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Being Guy Norman
Bee - All Star
Director
link:
http://www.dudleymediagroup.com/Detail/id/being-guy-norman-bee-all-star-director-688
write up( only spn part):
"Devil May Care" (#902) episode of
Supernatural Photo Credit: The CW/
Warner Bros
The director gives the show the
visual elements it needs to truly tell
the tale that the writers have
created. With this in mind this writer
wanted to get into the mind of one
incredibly talented director, Guy
Norman Bee, whose credits include,
The Tomorrow People, Supernatural,
Arrow, Revolution, Southland,
Criminal Minds, Kyle XY, Jericho,
Veronica Mars among many others.
BR: You have acquired quite a fan
base, especially through the
Supernatural fans, what can you tell
us about your experiences with the
fans?
GNB: It's funny all morning I was
reading Twitter and there are all
these responses and people being
downright rude and kind of mean to
me, which I find funny. I guess they
have to take their frustrations out on
somebody. By in large 99.9% of the
people I interact with on Twitter
that's a fan of the show couldn't be
nicer, they just really appreciate
everything that I do. It's a vocal
group, they seem to think that they
are being mocked and that people
are being rude to them. Anyone that
knows me, which is sort of the fun
part of this whole thing, there's not
a rude, mocking, mean, bone in my
body when it comes to what I do for
a living. I guess in a small way I
guess I am a representative for the
show, but at the same time I'm just
a guest. I'm as freelance as
anybody that doesn't have a fixed
address that they go to work for. I
go wherever they call me and pay
me to fly or drive to work at. What I
love about Twitter is that you can
just speak your mind. The limited
knowledge I have of how people
have interpreted certain
relationships on Supernatural, there
is a small group that really feels
there should be a relationship that
doesn't exist and they feel like they
have been led on, which I just
learned of this morning. By in large
it's really cool and fun. Twitter is a
real double-edge sword.
BR: What has been the biggest
difference between working on
Supernatural, The Tomorrow People
and Arrow?
GNB: There are similarities, they are
all shot in Vancouver, my home
away from home, they are CW. The
Tomorrow People and Arrow have
the same executive producer, who is
really a great leader. He is the
ultimate fan of the show. There is
not a huge difference. From what I
do the fundamental laws and rules
apply. They have the same type of
writing team, around 10 writers that
write the stories. Each episode is
assigned to one or two writers or
sometimes they team up and you'll
see co-written, so there is that
similar vibe through all three of
them. We have the same kind of
general meetings. There's the first
concept meeting, where we discuss
a specific car. For existence I did an
episode called, "Taxi Driver," on
season 8 and we all sort of agreed
that it would be great to find a
classic checkered cab. You break
up from that meeting and start
looking for that car because you
may be able to get it but it may take
a few days and the art department
may need to paint it. Then its
casting guest actors and location
scouting, there are more things that
are similar than different.
Supernatural, is clearly a fictional, is
less of a comic book, whereas
Tomorrow People is new and really
finding itself. It was up to me to
pick it up where it left off and not
have any drop off. I felt like I put my
fingerprints on it and it was
definitely an episode I am proud of.
I am hired to come in and do an
episode of a show; it's not Guy's
show. Supernatural is less of a
comic book and more of treating it
like it's really happening. If you look
at the way Jensen (Ackles) and
Jared (Padalecki) deliver their
dialogue, they believe it. They treat
it like it is non-fiction like its real
and happening now and it comes
across. Arrow and Tomorrow People
there is a bit of that heightened
reality but that's because they are
more comic book drive, especially
Arrow. There is a whole set of fans
that are really close to these
characters from the D.C. comic
world. It is fun to shoot because
you're sort of a kid in the candy
store when it comes to where you
want to put the camera and how you
want to put the camera and what
it's going to look like.
BR: Any set secrets from either
show you can share?
GNB: The thing I love about
Supernatural and season nine,
coming up on 200 episodes, it's a
pretty well oiled machine. It is such
a joy to come in as a guest director
there is comfortability, there's an
ease. Nothing shocks that cast and
crew, its not because we're bored
with it. Everybody knows the drill
and has fun with it. You would think
on a show that has been around
that long there would be compliancy
and eye rolling but it's quite the
opposite. People are very proud of
the work and holy crap after nine
seasons...this is a family. I did an
episode in season one, "Asylum,"
and I didn't have anything to do
with show until season 6 so a lot of
water had gone under the bridge at
that point. When I walked into prep,
the offices and the whole vibe of the
place was almost exactly the same.
90% of the crew from 2005 was still
there. It is a testament to how the
show is run and how rewarded and
fun it is to work on because not a
lot of people left. That's a rare thing
in this business, like a show going
nine seasons its like winning the
lottery nine times. It's pretty
spectacular.
