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Brendan Williams Day 1 Assignment
I learned the different kinds of reality shows out there and how to combine formats to create a unique idea for a show. Also, I learned the basic questions to ask myself when having an idea for a possible reality TV show.
Lesson #1Assignment Part. 1
GROUP 1: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. Format: Make-Over (regarding a make over of their mental health), Docu-Soap, and Structured Relationships.
GROUP 2: Dino Hunters. Format: Adventure/ Exploration and Occupation Soap.
GROUP 3: Dating Around: Structured Relationships of new blind date couples, Docu-series on dating, and Adventure/Exploration around the dating scene.
GROUP 4: Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. Adventure/ Exploration, Occupation Soap.
GROUP 5: Who Wants to be A Millionaire?. Competition Reality, Game Show, and a tiny bit of Topical regarding the host using humor to tell stories, communicate with contestants, and use his talk show persona on the show.
Assignment Part. 2
Show Idea: World Cuisine Cook-Off.
What is the rough premise of the show? A team of cooks from a restaurant that specializes in a certain global cuisine (such as a Japanese, Italian, Mexican, or Etc) competes against another restaurant with a completely different cuisine and they must cook each other’s menus while adding their own stamp on the dishes. An example would be an Italian restaurant from Little Italy vs. a Japanese restaurant from San Francisco. How would a Japanese cook create Italian dishes using influences from his own cooking and style?
What is the format or hybrid format you’ve chosen? The main format is the “Cooking/Baking Competition Reality” format, but there’s also an element of the “Game Show” format and the “Occupation-Soap” as we see head chefs of these restaurants interact with their sous chefs on how they will tackle a menu that’s far different than their own. We see that relationship between the head chef and their employees.
Who are the real life characters? The real life characters are the kitchen employees of a popular who are determined to win each challenge. When the show begins, we get backstories on the chefs and how they opened their restaurant and created their menus. Also, because the prize money goes to charity, we get an insight into what charity the cooks are playing and what’s their emotional connection to the charity.
What are the situations that these characters find themselves in? Each culinary team must prepare a menu that’s not a direct copycat but is influenced by the menu of the competitive team. They have a certain time to complete each challenge. There are five challenges each cover the traditional “Five Course Meal”.
What is the setting? The setting is a restaurant style kitchen built in a soundstage. It’s suppose to look like a restaurant with posters of famous restaurants around the world. There’s a dinning room table for the judges that will try the food and judge it while awarding points.
What is the viewers experience? The viewer watches a competitive game between two restaurants that specializes in a different kind of cuisine, however at the same time, they are getting ideas for their own home cooking and learning about a restaurant they can visit when they’re in that area. Also, because the restaurants are playing for charity, they are learning about an important charity. We also have a segment where we learn about the country and their cuisine, so this is also an educational show.
How do you envision it being a series that can run for multiple seasons over many years? Like other cooking competition shows, Master Chef, The Great British Bake Off, and many others, this show can run for many seasons because there’s no shortage of restaurants that specializes in various cuisines and restaurants will hopefully want to play the game to win money for a charity of their choice.
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Don Perry 1st Day Assignment
What I learned doing this assignment: I learned that I knew a lot more than I give myself credit for with respect to these reality TV formats. Also, I have watched entirely too many of these shows. No wonder I feel like writing my own!
Part 1:
Group 1 – Scientology – Format: Docu-Series
Group 2 – Wicked Tuna – Format: Occu-Soap
Group 3 – Love After Lockup – Format: Structured Relationships
Group 4 – Expedition Unknown – Format: Adventure/Travel
Group 5 – Flea Market Flip – Format: Makeover/Competition Reality/Structured Relationships
Part 2:
A. A one or two sentence explanation of the show.
Every year, thousands of African Americans leave America in search of a better life, many of them head to Africa. The Mother Land follows these new expats and asks if The American Dream really lives in Africa?
B. The format or hybrid format you’ve chosen.
Competition Reality
C. The real-life characters.
A curated group of men & women, ages 25 – 45, single
D. The situation these characters find themselves in.
Trying to establish themselves in a totally new country; negotiating work, customs, food, nightlife, government redtape, daily life among the locals. The curated group has 90 days to become self-sufficient or go home. The one who succeeds the best, gets a start-up package to aid them in their new life abroad.
