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<div>Michael Kemp Partnering and Pitching Alternate-TV Lesson 10
</div><div>What I’ve Learned From This Assignment is the partnerships these production companies have with all versions of broadcasting using the ten formats of reality television.
Assignment #1 Take a look at a few of these production companies and the shows they produce. For the companies you choose to look at, group the shows together that seem similar or that suggest a specialty or focus. The goal here is to get a feel for the kinds of formats each company produces and topics the companies tend to focus on. At each company site, look for “shows,” “who we are,” and “contact.”
Sharp Entertainment
https://sharpentertainment.com/our-shows/
Questions to answer:
1. What kinds of shows does this company mostly produce?
Relationships/docu-soap
2. For whom does this company produce most of its content? – network, cable, or streaming? All avenues
3. How many of the company’s shows are still running on TV?
Most, several of which I have never heard or seen.
4. Who is the Director or VP of Development?
Bob Larson EVP/Head of Production
5. Is there a submission link or phone number for making a connection?
212-784-7770. No submission link. info@sharpentertainment.com No Unsolicited Acceptance.
6. Go back to your pitch from previous lessons (logline, pitch deck, sizzle, etc.) and ask yourself, “How would I modify this pitch to fit this company’s needs better?
The urgency of public participation to volunteer in disastrous times or missing person reports.
Megalomedia
Questions to answer:
1. What kinds of shows does this company mostly produce?
Unavailable for viewing.
2. For whom does this company produce most of its content? – network, cable, or streaming? N/A
3. How many of the company’s shows are still running on TV? N/A
4. Who is the Director or VP of Development? N/A
5. Is there a submission link or phone number for making a connection? N/A
6. Go back to your pitch from previous lessons (logline, pitch deck, sizzle, etc.) and ask yourself, “How would I modify this pitch to fit this company’s needs better? N/A
Ping Pong Productions
https://ppongproductions.com/shows/
Questions to answer:
1. What kinds of shows does this company mostly produce?
Various; adventure/exploration, docu-soap/docu-series, topical
2. For whom does this company produce most of its content? – network, cable, or streaming? All avenues
3. How many of the company’s shows are still running on TV?
Unfamiliar with many. Most produced are familiar.
4. Who is the Director or VP of Development?
No name. Based in Glendale, CA.
5. Is there a submission link or phone number for making a connection?
323-845-1183. No submission link. No unsolicited acceptance. Development@ppongproductions.com
6. Go back to your pitch from previous lessons (logline, pitch deck, sizzle, etc.) and ask yourself, “How would I modify this pitch to fit this company’s needs better?
No modification. Straight-out competition/relationships/docu-series/game.
Evolution
Questions to answer:
1. What kinds of shows does this company mostly produce?
Docu-series/family fare.
2. For whom does this company produce most of its content? – network, cable, or streaming? All avenues
3. How many of the company’s shows are still running on TV?
Presumably, all listed since represented on the website.
4. Who is the Director or VP of Development?
MGM Company Based in Burbank, CA
5. Is there a submission link or phone number for making a connection?
818-260-0300. No unsolicited acceptance. No submission link.
6. Go back to your pitch from previous lessons (logline, pitch deck, sizzle, etc.) and ask yourself, “How would I modify this pitch to fit this company’s needs better?
Possibility of cross-over guest stars as honorary judges for the events.
Pie Town
Questions to answer:
1. What kinds of shows does this company mostly produce?
Docu-Series/makeover/relationships/cooking/exploration/docu-soap.
2. For whom does this company produce most of its content? – network, cable, or streaming? All avenues
3. How many of the company’s shows are still running on TV? All are listed based on website presentation.
4. Who is the Director or VP of Development?
None listed.
5. Is there a submission link or phone number for making a connection?
818-205-0600. Offers pitch submission if waiver/release signed. Submissions sought.
6. Go back to your pitch from previous lessons (logline, pitch deck, sizzle, etc.) and ask yourself, “How would I modify this pitch to fit this company’s needs better?
No changes
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Assignment # 2 was taken under advisement.
JUST A SMALL NOTE: Out of 10 lessons, I again have not received lesson 4..
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Michael Kemp Story Producer Insights – Alternate-TV – Lesson 9
What I Learned Doing This Assignment is the planning and scripting it will take to do a show, including outlining, preparation, and cast relationships, what notes can mean, and six acts to a show.
How to make the show work dramatically.
The editing, review and add to if necessary, looking for the small things, analyzing the content, overseeing the narrative. Raw footage. What do the characters want to say?
How much preplanning goes into a show?
Depends. Organizing thoughts each day. Observing. Having staff track the cast members and their topics
Developing Story hooks on the fly.
Be tolerant, consider reshoots of topics that just occurred.
What makes the “talent” amazing versus average.
Interview questions. Quirky talent that’s compelling and grabbing. Some being great storytellers that can carry the show for hours and hours if allowed.
The predetermined beats of a show that will create drama.
