The basic pitch for Game Changer is deceptively simple: it’s a game show starring improv comedians, where the game is different every time. Players don’t know the rules until they start the game and must figure out the nature of the game on the fly. From that starting point, the show has a propensity for taking wild left turns, veering off into absurdity, and doubling down on the bit, in an ever-escalating series of silly challenges. Over its eight seasons, Game Changer has done everything from riffs on simple games like Simon Says, to multi-part recreations of reality competition shows like Survivor, to unhinged Rube Goldbergean concepts that defy easy explanation, like “Count the Rice” in the most recent season.
For this video feature, Camera Operator got to chat with several of the operators who work on Game Changer including Graham Ehlers Sheldon, Phillip Jackson, Lili Soto, Simone Williams, and AJ Young, as well as director of photography Kevin Stiller about what it’s like working on a series that can effectively be a different show every episode.
Game Changer is created and hosted by Sam Reich, and releases on the Dropout streaming video service.
Watch the interview here on SOC.org
