Television Production

As Live TV Studio productions vary depending on what the premise of the show is. Focusing on game shows and Quiz shows, I am going to break down the details of an as live programme in order to understand it within a deeper context. Genre "TV quiz shows in America grew out of a popular radio format of the 1930s; and both genres have been aimed principally at a daytime, and largely female, audience." (Boddy, cited in Creeber, 2008) Game shows and quiz shows have been a long-standing and ever-evolving format that everyone is familiar with. Even if you've never seen the quiz show before, you know roughly what will happen, because of the hundreds of iterations of the same format that have come before it. Commonplace for common knowledge questions, skill-based tasks and a hint of a comedic tone, live game and quiz shows are an easy watch. However, this means that coming up with fresh ideas can be a challenge, and it requires the audience to suspend their disbelief so ...

Jungle Run. Jungle Run was a children's game show that aired on CITV from 1999 to 2006. Set in a jungle, contestants must complete tasks to collect monkeys that earn them time in the final round, whilst having to deal with the mischievous monkey characters that would try to sabotage their gameplay. I want to look at how the gameplay works in Jungle Run as I think it will help with the technicalities of the gameplay in Mission Control. I also want to look at how the show is timed to get a better idea of how much time the scripting should take. As an example, I am using an episode of Jungle Run from series 8. Running Order In order to better understand the programme and the rhythm to which it runs, I made a running order of the show and the duration of each section so that it's broken down and easier to take in each segment. From this, I was able to learn the lengths of sections such as the graphics and 'transition sequences'- montages of the group members...

Live Show Sets. The set is what gives the audience the first impression of a programme, and especially for children's shows, it's important for them to be eye-catching and brightly coloured. Shapes and lighting can be used to set the scene, while props aid in reinforcing the idea of the location. It's important to understand how a set will translate onto the screen as staging for theatre and staging for TV can be very different. Where there may be room for mistakes to go unnoticed on stage, HD TV has allowed for audiences to be able to notice the smallest shortcuts that have been taken. This is why staging for television must be to such a high standard, and planned in great detail. As part of production for  Mission Control , I will be required to meet with the Theatre Design students at UCA Rochester and pitch the show to them so that they can build our set for us. They largely have control over how the set will look but it's a good idea to give them plent...