On the Lot Should be Hot
On the Lot Should be Hot by Roxanne McDonald
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Doing a service to neophyte filmmakers, “On the Lot” should prove to be successful. |
“On the Lot” looks like it will move beyond the mere reality genre and will do a service to filmmaking hopefuls. Like a rare few other reality TV programs, “On the Lot” will combine mentoring and moviemaking with the exposure TV tends to give contestants, winner and runners-up included.
Executive producer Mark Burnett knows TV perhaps better than any other in his league—with such successes as “Survivor”, “The Apprentice,” “The Restaurant,” and “Gold Rush” some of the biggest reality TV contenders.
Steven Spielberg knows and is known the world over for some of the best movies of all time—including ET, The Color Purple, Schindler’s List, Close Encounters…, and Jaws.
Now put the two genii together, add contestants, and you have “Project Greenlight” meets “…Actors’ Studio” on Red Bull.
The obvious entertainment value is a given.
The talent-search premise is a given.
But more, the benefits to real individuals with real hopes for filmmaking help are the key characteristics: as Spielberg says in one interview, “All through my career I’ve done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start….” Just as Burnett has inadvertently done with reality TV stars like Rob and Amber Moriano, Spielberg and Burnett will do double for aspiring movie makers.
“On the Lot” airs on FOX this spring.
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