Bee - All Star
Director
link:
http://www.dudleymediagroup.com/Detail/id/being-guy-norman-bee-all-star-director-688
write up( only spn part):
"Devil May Care" (#902) episode of
Supernatural Photo Credit: The CW/
Warner Bros
The director gives the show the
visual elements it needs to truly tell
the tale that the writers have
created. With this in mind this writer
wanted to get into the mind of one
incredibly talented director, Guy
Norman Bee, whose credits include,
The Tomorrow People, Supernatural,
Arrow, Revolution, Southland,
Criminal Minds, Kyle XY, Jericho,
Veronica Mars among many others.
BR: You have acquired quite a fan
base, especially through the
Supernatural fans, what can you tell
us about your experiences with the
fans?
GNB: It's funny all morning I was
reading Twitter and there are all
these responses and people being
downright rude and kind of mean to
me, which I find funny. I guess they
have to take their frustrations out on
somebody. By in large 99.9% of the
people I interact with on Twitter
that's a fan of the show couldn't be
nicer, they just really appreciate
everything that I do. It's a vocal
group, they seem to think that they
are being mocked and that people
are being rude to them. Anyone that
knows me, which is sort of the fun
part of this whole thing, there's not
a rude, mocking, mean, bone in my
body when it comes to what I do for
a living. I guess in a small way I
guess I am a representative for the
show, but at the same time I'm just
a guest. I'm as freelance as
anybody that doesn't have a fixed
address that they go to work for. I
go wherever they call me and pay
me to fly or drive to work at. What I
love about Twitter is that you can
just speak your mind. The limited
knowledge I have of how people
have interpreted certain
relationships on Supernatural, there
is a small group that really feels
there should be a relationship that
doesn't exist and they feel like they
have been led on, which I just
learned of this morning. By in large
it's really cool and fun. Twitter is a
real double-edge sword.
BR: What has been the biggest
difference between working on
Supernatural, The Tomorrow People
and Arrow?
GNB: There are similarities, they are
all shot in Vancouver, my home
away from home, they are CW. The
Tomorrow People and Arrow have
the same executive producer, who is
really a great leader. He is the
ultimate fan of the show. There is
not a huge difference. From what I
do the fundamental laws and rules
apply. They have the same type of
writing team, around 10 writers that
write the stories. Each episode is
assigned to one or two writers or
sometimes they team up and you'll
see co-written, so there is that
similar vibe through all three of
them. We have the same kind of
general meetings. There's the first
concept meeting, where we discuss
a specific car. For existence I did an
episode called, "Taxi Driver," on
season 8 and we all sort of agreed
that it would be great to find a
classic checkered cab. You break
up from that meeting and start
looking for that car because you
may be able to get it but it may take
a few days and the art department
may need to paint it. Then its
casting guest actors and location
scouting, there are more things that
are similar than different.
Supernatural, is clearly a fictional, is
less of a comic book, whereas
Tomorrow People is new and really
finding itself. It was up to me to
pick it up where it left off and not
have any drop off. I felt like I put my
fingerprints on it and it was
definitely an episode I am proud of.
I am hired to come in and do an
episode of a show; it's not Guy's
show. Supernatural is less of a
comic book and more of treating it
like it's really happening. If you look
at the way Jensen (Ackles) and
Jared (Padalecki) deliver their
dialogue, they believe it. They treat
it like it is non-fiction like its real
and happening now and it comes
across. Arrow and Tomorrow People
there is a bit of that heightened
reality but that's because they are
more comic book drive, especially
Arrow. There is a whole set of fans
that are really close to these
characters from the D.C. comic
world. It is fun to shoot because
you're sort of a kid in the candy
store when it comes to where you
want to put the camera and how you
want to put the camera and what
it's going to look like.
BR: Any set secrets from either
show you can share?
GNB: The thing I love about
Supernatural and season nine,
coming up on 200 episodes, it's a
pretty well oiled machine. It is such
a joy to come in as a guest director
there is comfortability, there's an
ease. Nothing shocks that cast and
crew, its not because we're bored
with it. Everybody knows the drill
and has fun with it. You would think
on a show that has been around
that long there would be compliancy
and eye rolling but it's quite the
opposite. People are very proud of
the work and holy crap after nine
seasons...this is a family. I did an
episode in season one, "Asylum,"
and I didn't have anything to do
with show until season 6 so a lot of
water had gone under the bridge at
that point. When I walked into prep,
the offices and the whole vibe of the
place was almost exactly the same.
90% of the crew from 2005 was still
there. It is a testament to how the
show is run and how rewarded and
fun it is to work on because not a
lot of people left. That's a rare thing
in this business, like a show going
nine seasons its like winning the
lottery nine times. It's pretty
spectacular.
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