVE', OUR RESPONSE.</title><summary type='text'>You wouldn't believe the week that we are having. Well, I should say, you wouldn't believe the week the other guys in the production are having. This little thing that Todd and I started six months ago in the Chili's on 4th South is suddenly a 45-man film crew, roughly $125K worth of donated equipment and labor, and a ten-member cast that even a month ago would have seemed impossible. And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/5533889973361848046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=5533889973361848046&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5533889973361848046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5533889973361848046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/03/thinking-about-big-love-our-response.html' title='THINKING ABOUT &apos;BIG LOVE&apos;, OUR RESPONSE.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-1288500995929468438</id><published>2009-03-08T15:49:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:47:56.516-06:00</updated><title type='text'>5 DAYS UNTIL PRODUCTION.</title><summary type='text'>We're all scrambling to get this thing together by Friday.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/1288500995929468438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=1288500995929468438&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1288500995929468438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1288500995929468438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/03/5-days-until-production.html' title='5 DAYS UNTIL PRODUCTION.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2796101019640827112</id><published>2009-03-01T00:05:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:48:07.822-06:00</updated><title type='text'>PERFECT STORM.</title><summary type='text'>I'm sorry that blogging gets light when things pick up for us. I promise to be back soon with more details. In the meantime, let me just say that this weekend deadlines have come due. Both Todd and I are working on more than one project here, and sometimes everything just seems to happen at once. That's a good thing, despite the sleep I miss.For the record, although we obsess over this TV series </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2796101019640827112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2796101019640827112&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2796101019640827112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2796101019640827112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/03/perfect-storm.html' title='PERFECT STORM.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-4964279951490399754</id><published>2009-02-21T10:53:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T11:48:20.839-06:00</updated><title type='text'>THE SHORT FILM.</title><summary type='text'>When I wake up at 3AM with an idea, can't fall back to sleep, and eventually pull myself away from my wife and warm bed... That's when I know I'm onto something. It took me 45 minutes of a Josh Ritter album to get enough of an outline to confidently fall back to sleep. We went into the auditions with a setup for the short, an idea of the characters that we needed, and a schedule for production. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/4964279951490399754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=4964279951490399754&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4964279951490399754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4964279951490399754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/short-film.html' title='THE SHORT FILM.'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2000642067444757791</id><published>2009-02-20T17:06:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T17:13:15.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A production meeting, then call backs...</title><summary type='text'>We're busy for the next few days, but Sunday afternoon we're going to sit down and sort out call backs. First night, we had about twenty-five show up and we left happy. Imagine our surprise over the 60+ that came last night. So we've got about 90 headshots to run through, and we're going to watch whatever video auditions we can get by Sunday.Again, thanks for the stellar response. We're thrilled </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2000642067444757791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2000642067444757791&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2000642067444757791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2000642067444757791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/production-meeting-then-call-backs.html' title='A production meeting, then call backs...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-6330664358917878050</id><published>2009-02-18T22:49:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T22:58:14.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First night of auditions are over...</title><summary type='text'>... and I'm just waiting for Lost to finish downloading. So let me take a moment to thank you all for coming out tonight. The response was really overwhelming considering the short notice, and the fact that we're basically asking you to work a weekend for food. We're going to be scheduling callbacks pretty quick here.The thing that I love about working in film, more than anything, is how </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/6330664358917878050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=6330664358917878050&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6330664358917878050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6330664358917878050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-night-of-auditions-are-over.html' title='First night of auditions are over...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2805917452511865093</id><published>2009-02-17T23:50:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T00:01:30.528-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An option for those living outside SLC...</title><summary type='text'>Wow. Overwhelming response to the audition call. Thanks for that. It's just another affirmation that we're onto something with this idea. We've had a lot of response from people who can't necessarily get to the auditions tomorrow night. I know it was short notice, and because Todd and I don't want to miss anybody willing, we want to invite you to submit video auditions as well.The sides are here,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2805917452511865093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2805917452511865093&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2805917452511865093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2805917452511865093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/option-for-those-living-outside-slc.html' title='An option for those living outside SLC...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2011075765563165526</id><published>2009-02-17T00:45:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T15:58:21.715-06:00</updated><title type='text'>AUDITION SIDES!</title><summary type='text'>Great response so far. I'm really excited to be writing back and for with some of you. I've been on the phone all day today with Todd, Brad and Henry and we're really excited about meeting you all this week. I've gone over all the info already, so if you're in the dark, scroll down and take a gander.That said: HERE ARE THE AUDITION SIDES. [Link removed] It's a PDF file, so everybody should be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2011075765563165526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2011075765563165526&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2011075765563165526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2011075765563165526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/audition-sides.html' title='AUDITION SIDES!'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-7935866066968676911</id><published>2009-02-13T18:12:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T19:16:53.277-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Two more character descriptions...