Kary's Degrassi Blog

The Exec. Producer posted more (but not all) of the episode titles for Season 8 today over at the degrassi.tv forums.  A 4-part episode??? Interesting…

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Here’s an up-to-date list of episodes this year (all subject to change of course!). For logistical reasons we are shooting a number of episodes out of order, so I’ve put the list below in the actual order we will shoot them in, but with the correct episode number as they will be broadcast.

819 Paradise City–Part 1
820 Paradise City–Part 2
821 Paradise City–Part 3
822 Paradise City–Part 4

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He also announced that Degrassi has been nominated again for a 2008 Teen Choice Award!

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I am delighted to say that DEGRASSI has been nominated in the following category for Teen Choice 2008:

Remember–you must be 13 – 19 to vote (i.e your year of birth should be 1989 -1995)!!

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Degrassi won “Choice Summer Series” last year, so if you can (unfortunately I’m too old to vote), help Degrassi go for back-to back wins and vote!

The Exec posted a little info about the Opening Theme song yesterday.  Apparently they’re having a little trouble deciding which direction to go with it…

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We’re still working on the opening… you will find that there are subtle (and not so subtle) homages to the past–think Season 5 but modernized!! The theme will definitely have a vocal track, and we are still trying to figure out whether to go with a male vocal (possibly with a female background) or a female vocal (possibly with a male background)… we’ve even had one of the cast members singing part of the theme.. looking forward to making the decisions and putting it all together!

btw to help figure out the timing of the opening before we actually shot it, the director did a quick mockup by using a camcorder to shoot some of our office staff (including my son Max) acting out the opening. After you see the real opening I’ll try to post that demo, you’ll find it pretty amusing!!!

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If you’ve forgotten what the Season 5 opening/theme was like, you can view it here:

I added a few things to the blog today.  On the right-hand column, I added a bunch of Degrassi websites, fansites, etc. that you can check out.  There’s also a search bar which will make it easier for you to browse through the blog if you’re looking for something specific like spoilers, news, etc.

Degrassi’s Executive Producer Stephen Stohn posted more news about Season 8’s filming over at the degrassi.tv forums.  Apparently episode 808 and 809 (Lost in Love Parts 1 & 2) are going to be Valentine’s Day episodes.  I wonder who they’ll focus on, there’s so many options…

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Tomorrow is a holiday in Canada, and we’ve been on hiatus–but back again on Wednesday shooting 808/809 (Lost in Love parts 1 and 2). Yes, you read right, 808/809. What happened to 807 you might ask?? well it will be shot next along with 810. We wanted 808/809 to be a two-parter (you’ll see when it gets aired) and so we wanted the same director to shoot both, hence the slightly odd scheduling… wait a minute–does the title Lost in Love remind anyone of Valentine’s Day??? hmmmm….
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