E. The setting.
A landing pad house where each participant must earn their right to stay by successfully performing a series of tasks or be eliminated.
F. And the viewer experience.
Viewers learn about new cultures, places, people; gain an experience of what life outside of the USA is really like; pick their favorite contestant to win the big prize.
Tell us how you envision it being a SERIES that can run for one or more seasons.
Each season, a new group of participants take up residence in the house and try to realize their dreams. From one season to the next, different countries could be the host of the house – Accra, Ghana; Dakar, Senegal; Lagos, Nigeria; Cape Town, South Africa; etc.
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Esther’s Alternative TV Project Assignment #1 and #2
What I learned doing this assignment is all of the various formats that reality TV encompasses and that an idea while interesting may not be the best for a series. It was interesting to learn how having multiple formats in a hybrid really make for an engaging show.
Group #1
Tiger King. Format: Docu-Series, Occu-Soap, Adventure
Group #2
Below Deck. Format: Occu-soap, Structured Relationship, Adventure
Group #3
Dating Around. Format: Docu-soap, Structured Relationship
Group #4
Mysteries At the Museum. Format: Adventure/Exploration
Group #5
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Format: Competition, Game
Assignment #2
Reality Series: (Name TBD)
A. A one or two sentence explanation of the show.
Following the lives of a group of young musician friends that work at a music label in order to break into the music industry and get noticed.
B. Format or Hybrid that you’ve chosen
Docu-Soap, Occu-Soap, Structured Relationship
C. The real life characters
Assistants, interns and entry level employees at a music label that work together.
D. The situation these characters find themselves in.
They work together, compete for limited time/relationships with superiors and people within the music industry for their day jobs and personal music dreams, while at the same time being friends and a support system for one another.
E. The Setting
New York, LA or Austin at a US label, or in an Asian country where the next supergroups are made (like the documentary on Black Pink) where groups of girls live together, play and work together while competing for limited spots in the group.
F. The viewer experience
Seeing the music industry from the inside out, experiencing the dreams, struggles, and interpersonal relationships of friends trying to make it in an ultracompetitive environment. Also seeing the structured employer, employee and interpersonal relationships and how they change as breakthroughs are made. The viewer will get to experience watching the how far they are willing to go/sacrifice in order to make their dreams a personal reality.
Tell us how you envision it being a SERIES that can run for one or more seasons.
Much like the docu-soaps on Bravo today, the show can continue as a series as the next group of assistants or interns comes to the label and following the relationships of the cast as they help or hinder one other.
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Michae Kemp Alternative TV
What I learned doing this assignment is the complexity of the reality world of television. I did not realize the 10 different aspects available to choose or select when thinking about creating and scripting them. I now feel fortunate to have them explained to me. Thank you.
