Abstract:
Through my experiences in South Africa and research on the travel genre of television
programming, I will create a pilot TV program entitled: South Africa: On Safari and Off The Map for my creative project. I will describe in the accompanying paper the process gone through in order to accomplish this endeavor. The paper will examine my
experiences giving full detail into the production process and problems encountered
therein. The television pilot will be an informational piece on travel, tourism, and biology in South Africa. It will send the viewer traveling through the remote savannah, forest, and mountainous regions giving them a sense of what it is actually like to be there. There will be a cultural aspect also, which will give the viewer a local perspective on specifically one area of the country. It will also include within the paper all journal entries kept during the first shooting and both itineraries from each shoot. The written portion will also briefly shed light to this problem known as Khaki Fever.