Discussed in meetings. Decisions rendered. Conflict? Is it there or not? Location? Kitchen or front porch? Linking the scenes together from Act 1 through Act 6. Overview of it all.
How Toni responds to “notes” from the producer and network.
Reviews Director notes, consider the best guess how to proceed. Let the story department make the outline. Generate a rough cut to a fine cut to a locked cut. Embrace it. Interviews and cuts may be additional.
What happens when the “reality” is not good enough?
Pay attention, don’t let lack of attention miss important issues and emotional responses. To make it work better, consider editing perceptions.
How to maintain a relationship with the cast members even when you make them look bad.
Temperament. Push a lunch together, convince the cast members that they will be redeemed later through promises. Review internal cuts.
Shooting “pickups” and OTF’s (on-the-fly interviews) to elevate moments.
Fatten, not thin in substance, relationship health. Don’t burn bridges. Cold pickups of any scene. What happened at a party? Add extra on a scene. Searching for that emotional or exciting scene for a reaction from one or all involved.
How you choose cast members that can sell your show.
Use authentic people. Extreme personalities that can self-generate and be unfiltered; jobs, families, lifestyles. Fantastic talent that leaps through the screen. Be someone the public can admire and would want to have lunch or dinner with them.
ASSIGNMENT 1. Watch the interview and take notes. 2. Tell us at least three insights you had that will make you a stronger ATV creator.
Assembly of a show, the storytelling, the guts of the machine you’re selling, the value of the editing room, and being tolerant of whomever you’re working for or with, including the network, streamer, or cable personnel.
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<div>Michael Kemp Alternate-TV Lesson 4:</div><div>
Will I ever receive Lesson 4 to complete? I have not received it to pursue. I’m hoping before this class is over that I receive it and can complete it to get the entire class series. Cheryl: Can you help me with that, please?
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Michael Kemp Alternate-TV Talent Lesson 8 What I Learned Doing This Assignment is the analysis of five categories to evaluate the possibilities of success and reaching a conclusion to compare to other shows.
ASSIGNMENT 1 For the assignment, an easy one: you’re going to be a 1-person focus group by evaluating the talent in these reality shows in terms of DIVERSITY, TECHNICAL ABILITY, WATCHABILITY, RELATABILITY, and LIKEABILITY by scoring them on a scale of 1 to 5 — 5 being “the most relatable;” “the most watchable;” etc. For this assignment, we’ll look at 3 characters (talent) in 3 different shows.
1. MARIE KONDO in “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” (Netflix) You can watch several trailers here: https://www.netflix.com/title/80209379
· Diversity 5
· Technical Ability 2
· Watchability 2
· Relatability 1
· Likeability 3
13 out of 25 (52%)
2. JOSH GATES in “Expedition Unknown” (Discovery) You can watch an extended scene here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KOQFx-gqiE
· Diversity 3
· Technical Ability 5
· Watchability 5
· Relatability 2
· Likeability 5
20 out of 25 (80%)
3. The cast of VANDERPUMP RULES (Bravo) You might have different scores for different cast members but try to affix a score that best rates the entire cast, generally-speaking. We’re going for an overall tone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNBvqNaN4-M
· Diversity 5
· Technical Ability 5
· Watchability 3
· Relatability 3
· Likeability 3
19 out of 25 (76%)
ASSIGNMENT 2 For the assignment, let’s have some fun. 1. Pick any TWO people you think would be great in your own show. These could be talent from current shows, actors you like, or friends of yours. 2. Rate those people on how they might attract an audience for your show based upon our scale.
Kris Jenner and Levar Burton:
· Diversity 5
· Technical Abilility 5
· Watchability 5
· Relatability 5
· Likeability 5
25 out of 25 (100%)
Randolph Mantooth/Leeza Gibbons/Heidi Collins
· Diversity 5
· Technical Ability 5
· Watchability 5
· Relatability 5
· Likeability 5
25 out of 25 (100%
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Michael Kemp Alternate-TV Show Budget Considerations. Lesson 7 What I learned doing this assignment is all the budgetary requirements needed to produce a show and their usefulness.
ASSIGNMENT #1 For this assignment, using the production elements listed below, take a stab at determining the decisions or considerations that contribute to one or more of these reality shows.
HIGH-COST REALITY SHOW “The Pack” (Amazon Prime) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bTBu0i1HVk Budget: $4 million / episode List of considerations affecting budget are: All, but catering, except maybe for dogs. Add casting. IMBD lists 21 producers, 4 editors, 12 teams of dogs and their human counterparts, from Amazon Studios for broadcast on USA Network. Travel.
MEDIUM-COST REALITY SHOW “Haute Dog (HBO Max) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zbS0RnH0M8 Budget: $400K / episode List of consideration affecting budget are: Dog Grooming Competition. 13 producers, music (Top-40), unknown talent, all others apply inclosing travel.
LOW-COST REALITY SHOW “House Hunters” (HGTV) https://www.hgtv.com/shows/house-hunters/house-hunters-opposites-attract-videos Budget: $175K / episode List of considerations affecting budget are: Traditional vs. Modern. Narration added, no visible catering, all others apply, inclosing travel.
