Events Calendar
In This Section
WWII veteran honored through hospice program
Don't expect Zips' exhibition game to be pretty
Akron home prices rank best in college-town poll
Zips fit well together for a victory
Dyer: Chapel Hill isn't rolling right along
Ridenour: Browns are back but nothing has changed so far
Bank helps more save their homes
Most Read Stories
Unusual sports bar to be sold at auction
Motorcyclist killed, wife injured in Stark County crash
Family found dead in Ohio home
Man says he was punched, robbed by 3 people in parking lot
Man gets 3 years in prison for having sex with horse
Bank helps more save their homes
Circle K on Brown Street robbed
Woman says clinic refused to help her get pregnant because she's not married
Blogs:
Pets:
Cats are trainable — and that's not a punchline
The Heldenfiles:
Monday Notebook
Patrick McManamon:
Time for Kokinis, Browns to agree and part ways
Akron Zips:
Zips tip off tomorrow
Tribe Matters:
Indians announce spring dates
Cleveland Browns:
Mangini doesn't name a quarterback
Kent State Sports:
KSU Notes – November 9
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Shaq: It’s All About Winning Championships
Buckeye Blogging:
Weekly ‘B’ Deck Report – New Mexico St.
Varsity Letters:
Walsh Jesuit’s Caponi commits to Duquesne
All Da King's Men:
If It Looks Like Islamic Terrorism…
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Dems Message To Women: Don't Enjoy The Sex
Akron Law Café:
Abortion Analogies
See Jane Style:
Muffle Your Muffler
Car Chase:
Clock Tender- Extending the Life of Collector Car Clocks
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Rumors: Akron Starbucks Closing
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Jack is looking for a trip to Southern Ohio the week of November 16.
Sound Check:
The Black Keys to perform benefit concert at Musica on November 27
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – Why People Do Not Live in Northeast Ohio
Akron Gamer:
New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record
Canton native Brannon Braga will be teaching screenwriting at Stark campus beginning Feb. 4
By Carol Biliczky
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Sunday, Jan 27, 2008
Canton native Brannon Braga may have had one of the most glamorous jobs in Hollywood before the writers strike — writing scripts for the TV show 24.
Starting Feb. 4, he will be offering an insider's look at what that's like when he teaches a course on screenwriting at the Kent State Stark campus in Jackson Township.
The KSU alumnus called KSU-Stark with the idea that he do something to help area students. The perfect idea seemed to be teaching a course on what he knows best, KSU spokeswoman Cynthia Williams said.
Braga said he kind of stumbled into his early success writing scripts for the many franchises of Star Trek.
''I didn't really have any books or any way of grasping how I could go about being a screenwriter when I was growing up,'' the 42-year-old Braga said. ''It's not easy, but it can be done. That's part of the message I want to impart.''
He moved to Canton with his family when he was 13, graduated from Canton McKinley High School and took some courses at KSU-Stark. Then he was off to the University of California-Santa Cruz for a degree in theater arts and film production.
In 1990, that morphed into an internship writing scripts for Star Trek: The Next Generation at Paramount. The next year, he was hired full time.
Over the next 14 years, he
was credited with more than 108 Star Trek episodes. In 1994, he received a Hugo Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing. He became a co-producer and producer for various Star Trek franchises.
Along the way, he took heat for Star Trek's falling ratings and eventual cancellation.
''It isn't a pleasant thing to think of yourself as to blame,'' he told Fandom in 2005. ''There are other factors involved with Star Trek losing its audience appeal over the years.''
After Star Trek, he switched gears to become executive producer of the short-lived science fiction drama Threshold on CBS.
Now he is a writer for 24, the award-winning TV drama series starring Kiefer Sutherland. Braga and about seven other writers collaborate on each episode.
''It's challenging and demands a tremendous amount of continuity'' from episode to episode, he said.
While Braga received a Distinguished Alumnus award from Kent State in 2003 and is widely known by Star Trek fans, it hasn't made much difference at home, he told the Beacon Journal in 2001.
''I don't think anybody really knows what I do,'' he said. ''I think they know the actors more than the writers and producers. It's not like I go back to Canton at Christmas time and people come up to me.''
His class will meet from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 4, 6, 8 and 11. Tuition is $255; non-KSU students also pay an admission fee of $30. Registration deadline is Friday.
Current KSU students may register online via FlashLine in the Student Tools channel. Others must visit the student services office at KSU-Stark to apply for admission.
For details, call 330-499-9600 or 330-535-3377.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
Canton native Brannon Braga may have had one of the most glamorous jobs in Hollywood before the writers strike — writing scripts for the TV show 24.
Get the full article here.
Comments
Click here to post your comments
