Butch Malarchik
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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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1. Name? Butch Malarchik
2. How many scripts you’ve written? Several scripts that are all in different stages.
3. What you hope to get out of the class? I would like to learn what it takes to get a reality show to the tv studios. I also hope that this will help me to reignite the fire I once had for writing scripts.
4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you? I feel like we are all unique in our own special way. I will just say that I am a person that finds it much easier to help people than it is to ask people for help.
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Butch Malarchik
I agree to the terms of this release form.
GROUP RELEASE FORM
As a member of this group, I agree to the following:
1. That I will keep the processes, strategies, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class confidential, and that I will NOT share any of this program either privately, with a group, posting online, writing articles, through video or computer programming, or in any other way that would make those processes, teleconferences, communications, lessons, and models of the class available to anyone who is not a member of this class.
2. That each writer’s work here is copyrighted and that writer is the sole owner of that work. That includes this program which is copyrighted by Hal Croasmun. I acknowledge that submission of an idea to this group constitutes a claim of and the recognition of ownership of that idea.
I will keep the other writer’s ideas and writing confidential and will not share this information with anyone without the express written permission of the writer/owner. I will not market or even discuss this information with anyone outside this group.
3. I also understand that many stories and ideas are similar and/or have common themes and from time to time, two or more people can independently and simultaneously generate the same concept or movie idea.
4. If I have an idea that is the same as or very similar to another group member’s idea, I’ll immediately contact Hal and present proof that I had this idea prior to the beginning of the class. If Hal deems them to be the same idea or close enough to cause harm to either party, he’ll request both parties to present another concept for the class.
5. If you don’t present proof to Hal that you have the same idea as another person, you agree that all ideas presented to this group are the sole ownership of the person who presented them and you will not write or market another group member’s ideas.
6. Finally, I agree not to bring suit against anyone in this group for any reason, unless they use a substantial portion of my copyrighted work in a manner that is public and/or that prevents me from marketing my script by shopping it to production companies, agents, managers, actors, networks, studios or any other entertainment industry organizations or people.
This completes the Group Release Form for the class.