I was a contestant on Dragons Den

[whitecrook]

I'm surprised at the naivety of people saying they didn't realise it was so staged - this is TV - EVERYTHING you watch is staged/manipulated/produced. TV doesn't just 'happen' - it's made. Even 'live' shows are all staged/scripted/rehearsed. If it wasn't TV would be very boring. A rough ratio of the time taken for recorded stuff, is about 10:1 - i.e. 1 hour of good TV takes around 10 hours of stuff that's thrown away / cut.

 

[CaptainComedy]

hehe mates dad is theo paphitis don't watch it myself, things like that are always staged

 

[Biohazard]

hehe mates dad is theo paphitis don't watch it myself, things like that are always staged

I don't know why, but I'd like to have dinner with Theo.

 

[BigglesPiP]

Dude! Scrap the 3D graphics, online community with a leaderboard, hook it up to spacebook, bish bash bosh, £80k in yer pocket.


See: FIAT Eco Drive, people obsess over their score, and drive economically as a side effect.

http://www.fiat.co.uk/ecodrive/#ecodrive/intro

 

[Jambo]

Any links to see what goes on behind the scenes in the Apprentice? How is it... "staged"?

I don't think The Apprentice is that staged to be honest. I was filmed pitching a product to the two teams and it was just a normal pitch. I told them about the product. They asked a load of random questions. One pitch ran without any cut and the other had one due to some sunlight problems.

The contestants all seemed to act the same whether the cameras were on them or not.

It is obviously staged to an extent though. For example, all the inventors had to sit as if they were in a doctors waiting room while they filmed everyone just waiting. I did actually used to wonder why they didn't have some banter when they were waiting around.

 

[CaptainComedy]

I don't know why, but I'd like to have dinner with Theo.

me too but I wouldn't be able to afford it

 

[gord]

"Reality TV" doesn't exist, even if you go as basic as once you're observing something it can no longer be natural/realistic.

Reality TV isnt quantum mechanics.

You can observe reality without influencing it.. its done all the time.

 

[Mikoyan]

Of course the money piles are fake, otherwise I'd have gone in there with my invention... a gun.

Lol from me

 

[Lethal`]

Dude you should stick some of the emails on here, that's hilarious, but yet so so sad at the same time

 

[HAz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tc6-vSYIMk

 

[Hades]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tc6-vSYIMk

A big white box?


EDIT: Nice ninja edit there

 

[Lethagized]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tc6-vSYIMk

Thanks. Thank you very much

 

[[FnG]magnolia]

That's really interesting although your idea was pretty terrible

How did you manage to not punch Duncan Mc**** in the face though? What an arse (him not you).

 

[R.O.S.S.I]

I asked him not you.



No.



Thank you!

BB x

lol, love it.

 

[edscdk]

hahahahahahaha

if you are after 'professional business' you don't go to a TV show

free tv add?? worth thousands.. assuming you dont make a tit of yourself.. also repease so more free adds...

 

[Chimerical]

Reality TV isnt quantum mechanics.

You can observe reality without influencing it.. its done all the time.

Its more to do with pointing a camera at something. That changes everything.

You cannot get naturalistic television. The closest is secret filming or maybe CCTV but even that is contrived.

 

[Calabi]

Its a scientific concept, whatever you observe, you change.

 

[flibbage0]

No you weren't Britboy.

 

[Deep]

What was the point of posting in this dead thread?!

 

[LiE]

No you weren't Britboy.

ban for bring up old thread for no reason.