{"id":175,"date":"2012-02-02T01:21:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T01:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/?p=175"},"modified":"2012-05-04T21:41:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T21:41:04","slug":"production-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf594\/2012\/02\/02\/production-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Production"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Danielle Abraham<\/pre>\n
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During the first 30 years that Television existed, TV stations and studios were the only sources that had the proper equipment to produce programs and had the funding needed\u00a0to produce.\u00a0 When the 1970s arrived, portable video equipment changed the scheme of TV production by creating an alternative to studio production.\u00a0 Since the emergence of portable video equipment, the capabilities and advancement of production equipment has continued to increase while the weight, cost, and maintenance demands have decreased, making production much more accessible to the general public.<\/p>\n
The Ever Changing Production Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n
Due to this change in production equipment, the rise of cable channels occurred, which created a demand for more producers working on these shows.\u00a0 Instead of there only \"\"<\/a>being one producer like there used to be, there is now a staff of producers each working on different aspects of the show.\u00a0 Although there are many more producers on shows today than there used to be, the size of the crews have shrunk tremendously.\u00a0 According to the textbook This Business of Television, <\/em>\u201cIn today\u2019s world, three jobs become one; the director and videographer are often the same person, and the sound work is usually monitored in the camera\u201d [1].<\/p>\n
A major change that is being noticed more than ever today is the way that programs are distributed.\u00a0 The Internet has become a vital way for producers to stay in business and to send out their work to people across the world.\u00a0 In addition, Internet distribution has allowed people to operate video-on-demand services from their homes and offices, which has led to the creation of hundreds of channels that have been made specifically for the Internet.\u00a0 New Century Television is an example of a production company that offers hundreds of hours of TV programming on the Internet.<\/p>\n
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Development, Production Planning, and Production<\/strong><\/p>\n
Today more than ever, there has been a great increase in the similarity of shows and concepts.\u00a0 The concept of shows originates from the development phase of creating a show.\u00a0 Often ideas come from observations of other shows that are doing well in the market, or they can come from completely original concepts, but in today\u2019s production environment, many program concepts come from copycat producers who use the same \"\"<\/a>concept as other shows for their own.\u00a0 For example, this winter\/spring, CBS has a full and successful line up of a variety of shows.\u00a0 However, part of their line up included a string of shows that are all essentially the same show but with different characters, a different \u00a0 \u00a0 location, and a little bit of humor added here and there.\u00a0 The CSI<\/em> series, Criminal Minds<\/em>, and NCIS<\/em> are all criminal investigative cop shows in which a murder or assault case is being solved.\u00a0 This format works for CBS; they have continuously high ratings for these series even though they are all very similar shows.<\/p>\n
Internationally, there has been a major boom in recent months of shows that have been copycatted.\u00a0 Shows like American Idol<\/em> and The Voice<\/em> have become shows whose formats have been copied around the world.\u00a0 Over the past few years, American Idol<\/em> has been transformed into a show that every country now has their own version of.\u00a0 This goes for The Voice<\/em> too; The Voice<\/em> originated in Holland in 2010 and since then it has been copied into American TV as well as Portugal, Germany, and even Korea as of this winter [2].<\/p>\n
As production technology and equipment continue to become more advanced, TV studios have been engaging more and more in the use of new and exciting production methods.\u00a0 Also, because of this advancement in technology, producers and directors from the film world have started to venture into the television world because of its evolving attractiveness.\u00a0 With new technology and popular film directors working in television, there comes a great increase to the cost and budget of television production.\u00a0 The pilot of Terra Nova<\/em>, for example, a sci-fi show that was on FOX, cost close to $20 million because of the special effects it called for, such as the use of dinosaurs as a main aspect to the show.\u00a0 In addition, the show was produced by Steen Spielberg, which made the show even more costly [3].<\/p>\n