</title><summary type='text'>Todd just reminded me of two characters that I left out in the last post:[BEVERLY]60s. The kindly matriarch of the ward, Beverly has taken it upon herself to comfort and guide the women of the ward employing her life experience. She is frustrated that her advice is often discounted by the younger women, who struggle to understand a modern application of her simple wisdom. Neither her children nor</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/7935866066968676911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=7935866066968676911&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7935866066968676911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7935866066968676911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-more-character-descriptions.html' title='Two more character descriptions...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-5835676199620691320</id><published>2009-02-13T13:34:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T11:11:00.338-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More AUDITION info!</title><summary type='text'>There was a day-long break there as I was fighting a monster headache yesterday and spent all day in the dark, downing some generic Advil knockoff. All better now. Time and date were in the last post, but let me put it up here again:TIME: WEDNESDAY &amp; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18th and 19th, 7PM to 10PM.PLACE: SALT LAKE BALLET CONSERVATORY, 455 E. SOUTH TEMPLE, 3RD FLOOR, SALT LAKE CITYCONTACT: CHRIS or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/5835676199620691320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=5835676199620691320&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5835676199620691320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5835676199620691320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-audition-info.html' title='More AUDITION info!'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-9063095757868489038</id><published>2009-02-11T23:21:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T00:09:35.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AUDITIONS!</title><summary type='text'>All right. I know this has been kind of slow going this last month or so, but that's how these things come together. Honestly, this process has actually been rolling along much faster than I expected, especially considering that Todd and I have only had a finished script for about three months. In that time, we've been putting a lot of work into figuring out the best way to move forward and I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/9063095757868489038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=9063095757868489038&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/9063095757868489038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/9063095757868489038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/auditions.html' title='AUDITIONS!'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-7915097775508633721</id><published>2009-02-04T13:45:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-04T14:26:32.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Media ownership and the internet...</title><summary type='text'>A few days ago, I stumbled onto Pandora after being referred to the site over and over by friends. It's taken me about two days to teach the site what music I like (No, Pandora, I am not a Coldplay fan but thanks for repeatedly suggesting different songs...) and now it's a steady stream of music that I want to hear. I've got a station, my wife has a station, and today I'm looking at my iTunes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/7915097775508633721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=7915097775508633721&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7915097775508633721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7915097775508633721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/02/media-ownership-and-internet.html' title='Media ownership and the internet...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-5552532194358940556</id><published>2009-01-26T13:44:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T14:44:33.841-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Further apologies about the less than timely updates...</title><summary type='text'>It's been a while, hasn't it? Here's to hoping that a few of you still check in from time to time to see how this thing is coming along. Since this is the moment that the business end of production sort of takes over the creative element, there's not much I can tell you. As the writer, this is the part where I wait for phone calls from Todd.What I can tell you... Every call has come with good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/5552532194358940556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=5552532194358940556&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5552532194358940556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5552532194358940556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/01/further-apologies-about-less-than.html' title='Further apologies about the less than timely updates...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-1395814019104290636</id><published>2009-01-08T00:05:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T00:09:39.159-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry about the break...</title><summary type='text'>I'm up against a pretty important deadline regarding the series, and forced to choose between blogging and scripting, I've chosen the latter. We do have some pretty awesome announcements coming though. Including something that promises a little more involvement from your end.In the meantime, any questions you have for Todd and I about the series, the production, more rambling about our </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/1395814019104290636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=1395814019104290636&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1395814019104290636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1395814019104290636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/01/sorry-about-break.html' title='Sorry about the break...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2779930572250239482</id><published>2009-01-01T11:18:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T11:37:14.962-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The survey...</title><summary type='text'>We're about to close this thing down. However, you've got a day or two to get over there and leave us your input and comments. Or send your friends and family. We have this great venue here and on Facebook where we can discuss the creative aspects of the series, but the survey is all about you telling us the best way to deliver the series into your homes (via either TV, cable, internet, etc.). So</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2779930572250239482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2779930572250239482&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2779930572250239482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2779930572250239482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2009/01/survey.html' title='The survey...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-6775148089673258658</id><published>2008-12-31T12:29:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-31T12:35:10.072-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Office hours...</title><summary type='text'>Working on a deadline, but I'm working out of Cocoa Caffe in SLC Mon. - Sat., noon to 4 PM, at 9th S. 3rd E. if anybody wants to have a spirited discussion about LDS filmmaking. I'm the skinny, bald guy with the MacBook listening to Andrew Bird. Come get a sandwich, a cup of cocoa, and hang out. If you want. Invitation's open.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/6775148089673258658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=6775148089673258658&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6775148089673258658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6775148089673258658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/office-hours.html' title='Office hours...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-3674631136772414520</id><published>2008-12-30T16:09:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-30T16:12:50.610-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks...