I really enjoyed chatting with them and learned a bit on the way.
Really impressive that they are so committed to what they do and doing it well.

Personally I am not that keen on Reality TV, preferring scripted drama or documentaries, but if they are going to be made then having people on the job making them of a higher quality like Joke and Biagio is a good idea.

It was an interesting interview with them anyway. FOr me it was easy because once I fed them a question they had plenty to say.

Marisa: Thank you for noticing that producing reality TV is not easy. It’s so much more stressful than working on our scripted projects (like our new project with actor Michael Rooker.) You really don’t know what’s going to happen. That’s the exciting part…and the part that drives you crazy.

When a challenge goes bad (and it does happen) your best bet is to get all coverage you possibly can, and get more interviews that you normally would. Then, it’s time to work “post magic” and really shape the challenge with great bites and beautiful shots. This is a worst case scenario, and luckily it’s hasn’t happened to us a whole lot.

The thing that always saves you is that a challenge in and of itself has a beginning, middle, and an end. Someone will win. Others will lose. So if nothing else goes right, you can always play the pure competition angle.

Best,
Biagio

Quick question, what do you do when the ‘actors’ don’t respond the way you thought they would during a challenge? How do you cope with not knowing the precise outcome of a shoot?

It’s enlightening to get an inside look at the behind the scenes of these shows.

I’m wondering… When you’re looking at hours and hours of footage do you ever find yourselves ‘lost’ in the process. And if so how do you dig yourselves out of it?