Assignment #1
GROUP 1:
TIGER KING (Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acTdxsoa428 2:17
Format: OCCU-SOAP/DOCU-SERIES/TOPICAL/RELATIONSHIP
THE VOW (HBO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXKJyh_rl0I 1:40
Format: EXPLORATION/OCCU-SOAP/DOCU-SERIES/TOPICAL/RELATIONSHIP
SCIENTOLOGY AND THE AFTERMATH (A&E)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tmkFW4eun4 1:14
Format: DOCU-SERIES/EXPLORATION
The format of these shows is OCCU-SOAP/DOCU-SERIES/EXPLORATION/TOPICAL/RELATIONSHIP
GROUP 2:
BELOW DECK (Bravo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqQG3JWtz8 2:18
Format: TRAVEL/OCCU-SOAP/DOCU-SERIES/RELATIONSHIP
DINO HUNTERS (Discovery)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1TNLSDoNpA 2:50
Format: TRAVEL/EXPLORATION/DOCU-SERIES/RELATIONSHIP
WICKED TUNA (National Geographic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK42rPPmbBA&list=ULciOLWuMiLEs&index=4348 1:32
Format; TRAVEL/DOCU-SOAP/DOCU-SERIES/RELATIONSHIP
The format of these shows is TRAVEL/DOCU-SERIES/OCCU-SOAP/RELATIONSHIP
GROUP 3:
MARRYING MILLIONS (Lifetime)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUlYEULoRfE 00:00
Format: VIDEO PRIVATE SIGN-IN INACCESSIBLE
LOVE AFTER LOCKUP (WE TV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWF7hJ3nArE 2:26
Format: RELATIONSHIP/DOCU-SERIES/DOCU-SOAP
DATING AROUND (Netflix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOxnswya_JU 2:04
Format: EXPLORATION/DOCU-SERIES/RELATIONSHIP
The format of these shows is RELATIONSHIP/DOCU-SERIES/DOCU-SOAP
GROUP 4:
EXPEDITION UNKNOWN (Discovery)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLxhTLDvhv8 1:00
Format: ADVENTURE & EXPLORATION/TRAVEL/DOCU-SERIES
MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM (TRVL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srq5XVpRUw0 42:49
Format: TRAVEL/DOCU-SERIES/ADVENTURES & EXPLORATION/TOPICAL
GORDON RAMSAY: UNCHARTED (Nat Geo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-LV9a0B28c 1:00
Format: ADVENTURES & EXPLORATION/MAKEOVER/TRAVEL/DOCU-SERIES
The format of these shows is TRAVEL/DOCU-SERIES/ADVENTURES & EXPLORATION
GROUP 5:
CASH CAB (Bravo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8eb9Xdm_WE 1:16
Format: GAME/COMPETITION/DOCU-SERIES/TOPICAL/RELATIONSHIP
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (ABC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qday6qKAWdU 2:26
Format: GAME/COMPETITION/DOCU-SERIES/TOPICAL
FLEA MARKET FLIP (HGTV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2Dq1ef2MFk 20:52
Format: MAKEOVER/COMPETITION/GAME/DOCU-SERIES/RELATIONSHIP
The format of these shows is GAME/COMPETITION/DOCU-SERIES/TOPICAL/RELATIONSHIP
ASSIGNMENT
#21. Using the 10 formats, brainstorm as many ideas as you can (at least 5) so you have multiple ideas to choose from.
Music Competition Reality: Panel of Expert Judges, live
audience
Competition Reality: Team vs. Team for prize money and awards
Docu-Soap: Relationship between team members, success or
failure
Occu-Soap: If team members work at same job occupation
elsewhere
Docu-Series: Segments of different competitive teams each
week
Structured Relationship: Team Captain’s interviews, bios, and
relationships
Makeover: Transformation by expert judges evaluating
performance
Adventure/Exploration: Travel to different cities and states for competitors/showcasing each city and state per segment. Encouragement speeches by Mayor and governor.
Game scoring: Highest point total per overall seven skills
declared winner per segment preparing for next competition elimination
round to reach the championship
Topical: Seven VTR lesson tips updated throughout each
segment by on-camera Main Host2. Select one idea and give us a 1st draft answer for each of the following:
A. A one or two-sentence explanation of the show.
Responding quickly to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs in an aftermath of an incident or natural disaster.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Invitational gets its roots from the annual Emergency Response Team (ERT) Challenge that was held bi-annually by the Business & Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness (BICEPP).
B. The format or hybrid format you’ve chosen.
1. GAME COMPETITION: To strive to be the National Champion of CERT
2. RELATIONSHIPS: Individual and Team Members
3. DOCU-SERIES: Segments of different Teams Each Week
4. TRAVEL: Different Cities and states with showcasing
5. MAKEOVER: Explanation of Lesson Tips by approved experts for home and away
C. The real-life characters.
1. Preparedness is the shared responsibility of our entire nation, with 3,300 CERT Teams listed by state and U.S. Territories.
2. Three Celebrity Hosts; two for the two teams each and one Main Host.
3. BICEPP Executive Board Experts as Judges. Amount TBD.
4. Inclusion of ‘Rex’ the homeland security/FEMA live-action mountain lion ‘Ready Kits Mascot’ who has the head of a feline and the body of a weightlifter dressed in full costume to point, display, and showcase — all in pantomime — in order to assist our Main Host in communication with our television audience, especially the children.
