Cideshow in Place Show Examples
Here is a list of show examples for Cideshow in Place. These are not actual shows that are appearing in the campaign.
Use this as inspiration, or feel free to take any of these ideas if you’re looking for one to do.
Example #1
Name: Stuffed Animal Theater
Genre: Dramedy
Description: A different famous play is recreated each week, using stuffed animals as stand-ins. Creator does the voices or gets actors to record them.
Interactive Element: Viewers vote each week what play should be done in the next episode, choosing between three options.
Example #2
Name: Scavenger Hunt
Genre: Game Show
Description: Host conducts a scavenger hunt through Zoom. Participants have to find strange objects in their own home (ie. a shirt with a hole in it or a picture of them in a Halloween costume) to earn points. Winner gets to split show’s profits with the host and come back next week.
Interactive Element: Along with the winner, viewers can select one other participant to come back.
Example #3
Name: Nine O’Clock News
Genre: Comedy
Description: A fake news show all about the mundane things happening in the shelter in place world. There’s an anchor as well as field reporters, reporting on things like “there’s a raccoon in my backyard,” and “my neighbor has run out of toothpaste.”
Interactive Element: Viewers pick which color tie the anchor wears in the next episode.
Example #4
Name: High Concept
Genre: Experimental
Description: Extremely smart people get really high and give their theories to unknowable concepts like “what’s outside of the universe?” or “how would time travel work if it was real?”
Interactive Element: Viewers pick what is discussed the following week.
Example #5
Name: Pilot
Genre: Other: Mixed genre
Description: A screenwriter who has written a pilot, gets actors to act out the roles in their own homes, complete with the best props/ sets they can recreate there.
Interactive Element: Viewers pick which pilot is made next between four different names/ short descriptions.
Example #6
Name: Zoom Speed Dating
Genre: Reality
Description: Eight participants have two minute zoom speed dates with each other. A host keeps it together.
Interactive Element: Viewers pick their favorite match, and those two get each other’s contact info.
Example #7
Name: Gallery View
Genre: Horror
Description: A supernatural killer is killing everyone in a shelter in place town. Six friends have a Zoom call with each other to help ensure their safety. But this might not be enough to save them.
Interactive Element: Viewers vote between the remaining characters who should die next week.
Example #8
Name: Urban Dictionary
Genre: Doc Series
Description: Documentary investigates the origins of a different Urban Dictionary entry each episode.
Interactive Element: Viewers decide between several entries for the following episode.
Example #9
Name: Pet Story
Genre: Comedy
Description: Someone with a bunch of pets videos them. Comedy actors then do voice-overs for the pets, creating a narrative.
Interactive Element: Viewers pick the genre for the next episode (ie. cop show, The Bachelor type competition).
Example #10
Name: Art in Place
Genre: Reality
Description: A show where artists reveal cool art projects they’ve created in their own homes while being quarantined.
Interactive Element: Viewers vote for the winner. Show profits are split between winner and the producer.