ASSIGNMENT #2 Let’s look at your show idea. As you do, don’t get stuck in thinking you must have the
perfect answer. This is just an opportunity for you to go through the thinking process. With your own show idea, guess how it might work for each of these budget considerations. Just give us a one-word to one sentence answer for each.
Prep Days: 1-Month 3-day Episodic
Shoot Days -Preliminaries: 5-8
EAST A vs. SOUTH A CENTRAL A vs.WEST A
16 Teams: EAST B vs. SOUTH B CENTRAL B vs WEST B
EAST C vs. SOUTH C CENTRAL C vs.WEST C
EAST D vs. SOUTH D CENTRAL D vs.WEST D
Production Office Space: Universal City, Warner Bros. Pre-Production Office
Post.Production: Transfer, Screening Room, Editorial
Location Fees: L.A. County Fire Facility, City & State
Director: Control Room Trailer, 2nd Unit, Assistant Directors, Trainee, Motor Home
Director Of Photography: Assistant Camera, Still Photographer, Videographer, Loader, Equipment, Promos/Trailers
Cameras: Overhead Drone, Lead, Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D, Fixed Talent, Stedi-Cam, Hand-Held
Location Manager: Assistant Location
Air Transportation: Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D, Talent, Crew, Equipment, Digital
Set Dressing; Leadman, Swing Gang, Set Dressing Truck
Script Supervisor; Transcriber, Episodic Script
Property: Talent Chairs, Purchases, Property Truck
Lodging: Cast & Crew, Team A, Team B, Team C, Team D, Coordinator
Talent: Three Hosts, Personal Security, Wardrobe, Makeup, 3-Motor Homes, Wardrobe & Costume Truck, Tests, Rehearsals
Payroll: Accountant, Assistant
First Aid/Medical: Shooting, Construction, Striking, Equipment, Rental, Supplies
Fireman/Standby/Full Time: County Location, Consultation, Demonstration, Safety & Health
Lighting: Supervisor, Gaffer, Best Boy, Lighting Technicians, Lighting Package
Grip: Supervisor, Dolly Grip, Best Boy, Grips, Grip Package
Catering: Cast & Crew, Atmosphere, Audience, Craft Service, Assistant
Producers 4 Executive, 6 Field, 1 Associate, 1 Challenge, 1 Supervising, Assistants
Insurance: Physicals, Broker/Fire/Aerial, Comprehensive/General/Liability, Workers Comp,, Travel/Motor, Risk/equipment /guarantor, Life & General, Errors & Omissions
Graphics: Digital, Visual Effects, Main Title Design, Computerization
Music & Copyright: Editor, Composer, Licensing & Stock, Licensing, Post Prod., Scoring
Casting (contestants, participants, or animals): Teams, Talent, Assistant Casting
COVID Testing: Cast & Crew, All Teams, All Catering, Post-Prod. Office, COVID Prod. Assistants, Fixers
Ground transportation: Coordinator, 3-Talent Limousines, 2- Crew Local Buses, 2-HoneyWagons, Captain, Camera/Grip/El ectric Trucks, Drivers, Makeup/Hair Trailers
Shooting Permits: City, County, State, Locational
Post Production-Sound: 6-Sound Foley & ADR, Sound Editing, Location Mixing/Cable/Boom/Utility, Sound Effects, Dialogue Editor, Equipment, 3-Re-Recordists, 2-Transfer Recordists
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ERT – THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
PROMO/TRAILER
FADE IN:
EXT. UNIVERSAL STUDIOS – BACKLOT – FIRE STATION 51 – DAY
Walking between an angled fire engine and an emergency squad unit;
both are L.A. County Fire Station 51 with the number prominently
displayed and overhead spinning light-bars, is television and
motion picture actor RANDOLPH MANTOOTH, character Firefighter
/paramedic Johnny Gage of “Emergency” TV fame is dressed in
plainclothes.
A low musical theme of “Emergency!” by Nelson Riddle and Billy
May is playing in the b.g.
TELPROMPTERS WILL ENHANCE OUR PRESENTATION OFF-CAMERA:
RANDOLPH
Good morning, I’m Randolph Mantooth.
You may know me from my television
series “Emergency,” which ran through
129-different emergency episodes
over six seasons, and seven two-hour
TV movie specials attracting thirty million
viewers each week. . . That
series, as popular as it was, brought
about a perspective and insight into
the start-up and history of prehospital
trauma life support to the
the public in the field. . .
(MORE)
VTR – CLIPS OF “EMERGENCY!” TV SERIES TRAILERS.
RANDOLPH’S VOICE (V.O.)