5. Our Main Host may refer to Rex’s family of wife ‘Purrcilla’ and his daughter ‘Rory’ on the importance and need for certain preparedness items pertaining to families
D. The situation these characters find themselves in.
1. Each team will be in a fish-out-of-water scenario since contestants are not full-time first responders, if private, but are mostly utilized and called into action only in times of disaster.
2. Seven skills to be performed by each team in simulated environments of disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, floods, tropical storms, train derailments, MTA Bus accidents, all created by Hollywood special effects experts and others to ensure reality, including professional Moulage makeup for victim authenticity.
3. Conducting search and rescue operations to locate and rescue persons in distress from start to finish, inside and outside of selected buildings, subways, train depots, movie theatres, locations; i.e. Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles County Fire Training Facility, and wherever the public congregates, to include establishing the condemnation of unsafe structures.
4. Tension, sacrifice, good fair play, stress, comfortability on camera will all play key roles.
5. A race against the clock urgency will award points in selected categories with a live audience and three celebrity hosts familiar with disaster drills and training.
6. A pressure-cooker atmosphere for contestants will exist where the fast-action-paced drama will unfold as it occurs and the individual contestants of each team’s true characterizations will rise to the surface.
7. Ensuring a safe environment throughout timely communications.
8. Designated and/or qualifying teams must plan to work together to survive into the next round of competition while creating a heightened reality.
E. The setting.
1. Various locales and cities for the two teams taking part. Will involve travel and showcasing of those cities selected with on-screen welcomes by the Mayor and Governor of each state, all encouraging Americans to volunteer to improve and safeguard the nation by agreeing to join CERT in their individual communities and learn the skills presented and practice the safe lesson tips in each segment.
2. Short lesson tips with demonstrations by the Main Host using appropriate props and set dressing to explain each lesson:
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· House bolting to foundations.
· Strapping propane tanks and correct storage.
· Checklist for your home essentials to prepare to shelter-in-place at home and at work. Raising utilities above level of flood risk.
· Securing furniture survival checklist for your car and the essentials.
· Grab and go tube kits for kids.
· Assembling of disaster supplies
· Developing a plan and safe room at home
· Ready to go backpacks with survival gear essentials
· Emergency radios
· Securing appliances and office equipment
· Locating shutoffs for gas, electricity, and water.
· Storing a natural gas wrench for availability
· Demonstration of natural gas shutoff by the Main Host
· Locating and turning off the main water valve to the home or apartment
· Securing water heater to the wall
· Proper usage of a fire extinguisher and what their alphabetical codes mean; sizes for home and car.
· Making out-of-state family connections for communications.
· Area Code and cellular telephone discussions and why they may not work.
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F. And the viewer experience:
1. Interviews and insights with secondary hosts looking into the competitors’ full-time occupations and private lives.
2. Focusing on the individual contenders, so the audience will care about what happens to them before, during, and after the competition that our editors can tap out of sequence from a pool of digitized footage to tell their human stories, which will provide exposure to a broad range of human experiences not available in other programming.
3. Witnessing honor guards from the Boy Scouts of America, Boy’s and Girl’s Clubs, Campfire Girls, YMVA, Rotary Clubs, ROTC, etc with each ceremony will include a TBA local high school band and drill team playing the National Anthem with a regular performance later in the program for the live audience.
4. The possibility exists of expanding the competitive team base to allow many more team cities to take part and to start a new, innovative concept for television — by simultaneously creating two additional hosting teams in:
· The Spanish language
· ASL (American Sign Language) with full sound so each segment may be enjoyed equally by hearing audiences as well to the 26-to-36 million who are deaf or hearing impaired, just in the United States alone.
· Each structured script will follow the same formula pattern, except that all achievements will happen simultaneously with all three hosting teams in action and edited later for distribution to all three major demographic markets: English, Spanish, and ASL, and all with no form of captioning for having three marketing versions of the same episode throughout the series.
· VTR quick lesson tips will be updated and vary on different topics during each future segment(s) and subject to prior review and approval for broadcast using as many of the sponsored items as necessary on camera.
