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Rules of the Hunt: How did production do this?
georgiapeach:
--- Quote ---Are you ready for the series premiere of Hunted, airing Sunday, Jan. 22 after the AFC Championship game? Not so fast—you've gotta know the rules first!
We already know the new series follows nine teams of two who must go on the run and evade capture for 28 days, but just what else is involved?
These are the rules of the hunt:
1.Fugitives must stay within a 100,000-square mile hunt zone.
2.Fugitives will be given a one-hour head start before Hunters are alerted.
3.Fugitives are provided limited funds.
4.Command Center is given only a name, photo, and last known location.
5.Fugitives that evade capture win $250,000 per team.
Watch Hunted on Wednesdays at 8/7c on CBS and CBS All Access.
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BourkieBoy:
Isn't 100,000 square-mile, like massive? How the hell do the hunters catch if they go into the wilderness?
georgiapeach:
Command answers your questions
https://www.youtube.com/v/LtBgHzKKiAc
knavekid:
I have watched the first four episodes. It is apparent to me that while the information available to the command center is based on what real law enforcement might have available to them, they are not receiving it from law enforcement resources.
I appear that there is another "information unit" that processes information from the embedded camera operators to determine what information would likely be available to real law enforcement had the proper warrants been executed. If the command center requests this information, the "information unit" provides it.
In one case, it is very unlikely that the CCTV video they obtained was sufficient to resolve the license plate number. The graphic shown processing the blurry rectangle that is the license plate into a clear image is not technically possible. The vehicle was in sight of the camera at a distance and the license plate was exposed, so if an extremely high resolution camera was in place and the lighting and observation angle was sufficient, they might have been able to resolve it.
In another instance, an ATM ping was received and the command center was looking at CCTV video of the commercial retailer parking lot within minutes. This is without resources onsite to request access to the system. It us unlikely that all these cameras are transmitting live video that can be retrieved that quickly.
The US Mail is another resource that the command center used effectively. Did they really have access to the USPS database of mail? Are they screening all mail within the 100K mi˛ area for hits among the contacts of all the fugitive teams? While I think it is possible to gather this information if properly targeted, this was a case where I think the command center was given a hint.
In summary, I think the command center as access to better quality and more timely intelligence than what would be available in a real-world situation.
While I enjoy watching this show, I watch it with the realization that these "fugitives" have much more going against them than they would have in real life.
georgiapeach:
:welcome3: to RFF knavekid!
I like your analysis, esp the idea of another "information unit". That would explain a lot of the odd bits of the Hunters having info we don't see how they obtained.
Thanks for joining the discussion!!
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