{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Adapting Period Pieces, with Alison Eakle and Evan Romansky","description":"This week on On Story, we explore finding the source material for a period piece, making decisions about historical accuracy versus creative liberties, and successfully marrying a modern audience with a bygone era. AFF moderator Fabienne Harford speaks with Alison Eakle, Chief Content Officer at Shondaland and executive producer on Bridgerton, and Evan Romanksy, co-creator of Ratched about what it takes to research and create period pieces that maintain integrity and entertainment. Alison Eakle oversees all Netflix streaming content for Shondaland. She joined Shondaland in 2013, helping develop the ABC dramas \u201cHow to Get Away with Murder,\u201d \u201cStation 19,\u201d \u201cFor the People,\u201d and \u201cThe Catch.\u201d Prior to her time at Shondaland, Eakle was at Ellen DeGeneres\u2019 production company, A Very Good Production. She began her career in features, working in development and production at Paramount Vantage and Columbia Pictures, as well as in marketing at Paramount Pictures. In 2016, Eakle was named one of Marie Claire\u2019s New Guard: America\u2019s 50 Most Influential Women, and in 2019 she was named an Ojai Fellow as part of CAA\u2019s Convene. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and The University of Texas at Austin. She\u2019s joined by Evan Romanksy the co-creator and executive producer of Netflix's Emmy and Golden-Globe nominated series RATCHED. A graduate of Ohio University and Loyola Marymount University, Evan has sold both film and TV projects to Amazon and MakeReady Studios and is currently developing with Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films as well as Margot Robbie's LuckyChap Entertainment. Both Evan and Allison have learned to successfully marry a modern audience with a bygone era.   Ratched, Queen Charlotte, and Bridgerton clips courtesy of Netflix. ","author_name":"Austin Film Festival's On Story","author_url":"http:\/\/austinfilm.libsyn.com","html":"