Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > Brat Camp
Farewell to the sadistic pleasures of Brat Camp
Anonymous:
--- Quote ---These kids apparently got tuition paid in lieu of payment.
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Correction, the kids' parents got "tuition".
Shortbus:
--- Quote ---On 2005-08-30 08:47:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Every reality show's participants sign releases before being filmed. These kids knew where they were going and what was going to happen. Reality shows are staged and it only appears that they go through the jungle wilderness and almost get killed (for example: survivor series). How do you know there wasn't a Mickey D's down the mountain and a Motel 6 to stay in every night? Some people are SOOOOO gullible :silly: "
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Have you been a participant or crewed on a program? I didnt think so. Paricipants sign releases - but those releases dont tell the partcipant whats going to happen to them. The release is about allowing the producer to use the image of the participant for advertising and to use footage of the participant in the body of the program. Is there fast food and a bed near by? Might be a helicopter ride away for the crew. Or not. Depending on how much the shoot, the crew might be camped just over the hill or they might drive twenty miles into town to shower, sleep and eat.
You dont see a lot of staged stuff in this genre of programming because staging and multiple shoots cuts too deep into the budget.
AtomicAnt:
--- Quote ---On 2005-09-01 11:18:00, Shortbus wrote:
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On 2005-08-30 08:47:00, Anonymous wrote:
"Every reality show's participants sign releases before being filmed. These kids knew where they were going and what was going to happen. Reality shows are staged and it only appears that they go through the jungle wilderness and almost get killed (for example: survivor series). How do you know there wasn't a Mickey D's down the mountain and a Motel 6 to stay in every night? Some people are SOOOOO gullible :silly: "
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Have you been a participant or crewed on a program? I didnt think so. Paricipants sign releases - but those releases dont tell the partcipant whats going to happen to them. The release is about allowing the producer to use the image of the participant for advertising and to use footage of the participant in the body of the program. Is there fast food and a bed near by? Might be a helicopter ride away for the crew. Or not. Depending on how much the shoot, the crew might be camped just over the hill or they might drive twenty miles into town to shower, sleep and eat.
You dont see a lot of staged stuff in this genre of programming because staging and multiple shoots cuts too deep into the budget.
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I cannot recall the sources, but one article in a California newspaper interviewed Lauren from Brat Camp. She clearly stated that when she signed the release and they staged the opening bad behavior videos (yes, these were staged), she thought the show was supposed to be similar to MTV's Real World. She had no idea she was going to a wilderness program.
I read another article in local PA newspaper about a member of the production crew. It was her first post-school production. She said the stipulation was that the crew was never to interact with the teenagers in any way. She mentioned the crew lived in trailers which were far enough away to be unseen and inaccessible to the teenagers. She said after spending all day filming in the freezing cold, the trailers seemed like luxury. The crew spent the entire time on location.
I have tried to Google both articles, but can no longer find them.
OverLordd:
--- Quote --- She said after spending all day filming in the freezing cold, the trailers seemed like luxury.
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I wonder if any of them felt any pity for the kids.
Nonconformistlaw:
I wonder went on when no one was watching...when no one was filming and when the crews were safely stashed away in their trailers.....I could tell from the few episodes I watched that they were definitely not showing everything....kinda like....something important was never filmed.
I dont know for sure...these were more along the lines of disturbing gut feelings (and my own experience).
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