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location of the pods in the studio


I've never seen the "road to" shows that aired before the first episode of a season, but I did watch a preview on you tube that had a man briefly talk about the show and behind him it looked like the pods, all lined up right next to each other. If this is the case, wouldn't the other contestants be able to hear one another, Val in the other pods, or the quit sirens? The walls look so thin.

video is here ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3-ENe-vFf8 go to 1m 27s

a better video ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktrx_tJadXQ

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Just posted this in the "lmao this show is fake" thread, but it fits her as well.

I've seen many behind the scenes videos and interviews about Solitary. The reason they don't hear the quit sirens or Val in the other pods is because the sirens are added in during the editing of the show. Val's voice is actually very quiet when they are in the pods, almost like a whisper to the point that it's hard to hear in some unedited videos. If the contestants scream loud enough, like number 4 from season 3, then the other guests can somewhat hear them. Season 3, number 8 could hear number 4 screaming a lot and she was actually quite annoyed with it.

They do all do the tests and treatments at the same time, but they are highly edited to make them more suspenseful and such than what they really are. This could include but is not limited to showing people get further in a test or treatment than what they actually do just to make it seem longer and not short and stupid, or showing other people want to quit sooner than what they actually did just to make it suspenseful on who is going to quit first. Going back to season 3 again, RobRob, number 4, during the t-shirt test put on all of his 42 t-shirts, but it was edited to make it seem like he freaked out and got claustrophobic before putting them all on. In season 4, Bea, number 7, was shown during the twister-esque treatment wanting to quit much sooner than she actually did. This was just so they could make it suspenseful as to who was going to quit, her or number 8, Eriq who actually quit much much earlier compared to everyone else.

What you see on the show does happen and it is just as bad as it seems. They hardly get any sleep at all, as shown on the show, and same with food. The treatments really are painful as seen by the bruises and such given to them after they are over. Season 3, number 4, RobRob (using him once again haha) made a video after the show was over and showed all his bruises and cuts and such from various aspects of the show.

Did you know that after a person quits Solitary and leaves the first thing they have to do is sit down with the shows personal psychologist to make sure they are ok?

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