Abstract :
This paper is a personal documentation behind the scrim of Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu sitcom’s management. Achievement factors would be analysis based on the writer’s own personal involvement as the stage manager of the sitcom. The analysis is done upon five major elements that determined the success of television production, namely, the selection of ideas, selection of casting, production group, utilization of instruments and audience satisfaction. The emphasis is on the philosophy of stage management. It is found that what ever method could be used, the success of stage management rely upon discipline, dedication, diligence and commitment among the whole workforce of the production. It is proven that the whole workforce in this sitcom, from the highest to the lowest levels, had been extremely close and their relationships have chemistry. This is obvious among its actors, and their combination of castings are so strong that its observers though that their performance on the stage has been done improvatively. Beside that, its strong point are its themes, titles and dialogues. As a whole, the reason for this sitcom been scrim on television for a long time and being considered as the land-mark for this genre till today is that, other than articulating interesting issues, its actors are all excellent.
Keywords :
History , ideas , castings , management and philosophy
