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About the Pilot Episode

Show Title: “A Soldier Remembers”

FORMAT: Reality

LENGTH:
30 Minutes (22:30)

AUTHOR:
A-Z Media Group, Avalanche Studios and Lenz Works

LOGLINE:
A family is surprised with a dream vacation and is given new cameras, computers and other tools to record and preserve their memories in a manner that will last a lifetime.

TREATMENT:
The Real Vacation is a fast-paced, half-hour reality television program that follows a deserving family on a dream vacation where they will create and record memories that will last a lifetime.
 


TIMELINE:

 
TRT Length Generic Format Specific Episode
:30 :30 Music Intro Music intro
3:30 3:00 Story of family/recipient After serving in Iraq, a military father returns to his family in Las Vegas. This will be their first trip since Dad returned home. Since a roadside bomb caused him to have short-term memory loss, our team of experts will create tools that will help him to remember in the now.
4:30 1:00 Pick up/bring family to airport The host of the show and the family insider pick up the kids from school, Mom from home and Dad from the base and take them to the airport.
7:00 2:30 Reveal destination, give products The family finds out at the airport that they will be headed to Park City, Utah for a ski vacation. The kids are very excited because this will be the first time either of them have seen snow. The family receives new digital cameras, a video camera, and a new laptop to record the events.
7:30 :30 Coming up Coming up
10:00 2:30 1st Break 1st Break
10:10 :10 Bumper Bumper
11:00 :50 Family is told about 1st planned event The family arrives at the resort where they find out about the ski class they will all be taking in the morning.
12:00 1:00 The design team makes overall plans Back in Las Vegas, the design team meets with the family insider and they make plans to create a memory room with a new PC, printer and software. In addition to digital photo frames that will be placed throughout the house and a large, custom-framed family portrait, the team will produce craft scrapbooks and digital photo books about the parents, the kids, and the family.
13:30 1:30 1st event attended The family spends a half day in their ski class. They take turns shooting photos and videotaping each other on vacation.
14:00 :30 1st photos sent home The host downloads all of the photos to the laptop and sends them off to the design team back in Vegas, who begin working around the clock.
14:45 :45 1st design team project The design team finds a great family photo in the mix of photos and decides that this will be the one for the family portrait. They get to work printing and working with a local custom framer.
15:00 :15 Coming up Coming up
17:30 2:30 2nd Break 2nd Break
17:40 :10 Bumper Bumper
20:00 2:20 2nd event revealed and attended The host tells the family that the next activity will be snowmobiling. Each kid rides with Mom or Dad on the snowmobile. They then ride out to a secluded area and make a snowman together. They take turns taking photos/videos.
20:30 :30 2nd photos sent home The host downloads all of the photos to the laptop and sends them off to the design team.
21:45 1:15 2nd design team project The design team starts to assemble some of the videos and photos together to make the digital photo book, a craft scrapbook and an online photo book for extended family to enjoy.
22:15 :30 3rd event revealed The host tells the family that their final adventure will be bobsledding at the Olympic Park.
22:30 :15 Coming up Coming up
25:00 2:30 3rd Break 3rd Break
25:10 :10 Bumper Bumper
26:30 1:20 3rd event attended The family has a blast riding with professional bobsled racers and competing with each other for the best time. Gold medals are awarded. Again, more photos and videos are taken.
27:00 :30 3rd photos sent home The host downloads all of the photos to the laptop and sends them off to the design team.
28:00 1:00 3rd design team project The design team races to finish the memory room, the digital photo books, the scrapbooks, the online site, the photos throughout the house, and the large portrait for the family. They work hard, finishing minutes before the family arrives home.
29:25 1:25 Family home with gifts The design team shows the family the results that produce the story of their lives. The host shows the family all of the equipment and materials used to turn their lives into memories. The family is grateful for the trip and the mementos that will help the soldier remember the best times of his life with his family.
29:40 :15 Sign up to be on show Sign up to be on the show
30:00 :20 Credits Credits