I do n’t want to brag , but I ’m kind of a reality TV star . A few old age ago , my family was boast on HGTV ’s " Curb Appeal : The Block , " and for one glorious week videographers follow me around , enamor my every pithy word of honor . So , though I ’m no expert , I can tell you at first hand how networks shoot world goggle box shows .
First of all , show producers come up with a program . For my episode of " Curb Appeal , " designer - designer and emcee John Gidding adumbrate the improvement he planned to make to my home . The show found subcontractors , fuck off the necessary building license and put together a construction schedule . Then they block off a workweek to give my " bedraggled and boring " house some " much needed charm " [ source : HGTV ] . On the first mean solar day of cinematography , Caryn Johnson , one of the tv camera operators – and now a slap-up friend — film me in front of my king - cake colour , uncharming cottage verbalize about how having " man candy " like John Gidding in my front grand was " gon na raise my cred in the ' bonnet for certain . " ( Do n’t judge : I was nervous ! ) The producers had a world-wide idea about the spark of the episode , and videographers filmed each day ’s action , getting footage thateditorswould later on cut together to make the show .
In gain to shoot organic footage as it befall , most realism show , including " Curb Appeal : The Block , " also take predetermined scenes — called " beats " — designed to capture specific pieces of needed footage . For instance , in the prospect where John Gidding revealed his sketches to me , the producers had me sit on my front porch , playing guitar and pretend that John just find to barricade by . On " Curb Appeal , " beat were staged but never script . Other realness shows feature meter that are more phony .
The " Curb Appeal " videographers also filmed even interviews with me and with the legion , during which we discuss progress or the Host identify some technical facial expression of the project . My videographer Quaker Caryn calls these interviews " candids , " " OTFs " ( on - the - flys ) or " VOX POPs " ( an abbreviation ofvox populi , which is Latin for " the voice of the people " ) [ source : Johnson ] . On some reality shows ( think MTV ’s " The Real World " ) , OTFs are shot to look like ego - immortalise confessionals . In these cases , producers may set up a video tv camera in a private area and allow cast penis to push a clitoris and record what they are thinking or feeling . Other times confessional only appear to be self - record while , in realism , a manufacturer is asking questions and leave the word .
For me , shooting a reality show was a great experience . The crew and the hosts were all totally down to earth , and the sequence that aired accurately reflected the action that had taken place . Other reality designate , however , might not be as actual . Find out how reality TV whole caboodle — and lots more — on the next page .
