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Hi, the following are projects of mine that are to big to just fit in my to-do list, if you're interested in joining any of the projects, feel free to do so. --Music26/11 18:49, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

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"Music2611/Projects and Sandbox"

Dexter is the pilot episode of the Showtime television drama series Dexter.

Plot

Production

The premise of the episode followes the same storyline of Jeff Lindsay's novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the first in the series of novels on which the television show is based, albeit with many additional elements and altered characters.[1]

Casting

Michael C. Hall received the script for Dexter in July 2005, after just having finished the fifth and final season of HBO's Six Feet Under.[2] Hall was thinking of returning to theatre work, and had no intention of returning to television so quickly.[2] However, he changed his mind after reading the script, because he was "intrigued by the macabre mix of dark humor, chilling violence, and a unique central character".[2]

Filming, editing and cinematography

Filming of the episode took place in Miami and Los Angeles.[3] While in Miami for two weeks,[4] three hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma went by.[5] Since further filming was to take place during the hurricane season, the crew was forced to move to Los Angeles.[5][6] Executive producer Sara Colleton explained that the filming crew tried to create a different version of Miami in Los Angeles, that differed from the "glossy look" Miami has in CSI: Miami and Miami Vice.[5] Although most of the episode was shot in Los Angeles, the material shot in Miami was used in the episode.[4] "Dexter" was shot in HD, cinematographer Romeo Tirone said he experienced some difficulties because HD "sees everything".[4] As oppose to Dexter's "disturbing" enviroment, Tirone tried to give Rita's enviroment a more "warmer, safer, happier place" with "a dark side to it".[4] Tirone did this by letting a lot of light come through the windows.[4] Editor Elena Maganini was contacted by episode director Michael Cuesta, after he saw her previous work with director John McNaughton, Maganini had previously worked on a serial killer movie entitled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer.[7] Veteran television editor Scott K. Wallace was hired later, on Maganini's advice.[7] Wallace and Maganini worked on the flashback sequences in the episode, which they tried to make "very dreamlike", with Dexter being identified as "the dark passenger", which was very much inspired by Lindsay's novels.[7]

Reception

The pilot premiered on October 1, 2006, when it was watched by over one million viewers, giving Showtime its highest ratings in nearly two years.[8] An edited version of the pilot episode was broadcast on CBS on February 17, 2008,[9] making Dexter the first show in 20 years to air on a broadcast network after it had been shown on a premium cable channel.[10] The episode was watched by 8.1 million viewers, finishing third in its timeslot and giving CBS its best ratings in the 10 o'clock timeslot since December.[11] Elena Maganini, the pilot's editor, won the 2007 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series.[12]

Reviews of the pilot were generally positive.[13] David Hinckley of the New York Daily News called it "bold, different and exciting, with a central character and performance that take your breath away". Hinckley praised Hall's dynamic Emmy-worthy performance, and the "indispensable and haunting" narration.[14] Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune claimed "to deny yourself the engrossing Dexter based on its subject matter would be to miss out on one of television's most fiendishly intelligent new dramas." Ryan enjoyed the series' black comedy aspects, which she thought were "infused with the most pitch-dark irony on television".[15] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe was impressed by Hall's grand performance, especially in his ability to made Dexter likable. Gilbert praised the set designers, comparing the crime scenes to a Vanity Fair photo spread.[16]

Critics reacted positively to the character of Dexter.[17] Entertainment Weekly's Josh Wolk called him "the hippest-looking killer since American Psycho's Patrick Bateman".[2] The San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman described Dexter as "alluring, in a strange way",[18] while Ryan found him to be "among the more compelling characters on the small screen".[15] Gilbert described Dexter as a cross between Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, calling him a vigilante obsessive murderer with a slippery personality, but "also a hero of sorts".[16]

However, not all reviews were as positive. Robert Abele of LA Weekly thought the pilot was average, containing "fashionable gore, occasionally witty dialogue, serviceable suspense and boilerplate police-department politics." Abele felt that the series was a superhero tale, rather than the dark comedy, police thriller and brooding drama that it was promoted to be.[19] Brian Lowry of Variety did not think that Dexter would impress critics, and noted, "antics of the deranged... aren't really all that pleasant to watch".[3] Nancy DeWolf Smith of The Wall Street Journal felt that the "grotesqueries of Dexter are not something that can easily be dismissed with the old 'you don't have to watch' line. We don't have to watch. We do have to live among the viewers who will be desensitized, or aroused, by this show."[20]

References

  1. ^ Ward, Kendra (September 29, 2008). "'Dexter' book series similar to TV". Washburn University. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  2. ^ a b c d Wolk, Josh (October 6, 2006). "Blood Brother: Michael C. Hall Returns to TV in Dexter". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
  3. ^ a b Lowry, Brian (September 27, 2006). "Dexter". Variety. Retrieved 2009-01-16. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e Frazer, Bryant (October 18, 2006). "HD Cinematography on Showtime's Dexter". Studio Daily. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  5. ^ a b c Ahlborn, Kate (October 24, 2008). "Q&A: Dexter Executive Producer Sara Colleton". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  6. ^ Deggans, Eric (September 14, 2007). "Faking Florida: Which TV Show Does the Worst in Reproducing the Sunshine State?". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  7. ^ a b c Kunkes, Michael (2007). "Serial Thrillers". Editors Guild Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  8. ^ Mitovich, Matt (October 4, 2006). "Short Cuts: Dexter Slays the Ratings, and More!". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-01-16. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Staff (February 16, 2008). "Will Dexter be Killer in the Ratings for CBS?". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  10. ^ Stelter, Brian (February 20, 2008). "Dexter Gains a Wider Audience". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  11. ^ Kissell, Rick (February 18, 2008). "Knight rides back to success, Dexter kills in primetime ratings". Variety. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  12. ^ Mesger, Robin (September 8, 2007). "59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2009-01-16. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Dexter (Showtime)". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  14. ^ Hinckley, David (October 2006). "Dexter is dead on target. An avenger - and a serial killer". The New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-01-16. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ a b Ryan, Maureen (September 27, 2006). "Dexter: A serial killer drama worth checking out". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  16. ^ a b Gilbert, Matthew (September 30, 2006). "Stylishly graphic, Dexter pleases with a killer twist". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  17. ^ Gonzalez, Ed (October 28, 2006). "Dexter". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2009-01-16. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ Goodman, Tim (September 29, 2006). "Killer 'Dexter' slices and dices ethics, humor". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-01-16. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ Abele, Robert (October 12, 2006). "Killing Them Softly". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
  20. ^ Smith, Nancy DeWolf (September 29, 2006). "The Good, the Ugly and the Bad". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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