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Hollywood Panel: Reality TV
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Hollywood Panel: Reality TV
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get real with scoop on reality TV October 10, 2006 |
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HOLLYWOOD HILLS - Our panel of Yalies in reality TV described the workings of reality TV - from concept to field work getting thousands of hours of footage, to editing that down to a compelling story.
Yes, reality TV is part of every network's fall lineup thanks to the continued success of Survivor, Amazing Race, and other reality TV shows. And Yalies rock as contestants: Yalie Chip Arndt won Amazing Race 4, and Yale Law School grad Yul Kwon is the most popular Survivor on the current Survivor: Cook Islands.
At our panel with Yale alums who've worked in reality TV, we discussed how reality TV shows are created, developed, and pitched, what casting agents look for, and how shows are edited.
Thanks to our alums for
sharing their insights and experience with us:
Lowell Goodman - supervising story
producer on E!'s The Entertainer with Wayne Newton, story
editor/producer on Trading Spouses, What's With That House, and segment
producer of the Miss American pageant. His other credits include Into
the Firestorm, Small Medium at Large, and Dance Fever
Don London - story editor, producer
on Kill Reality, What's With That House, King of Vegas
Tania Krebs - Entertainment lawyer,
and contestant on Blind Date. Yes this means that in the clip Tania
showed us of her Blind Date episode, that the Blind Date bubbles above her
head said things like "Jury's out on this guy" and "case
dismissed!"
Charles Wachter,
producer Fit Kids with Shaquille O'Neill, story editor/producer on The One:
Making a Musical Star, Kill Reality. Also worked on Supergroup and the
Bachelor II, Casting Special.
Scott Gamzon - editor on
Apprentice, Apprentice 2, 3, and - Martha Stewart, The Simple Life.
Scott said that yes, the footage of Omarosa getting hit on the head with
plaster and playing ball with the kids in the street was actually shot on
the same day, despite her claims otherwise.
Tania Krebs
Scott Gamzon
Charles Wachter
Don London