The Ends of The Earth
Bad Ideas from The Big Wide #001
WE HAVE THE BAD IDEA SO YOU CAN HAVE THE BETTER ONE.
There are still uncharted areas on Earth, and as the ice melts more uncharted territory is revealed each year. Venture to these desolate places at the ends of the earth, where the adventure is mostly getting thereā¦
$$$ huge crew, helicopters, chartered planes, ships, A list presenter, National Geographic. Reusable water bottles for the whole team, 200 long haul flights, near miss diving accident, big lawsuit.
$$ low budget presenter or self filmed for YouTube, where the mission to make it to the uncharted territory spans dozens of episodes, PBS, BBC Two. Chronic stomach complaints for 20% of the series after eating street food.
$ GeoWizard style YouTube video (just watch it), millions of views, never had to leave the house, cost as much to make as you paid for lunch. Repetitive strain injury.
Inspired by this 2017 Guardian article: Faultlines, black holes and glaciers: mapping uncharted territories.
š ETC: SOME OF THE NEWS. DEFINITELY NOT ALL OF IT.
Atlantic Productions are crewing up for a worldwide adventure series ā Box to Box have two new sports projects in the works (whatās left to makeā¦?) ā Top tier magazine Tatler are expanding their YouTube team (whilst 2014ās Inside Tatler lives a second life on YouTube - 770,000 views and counting for episode one) ā True North have landed a new ātravel/antiquesā format shooting in France over summer ā Fulwell 73 are filming a show ālike Love Island, Too Hot To Handle, Mamma Mia and BGTā in Europe this summer ā Iconic YouTuber Tom Scott has announced heās taking a break after ten years of posting mini-docs every week, amassing a grand total of 1.7 billion views and counting ā and 45% of YouTube video watch takes place on televisions, according to Google.
More bad ideas next week.