</title><summary type='text'>I'm pretty busy today, but can I just thank you all for your comments? You've really pushed us to think more in depth about our storytelling and characters, and that's only going to make this series better for all of us. That's exactly our reason for opening up the development process of the series to all of you this early in the game. So again, on both my and Todd's behalf: Thanks.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/3674631136772414520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=3674631136772414520&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3674631136772414520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3674631136772414520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/thanks.html' title='Thanks...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-3036529024304591872</id><published>2008-12-24T23:31:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T23:48:47.758-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Based on your comments...</title><summary type='text'>For the past few weeks, I've been posting and posting about how Todd and I have envisioned this project. We started this thing three months ago with our basic rules, followed that with a rough outline which grew into a short treatment. I expanded that treatment into a sixty-page script for the pilot. Along the way we've been adjusting that story, tweaking and rewriting.I want to tell you, that we</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/3036529024304591872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=3036529024304591872&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3036529024304591872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3036529024304591872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/based-on-your-comments.html' title='Based on your comments...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-6421200538550422448</id><published>2008-12-24T23:28:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-24T23:30:49.231-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First of all...</title><summary type='text'>Merry Christmas. That said, I'm getting up really early on the 26th for a meeting that can only happen while people are in town for the holidays. No sleeping in for me for the holidays, I'm going to be creeping up I-80 toward Park City through the blizzard. Risking life and limb for this project.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/6421200538550422448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=6421200538550422448&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6421200538550422448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/6421200538550422448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/first-of-all.html' title='First of all...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-1177494011612280841</id><published>2008-12-22T13:17:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-22T14:15:43.763-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our women...</title><summary type='text'>I've been thinking over something that I mentioned earlier about the shortsighted nature of religious filmmaking or storytelling. I mentioned that too often things were inevitably reduced down to the same basic question: What is or isn't true? There seems to be a need out there by these filmmakers to prove their faith through their art. The thing is, these films don't all start out with bad ideas</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/1177494011612280841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=1177494011612280841&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1177494011612280841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/1177494011612280841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/our-women.html' title='Our women...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-8115961777086652283</id><published>2008-12-18T11:29:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T16:39:40.349-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Update...</title><summary type='text'>I've been staring into this open window for hours, alternating in the background between NPR's All Songs Considered's year end listeners poll results and my Lost Season 4 DVDs. I just dumped twenty bucks down the iTunes music store for a few albums. I've read the newspaper about fifteen times. Ate half a bag of gifted kettle corn.All the while this window's been open in the background. Days like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/8115961777086652283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=8115961777086652283&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/8115961777086652283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/8115961777086652283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/update.html' title='Update...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-4472498153030580079</id><published>2008-12-15T15:11:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T18:00:58.488-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Our rules...</title><summary type='text'>I was just past Nephi when I realized that my MacBook was sitting in its case back in Salt Lake City. Didn't matter, I had no internet access in LA anyway. So here we are three days later, and I've got a bunch of updates to post. I realized that I need to address Taylor's question about the rules we set for the series, and somebody else made a comment addressing a concern that I've harbored for a</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/4472498153030580079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=4472498153030580079&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4472498153030580079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/4472498153030580079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/our-rules.html' title='Our rules...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-2860687913272025353</id><published>2008-12-15T11:14:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-15T11:14:53.671-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Back now...</title><summary type='text'>Funeral is over and there's some 700 miles between my wife and I and Los Angeles. Now, where were we?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/2860687913272025353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=2860687913272025353&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2860687913272025353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/2860687913272025353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/back-now.html' title='Back now...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-861041438452694149</id><published>2008-12-12T00:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-12T00:43:31.554-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Come back in two days...</title><summary type='text'>Meeting went really well today. And I'm going to write about it ASAP, but my wife has just had a death in the family and we are racing off to Los Angeles for a funeral. Check back Sunday night?Thanks.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/861041438452694149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=861041438452694149&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/861041438452694149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/861041438452694149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/come-back-in-two-days.html' title='Come back in two days...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-7087807768093831670</id><published>2008-12-10T17:29:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T17:29:56.997-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One last thing...</title><summary type='text'>We have a big production meeting tomorrow. So if comments take a while getting posted, please be patient. I'll be back tomorrow with news. Cheers.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/7087807768093831670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=7087807768093831670&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7087807768093831670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7087807768093831670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/one-last-thing.html' title='One last thing...