by Jeff Amaral

1. JeffAmaral
E-mail:jeff.paintingshow@gmail.com
Phone:Jeff(774)991-0861
www.thepaintingshow.com

2. ThePaintingShow
anhour-longexperimentalinterviewshow
byJeffAmaral
Logline:
ThePaintingShowisaradicaltalk-showthatusesfilm andanimationtoexplorethemanysidesof
misunderstoodorcontroversialcelebrities.
OverviewOverview:
Firstandforemost,thePaintingShowisatalk-showaboutlistening,understandingandpersonalgrowth.
Mosttalkshowsaremoreinterestedinsensationalism.Guestsarebadgeredandbaitedtofitapredeter-
minednarrative,orthey’rehandledwithkidglovesastheyattempttopromotetheirnewestproduct.
ThePaintingShowisadifferentbreed.Overthreesegments,ourcelebrityguesttakespartinanexperimen-
talprocessthatholdsupamirrornotonlytohowtheyareperceivedinthemedia,buthowtheyperceive
themselves.Alongtheway,theaudienceisforcedtochallengetheirpreconceptionsabouteachguestand
re-examinethewaycelebritiesaresqueezedintoshallowtabloidnarratives.
Thefirstsegmentisanopeninterviewwheretheguestspeaksfreelyaboutwhateverisontheirmindwhile
animationillustratestheirthoughtsbehindthem.
Thesecondisamulti-mediapresentationcreatedbythehostwhichdeconstructsandrecontextualizesthe
initialinterviewintoafullyfleshedoutthesis.Thiswescreenfortheguestinanemptymovietheater.
Inthethirdsegment,webringtheguestbacktopaintwithusandreflectontheexperience.
Someguestsagreewiththeanalysisandsomedon’t-that’swhatmakesitsoexciting.Ultimately,theaudi-
enceisinvitedtodrawtheirownconclusions.

3. TheHost
JeffAmaralisacomedianandwriterwitha
deepappreciationfortheartisticelementsof
psychology.HeiswellversedintheJungian
schoolofArchetypaltheory.
TheAnimator
EdwinAguilarisalongtime
Simpsonsanimatorandartist
forBongoComics

4. Segment1
“What’sBuggingYou?”
Thisisan15-18minuteopeninterviewwherethehostsimplyasksprobing
questionstogettheguesttoopenup.Theinterviewiscompletelyuncut,which
isimportantbecauseinthenextsegmentwewillbeusingthisinterviewfootage
asfodderforourmulti-mediathesis.Tokeepitentertaining,animationwill
serveasavisualaid.

5. Thisisa12-15minutethesisvideothatusesclipsfrom theinterview,plusstock-
footage,music,andclipsfrom populartelevisionshowsandmoviestohelpillus-
trateourideas.Themethodologyweusetoarriveatourconclusionsiscalled
“Self-Pluralism”,asystem ofthoughtwhichweintroduceandreiterateineach
episode.Wealsodoourpresentationincharacter,whichhelpsbringalittle
levitytothepieceandkeepseverythinginperspective.
Segment2
ThePresentation

6. Segment3
PaintingandReflection
Inthis3-5minutesegment,wewinddowntheshowbypaintingwithourguest
whiletheydiscusshowtheyfeltaboutourpresentationandanalysis.Thisis
theirchancetotelluswhatwegotright,whatwegotwrong,andwhatwemay
havetotallymissed.Theguestalwaysgetsthefinalsay,eveniftheycompletely
disagreewithus.

7. Whoisinterested?
ThankstoSandeAlessi,ourcastingdirector,anumberofcelebritieshaveexpressedinterestinparticipating.
TheseincludeHulkHogan,GeneSimmons,JoseConseco,DustinDiamond,VivicaAFox,BustaRhymes,Ja
Rule,Chyna,andBrigitteNielsen.
Whohasalreadyparticipated?
Formerchild-starCoreyFeldmanwasourveryfirstcelebrityguest.
What’sthebudget?What’sthebudget?
Guestfee:5-20K
Shootingcosts:40-60K
Animation:30-40K
Licensing:10-15K
Hostingandwriting:60K
Targetaudience?
WethinkthePaintingShowwillappealtoyoung,celebrity-obsessedmillennials,collegestudentsandtheWethinkthePaintingShowwillappealtoyoung,celebrity-obsessedmillennials,collegestudentsandthe
Dr.Philpop-psychologycrowd.
Showslikeit?
ThePaintingShowisabitlikewhatwouldhappenifWernerHerzogdirectedanepisodeofCharlieRose.

8. Conclusion:
ThePaintingShowisgreatTVforpeoplewhowanttoseesomethingchallenging,ThePaintingShowisgreatTVforpeoplewhowanttoseesomethingchallenging,
entertaininganddifferentbroughttotherealm oftalkandrealityTV.It’salsoa
uniqueopportunityforanycelebritywhowantstoredefinehisorherperception
inthemedia.Theaudience,nomattertheirpreconceptions,cannothelpbut
walkawayfrom anepisodeofthePaintingShowwitharadicallydifferentim-
pressionofthecelebrityguest.It’sashowthatinspiresdiscussion,debate,and
deepintrospection.
Quotes!
“Ididreallyfeeltheprocesswasalotoffun...I’m verythankfultoChrisandJeffforhelpingopenmyeyes
towhatisgoingonwithinme.”
-CraigDickey,formerguest
“ThePaintingShowislikeifCarlJunghadtohostBobRoss’stheJoyofPainting.”
-RickWood,comedian
“Youguyshavealotofballs.”“Youguyshavealotofballs.”
-JeremyMartin,writerforGOODMagazine
“OneofthemostcreativethingsI’veeverseen.”
-Audiencemember