[Donals Perry]

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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[Donals Perry]

1. Name: Don Perry

2. How many scripts you’ve written: a lot, in addition to writting and producing 4 feature-length docs for PBS and a 3×60 docu-series that first aired in 2019.

3. What you hope to get out of the class: to fine tune one of my pet projects for commercial non-PBS TV.

4. Something unique, special, strange or unusual about you: I am a former wilderness guide and still hike 5-7 miles every day with my redbone coonhound, Rollie.

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