3. Tell us how you envision it being a SERIES that can run for one or more seasons.
A. Different people, different cities, different relationships, timely stories, and topics.
B. Availability of educational lessons being updated before each segment with varying topics and instructional skills that anyone can perform.
C. An audience of at a minimum of 3,300 CERT teams across the United States, if not competing personally, cheering on their favorite cities to win. Other countries also tuning in.
D. The ASL Community alone in 2012 maintained approximately $333 billion in purchasing power per year and pays attention to ASL programming for viewing or purchase.
E. Introducing in Year two: a “Teen ERT – The National Championships,” using teenage high school student CERT team volunteers and by:
F. Year Three: “Global ERT-The Global Championships,” involving the CERT teams from around the world.
4. Answer the question, “What I learned doing this assignment is…” and put that at the top of your assignments.
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Laura Souders’ Alternative TV Project
1. The Vow- Docuseries
2. Below Deck- Occusoap
3. 3. Dating Around- Structured Relationship
4. Expedition Unknown- Adventure/Travel
5. Flea Market Flip- Makeover/Competition
2. What I learned doing this assignment is how to analyze reality shows to understand their format and how to combine formats to create an interesting show idea.
Show Idea: Broken House, Broken Home would be a unique home organizing show and relationship show.
Format: hybrid of Makeover and Structured Relationship
Real-life characters: Professional Organizer, a therapist and any two people who feel their relationship is at a breaking point caused by the cluttered state of their shared home- a couple, parent and child, adult siblings
Situation: They are at their breaking point, with their home and relationship. Divorce or keeping the home are at risk.
Setting: Their home, could be in a variety of locations around the county, showcasing urban and suburban settings.
Viewer Experience- Getting a peek into the home and relationship of someone else. Wondering if the pair will be able to get their home organized and fix their relationship.
The series would continue….As a professional organizer, whose business has continued to grow substantially over the last 8 years, each of my clients has a different story and situation.
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Thomas F. Duffy Day 1 – What I learned from this assignment: is that their are so many possibilities for this concept. I also learned that I had strong knowledge of the subject and that I have a lot more structure than I realized.
Group 1 – Scientology – Format: Docu-Series/Topical
Group 2 – Wicked Tuna – Format: Occu-Soap
Group 3 – Love After Lockup – Format: Structured Relationships
Group 4 – Expedition Unknown – Format: Adventure/Travel
Group 5 – Flea Market Flip – Format: Makeover/Competition Reality/Game
<u style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>Assignment Part 1. Using the 10 formats, brainstorm as many ideas as you can (at least 5) so you have multiple ideas to choose from.
Music Competition Reality – Guitar Legend, Country Roads, Punked Out, Kid Stars, Foodies, Asian Cooking
Competition Reality – Dog Show, Armchair Quarterbacks, Ice Hockey Skills, Urban Commandos, Uber v Lyft, Waiting For A Break – waiters compete
Docu-Soap – Off-Shore – life in a real New Jersey family, Finding America – A recent arrival Afghan family embraces life in the US., My Big Fat Irish/Italian family – Back East family intrigue.
Occu-Soap – Crafty’s (life in a craft beer bar), Starstruck – (life in a beginning acting class), Animal Rescue – (life of an animal rescue team), Real Realty – (life in a real estate office), Building Tension -(life in a NYC real estate development office.
Docu-Series – Dr. Bones – a movie paleontologist explores history, discoveries, daily finds and prep, and commentary at dig sites around the world., A Taste of Ireland – a celebrity explores the sights and cuisine of the Emerald Isle., Cowboy Quest – host explores the fact and fiction of the legends of the Old West, ghost towns and old mines, The Real Jersey Shore – host explores the real sights, oddities/myths and cuisine of the towns along the Jersey Shore.
Structured Relationship – Living Religion – follows a Catholic Opus Dei family, Making Rent – follows a young couple struggling to make ends meet, Newlywed Fame – a famous newlywed are followed from pre to 1st year marriage, The Resident – the struggles of a newlywed, just married 1st year intern. Covid Bound – an immuno-compromised person’s struggles with the pandemic and staying alive, while keeping the peace and welfare of his family.
