{"id":507,"date":"2007-05-23T19:52:14","date_gmt":"2007-05-23T23:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2007\/05\/23\/on-the-lot\/"},"modified":"2007-05-23T19:52:14","modified_gmt":"2007-05-23T23:52:14","slug":"on-the-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magiclamp.org\/index.php\/2007\/05\/23\/on-the-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Lot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I really liked <a href=\"http:\/\/projectgreenlight.liveplanet.com\/\">Project Greenlight<\/a> when it was on, and was happy to see a show that&#8217;s very similar to that is now on Fox:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelot.com\/\">On The Lot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The premise of this reality show:   Gather 50 directors together that were picked from the films the submitted.   Have them do various tasks, and kick them off until the final contestant wins a job as a director for Dreamworks.<\/p>\n<p>Last night they started with having everyone do a &#8220;Hollywood Pitch&#8221; for a movie, but they had to use a premise that they were randomly assigned.    I was really surprised how many people seemed to have a big problem with this task, but quite a few did.  It was really hard to watch them struggle.  The pitches ranged from &#8220;He completely forgot what he was going to say&#8221; to &#8220;Much too enthusiastic&#8221;.    Fourteen people were cut, so 36 remain.<\/p>\n<p>For the second task, they organized themselves into groups of three and had to come up with a two and half minute film.  Each director had a scene to director.  The short film had to be completely written, filmed and edited in 24 hours.   They didn&#8217;t show the final results (that&#8217;s Thursday), but they did show how everyone started.   Big egos galore, and some fights between groups about filming locations.<\/p>\n<p>I was disappointed to see that they grouped everyone together for this task, since a bad group member can bring down a whole group.   We&#8217;ll see how that works out.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the show, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1117965678.html?categoryid=14&#038;cs=1\">it looks like a lot of people didn&#8217;t tune in<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really liked Project Greenlight when it was on, and was happy to see a show that&#8217;s very similar to that is now on Fox: On The Lot. The premise of this reality show: Gather 50 directors together that were picked from the films the submitted. 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