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Reality check : the business and art of producing reality TV / Michael Essany.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Essany, Michael, 1982-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reality television programs--Production and direction.
- Reality television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs--Production and direction.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Other Title:
- Business and art of producing reality TV
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press/Elsevier, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Do you have a concept for a reality TV show, but aren't sure about the next steps? Loaded with practical, step-by-step advice on the art and business of reality TV producing, and featuring insights from Mark Burnett, Dick Clark, and other top producers, Reality Check takes you from idea to...reality! At age 13, Michael Essany launched a lowly cable access TV talk show from his parents' basement in Valparaiso, Indiana. Fast forward to 2001, and Michael had turned his little talk show, The Michael Essany Show, into a multimillion-dollar project that quickly became one o
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Reality Check; Copyright page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Author Bio; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Welcome to Reality; Competition Reality; Personal Improvement and Makeover Reality; Renovation and Design Reality; Chapter 2: Reality's Long Reel; Chapter 3: From Fantasy to Reality; Chapter 4: Facing Reality; Chapter 5: The Show and Tell of Reality TV; Chapter 6: Producing Reality; Chapter 7: Where Ethics and Reality Collide; Chapter 8: The Ugly Reality; Chapter 9: Fit for Reality; Chapter 10: Living Reality; Chapter 11: Reality Baggage
- Chapter 12: Random Secrets of the Reality TradeChapter 13: Avoiding the Reality Drive-Through; Chapter 14: Making Sense of Reality; Glossary of TV Production Terms; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611789886
- 9781136059490
- 1136059490
- 9781136059506
- 1136059504
- 9781281789884
- 1281789887
- 9780080927831
- 0080927831
- OCLC:
- 476221791
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