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Having those things really makes that show incredibly powerful because you know there isn’t a producer behind the camera.”

Rankin said, “I’m happy to have the imperfect coverage as long as it’s still there, as long as we can tell the story. Those diary cameras, Bittner said, means that the footage is “more authentic, it’s truly like a diary where they can share and open up and be more vulnerable than when I’m asking them a question and there’s the camera and sound and everybody there.” However, she said, “it really fluctuates between the cast members” in terms of who’s willing to open up. We’ve also installed an infrared capable fixed-rig camera in the shelters for the second season, which allows more time from the survivalists so they do feel more alone and we don’t miss stuff, either.” “We’ve encouraged them to use their diary cams more and more, giving them more time unsupervised. “We’ve tried to allow the cast more freedom,” Rankin said, referring to the second season.

Rankin said “anywhere in the globe that has those things, we will consider.” What changed after season one We’ve got to have access to urgent medical care, in terms of a trauma room”

The production must be “able to put in a robust evacuation procedure, should the need arise.

“temperatures have got to be in a range that is not going to cause too many problems for them”.

“the resources that are available,” including “the means to procure drinking water”.

“Obviously, it has to be remote in order for the survivalists to have that sense of isolation.

So what does the ideal location need? Rankin identified the criteria: Production selects locations that are in the United States and around the world. “It’s always remote.” How Naked and Afraid producers find locations There’s been locations where we have to hike in for a half-hour, 45 minutes just to get to the location because we can’t drive to the actual camp,” Bittner said. “There’s locations where we’re sleeping in tents, there’s locations where we’re at a lodge a couple miles away. Rankin said that the cast members have “an emergency radio transmitter/walkie-talkie,” and also a whistle to call for help if they need it. “We need to be safe, too, and sometimes we need to get out of there before nightfall because it’s treacherous for us,” she said. The crew leaves the camp before it gets dark, Bittner told me. There are local PAs, one daytime and one nightime, in addition to a day and night medic, but they stay away from the filming unless they’re needed.

#Naked and afraid swamp attack series

The series has a very small crew on location: a director of photography, a camera assistant, an audio person, and a producer. While Rankin wasn’t on location for that episode, you may recall that he was bitten by a snake and a horrifying picture of his damaged foot was tweeted by Bear Grylls. from Florida, where they were in the middle of filming the “Alligator Alley” episode set in the Everglades that just opened the new season. Our conversation took place last August, when Mathilde flew to L.A.

I talked to executive producers Steve Rankin and supervising producer Mathilde Bittner about how the on-location production works. That’s the result of a simple format that works, and also a product of the work done by the small on-location production team. For a series with a sensational title, Naked and Afraid continues to deliver authentic and highly entertaining episodes each week.