Makeover – That’s So Dad – dad’s of all ages undergo a full makeover.
That’s So Mom – same for mom. , Fashion Police – a group of influencers pick a random person to makeover, Beverly Hills Pooch – a stylist takes a pet and gives it the full pet spa treatment, This Tired House – a combination of experts tell the ups and downs of fixing a house on a fixed budget.Adventure/Exploration – Dr. Bones – a movie paleontologist explores history, discoveries, daily finds and prep, and commentary at dig sites around the world. Undercover Hollywood – host looks into crimes, outrages and scandals in old Hollywood, Wild West Exposed – host looks into crimes, outrages and scandals in the Wild West. Great Myths of History – host looks into crimes, outrages and scandals through history, Buried History CA – host explores the history, mysteries and myths surrounding the settling of California.
Game – High School Honors – HS honor students face off for general knowledge questions and answers plus athletic contests, Egg Cart Challenge – people of all ages try the gauntlet of crates for fame and fortune, The Great Scavenger Hunt – College students compete on their campuses, to solve the puzzle map and clues for scholarship money, Cornhole Challenge – people vie against each other for a chance at Cornhole supremacy.
• Topical – The Earth – a host travels the country exploring the effects of climate change to life as we have known it, A Sinking Feeling – host follows the effect of rising coastal waters and drought starved bodies of water. Elev8 – people doing good around the country, Real Change – people making meaningful efforts to produce change.
Assignment Part. 2
A. Doctor Bones – a movie paleontologist explores history, discoveries, daily finds and prep, and commentary at dig sites and museums in the US and around the world. The show will be panoramic, entertaining and educational, supported with expert analysis and identification of the species discovered, from dinosaurs to other fossils.
B. The series will be a hybrid, combining adventure/exploration, docu-series, travel & topical.
C. The series will be hosted by Thomas F. Duffy, who portrayed hippie paleontologist, Dr. Robert Burke in The Lost World Jurassic Park, who was last seen in the jaws of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
D. Duffy did extensive research into paleontology prior to his role, joining a dig with famed paleontologist, Dr. Robert Bakker, talking with Jack Horner, the world-renowned paleontologist and Jurassic Park technical expert, as well as paleontologists at the Museum of Natural History in New York City, the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, and other experts. He will engage the audience with the everyday workings of a paleontologist and their crew, and explore the nitty-gritty of getting a fossil from the ground to museum. We’ll examine clothing, tools, technology, research and many other aspects in the field. His TLW:JP role has made it easy to bond and talk with paleontologists.
E. The digs can happen in remote, sometimes breathtaking locales, which can be very panoramic and beautiful. We will also travel and record the museums that receive the fossils.
F. This up-close analysis of fossils and what it takes to find and preserve them Will be informative, entertaining and educational, resulting in a can’t miss viewing experience. A great experience for the whole family.
3. Fossils are discovered in many locations throughout the world. Adults and children alike will enjoy our shows. We could spend several episodes at one dig site or multiple sites throughout the season. As there are many places to dig and many college programs running in various states and countries, the possibilities are there for exploring many different sites and locales. Also, you never know what you’re going to find from day to day, at any given site. The anticipation alone could feed a large audience.
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Change to 2 B – Occu-soap, Docu-series, Adventure/Exploration, Travel, Hidden Historical Discoveries, with big personalities.
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Butch’s Alternative TV Project
What I learned doing this assignment is…how many different types of reality TV formats there are. Also, that formats can be combined to create hybrid reality shows.