And that’s why I’m here today, to
interest you in my new show, along
with Leeza Gibbons and Heidi Collins,
entitled, ERT-The National
Championships, that puts the training
and response capabilities of real-life
specifically selected CERT, or
Community Emergency Response Team
character members to the ultimate
test of everyday people from all
walks of life doing extraordinary
things over fifteen episodes of a
(MORE)
PRIOR VTR OF FILM MONTAGE
backed by a low volume, stirring, gripping musical theme;
hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, flooding, wildfires,
storms and blizzards that have occurred flashing by. Spinning,
(CONTINUED)
2.
then freezing, readable newspaper headlines of major disasters
some historical, some current.
RANDOLPH’S VOICE (V.O.)
docu-series style competition. . .
Did you know that NOAA, which stands
for the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, predicts
15-to-21 named storms including 7-to-
10 hurricanes of which 3-to-5 are
forecast to be major events in 2021,
or that neighbors typically perform
70% of all rescues?
(MORE)
BACK TO LIVE ACTION AND RANDOLPH:
moving back toward the driver’s door of squad 51.
RANDOLPH
Connections relatable and nonrelatable,
the characterizations of
Team Members, the expertise, and the
settings of the CERT Teams involved,
and more importantly; we’ll learn
their stories first-hand, along with
seven informative lesson tips
demonstrated personally by me in
each episode to keep you safe and
secure prior to and after times of
disasters, so you’ll know how to do,
what to do, and when to do it. . .
(pause)
Topics include What is needed in
your emergency first aid kit? Having
houses bolted to their foundations.
Strapping and storing propane tanks
correctly. Checklists for your home
and other vehicles. Securing furniture
and appliances, just to name a few.
(MORE)
STEPPING OUT OF THE FIRE STATION TO JOIN RANDOLPH: IS LEEZA
GIBBONS AND HEIDI COLLINS WALKING BETWEEN THE FIRE VEHICLES
RANDOLPH’S VOICE (V.O.)
Along with my cohosts, Leeza Gibbons
and Heidi Collins, we’ll explore the
relationships and expertise of our
panel of judges for each of six events
from the Business Council of Emergency
Preparedness and Planning in Los
Angeles, known as BICEPP, on precisely
what it will take to become a
Community Emergency Response Team
member under tension and stress during
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
3.
RANDOLPH’S VOICE (V.O.) (CONT’D)
chaos, granting you, the viewer, an
exclusive, backstage pass to a
relatively unknown, never-seen-before
world of America’s Greatest Resource
in action.
LEEZA
We’ll also discover the in-depth
interpersonal relationships, team
relationships, and what it takes to
ensure operational coordination
including different city and state
settings with a focus on our trained
CERT team competitions, consisting
of the preliminary, regional, semifinal
and final, with only one team each
season achieving the renowned title
of “Emergency Response Team National
Champion.”
(pause)
Realistic moulage makeup by our expert
makeup effects department will take
place on all our volunteer victims
and enhance their injuries for team
members to evaluate and treat. . .
HEIDI
So, why not join us in the blended
learning of the six basic skill
stations; triage, medical treatment,
search and rescue, cribbing, fire
suppression, and command and control
with leadership throughout the
competitions that we’ll be presenting
that will keep you watching. . .
(pause)
Pregnant women, wheelchair-bound
victims, hearing impaired elderly,
non-English speaking victims, babies
and children. . . With over 3,300
CERT Teams listed by state and U.S.
Territories who will qualify for
only sixteen open slots, each
surviving team will experience
similar, but slightly different
scenarios each week of competition
before a live audience to ultimately
reach their goal of becoming “National
Champion.”
(MORE)
VTR-PRIOR RIOTOUS CLIP EVENTS DURING NATURAL DISASTERS WITH O.S.
SOUND EFFECTS OF OVERHEAD HELICOPTERS SCREAMING, SIRENS, AND
GUNSHOTS
(CONTINUED)
4.
HEIDI’S VOICE (V.O.)
Did you know that when first
responders are called to a largescale
event, they can arrive to the
sounds of gunfire, screaming injured
personnel, fires raging, crowds
rushing and mobs forming, with some
people so overcome by events that
they cannot function – all in
realistic scenario’s devised for
each week’s episode. . .
(pause)
This is where our Team Members must
manage each other with the clock
ticking away, will they succeed or
fail in saving lives?
VTR-CLIPS OF L.A. COUNTY FIRE DE VALLE TRAINING CENTER IN
CASTAIC, CALIFORNIA where the pilot episode will take place
with scenes of past events in action.
RANDOLPH’S (V.O.)
We will take you through the fast-changing
chaotic environment with a
live police dispatcher using real-life
police radios, just as it would
happen in the field, live fire
situations, all using on-site props,
collapsed buildings, underground
tunnels, overturned rail cars and
city buses, and hazardous spills
with the highest point score awarded
by the judges will declare winning
gifts and prizes worth $10,000 in
first place, $5,000 for second place
at each level of competition with a
total of $390,000 awarded during the
entire season with the ultimate winner
receiving $100,000. . .
BACK TO LIVE ACTION AND LEEZA:
LEEZA
We’ll also examine why some people
with certain chemical make-ups and
psychological profiles react
efficiently and effectively under
extreme stress, while others cannot
optimally function in such
environments. . .
