Viewing · Outlast
TODO: VERIFY season · TODO: VERIFY episode
How a team rule turns cooperation and betrayal into the engine of the show.
- Phase
- Phase 4 — Outlast
- Status
- Episode TBC (teacher to set)
Content notes
Selected material may include: strong interpersonal hostility; sabotage / resource conflict; physical distress; hunger. Your teacher pre-screens all clips.
Concepts to notice
Hero / villain constructionCross-cutting between contestants/teamsCliffhanger / withholdingReaction shotsScarce food and resources
Before you watch (no spoilers)
- Are we about to judge the contestants, or the rules the producers set?
- Why might a rule that you must stay on a team to win create conflict 'for free'?
Quick capture
Use while watching. Saved on this device only.
After you watch (synthesis)
Where did the structure (not the people) seem to manufacture conflict?
How does Outlast borrow from both Survivor and Alone here?
Bring to class
The website hands learning back to the classroom here. Don't write your answers below — be ready to discuss.
- Debate: Teacher to set after pre-screening.
- Compare: Compare this moment with something from another text on the same convention.
- Find evidence for: This episode shows Outlast doing something characteristic of the whole genre.
- Teacher activity: TODO: teacher to set.