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On-location shooting is a factor that also has made scripted TV productions soar in costs.\u00a0 Many producers and writers believe that their audiences are attracted to shows that take you away to a foreign, unfamiliar land or to a mysterious jungle.\u00a0 There have been many shows recently that have really taken advantage of the ability to shoot in other countries and on unfamiliar land.\u00a0 These decisions make shows more costly to produce and can sometimes create major problems for networks if the show flops.\u00a0 Terra Nova<\/em>, The River<\/em>, and Alcatraz<\/em> are all recent shows that did not do well at all in the seasons they premiered in, despite the unique setting that they were shot in such as Australia, Hawaii, and the island of Alcatraz.\u00a0 A lot of money was put into these shows in order to film at these spots, but the shows did not do well and some even got cancelled, but this is a risk producers must take in order to stay on top of the production game [4].<\/p>\n
Although there have been experiments with costly shows like Terra Nova<\/em> and The River<\/em> recently, reality TV has become and continues to become a truly successful form of TV production during this day in age [5]. \u00a0This is simply because it is much cheaper to film non-celebrities whether it be in their own homes or on a stage.\u00a0 Brian Stelter of The New York \"\"<\/a>Times supports this by saying, \u201cThe shows [reality shows] can cost as little as $200,000 for a half-hour episode, compared with the $1 million or more typical for hour-long scripted shows\u201d [6]. \u00a0Shows like The Bachelor\u00a0<\/em>and The Biggest Loser<\/em> do not cost very much to produce and yet they yield large audience ratings and audience viewers who are loyal to the shows.<\/p>\n
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The Future of Television Production<\/strong><\/p>\n
As previously mentioned, the Internet has become a very large force in our society and is dragging television into it\u2019s pull.\u00a0 TV programming is showing up on the Internet at new levels every day.\u00a0 Websites such as HBO GO, Netflix, and Hulu are all formats that are constantly creating new ways to become more easily accessible to their customers.\u00a0 These sites are also beginning to produce their own shows in order to create loyal customers and attract new ones too.\u00a0 They are also doing this so that they can gain revenue on their own shows and not just shows bought from networks.\u00a0 In February, Netflix launched its own original series called Lilyhammer<\/em> which was available to watch on Netflix\u2019s website.\u00a0 Also, CBS has recently been in talks with Netflix about producing a show for them to have only on their website.\u00a0 By creating this partnership, CBS would be making extra dollars and would be expanding their reach across the Internet by having their name on a Netflix show, and Netflix would have the advantage of having a successful studio produce their show [7].<\/p>\n
Just this January, Hulu announced that it would be producing its own original series called Battleground <\/em>in order to expand its name and content across the Internet [8]. \u00a0The creation of TV shows by online video service sites is a completely new occurrence in the world of production today.\u00a0 It was only a few years ago that these sites were just showing up on the Internet.\u00a0 The idea of these services creating their own programming is exciting for them, however, this could cause major problems for network TV as their audiences might start only watch online videos created by\u00a0these sites.\u00a0 Will Netflix and Hulu\u00a0original \"\"<\/a>programming become so popular they could damage the success of the \u201ctelevision\u201d industry?\u00a0 Or will these sites fail at these experiments, giving way to networks and cable TV to take the lead away from the Internet?\u00a0 Only time will tell\u2026<\/p>\n
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SOURCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n
1. Howard J. Blumenthal and Oliver R. Goodenough,\u00a0The Business of Television<\/span>, 2006.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/the-voice-ratings-record-germany-269046<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/05\/terra-nova-cancelled-fox_n_1322880.html<\/a><\/p>\n
4.\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/07\/arts\/television\/fox-ends-sci-fi-show-about-time-travel.html<\/a><\/p>\n
5.http:\/\/www.museum.tv\/eotvsection.php?entrycode=realityprogr<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/27\/business\/media\/27reality.html<\/a><\/p>\n
7.http:\/\/allthingsd.com\/20120215\/cbs-may-produce-new-show-for-netflix\/<\/a><\/p>\n
8.\u00a0http:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/2012\/01\/16\/hulu-produces-first-original-show-battleground-challenging-cable-tv<\/a><\/p>\n
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