Editing Shoot the rodeo

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As coined by members of Red Letter Media, a film is said to '''shoot the rodeo''' when it features a setpiece or event that was clearly not designed explicitly for the film. This is commonly used as a means to increase the production value of a low budget film without actively creating sets, hiring actors or extras, or writing filler for the film.

[[Mike Stoklasa|Mike]] and [[Jay Bauman|Jay]] first explained the term in [[Wheel of the Worst 7|Wheel of the Worst #7]]. The name comes from the film [[Blood Shack (aka The Chooper)]] wherein the filmmakers literally shot footage of a rodeo to increase the runtime and provide a spectacle for their audience.

== Examples ==
* [[Wheel of the Worst 7|Wheel of the Worst #7]]: The Dog Sitter video is said to include many instances of shooting the rodeo due to the sheer amount of slapdash footage cobbled together.
* [[Blood Shack (aka The Chooper)]]: The trope namer. Footage of a real rodeo is inexplicably inserted in the center of the film and justified by having a character in an abandoned ticket-taking booth.