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Ghost Whisperer Upside Down
So this week, as you saw by Friday’s episode, the Ghost Whisperer world was turned upside down by mischievous spirits. And not just on TV -- online the Ghost Whisperer world has been flipped. If you've got any thoughts on it, let us know ASAP! Go to http://myspace.com/ghostwhisperer as an example.
Friday's episode "The Gravesitter" was about a string of vandalism that leads Melinda to the town blogger, Justin, who knows her secret. John Gray connected this character Justin, played by Omid Abtahi (Sleeper Cell) with Justin Fisher, our real-life Ghost Whisperer internet guy who's hard at work each week helping us launch interesting assets for our fans to mash-up in between each broadcast of Ghost Whisperer.
The music at the end of this episode is “The Moment I Said It” by Imogen Heap (Sony/ BMG) -- love that song! Other songs include “Ridiculous” by independent artist Candy Butchers and “Head vs. Heart” by Brighton, MA (Loose Tooth Records).
The GW writers and the director (Fred Toye) did a brilliant job on this episode -- the scope of the show -- shooting on the ocean, the boat sinking action (which took place in a tank at Universal--we talked about this in an earlier blog when we were actually shooting the scenes) -- was a real challenge to shoot. But the Ghost crew moved through it with such passion it was like they were possessed (hint!) And then, as you saw, we sliced right through the earth on the Universal Lot to get to the Underground world (below Grandview) to follow Justin.
The other thing that we think worked beautifully (in addition to the acting, of course) is when Justin steps off the curb and reveals the Underworld through the pavement of the street. That took a great deal of planning and execution from Art and Armen in our Visual FX department. Then, of course, Tony Miller, our editor had to meld all of these worlds together in the editing room on a very, very fast schedule. We've accelerated everything since the strike was settled to get these episode on the air as fast as possible,
because we've heard from many of the GW fans who are ready for new original episodes. Done! But just in the nick of time -- finished the episode just the night before it aired! Whew. Next!
We're working with CBS on an online auction of an outfit that Melinda wears in the April 25th episode. We'll get word out to you because the outfit is really gorgeous and Love looks beautiful in it and you'll be able to see the clip of the scene in which she wears it so beautifully while she's acting so brilliantly.
We've created a new Ghost Whisperer widget (thanks, Adi, man!) that we'll continue to refresh with new material and we hope that you'll be our Ghost Whisperer friend by putting it in your web world. We’ll be getting that to you ASAP.
And, finally, the Saturn give-away is coming quickly so make sure you check out the Haunted Highway, The Other Side webisodes and all the other fun things on our Ghost Whisperer: The Other Side II site. Go to http://cbs.com/ghost to register to win.
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Kim and Ian
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Apr 13, 2008 2:25 PM
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The "Gravesitter" episode involving Justin and his boating incident was outstanding. There really wasn't anything to nit pick.
However, note that at this point I'm assuming that Melinda has a mental problem (confusion?) in not wanting everybody to know about her ability to see and talk to ghosts, when she tells just about everybody in every episode of her ability to do so.
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Apr 13, 2008 6:38 PM
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