Pros And Cons Of Reality Tv

It’s safe to assume that when people think of reality TV they don’t think of scripts and writers to be a part of the show, as it is all happening in real time and all of the 30 action packed minutes is unedited bits. But that is far from the truth as David Rupel states that, “if you watch every second of someone’s life, the majority of it is quite boring.” Just imagine watching Keeping up with the Kardashian and watching every single minute of their lives, sooner or later it’s bound to get boring. So how do you add that hint of spice, drama and intrigue? That is the role of writers and editors that play a crucial part of formatting and editing bits and clips of interesting pieces from hours of footage that will incorporate and play into the bigger
Reality TV like any other scripted shows needs a storyline to capture the audience and keep them hooked on that’s where the drama comes in as we see in so many reality shows. The key difference between reality shows and scripted shows is they are not played by actors or as Rupel says “wannabe actors.” Reality shows needs hundreds of hours of footage just to make a single hour of TV show requiring longer shooting schedules as compared to scripted shows that can finish filming in a few days as they cannot predict when something interesting will happen. As J.Ryan Stradal suggests that unscripted storytelling is working backwards from the ending and working with what you have and crafting it into emotional or humorous journey that will capture the