# The video production run. ShifTV?

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**Created:** [March 4, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-video-production-run-shiftv/242564 "2009-03-04T19:42:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-video-production-run-shiftv/242564/11 "2009-03-16T02:24:31Z")

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> [@Im a whole lot of new](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-a-whole-lot-of-new/15570/17):
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> Character development will be crucial in the success/fail of the video material.
> 
> Any show worth watching is only worth watching because of the characters that are in it, educational shows never get a return viewer (generally speaking).
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> I’ve made a list of some of the shows to look upto and see what’s the pattern that ties them all together to make them appealing to most younger demographic.
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> Scrubs  
> Jackass  
> Fresh Prince  
> Mythbusters  
> Deadliest catch  
> Top gear  
> Daily Show  
> Rob and Big
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> All have fantastic characters, most have some sort of humor.
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> Once characters have been developed and people feel closer to them, contests between the characters are ever present in successful shows.
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> Contests between the characters are present in  
> Deadliest catch (who catches the most, between characters of ship captains)  
> Mythbusters (build offs)  
> Top Gear (every episode really).
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> So we have to make sure that the team that is selected is “characterfull”.
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> I strongly believe that the people I have suggested above will be great, that’s why i have suggested them. The only exception will be myself, I’ll just try to blend in.
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> So priorities are
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> Character development (introduce ourselves somehow in the first episodes and show exactly what we are all about, and how we can be a little silly)  
> Humor  
> Contests

you have alot of time on your hands for being such a busy guy LOL

anyways more cameras the better

😃

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