(pause)
In doing this, it will give you the
viewer the opportunity to evaluate
your own particular abilities and
the opportunity to become part of
America’s Greatest Resource in your
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(CONTINUED)
5.
LEEZA (CONT’D)
own community. . . Individual and
community preparedness is fundamental
to our national success, providing
individuals and communities with the
delivery of information and resources
that will facilitate actions to adapt
and pursue.
REX THE HOMELAND SECURITY/FEMA LIVE-ACTION MOUNTAIN LION READY
KITS MASCOT. HE IS DRESSED IN FULL COSTUME TO POINT, DISPLAY AND
SHOWCASE – ALL IN PANTOMIME IN ASSISTING OUR HOSTS.
STEPPING OUT FROM INSIDE THE FIRE STATION, REX WITH PURRCILLA HIS
WIFE AND RORY HIS DAUGHTER, ALSO IN COSTUME, ALL WAVING TO THE
CAMERA AND JOINING RANDOLPH, LEEZA, AND HEIDI:
RANDOLPH
Welcome Rex, our Homeland Security
and FEMA Ready Kits Mascot along
with his wife, Purrcilla, and daughter
Rory. . . So, won’t you join us for
an hour-long journey each week into
an effort to be the best, endure the
true trial of the human spirit, all
in a pressure cooker atmosphere where
drama and live, fast-paced action
will unfold as it occurs in a race
against the clock urgency. . ?
(pause)
I believe you’ll be glad you did.
Go to the website listed on your
television screen below to learn
more. Until next time. . .
HIGH-FIVES BY ALL. CLOSE ON SPINNING, OVERHEAD LIGHT BARS AND
OVER THIS: THE SHOW TITLE IN LARGE WHITE, BLOCK LETTERS IN THE
FOREGROUND READING: “ERT-THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS” COMING TO A
NETWORK NEAR YOU AND THE WEBSITE FOR BICEPP AND THE CERT
INVITATIONAL, FOLLOWED BY THE MUSICAL THEME FROM “EMERGENCY!”
https://sites.google.com/site/certinvitational/?tmpl=system/app..
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Subject: Michael Kemp Writes a Sizzle Alternate-TV Lesson 6
What I Learned Doing This Assignment is enjoying the creativity I can present in the formulation of a sizzle reel script.
Assignment #1
1. Who is the host or talent or name of the show?
· Three celebrity hosts; Randolph Mantooth, Leeza Gibbons, and Heidi Collins.
2. What’s the tone; what makes it special?
· Informative/educational. It is America’s Greatest Resource. The creation of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornado aftermaths, fires, and floods will be enacted.
3. Is this a reboot, an original series, or one based on some other IP, like a book?
· One-Hour Weekly Original Series.
· Guidelines for skills are based around the National CERT Curriculum.
4. Why now?
· Disasters are generally unpredictable and to be prepared is always timely.
· This series acquaints the audience to a new world inside the workings of individual CERT Teams, their function, training, and decision-making against the clock in life-saving measures.
· An exclusive, never-seen-before backstage pass to an elite resource that America maintains and counts on through natural and man-made hazards to protect life, property, and the environment.
5. What’s the subject of the show or what kinds of stories does it tell?
· Individual and community preparedness is fundamental to our national success.
· An informational pipeline surrounding a competition series of fifteen episodes per season, revealing interpersonal and team relationships, coping with tension and stress, and involving incidents that may impact laws and policies, but more importantly; saving lives.
6. How does it lend itself to a long-running series?
· Different scenario’s each episode. As we have seen in tragic incidents both at home or abroad, anyone can contribute to safeguarding the nation from harm if you know what to do and how to do it.
· Each community contributes to the safeguarding goal by individually preparing for the risks that are most relevant and urgent for them; hurricanes in the east, earthquakes in the west, tornadoes in the mid-west, flooding in the south, blizzards in the north.
· Individually by empowering the audience with knowledge and demonstrations in times of disaster by the main celebrity, host Randolph Mantooth.
7. In conclusion, why now and what’s it called?
· The series is named, “ERT-The National Championships” involving sixteen teams from around the country in four categories of four teams each; East, Central, South, and West competing against one another in six skill competitions until the only team remains to be declared “National Champion.”
· Natural hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, wildfires, winter storms and flooding present a significant and varied risk across the country.
· Climate change has the potential to cause the consequences of weather-related hazards to become more severe including rising sea levels, increasingly powerful storms and heavier downpours are already contributing to an increased risk of flooding, wildfires are becoming more frequent, and severe in some areas of the country.
Sizzle Script to follow for Assignment # 2
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Michael Kemp Plans a Great Pitch Deck Alternate-TV Lesson 5.
What I Learned about this assignment is the ability to copy and paste internet items onto a PowerPoint presentation (which I apparently cannot present here other than this outline.)
