kspaz
07-29-09, 04:29 PM
I saw this mentioned in POST magazine July 2009.
Everything was shot in anamorphic 16:9 SD.
nine 22-minute episodes culled from 1700 hours of footage!
I thought I'd check out the show.
This is not reality… This is real. We’ve taken away the producers, directors and camera ops to give viewers College Life -- a completely self-produced, groundbreaking series following students as they embark on their freshman year of school
in a way never before seen on television. Shot at the University of Wisconsin, Madison by the students themselves,
http://www.cinemablend.com/television/MTV-Gets-Real-With-College-Life-14191.html
Erin Sperling, a University of Arizona senior, says the first episode was “pretty spot-on” in terms of portraying freshman year at a large university. “It’s one of the first college productions that doesn’t just glorify college as parties and the opposite sex.”
http://www.unigo.com/articles/college_life_mtv_style
See episode 2 here:
http://www.mtv.com/videos/college-life-ep-2-midterms/1609301/playlist.jhtml
you can get the rest of the episodes on the site too. Just do a search in the upper right for videos.
Amateurish camerawork. At least it is in 16:9. This reminds me why the audio microphones worn on reality TV is important. Even on shows like The Amazing Race. On this you hear a lot of air conditioning fans and they subtitle a lot.
Everything was shot in anamorphic 16:9 SD.
nine 22-minute episodes culled from 1700 hours of footage!
I thought I'd check out the show.
This is not reality… This is real. We’ve taken away the producers, directors and camera ops to give viewers College Life -- a completely self-produced, groundbreaking series following students as they embark on their freshman year of school
in a way never before seen on television. Shot at the University of Wisconsin, Madison by the students themselves,
http://www.cinemablend.com/television/MTV-Gets-Real-With-College-Life-14191.html
Erin Sperling, a University of Arizona senior, says the first episode was “pretty spot-on” in terms of portraying freshman year at a large university. “It’s one of the first college productions that doesn’t just glorify college as parties and the opposite sex.”
http://www.unigo.com/articles/college_life_mtv_style
See episode 2 here:
http://www.mtv.com/videos/college-life-ep-2-midterms/1609301/playlist.jhtml
you can get the rest of the episodes on the site too. Just do a search in the upper right for videos.
Amateurish camerawork. At least it is in 16:9. This reminds me why the audio microphones worn on reality TV is important. Even on shows like The Amazing Race. On this you hear a lot of air conditioning fans and they subtitle a lot.