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-5704921617280329317</id><published>2008-12-10T17:16:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T18:04:27.658-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A few answers to common questions...</title><summary type='text'>I see there's a lot of concern about distribution. Wherever you are, you're going to have access. Local TV in Utah, hopefully on DirecTV for the national-level (USA) and via internet everywhere else. As for the internet, we'll be looking at setting up both a streaming version (like Hulu) or a download version (via iShows2go). No international blackout, and it'd be a shame to waste all these </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/5704921617280329317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=5704921617280329317&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5704921617280329317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/5704921617280329317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/few-answers-to-common-questions.html' title='A few answers to common questions...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-3736004227651491337</id><published>2008-12-10T15:55:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T17:34:41.095-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's preachy...</title><summary type='text'>Here's my take, for better or worse. At some point every religious film that I've watched reaches a moment when the story seems to grind to an awkward halt. It looks out of the screen, stares you in the eyes, twists your arm, and tries to force the filmmakers values on the audience. In effect, it tries to tell you that the material that has been presented is (and I'm going to put this in all caps</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/3736004227651491337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=3736004227651491337&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3736004227651491337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/3736004227651491337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-preachy.html' title='It&apos;s preachy...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-9196438679161592816</id><published>2008-12-10T14:06:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T14:17:55.174-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A quick aside...</title><summary type='text'>Can I just tell you how happy I am that most of you are as skeptical of 'Mormon Film' as I've been? Still, you're mostly all checking 'Very Interested' or 'Interested' on the last question of the survey. There's hope for us yet, isn't there?Thanks for all of your comments.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/9196438679161592816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=9196438679161592816&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/9196438679161592816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/9196438679161592816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/quick-aside.html' title='A quick aside...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-8274035385089963022</id><published>2008-12-10T13:11:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T14:12:25.695-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Why not?</title><summary type='text'>Let me ask you a few questions. What is the single greatest fault of religious-themed drama? What one thing pushes people away more than anything else? I'm not just talking about LDS film in particular.Think about it for a minute.To frame the debate, let me tell you: I'm pretty sure that LDS film has never been profitable. Nobody's really getting rich off of any of these films. What does that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/8274035385089963022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=8274035385089963022&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/8274035385089963022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/8274035385089963022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-not.html' title='Why not?'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-161712851744389576</id><published>2008-12-08T17:05:00.011-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T18:56:21.145-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Local interest versus global appeal...</title><summary type='text'>I promised a series of posts detailing what I hope is a unique philosophy of LDS storytelling, the end goal being that before I can show you the first episode of our TV show, hopefully we can have an open discussion about how I am approaching the characters and story lines. I want you to trust me as a storyteller, I want you to trust that my interests align with your own interests -- I want to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/161712851744389576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=161712851744389576&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/161712851744389576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/161712851744389576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/local-interest-versus-global-appeal.html' title='Local interest versus global appeal...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-229239371568383952</id><published>2008-12-06T14:37:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T18:54:10.655-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality assurance...</title><summary type='text'>I've been reading through the anonymous comments to the survey, and I feel that, for the most part, we're all on the same page. You're answering the questions the way that I would answer the questions: With tentative interest. There's desire for LDS programming, but not if the quality isn't any better than what's come out over the past few years. You've learned that 'Mormon Film' doesn't equal '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/229239371568383952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=229239371568383952&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/229239371568383952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/229239371568383952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/quality-assurance.html' title='Quality assurance...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-7469634982843144529</id><published>2008-12-04T16:00:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-04T16:03:17.078-07:00</updated><title type='text'>About the survey...</title><summary type='text'>It's painless. Nine questions, nothing personal. Here's the link, in case you missed it: Take the survey!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/7469634982843144529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=7469634982843144529&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7469634982843144529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/7469634982843144529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/about-survey.html' title='About the survey...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1152146806182404000.post-359223918103267935</id><published>2008-12-03T16:28:00.011-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T21:42:10.885-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello there...</title><summary type='text'>You're probably here because you took our short survey, right? If so, thanks for taking the time to answer our few questions and thanks for following this link over to our production blog. I'm hoping that the idea of an LDS TV series intrigued you and that you've arrived here to learn a bit more about what we're gearing up for over the next few months. Am I right?Over the next few weeks we'll be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/feeds/359223918103267935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1152146806182404000&amp;postID=359223918103267935&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/359223918103267935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1152146806182404000/posts/default/359223918103267935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thisistheplace-tv.blogspot.com/2008/12/this-is-place.html' title='Hello there...'/><author><name>Christopher Larsen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06047828995817811044</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_78yx6lpO98M/STbuNzwU9yI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F2ql27Uz1is/S220/1266446589_l.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry></feed>