• ERT-The National Championships (Title of series)
• America’s Greatest Resource
• Hosted by Randolph Mantooth, (celebrity host)
• Leeza Gibbons, and Heidi Collins (celebrity hostesses)
• America’s Greatest Resource (logline)
In a world where disasters strike, ordinary people volunteer and invoke the seven skills necessary to save lives, property, and the environment, while the clock is ticking, by training to reach their goal, challenging their goal, and achieving their goal through Team competition; for everyone has a family, and every family has a story.
• Introduction of the Series Content
Designed as a one-hour reality television series in quality, digital HD appealing to all major demographic factors, “ERT – The National Championship” presents a unique focus into an innovative, competitive-variety-educational concept that introduces the average television viewer to the extraordinary lives of certified, accomplished Community Emergency Response Team Members (CERT), and lesson tips to keep the public safe before, during, and after a disaster. It will spotlight and highlight the competing team’s unique abilities and activities throughout the various stages of their training to their entry into the ultimate competition of ERT-The National Championships. (Copyright, BICEPP, and Michael A. Kemp, all rights reserved 2009. )
In a speech from Jackson Square in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush highlighted emergency planning as a “national security priority.”
CERT became a national program in 1993. There are now CERT programs in all 50 states, including many tribal nations and U.S. territories. Each is unique to its community and all are essential to building a Culture of Preparedness in the United States. There are over 2,700 local CERT programs nationwide and more than 600,000 people have trained since CERT became a national program.
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 http://www.bicepp.org).
• This Is Their Story (includes images of CERT Workers saving lives)
• Short Synopsis of the Entire Series
• For the Premiere Episode, Homeland Security Chief Introduction followed by the President of the United States and Citizen’s Corps President.
• Introductions to each episode by BICEPP President, city mayors and governors of each state.
• Each episode will have a competition between two teams, designated by city name and color. The pilot colors will be orange and blue. Episode One will have purple and green, and so on throughout the series.
• Teams will be represented in the form of cities and their own Team names; Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Phoenix, etc.
• Prizes and awards will be issued at the conclusion of each preliminary, regional, and final segment to winning competitors, escalating for each.
• Judges will be the Executive Board of the Business and Industry Council for Emergency Preparedness of Los Angeles, California. (BICEPP).
• Seven Lesson Tips per episode will be expressed with demonstrations by the Main Host in various categories over the run of the series.
• Entertainment will be provided by local High School bands and drill teams.
• Visual Flowchart of the Entire Series (in 40 Visio segments)
• Visual Flowchart of the Entire Series Page 2 (in 25 Visio segments)
• Visual Flowchart of the Entire Series Page 3 (in 28 Visio segments)
• Visual Flowchart of the Entire Series Page 4 (in 27 Visio segments)
• Visual Flowchart of the Entire Series Page 5 (in 24 Visio segments)
Brian and Cheryl: If you wish to view the entire Powerpoint Presentation please forward your email for me to send it.
Contact:
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Michael Kemp Plans a Great Pitch Deck! Lesson 5 Alternate Reality-TV
What I learned doing this assignment is copying and pasting selective elements from the internet to enhance my current project while explaining my core values for the series.
Special Note; I have completed the PowerPoint presentation, but cannot find a means to upload it here. I have also converted it to pdf. Suggestions?
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Michael Kemp Excuse me, I did not receive assignment or lesson 4.
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Assignment #1 Subject: Michael Kemp Connects to Viewers! 576 words. Have discovered converting to pdf instead of Word copy and paste, which did not work.
“What I learned doing this assignment is determining what the viewer is looking for in a specific program and how that ‘want’ is expressed for my own show.
Using the points of access listed above (and below), make a list of the most prominent points of access you observe. No need to make a long list, but write down at least 2 compelling, prominent access points that help to answer — what hooks the viewer?
Emotional Connection: Unexpected events, demolition, family relationship
Characters: Husband/Wife, co-designers, business partners
Expertise: Construction, renovation, working harder not smarter
Settings: New again renovated homes
Humor: Texas camaraderie humor
What makes this show’s points of access so wildly distinctive and different from shows whose formats are virtually identical?
Old to new, cooperation, less tension, compatibility with clients, respect, decency, being appreciative
Assignment #2
Considering your own project, overlay the points of access we discussed on your idea to determine how you’re affecting the viewer on a psychological level.
1. Answer these questions about how your show will connect with viewers.
A. What is the emotional connection to the show?
The expressiveness of strategies to enact.
Responsive to team and victim needs.
Some Team Members may appear distant.
Independence in thought and procedures.
High-strung individual reactions.
Self-Awareness at all times for safety and security.
Submissive to determine the ranking of Team Members.
Absorbed by victim(s) responses.
Appeasing to get along in team and victim relationships.
B. How are the characters relatable or non-relatable?
If Relatable: If Non-Relatable:
Narcissistic Flippant
Impulsive Compromising
Energetic Needy and Naive
Rule-Bound Argumentive
Feeling superior Resentful
Collaboration Insecure
Arrogant Unselfish
Risk-taking Noble
Ill-humored Humble, yet stubborn
Dominate Pessimistic
Moody
Feeling loss become agitated
C. Is there expert advice or skill depicted that is compelling to watch or learn?
Lesson Tips by established experts for home and away from topics.
