Produce a game show

This skill set might have the most potential for entertainment value in a game show setting. You might have contestants engage in an old fashioned pie toss, a dunk tank, or an overgrown, amped up game of dodgeball.

A bonus round challenge might be to award extra points to whichever contestant can hit a full-court basketball shot first.

Put contestants through an obstacle course. Obstacle courses raise the stakes by forcing contestants out of their comfort zone.

You might set up a military-style outdoor obstacle course, with climbing walls, balance beams, lift-and-carry exercises, and dead sprints. Make sure your contestants are safe at all times. Part 5. Organize a production team. You will need, at minimum: Camera operators — you need enough camera angles to show the host and all of the contestants.

If you have individual contestants, you might just need two camera operators — one for the host and one for all of the contestants. However, if you have multiple teams, you might need a camera operator dedicated to each team.

A production editor — someone who is familiar with video production software like Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut. A sound technician — someone who can ensure that the sound quality of all the dialogue on the show is picked up clearly.

A charismatic host — the host you choose will set the tone for your show. Whether you pay someone, ask a friend to help you out, or go for it yourself, you need to make sure that the host brings a high level of energy to the proceedings. Present the contestants. The host should introduce each contestant by name, asking them to share a little about themselves. Introduce the show. Even if your show has been running for a while, you may have new viewers on a given week who are unfamiliar with it.

Create a set script for the introductory rule explanation. This will both ensure that the rules are clearly stated every episode and create a comfortable, familiar segue into the episode for returning viewers.

Take breaks between rounds. When a round ends, the host should recap the scores at that point in the game.

These little breaks will give both the audience and the contestants time to reset for the next round of competition. Explain the rules and format for each new round. If your show has a format that changes from round to round, make sure your host explains the new rules at the beginning of each round.

You might have a stable format for each different round, like Jeopardy or Chopped, or you might have completely different challenges in each round from week to week, like Project Runway or Top Chef. Show comfortable interactions between the host and contestants. Make sure the host is personable throughout, joking with contestants, complimenting them when they do something well, and allowing them to display their personalities.

End the show by reminding viewers to tune in again. As each episode draws to a close, the host should thank the contestants for participating and congratulate the winner on their victory. Take a brief moment before the show ends to thank the audience for watching the show, and invite them to join you again for your next episode.

Tell them the date, time, and channel on which the show appears so they know exactly when and where they can find the next episode. You'll need supplies for the game, contestants and a video recorder. Yes No. Not Helpful 3 Helpful Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. You Might Also Like How to. You can sort this overview by name or date created.

You can also search for a Game Show, which is useful when you have saved many Game Shows in the tool. Open a Game Show by clicking the title. Click the pencil to edit the lesson and delete the lesson by clicking the trash can.

You can also save Game Shows that one of your colleagues have created. After you have opened a Game Show via the overview or in a saved lesson, you can play immediately. Here is a suggested set of rules for using Gynzy Game Show in your class:. We love your feedback at Gynzy! When creating this tool we took your feedback into account. My students really loved it, especially because they could see their name, and see their points going up! They study without knowing they are studying!

My work avoidance students will work longer and harder when the information is in a game format. The students love it. I can adapt this tool to many many lessons I teach. Viewer involvement keeps the channel from being changed. From a network programmers perspective, every beat of the show is filled with dramatic tension, and you may also notice that just about every other moment of dramatic tension is interrupted by a commercial break.

For a prime time game show, that means big ad revenues for the Network. As a creator, write your format as a drama with critical moments of risk and ultimatums. We're looking for emotional and dramatic content, and when the stakes are high, and personal, a great game format will deliver that. Creating beyond barriers - It is impossible to deny that anything is not derivative of things we've experienced before, in life, or in watching the boob-tube.

If you want to be a break-through creator of any television format it is important to make a conscious effort at letting go of pre-programmed instincts that have been engrained in us by having seen dozens and dozens of shows over so many years that tell us "this is what a game show is". Stamp your own passport and say to yourself "no, THIS is what a game show is. Study what is happening now, and look for patterns or breakthroughs in social appetite.

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