Apprentice Precap: Seams Stress
Announcer/on screen: Every week, The Apprentice goes down to the wire. (Next week's episode appears to be rated "PG." Or at least the promo is rated PG. Good to know!)
Female Voiceover: We're running out of time.
Male voiceover: Let's just go, let's just go.
Black and white image of Trump in the boardroom with a moving clock superimposed over him.
Announcer: And, next Thursday, chaos.
Angie, pointing and wild-eyed: You're on, you're on, you're on, you're on! (based on subsequent clues, Angie is likely talking to a model)
Chris: I had no clue what was going on.
A quick succession of images:
Alex getting out of a cab.
Tana getting out of a cab.
Angie, on the phone, puts her hand to her head.
Chris in the rain, holding a black umbrella.
Alex stands in a room with hangers on a wall. A large photo with a model hangs on the wall behind him. (If it wasn't behind him, perhaps he would notice it and attempt his smoothest line, "Where you are from?" Fun Trivia: During the filming of The Apprentice 3, Alex had a girlfriend)
A close-up of a clock.
A flash of light (this effect is used several times during this promo. It's annoyingriffic)
Angie, hunched over, takes a loud and deep breath, as if to avoid hyperventilating. (Angie is in a room with a headless mannequin -- the mannequin is wearing clothes. Weird to not have a head but still care about your wardrobe. Also in the room: an easel with a pad of paper. There are lots of pieces of fabric pinned to the wire framey thingamabob in front of the walls)
Tana is on the phone (Tana is in a room with 3 headless mannequins wearing clothes. There is a large photo/poster of a model on the wall, and a little pink Magna sign. The desk is cluttered with more paperwork than seems strictly necessarily. Now let's not go making anything of my seeing Angie in a room with 1 mannequin and Tana with 3. Camera angles, people! Editing! There could be dozens more mannequins in the Net Worth room! No way to tell from the promo).
Quick image of Angie, in the same room as before. She's now standing by a rack with several hangers with items of clothing on them. Each has a piece of paper with info on it.
Trump is standing in front of a couple of mannequins (headless, as is their way). He is slowly (though that could be editing fun) turning to look at someone, possibly a blond.
Bren and Craig are riding in the back of a car. They're dressed casually ... Bren is wearing a baseball cap. Craig is wearing a shirt that says something Eagle (American Eagle?) and has the number 7, and another shirt over that.
Flash of Light
Cab gridlock hell
Angie walking away from a building. Behind her are Bren (smartly attired, complete with a bow-tie), Alex, and I think Chris.
Flash of Light
Announcer: For the first time on The Apprentice
Male voiceover: We have to go right now.
Announcer/on screen: See what happens ...
Female voiceover (Angie?): I almost had a heart attack.
Clock on a building. Closer and closer toward that clock. The hands move quickly and the clouds can be seen zooming by in the mirrored surface of the building. Neato!
Announcer: to the teams ...
Close-up of a woman working with a sewing machine, close-up of a woman cutting fabric, close-up of something beeing done to green fabric, close-up of leather (?) being cut with scissors, close-up of -- alright already, we get the idea!
Flash of Light
Announcer: When time runs out.
Close-up of traffic, close-up of street with somewhat less traffic and the camera moves down the street, close-up of a cab and we're moving in the opposite direction, and higher, and higher, and hey we're floating away!! Watch Apprentice previews carefully enough with your TiVo, and you might start to think you're floating in space.
Image of an office, a cubicle hell, you know the story. The camera moves along ... suddenly, it's Alex! The back of his head, and his shoulders ... he looks around the office, his head moving back and forth, as the camera swirls around him, and the image changes to:
A numberless clock. It changes to black and white, and then does the X-ray effect thing and flashes.
Angie, in the back of a cab, holding a sheaf of papers over her mouth: We're going to miss ... our presentation.
Announcer: All new Apprentice, NBC next Thursday.
What does this precap tell us, apart from the obvious?
1) The NBC promo people has a hefty budget!
2) Watching this week's episode, I was reminded that the promo people enjoy crafting misleading promos (That part is possibly obvious). Who knew they also enjoy paying loving tribute to, say, Koyaanisqatsi? Awesome, and incredibly subversive. I applaud their choice of Alex, who was President of the Federalist Society at his law school as the unwitting star of the homage. I can only hope it doesn't make him feel threatened.