Seven skills; cribbing, fire suppression, triage, medical treatment, search and rescue, command and control, Moulage makeup of victim injuries.
D. Is there an authentic setting that is uniquely compelling?
Los Angeles County Fire Department Del Valle Regional Training Center, Castaic, CA
On-Site props, hazardous spill recovery site, industrial accident site, collapsed buildings site, underground tunnels, rail cars, city buses, and oil refinery structure all suitable for competition purposes.
E. Do the situations portrayed in your show idea lend themselves to comedy or drama? Are they fun or funny to watch?
Drama. More meaningful than comedic. First responders are defined as those who in the early stages of an incident are responsible for the protection and preservation of life, property, evidence, and the environment. Not to criticize or relate ill-humor in times of crisis.
2. How do those answers help define your show and how might it connect with the audience?
Grants access to a largely unexplored world.
Expertise in mental slides of past contingencies, sensemaking protocols. If a fire develops, determine the type (Chemical, Wood, or
Wildfire) and apply the appropriate solution.
People are wired differently physically and psychologically: Some people with certain chemical makeup’s and psychological profiles react efficiently and effectively under extreme stress, while others cannot optimally function in such an environment.
Chaos is a normal, natural part of the event. How effectively can he/she understand what is happening in that chaos and determine a course of action that is the correct one in preserving lives while the clock is ticking for survival.
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Michael Kemp Explores the Market! Lesson 2: What I Learning Doing This Assignment:
The various packaging techniques for each category of shows using their keyword pitches and enticing viewpoints in short, quick attention-getting presentations.
Channel: HGTV
1. “Love it or List it”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-OXiXnG6-k&list=PLk1VXuJj4hph898EREoSaM7IdyPOkA454&index=167
2. “House Hunters International”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVXycQ-KyxM
3. “Celebrity IOU”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYcJbW8OMRM&feature=emb_logo
HGTV’s brand is Relationships, decisions, renovations, transformation, ordinary people, diversity, family.
Channel: Bravo
1. “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HxMLE4PgEA
2. “Below Deck”
https://www.bravotv.com/below-deck/season-8/videos/your-first-look-at-below-deck-season-8
3. “Million Dollar Listing”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLTxqpuJDcs
Bravo’s brand is Relationships, decisions, competitions, decisions, transformation, travel, working people, diversity.
Channel: ID (Investigation Discovery)
1. “True Conviction”
2. “Murder in the Heartland”
3. “See No Evil”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBAmQce83Co&feature=emb_logo
ID’s brand is Investigative, real-life, drama, decisions, relationships, ordinary people, travel, resourceful.
ASSIGNMENT #2
1. Using a few keywords, characterize your reality show idea. We’ve already talked about formats on day one. So, let’s instead stick to words that describe themes, trends, tone, and characters — BIG ideas like the descriptions for TLC above.
2. Let’s dive deeper into your idea, or any idea if you’re not working on a specific one. Select an idea and give us a 1st draft answer for each of the following:
A. What’s at stake (the loss or gain) emotionally, physically, or materially for the characters in my show?
To strive for excellence/to be the best.
The True trial of the human spirit/coping with grief and loss.
The Prestige/to be the symbol of stature in their community and the country.
Bragging Rights because people accomplishing and overcoming obstacles matter most.
Money/awards for recognition, pride, personal endeavors, and funding in-house training.
B. What kind of viewer might enjoy the show?
Individuals and couples who love to travel.
People who enjoy challenging competitions and fair play.
People achieving success and understanding failure.
Those who consider the show ‘shelter TV’ because they can learn to protect themselves and their families, while other things are happening in the world, both an escape from global chaos and a window into the dramatics of search and rescue by ordinary people from all walks of life who are CERT volunteers.
C. What elements are the most compelling to watch in my show?
Involving everyday people from all backgrounds, seamlessly achieving the same goals of working together on a time constraint to meet their goals in an emotional thrill ride through the seven skill sets and into the lives of the courageous CERT Volunteers who hold it all together with their actions and host interviews.
Each episode is a master class in educating viewers about the fundamentals of survival during a crisis incident or disaster.
Important lesson tips to be learned and demonstrated by the Main Host of the show.
The action-oriented urgency to quickly arrive, suit up, and pursue those in danger.
Realistic scenario reenactments using live sets, materials, animals, personnel, and their relationships in performing their skilled jobs.
The Tension, encouragement, incorporation of values, honesty, integrity, and ethics.
The clock is ticking to saving lives, transport, remove obstructions, triage and treat medically, suppress fires, and understand the basics of command and control.
The Focusing on sometimes complex teams of colorful personalities working together in high-stress situations.
The episodic events are designed as a friendly competition, the primary reason for each event is to build camaraderie and relationships among teams before an incident happens so they are more familiar with working with other CERT organizations during a time of crisis, as well as being used as a way for teams to see other ideas and strategies to solve similar problems.
