for media researchChapter 7 - "The Game"
About Mark Burnett and Survivor
"Survivor was the first series to take the reality genre mainstream in the United States, turning the fringe, faddish phenomenon of 'dirty documentary' into a legitimate institution." [p.171]
Survivor stood out because it's format united three key traditions:
- Allen Funt's prank show model
- the Chuck Barris-esque game show
- the real-life soap opera, launched by An American Family
Chapter 8 - "The Island"
about the first season of Survivor
the first season is always an interesting experience based on Nussbaum's writing
"Camera operator Randall Einhorn took a similar path. He worked on Survivor for six seasons--"five too many," he said. He grew to hate the new cast members, always yammering about their Hollywood agents. To him, the whole show felt compromised: Production included more 'do-overs," reshoots to get the right angle; the crew took shortcuts, collection "sweet-and-lows," snippets of dialogue designed to be used as voiceovers for specific scenes...Einhorn, a purist who bridled at sweeteners, preferred footage that was 'gleaned, not produced." [p.231-232]
- eventually he went on to be a camera op for The Office !
Chapter 9 - "The Feed"
About Big Brother
the first season bombed
> host Julie Chen was pretty much forced to stay on as host
but then they cast people that were more wild and it worked
> they also saw a new type of player, the villain, in Will Kirby who embraced it
"Will took the opposite appraoch: He turned himself into the production's biggest ally. "This is how I help them produced the show. And subtly, by helping them produce the show, it helps me -- then I'm in storylines, I have face time." [p.256]
9/11 also happened close to the finale which was wild
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