Even while the cast and crew are still enjoying a well-deserved vacation, syndicated news magazine Entertainment Tonight is planning to air a segment this evening on what life's really like behind the scenes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. "If there is some emotion, something that our characters respond to, something that affects Grissom or Catherine, that is a great script," executive producer <font color=yellow>Carol Mendelsohn</font> told ET in between running a story meeting in the writers' room. "If it has great science, that is a great script. If it is a whodunnit that twists and twists and twists, like the 'Weeping Willows' episode, that is a great episode. If we are on our game and it is done well, then it is fun for our audience." Other writers present when ET filmed its segment were <font color=yellow>Naren Shankar</font>, <font color=yellow>Josh Berman</font>, <font color=yellow>Judith McCreary</font> and <Font color=yellow>Dustin Abraham</font>, as well as frequent CSI director <font color=yellow>Richard Lewis</font>. The latter also shared his thoughts on what makes a good story for the show: "The first thing that goes through my mind [when I hear a story pitch] is: what is the thematic underpinning? What are the characters like? What is the story like? I am mostly interested in the emotional content." Moving on from the writers' room, ET also looked in on <font color=yellow>Jorja Fox</font> and <font color=yellow>Eric Szmanda</font> (Greg Sanders) rehearsing a scene, likely from "Iced." Fox indicated she really liked the show's creative team: "That whole team has a creative sense and a business to it. I think that is a really interesting mix and it has been successful for us." But then the actress smiled. "And [they are] really twisted," she said. "I am exhausted from all the violence. I just have to be a crime-scene investigator. They have to get into the heads of all these characters, the villains and the victims. Frankly, they trouble me a little bit. I think they are weird." The full segment contains more thoughts from Fox, as well as some insight from Carol Mendelsohn in how long it takes to create a CSI episode. To find out when Entertainment Tonight is scheduled to air in your area, as well as to read a few more excerpts, head over to the program's official web site.<center></center>
**didn't see this mentioned anywhere, so sorry if it is** The Insider has a segment in tonight's episode in which they gave Jorja Fox a video camera to film her day on set. Video can be seen here: The Insider online
I haven't seen that before... that video is ssoooooo cool! awesome! I've played that video like 10 times or something are there any more videos she filmed? I hope.. otherwise she has to film more! whooh! I love that video...I'm so happy right now ! oh..and does anyone know where I can see that video of ET goes behind the scenes on CSI
curtainonfloor posted this in another thread, that the ET video is archived here: http://www.omaetoy.net/interviews.html It was really cute. So was the Insider clip.
Anybody else that knows where to get the full video? I really want to see it and well I don't live in the USA so it is impossible to watch what you can watch over there
I was able to see it on that link but I couldn't hear anything, my volume was on though. Oh well. I will fiddle with it later. Thanks for the links!