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Directly targeting J and CW (1)

I’m just going to start a series of post and keep building on it since this production is killing me with our 14 hr days. :( 

I want to start with networking and co-worker dynamic. In the film/tv industry we live by our network. Every single job I’ve gotten was though my network. You always bring someone on who someone has worked with before. When there is an opening on my team the producer asks 2 questions: Who do you know that can fill the position, and how are they to work on on set? If you’ve worked with this producer/production company before and they trust you, they don’t even ask questions. They just want to be kept updated on whether the position has been filled and where to send the check.

There is an extreme amount of loyalty in this industry. We’ve helped each other be successful and I am very protective of the people in my network. Also, YOUR REPUTATION IS EVERYTHING. If I’m bringing someone on to cover for me, I make sure they can perform to my standards. They have to make me look good! And visa verse. When I’m asked to cover for anyone, I have to make sure that the production knows they trusted the right person to bring someone in that will take care of the team as a whole. 

We work with our networks for insane amounts of time (14-16 hour days from weeks to months depending on the production) and through highly stressful situations. You get to really understand what a person is made of, so when I say trust, I mean TRUST. If any of them says, “Do not hire this person”, I won’t hire them. I usually ask for a reason so I’m aware, but others won’t. Others will just hear that and move on to the next person on the list.

My point. If you directly target J, you are not just targeting him, but his network. the people who know his worth as a person. The father to his kids, the husband to his wife, the long hours in the office, the hundreds of people he was able to provide jobs for, the network executives etc. You are essentially targeting them as well and they will take his side.

Why should this matter? To me it’s all about fighting the fight with the right tools. I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about “aggressive” stances and that is usually coupled with directly calling out J and the CW. I CAN’T THINK OF A MORE AGGRESSIVE ACT than not watching the show, hitting up the advertisers to pull out, and showing the networks that there is a market in LGBT representation. 

Have to head to set… To be continued…

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do you have any trend idea for the finale? I was thinking using finale as a way to tell them we won't follow them with season 4

I have the “why” but not yet the “what”. I’m reaching out to some marketing and PR professionals in the industry as well as programers/coders who are versed on the algorithms of Twitter. They’ll be the best at helping fine tune the wording and possible suggestions. But you are spot on! We have to figure out a way to let theloo know we will not follow them into season 4!

But a quick overview. I was talking to my uber driver about her being recruited for a reality series. This producer was looking for interesting people and she (uber driver) takes pictures of interesting subjects all over the world. She never heard back from them and asked advice on what to do next. I told her to keep building her social media presence and to keep doing what she does best, taking pictures and making people aware that she exists. Networks are essentially putting a down payment on an investment, so if they see that a subject already has quite a following (and recoup their investment fairly quickly), they’ll more likely bring that person on. If she wants to revisit her connection (the one who introduced her to the producer) in the future when she’s acquired quite the following, the better the chances she might get that gig.

The movement has been doing a great job educating the masses about the trope and how Jsuck and the CW has wronged us (GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!). I think something else we need to start reminding networks is that THERE IS MONEY IN CREATING POSITIVE LGBT REPRESENTATION. So my idea is finding shows who already have good representation and putting them on blast. Thanking them for this awesomeness and how we’ll support them and HOW MUCH OF US will support them. In these loving tweets/emails of support, CC theCW and their advertisers (or as we lovingly call them here… the sponsors. haha). 

So that is my idea for the finale, what are your thoughts? Everyone is welcome to respond, obviously. :)

Also, @justatrydontworry, I’ve read your other ask and I don’t even know where to begin! haha. Some good topics on your list, unfortunately I’ll need more than a day off to answer.

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Hello! I just saw your post "How the tv networks see backlash" and it definitely fired me up (not that I needed it tbh), but can you tell me how networks can monitor illegal downloads? Commanderoswald and others said that's not possible.

Networks are monitoring live views and any official viewership counts like hulu, netflix, cwtv etc. They have ACCESS to information re: illegal download sites. They’re not necessarily monitoring it as they do the former.

Jsuck has prided himself in using Netflix/Hulu views in building viewership. They even purposefully extended the hiatus in hopes that the views on Netflix would bring higher viewers for s3 premiere. And it worked. And he was very proud of himself. We are also very aware of certain writers who lurk in lesbian blogs. This team is thinking outside of the box and is encouraged to. Which is the reason why I mentioned to stop illegal downloads or watching through illegal methods. It’s not a common practice, but I can bet you they looking at those because of this movement. Plus, it’s not that hard to find out the numbers and they’ve technically been doing this for a while. They as in the legal department of said network tv going after individuals downloading copywrited tv/film programs. 

I’ve gotten one of those said letters from my cable provider. In the letter it stated my ip address, the film that was downloaded and how any future downloads would result in legal action through the studio (thanks for downloading The Help, roomie. You do know I own it on bluray?). So the cable providers are working with the legal department of studios and networks and I’m sure they have a great deal of information available to them.

But why are we still watching a show that has done this to us? I stopped watching theloo the second that bullet hit Lexa. Because they obviously had no idea about how serious we were about the lesbian death trope, so I’m taking my precious view to a show who will do it right!

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CW tracking torrent sites?

Still new on my research with this, but looks like it is possible. It is more important than ever to NOT WATCH THE loo. We can wait until we have plenty of representation that are alive and well. There has been 5 lesbian character deaths this month. This trope is real and ALIVE (no pun intended). https://torrentfreak.com/media-companies-track-pirated-downloads-for-marketing-purposes-150218/