Other than the pilot (I always try to view every pilot when they air), I'd never really watched the TV series Numb3rs...until about a month ago. I was flipping and an episode was just starting and I found myself pausing and then found myself watching and then still watching and then it was over. And it wasn't bad. Sure, I didn't get the major buzz 'must watch again' feeling I got when I first watched The Sopranos or Six Feet Under or Lost or Dexter or Breaking Bad...but I enjoyed it for what it was (in a CBS Friday night prime time mathematician detective procedural kinda way), and that's since prompted me to watch a few more episodes.
Anyhow this all led me to cross paths with series writer and co-creator Cheryl Heuton on Twitter, who then pointed me toward one of the series' regular directors Stephen Gyllenhaal also on Twitter, which led me to a series of behind the scenes 'making of' videos produced by Mr. Gyllenhaal that he's been POSTING HERE on his blog.
They're just snippets, moving snapshots if you will, of the process of prepping and directing a one hour of network television, but well worth watching.
A taste:
Creating the Show
The Script
Rehearsing A Scene
Producing the Episode
"My job is to keep you on schedule."
Very true. Because at the end of the day yes it is about the show and making a good episode, but it's also about the numb3rs.
Lots more to watch HERE, go check them out.
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