Heads and Tails is a popular travel TV show. Due to its unusual format and bright presentation, it has won a huge number of fans. Regular viewers ask themselves the question: how true is what is happening in the program? Which of the following is just a production?
Heads and Tails: Format
To attract sophisticated modern viewers, TV producers come up with more and more new formats of programs. Travel shows are no exception. Conceptual and unconventional solutions make the programs incredibly popular and thoughtful.
The program "Heads and Tails" is one of the brightest and most interesting. In Russia it is broadcast on the Friday! TV channel, in Ukraine - on Inter. In addition, broadcasting goes to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Israel and Poland.
The concept of the program is unique and unusual. At the beginning of each episode, the presenters toss a coin that decides their fate for the next two days. The lucky one gets a gold card with an unlimited limit - and he demonstrates all the delights of relaxation with an endless gold reserve. The second has only $ 100 for two days - and in most cases this is enough for a great and exciting trip.
In the Russian version, foreign prices are converted into rubles, in the Ukrainian version - into hryvnias. This makes the price level in each country clearer. In general, the entire project "Heads and Tails" is Ukrainian. It is in this country that the transmission is made.
The presentation of the show allows you to show the country from different angles, revealing it to the wealthy tourist and budget traveler. The authors of the show, Elena and Evgeny Sidelnikovs, took this idea as a basis. Numerous countries and cities open up from different sides, leaving the magic of adventure.
The presenters and the film crew have already circled the entire globe - they were in South America and Australia, rich Switzerland and poor countries in Africa, Europe and Asia. They stay in each city only for a day - but this is enough to create a vivid and colorful story.
Seasons
More than 10 seasons have already been released, with different concepts. Leaders replace each other, only the general idea remains unchanged. The idea of the program was invented by 4 people. The pilot was filmed in New York. The transmission was so successful that it was immediately decided to continue. The hosts were the spouses Zhanna and Alan Badoeva. They continued their journey across the United States and then went to Europe.
The show changed from season to season. The face and style of the show were determined not only by the presenters and film crew, but also by the sponsors - so, in the second season it was a beer producer. So a new feature of the program appeared: to hide 100 dollars in a bottle, which went to the fastest and most resourceful viewer.
At the moment, 15 seasons have already been released, and the tradition with a bottle has remained unchanged. Among the released seasons:
- Reboot
- Back to USSR
- Heaven and Hell
- Across the seas
- Around the World
- Transfer process
After the presenters leave the airport, they toss a coin. Many viewers wonder if the draw results are valid. The participants in the filming claim that everything is fair and the result depends only on chance.
The loser gets a backpack and a hundred dollars, gets to the city by public transport, rents cheap housing and tries to see the main attractions. The second, a rich host with a gold card, is resting on a grand scale. He gets:
- limousines
- dinners in expensive restaurants
- rooms in luxury hotels.
And other delights that money gives. He hides the cherished one hundred dollars in a bottle. After 2 days, the presenters meet and share their impressions. From the program, we can conclude whether the country is expensive or cheap, whether it is possible to relax in it on a budget.
Filming
In fact, everything does not go so smoothly and by itself. The script of the program is written in general in advance, the director, operator and screenwriter follow the process. The presenters do not go alone, they are constantly accompanied:
- Operator
- Producer
- Director assistant
- Other technical staff.
Therefore, the question arises: where do all these people spend the night when the leader with a backpack sleeps, for example, in a tent. The film crew, of course, will not give an answer to this question. But other stories are told.
For example, in strict Muslim countries, where violations of the law are punished in the most cruel way, the cameraman, producer and screenwriter spent several days in prison. Sometimes the local population behaves aggressively towards the film crew (especially in poor countries).
Filming scenes in unusual locations, such as monastic hermitages, are said to be entirely real. They cannot be directed and thought out in advance.
In expensive hotels, it turns out to knock out discounts - after all, the shooting that takes place there is an advertisement that will pay dividends in the future. But sometimes discounts are not offered.
According to the results of the transfer, the most expensive city of the project is London. General producer Elena Sinelnikova claims that here the owner of the gold card spent $ 53,557 in two days.
Aerial panoramic views are filmed with a quadcopter. Once, while filming in Rotterdam, a drone crashed into a skyscraper. The footage was lost, and the film crew was hid in jail for a day.
Belarus was also difficult for filming. Here, representatives of the police constantly climbed into the frame, who suspected the film crew of sabotage activities. Sometimes very unpleasant things happen, fraught with health problems. Regina Todorenko once fell from a height of 7 meters - but, fortunately, there were no serious injuries. There were transmissions and accidents in the history.
Features of the seasons
The first season with a special concept is the fifth. It is called "Kurortny". The presenters visited popular holiday destinations - from Antalya to Ibiza. Then came Back to the USSR - a journey through the former Soviet republics.
This season, the audience staged a real race and battle for a bottle with a hundred dollars. Residents of Tajikistan were outraged by the unpleasant statements of the presenter Andrei Bednyakov about the capital of their country.
In "At the End of the World", the presenters visited distant and unusual places. In the anniversary season, all the hosts of the previous issues were filmed, constantly changing pairs.
The Around the World season is one of the most exciting. During the season, the program traveled around the globe. Filmed only those cities in which the shooting has not yet taken place. The most interesting moments can be seen in special issues: “Heads and Tails. Around the World: How It Was Filmed. It all started with an unpleasant surprise: the film crew was not allowed to shoot at the prime meridian, where the transmission was supposed to begin and end. I had to take precious shots using a regular phone.
In Goa, the entire group was poisoned and could not eat normally. The presenter's clothes for filming were brought by a special plane from Ukraine. But the draw really takes place on the spot. This rule was changed only twice, when visas were delayed for one of the leaders.
Before filming begins, a director comes to town. He walks to the future filming locations and agrees on the further process. This makes life much easier for the presenters: all doors open in front of them. The routes of both leaders are carefully thought out in advance. But specific behavior, jokes, and so on are improvisation, which is most often removed the first time. The texts are not written in advance and give the presenter an opportunity to open up. This makes the broadcast lively and natural, adding to it the very naturalness for which the program "Heads and Tails" is so popular with all viewers.
