|
Wanted
- Talent to be a big hit in Reality TV - 22nd September
2003
Multi
award-winning producers Brett Clements and Peter Dodds
are now scouting for local talent to participate in
a new reality TV series called H‘it’! which
will see 12 of Australia’s most talented, young
creatives shack up in a Sydney production ‘house’
for six weeks. The housemates can come and go as they
wish. H’it’ TV is looking for actors, artists,
designers, directors, musicians and other creatives
to make their own TV programs to market to the world.
In what is set to be a 16-part, one-hour series, the
creatives, aged 18-30, with mayby the odd "oldie",
will pitch their visions for shows to the actual viewing
audience and Australia will vote for which concepts
they’d like to see turned into television, via
SMS, of course.
Brett
Clements said, "The general public doesn’t
get much of a say when it comes to what formats are
turned into pilots so we thought we’d give the
country a chance to influence what’s on TV”.
The
Reality TV visionary was the think tank behind one
of the world’s first reality-based TV commercial
campaigns, New Zealand’s "Real Slice of
Heaven", and also created international TV series
such as "Just For The Record", the new Wonder
World (on Nine) and "The Aquanauts", in
addition he created the international best selling
Video Board Game, Nightmare.
Clements
has teamed with Logie-award-winning documentary maker
Peter Dodds, who also authored a major Australian
report into the future direction of television and
multimedia, and the writer of the "Big Brother
Uncut. Unreel. Unseen" DVD.. Also joining the
team is director Rodney Morris. Dodds and Morris are
two of Australia’s foremost interactive producers,
with numerous credits and awards across the television
and multimedia industries.
To
enter applicants must produce a 60-second advert on
yourself and explain why you think you’ve got
what H‘it’! takes to make the big-time.
The adverts will be evaluated by a judging panel of
industry icons including Philip Noyce, Glenn Wheatley,
Jack Singleton and one or two others that Mediaman know very well indeed!
The
H’it’! production team also includes studio-owner
and entertainment entrepreneur, Malinda Rutter, who
recently launched her Polkadotts talent agency into
the United States, top Sydney marketing director,
Kate Neale and the Post Production team from Farscape,
Claudia Boland and Barba Cooper.
For
further information, go to www.hittv.tv
Links:
Hi't
TV official website
Mediaman press release
Mediaman interviews Brett Clements - 19th September
2003
The
Top 10 things about Reality TV
Reality
TV is simply not real
Mediaman: Australian TV & Radio websites
Australian
Sports and Entertainment Portal: TV
Hi't
TV official website
|