Female Voiceover: We're running out of time.
Male voiceover: Let's just go, let's just go.
Black and white image of Trump in the boardroom with a moving clock superimposed over him.
Announcer: And, next Thursday, chaos.
Angie, pointing and wild-eyed: You're on, you're on, you're on, you're on! (based on subsequent clues, Angie is likely talking to a model)
Chris: I had no clue what was going on.
A quick succession of images:
Alex getting out of a cab.
Tana getting out of a cab.
Angie, on the phone, puts her hand to her head.
Chris in the rain, holding a black umbrella.
Alex stands in a room with hangers on a wall. A large photo with a model hangs on the wall behind him. (If it wasn't behind him, perhaps he would notice it and attempt his smoothest line, "Where you are from?" Fun Trivia: During the filming of The Apprentice 3, Alex had a girlfriend)
A close-up of a clock.
A flash of light (this effect is used several times during this promo. It's annoyingriffic)
Angie, hunched over, takes a loud and deep breath, as if to avoid hyperventilating. (Angie is in a room with a headless mannequin -- the mannequin is wearing clothes. Weird to not have a head but still care about your wardrobe. Also in the room: an easel with a pad of paper. There are lots of pieces of fabric pinned to the wire framey thingamabob in front of the walls)
Tana is on the phone (Tana is in a room with 3 headless mannequins wearing clothes. There is a large photo/poster of a model on the wall, and a little pink Magna sign. The desk is cluttered with more paperwork than seems strictly necessarily. Now let's not go making anything of my seeing Angie in a room with 1 mannequin and Tana with 3. Camera angles, people! Editing! There could be dozens more mannequins in the Net Worth room! No way to tell from the promo).
Quick image of Angie, in the same room as before. She's now standing by a rack with several hangers with items of clothing on them. Each has a piece of paper with info on it.
Trump is standing in front of a couple of mannequins (headless, as is their way). He is slowly (though that could be editing fun) turning to look at someone, possibly a blond.
Bren and Craig are riding in the back of a car. They're dressed casually ... Bren is wearing a baseball cap. Craig is wearing a shirt that says something Eagle (American Eagle?) and has the number 7, and another shirt over that.
Flash of Light
Cab gridlock hell
Angie walking away from a building. Behind her are Bren (smartly attired, complete with a bow-tie), Alex, and I think Chris.
Flash of Light
Announcer: For the first time on The Apprentice
Male voiceover: We have to go right now.
Announcer/on screen: See what happens ...
Female voiceover (Angie?): I almost had a heart attack.
Clock on a building. Closer and closer toward that clock. The hands move quickly and the clouds can be seen zooming by in the mirrored surface of the building. Neato!
Announcer: to the teams ...
Close-up of a woman working with a sewing machine, close-up of a woman cutting fabric, close-up of something beeing done to green fabric, close-up of leather (?) being cut with scissors, close-up of -- alright already, we get the idea!
Flash of Light
Announcer: When time runs out.
Close-up of traffic, close-up of street with somewhat less traffic and the camera moves down the street, close-up of a cab and we're moving in the opposite direction, and higher, and higher, and hey we're floating away!! Watch Apprentice previews carefully enough with your TiVo, and you might start to think you're floating in space.
Image of an office, a cubicle hell, you know the story. The camera moves along ... suddenly, it's Alex! The back of his head, and his shoulders ... he looks around the office, his head moving back and forth, as the camera swirls around him, and the image changes to:
A numberless clock. It changes to black and white, and then does the X-ray effect thing and flashes.
Angie, in the back of a cab, holding a sheaf of papers over her mouth: We're going to miss ... our presentation.
Announcer: All new Apprentice, NBC next Thursday.
What does this precap tell us, apart from the obvious?
1) The NBC promo people has a hefty budget!
2) Watching this week's episode, I was reminded that the promo people enjoy crafting misleading promos (That part is possibly obvious). Who knew they also enjoy paying loving tribute to, say, Koyaanisqatsi? Awesome, and incredibly subversive. I applaud their choice of Alex, who was President of the Federalist Society at his law school as the unwitting star of the homage. I can only hope it doesn't make him feel threatened.
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