ASSIGNMENT #1
2. Tell us the trailers you watched from each group and what format it is:
Group 1: Scientology – Docu Series / Exploration
Group 2: Wicked Tuna – Occu-Soap
Group 3: Dating Around – Relationship / Exploration / Docu Series
Group 4: Expedition Unknown – Docu Series / Adventure
Group 5: Flea Market Flip – Competition Reality / Game
ASSIGNMENT #2
1. Using the 10 formats, brainstorm as many ideas as you can (at least 5) so you have multiple ideas to choose from.
Music Competition Reality
Competition Reality
Docu-Soap
Occu-Soap
Docu-Series
Structured Relationship
Makeover
Adventure/Exploration
Game
Topical
2. Select one idea and give us a 1st draft answer for each the following:
A. A one or two sentence explanation of the show.
“REPOLYMPICS” – Repo Games meets Wipeout
B. The format or hybrid format you’ve chosen.
Competition Reality / Game
C. The real-life characters.
The Repo Man/Host ; Random people that have defaulted on their car loans – people that can’t afford to lose their vehicle and will be willing to fight their ass off to win back their car
D. The situation these characters find themselves in.
When people fall behind on their car payments The Repo Man will take their vehicles and offer them a chance to win back their car fully paid off
E. The setting.
The competition takes place in The Junkyard – an obstacle course built around junk cars, mud pits, water hazards, etc.
F. And the viewer experience.
Viewers will cringe and laugh as they root for our competitors to win back their vehicles
3.Tell us how you envision it being a SERIES that can run for one or more seasons.
The winners of the first eight episodes will compete in a grand finale Tournament of Champions for the chance to win a brand new (Insert Sponsor Vehicle here)
Each new Season will have upgraded Junkyards with new obstacles and bigger prizes
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Reality TV – Lesson 1 – Defining Your Idea as a Format
Assignment One –
The format of Group One Shows including Tiger King, (Netflix); The Vow, (HBO): Scientology and the Aftermath hosted by Leah Remini (A&E) is Docu-series.
The format of Group 2 shows including Below Deck (Bravo); Dino Hunters (Discovery) and Wicked Tuna (National Geographic) is Adventure Exploration.
The format of Group 3 shows, including: Marrying Millions (Lifetime), Love After Lockup (WE TV), Dating Around (Netflix) is Relationships.
The format of Group 4 shows, including: Expedition Unknown (Discovery), Mysteries at the Museum (TRVL) and Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic) is Occu-Series/Adventure hybrid.
The format of Group 5 shows, including: Cash Cab (Bravo), Who Wants to Be A Millionaire (ABC); and Flea Market Flip (HGTV) is Game Shows.
Assignment # 2 – Brainstorming Exercize on TV Reality Shows:
1. Music Competition – Harmonizing Families
2.Adventure – How to Plan the Best Vacation in 5 Minutes?
3.Topical – NGO World – People helping People!
4. Game-Docu-series – Weekend With a Star
5. Occu-Soap – Drama Queen Bloopers
6. Occu-Series and Game/Topical – Here Comes the Judge
2. (I’m not sure which one to pick, so I’ll give you an outline of each.)
A. Harmonizing Families – Family Bands family or extended family compete by performing for a top cash prize in the professional and non-professional categories.
B. This is a Competition/Relationship hybrid, which shows behind the scenes look at their relationships building up to the competition, including music practise, preparing for audition, where and how they live, life goals, how the show brought them together, and what they are going to do with the money if they win.
etc.
C. The real- life characters are family members where at least three members have to be a part of a family or extended family. (This could include: uncle, cousins, and in-laws getting together to work in harmony).
D. The situation these characters find themselves in, — learning to work together, sometimes with people we don’t always like, as well as competing in front of an audience.
E. The setting is the behind the scenes look at their lives, how they practise and get along. Team-work. Narrations of how they hope to win. What other talents they have.
F. The viewer experience: The audience gets to see the behind the scenes montages of the various families who are performing as they prepare for this exciting experience. A panel of judges can weigh in, and the audience can weigh in on the best performance & their favourite family. They will start out with 12 families and one family is eliminated each week until the end of a season. By the end of the year, the top four will compete for the top prize. It could be held at various locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
How to Plan The Best Vacation Ever
A. Four different planners compete for prizes in planning the Best Vacation for a family.
B. The format is kind of an Docu-Series/Adventure as we follow a family, who are given an itinerary of their vacation together.
C. The real-life characters are real families and couples who are planning their next big trip.
D. The situation they find themselves in? It could be anything from heaven to hell– stranded at the airport or hotel, bad service, plumbing, a great zip-line, air conditioning breakdown to a great ski trip, kayaking, surfing, watching great shows, cultural dances.
