All I can think of is: NPR meets Errol Morris. Ira Glass's "This American Life" hits Showtime next week. Here's a trailer:
And speaking of Ira, here's what it takes for Ira to produce stories for "This American Life."
File under: " I had no idea."
1. Discover 20 stories.
2. Go into production for seven or eight.
3. Each interviewee is taped for 1-1.5 hours in the studio to see if they're good.
4. Find out who's good; who's not.
5. Kill half...or more. Leaves you with three.
6. Go to the interviewees house or bring them to the studio and talk for two hours.
7. Edit time? Same as discovery time.
File under: "Oh...now I get it."
---Tom
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