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better consider where financing for such a reality show is coming from and where they are going to get it and how many more billions in os would be needed to produce even a couple of episodes of such a show. it all sounds dreamy but the reality of financing and dilution is staring you right in the face.

here's some perspective about cost of producing reality tv:

'Reporting on the rising costs of producing reality TV shows, The Wall Street Journal reveals the price per episode of a couple series: UPN’s Top Model costs “about $800,000 a show,” while The Apprentice runs “just below $2 million an episode.” Compared to dramas, these prices are pretty low; despite its price tag, Trump’s show “is one of the most profitable programs on TV.” Still, reality isn’t staying cheap; “the industry is reverting to its profligate habits,” according to the Journal. Among the rising costs: “agents are ratcheting up prices for their clients,” “demand is so strong for experienced reality-show crews that salaries for casting coordinators and editors skilled at culling hundreds of hours of footage have soared 125 percent,” and sets are costing more as producers work to one-up each other and previous seasons of their shows. '

Cost to make reality tv shows
You will find that the cost to make reality TV shows is actually more than some of the regular dramas we see on the television today. First you would think that it would be less because they are not creating an actual studio set, but when you look at the behind the scenes information regarding the making of reality TV shows you will find the costs can be close to 100 million for some of the reality TV shows.

One of the main reasons it will cost quite a bit for reality TV shows is the actual need to travel to the site with the cameras, other equipment, people to produce the show, and the editing. You may realize that reality TV shows are not always as real as we think. In most cases there are fake parts to the reality TV shows whether the words have been spliced together for the effect the producers want or whether the scripting has been created for the viewers. You will find that editing the film can take several hours of watching videos for the right words to be said in order to splice them in to the show. This makes it more expensive than just shooting with a script for a regular drama.

The cost to make reality TV shows is astounding especially when you consider the millions of dollars poured into the actual creation of the show. Take Dancing with the Stars for an example. To create this show often the busy lives of the stars are followed with cameras and crew. A jet flew Wayne Newton to his next performance from Las Vegas to the show and back again. Studios need to be used for the practice sessions, bands are contracted to appear, and a theater is used for the actual on air dancing of the stars. You will find that the expenditures for creating such a reality TV show is definitely not minimal as there are more concession made for the stars.

The cost to make reality TV shows is not just having one person with a camera record something ridiculous for viewers. It is a mass production just like any other television show. Regular television shows have sets they work off of and some film they take of the city they are portraying. In these studios they are working with the sets and actors on the sets rather than heading out to different places all the time.



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