E. The setting would be home then any place in the world.
F. The viewer gets to learn about different vacation spots, the good, the bad, the ugly.
They get to see these families and couples experience various aspects of their vacation and rate how they liked it.
NGO WORLD – People Helping People
A . A host and guests talk about the various issues/trends going on in non-government agencies that affect society.
B. The format – Topical
C. The real life characters – A news host with a good sense of humour as well as experts, representatives of organizations, university professors, authors of books on the topic.
D. The situation and setting of these characters: It’s in a studio setting with background footage of some of the issues being illustrated from the respective organization helping people like a news format.
F. Viewer experience – viewers will get to tune into issues that affect their communities that are not always covered as well in the news.
Weekend With a Secret Star
A. Three contestants play a Jeopardy type game to chalk up points or cash prizes in order to spend a weekend in a luxurious location with a star.
B. The format – Game Show and Docu-Series, one hour.
C. The characters include: three intelligent people who like trivia, entertainment, sports and recreation.
D. The situation: The first half of the show, contestants compete to win a weekend with a secret star. At the end of the game, the winner and star are introduced. Then there is a montage of the winner the previous week enjoying a few days having dinner with the star, shopping, having drinks on the patio, a limo tour or drive around their destination area.
E. The setting: a beautiful resort in a luxurious location.
F. Viewer experience: Audiences will tune in to get up close and personal with celebrities. It’s a red carpet event!
Drama Queen Bloopers
A: Six regular people are chosen to perform in a play. They are given a script and directions and an opportunity to work with a director performing different genres including sketch comedy and improv.
B: The format: Docu-series.
C: The real life characters: are random people, not professionals, but enjoy theatre and the idea of acting. Some may have some experience in high school or college.
D: The situation these characters find themselves in: They learn the basics of acting and have an opportunity to work with a few professionals. They must face an audience, overcoming the challenge of stage jitters is real.
E: The setting: behind the scenes of a theatre.
F: The viewer experience: They are given a clear synopsis of the show and we get to see an interview of the director, professionals and all the highlights and outtakes of the funniest and most embarrassing moments.
Here Comes The Judge
A: Four people draw straws to be chosen to act as: judge, prosecutor, defense attorneys and plaintiff to run a kangaroo court-room comedy/drama. A jury and audience will weigh-in on their performance and decide if the defendant is guilty of the crimes or a whole lot of misdemeanors.
B: The format: Docu-Soap/Game
C: The real life characters: random people who love court room dramas, detective shows and mysteries.
D: The situation: Each week, four people are given a brief scenario of a case and then draw a card which indicates their respective role to enact in running the court room: judge, prosecutor, defense or defendant. They will present the case filling in the details on the fly.
E: The setting: the court room, the jury’s and judges quarters.
F: Viewer experience – The viewer hears a narration of the crime and courtroom rules at the beginning of each show. Then they watch contestants wing out a plot about a crime among disruptive and misbehaved jurors, witnesses and attendants who all think they have a Get out of jail free card.
Question 3: Harmonizing Families: I thing viewers would be interested in the relationships of families that play and perform together, how they handle stress and their unique spirit that carries them through the task and season. The final performance will exciting and we will be excited for them and to see if we picked the winner.
How to Plan The Best Vacation Ever: Viewers would be enticed by the exotic locations, activities and what families do together. They would also learn more about planning their own vacation. Their final interview would rate the planner and give tips on how the vacation could’ve been better or not. The winning planner goes onto doing another family and gets so much money for each vacation. There are three sets of new families every three weeks, and two new planners including the winner from the previous week, so it doesn’t grow stale.
NGO World – there are lots of issues and news among non-profits and non-government organizations from finances and fundraising to volunteerism and changes that affect our community including: housing, addictions, medicine, poverty, racism, persons with disabilities that could be touched on. We scoop the newspapers here.
Weekend With A Star – Audiences always want to see more about their favourite actors and especially in a relaxed setting. We also want to see how they relate to others around them.
Drama Queen Bloopers and Here Come The Judge are all about the funny. People want to tune into see hilarious and embarrassing moments and the inspirational things people do under stress and on camera.
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