D. What does a viewer learn (or take home) after watching the show?
That CERT is America’s greatest resource and asset. Everyone has a family and every family has a story.
The Inspiration to want to volunteer for free CERT Training in their own communities and learn what it takes to help others.
The sights and sounds of the inner workings and dynamics that are needed to become a trained CERT Certified Volunteer to keep the community and country safe and responsive in times of disaster.
The Delivery of facts that increase the quality of life for the ill and injured.
Intriguing Lesson Tips to keep family, home, car, RV, camping, etc., safe and useable during a crisis or disaster.
How individuals and families can work collectively and effectively together through planning evacuations safely and preparedness in food, shelter, medicines, and pets.
What training and tools can be accessed and demonstrated to save lives and avoid catastrophe at home or on vacation.
Promotional of sponsored products to purchase shown and demonstrated on each episode by the Main Host with alternative sponsored selections.
Building a social experience with others around each episode online and in the workplace.
E. What other show on cable or streaming most closely resembles my show idea?
Tough As Nails, competitors, relationships, hardworking ordinary people in real-world challenges to achieve monetary gains while performing strength, endurance, life skills, and mental toughness.
The Challenge, competitors, relationships, monetary gain.
9-1-1 educational values and quick responses to every day’s immediate needs.
Street Outlaws, competitors, relationships, rewards.
American Gladiators, competitors, relationships, monetary gain.
F. On what platform — cable or streaming — could my show idea fit?
Network
Cable
Streaming
G. On what cable channel(s) could my show fit?
TLC
HGTV
USA
SPIKE TV
MTV
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Michael Kemp Explores the Market! Lesson 2: What I Learning Doing This Assignment:
The various packaging techniques for each category of shows using their keyword pitches and enticing viewpoints in short, quick attention-getting presentations.
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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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I’m confused. What assignment am I supposed to post here?
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What time do classes begin tomorrow?
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My name is Michael Kemp, I’ve worked in the motion picture and television industry for over 38-years as a medical supervisor for various studios and locations including Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Warner Hollywood Studios before retiring. I once wrote a spec “Adam-12” TV episode at age 17 and it brought about a meeting with Stephen J. Cannell when he was story editor of the series. More on that later if you wish, including later having Jack Webb himself as one of my mentors.
While at Warner Hollywood I continued writing spec scripts for “Love Boat,” “Matt Houston” and “Quantum Leap.” None of which panned out as an assignment.
Before retirement and studio employment, I was a private emergency ambulance driver/attendant contracted to the City of Burbank where I ran over 5,200 9-1-1 calls from 1973 to 1976, a period I call before paramedics, which enabled me to qualify for the studio jobs. Finally, gaining PHTLS certification through Daniel Freeman Paramedic School Hospital in Inglewood, California as a Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support EMT.
After that, I was President of the Business & Industry Council of Emergency Planning and Preparedness (www.bicepp.org) based in Los Angeles where we coordinated with the city and private industry to plan and prepare for any form of disaster, including scheduling competition between various factors, city and private companies (More below).
After retirement, I’ve devoted full-time to writing, having written several motion pictures, “Lotso”, about a lost, $1 billion, winning lottery ticket in a package of shipped breakfast cereal.
“Barbary Raid: The True 1803 Story of the frigate USS Philadelphia, a miniseries for television Part I: Capture, imprisonment, and destruction,” based on all six volumes of the Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers. Naval Operations Including Diplomatic Background From 1785 Through 1805. This was President Thomas Jefferson’s War.
Two “My Uncle Columbo,” 2-hour episodes written and created by me, including the TV pilot for the rebirth of the Columbo character, played by Columbo’s nephew, Andy, a LAPD sergeant in Vice promoted to Lieutenant and transferred to homicide after his Uncle’s untimely death in his sleep. I have all the essentials, including a production budget, Cast Day Out of Days, and potential casting of characters, a full-bible with a rendition of future episodes, etc.
I Had contacted NBC-Universal because they control the rights to the character, and their law department informed me, if I have a literary agent that they are familiar with in conducting business, we can proceed forward. I’m awaiting that in finding a literary agent match. I acknowledge I once had 5, yes 5 different literary agents, and each one left me after I got the door opened for them at various productions to submit my material. It was then, that I went out on my own.
I’m currently involved with writing two fiction novels, since long ago, Burt Reynolds told me to “write a book, and they’ll pay attention.” Now, hopefully launching another series based on reality entitled, “ERT=CERT: The National Championships,” to which I attended and took part in with the entire BICEPP Executive Board as Judges, when it was known as the “BICEPP Challenge,” over a weekend at the Los Angeles Sports Arena. I believe it will be an interesting competition program, this time with celebrity hosts, that will attract an audience considering there are over thousands of CERT volunteers throughout this nation and more around the world, including a CERT Junior Division being trained today to compete against all comers.
Thank you for allowing me to present myself to you.
Michael Kemp
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