TV Production

Reality Spin-off Show

Britain's Got More Talent

Britain's Got More Talent, or BGMT, is a spin-off show or a companion show broadcasted directly after the Britain's Got Talent main show. It has been aired since the beginning of the main show with Stephen Mulhern hosting it from the start. It shows interesting acts that didn't make it onto the main show with behind-the-scenes footage and inaccessible pre and post interviews with some of the more memorable acts briefly shown. At the end of each season, BGMT does a different kind of mini series that goes over the 'Best and the Worst' of the competition, including the best interviews from the beloved, dynamic duo Ant and Dec.

The show does a great job making viewers of the main show stay and watch the extras. Many of the viewers of the main programme watch for the funny moments and the tragic acts who participate realistically expecting to win.

Big Brother's Bit On The Side

Big Brother's Bit on the Side is a show similar to BGMT. It's aired directly after the live show, for both the celebrity programme, and the original. Hosted by former house mate Rylan Clark, who won the celebrity show in 2011, the show attracts almost as many viewers as the show gets live. It is just like any other spin off / companion show in which the host discusses events that happen in the house, bring in former or recently departed house mates to interview and talk with and show clips that weren't seen on the show. They do a really good job because they know that the demographic can't get enough of the drama so showing them more clips of arguments/discussions between the house mates gives them a reason to be intrigued enough to watch the show.


Codes and Conventions

These companion shows are usually hosted almost like a news programme, with a presenter sitting at a desk in a studio with his paper/cards to remind them what they're talking about in the show.
In Big Brother's Bit on the Side, there is a sofa next to Rylan's desk for the guests to sit on which makes it feel more social like the viewer is actually part of the conversation. There is also a screen on the back wall of the studio which shows highlights/clips of what they're talking about. Different from other shows, Big Brother's Bit on the Side has a live audience which is actually in frame and they sometimes aren't even passive, being allowed to give their input and Rylan even asks for their opinion and asks them questions directly. Usually the camera shots will be directed on one person's face at a time, whomever is talking and not on the whole studio directly.

Although most companion shows are like that, BGMT is a bit different. It's almost just like another episode of Britains Got Talent because it's not a talk show but just more contestants doing their talents. Although it's similar to the real show, it has a lot more talking and interviews by Ant & Dec. The show tends to show worse contestants than the real show, making it comical and interesting for the viewers as a lot of people watch just to see how bad some people are. It also shows more clips of the judges that weren't aired on the real show. There aren't that many codes & conventions different from the actual show.



TV Production Proposal 

Whose the intended audience for your film?
The intended audience for my programme is teenagers because I think they'll be most likely to take an interest in celebrity culture.

Why will your audience want to watch your programme?
Our audience will want to watch our programme because teenagers are fascinated by celebrity culture  and will choose to watch so they can gather more information about people they like/idolise.

What is the subject of the documentary? Who is it about?
The subject of our show is celebrity culture. This programme is mainly focused around Chris (who is acting as someone who just got off 'The House' which is our fictitious reality show). It's about what he does, what's he going to do and just generally his life.

What is the point of view?
The point of view is that of the celebrity we are interviewing. Our show wants to give insight into what it's like being in The House directly from a loved house mate's point of view, we also want to show what the celebrity does off camera and in his own time. I think viewers will be very interested as teenagers obsess over celebrities.

What is your hook? Why will someone continue watching your film after one minute?
People will continue to watch because we'll build intrigue and ask the questions that they want answered. Since the house member we interviewed was supposedly voted on, viewers of the show will want to hear what he has to say and are brazenly interested in him if they voted him on.

What happens at the start of the programme?
I've watched a few examples of knock off TV shows and they all start the same, before they bring on the guests and start asking questions and showing clips, they introduce themselves and tell everyone what they're going to be talking about. I think we will start the show like this so that we can build intrigue and get people interested. If we tell them what's going to happen they will want to stay and watch the whole show.

What happens in the middle?
In the middle of the show, we'll talk to the guest about various things and show some clips of things that happened in the house. This is what the viewers want to see, and are interested in.

What new information can the audience take away?
The audience voted to see the celebrity on so they can take away information about the guest interviewed, they can also get deeper knowledge of things going on in The House which could influence votes or make them dislike or like other house members.

How long will your show be?
We tried to aim for about 4 minutes. The start which will just be me presenting will be roughly on screen for 45 seconds to 1 minute and the interview with the guest will be on screen for the majority of the time. At the end I will thank the guest and end the show which will be on screen for an extremely short time, roughly 10-15 seconds.

List the events/locations you will film
All of our show is a talk show so it will all be done in a studio therefore we don't need to move around a lot and prepare for a lot of filming locations it should be fairly easy.

List all the equipment you will need

Filming Camera,
Mics,
Green Screen,
Lighting.

Video Editing Evaluation

Intro

The assignment asked us to make a factual programme in small groups. We were allowed to choose the topic of the programme; Cam and me chose to do a reality show spin-off. We took inspiration from Big Brother’s Bit on the Side and looked at codes & conventions from The X-Factor Xtra.

Pre-Production

Since Cam and me were only in a group of two, we didn’t really decide on who was doing what and we just made a group blog that we both contributed to.

Before starting our recording, we wrote a script and practiced it so that our programme looked as good as possible. We made sure that we were equipped with the equipment that we needed to record.

We carried out pre-production processes so that our programme looked as professional as possible when we recorded, and so that we knew what we were doing prior to recording.

What went well?

I think that our pre-production overall was good and the majority went well. I think our safety measures and storyboard was good, we made sure everything was good and we made sure we had a variety of shots to make it look better and not get stagnant.

If you could recreate the project, what would you do differently?

If I could have re-done the project, I think we would have done the script differently. I think in the actual programme it looked very bland as if we were reading straight from a script, whereas on a talk show it should sound and look genuine.

I think our pre-production research and planning really helped when it came to the creation as we knew what we wanted to achieve and it especially made our script easier to create as we knew exactly what to cover.

Production

During the production, I was the presenter in the programme so I instigated most of the talking and was the main actor. I also helped set up the studio, helping with the green screen and lights.

I think that our actual programme could have been a lot better, although I think our script was good as we talked about what they would usually speak about on the show and I think we covered a lot, using fake twitter questions and showing an actual clip from the show.
When editing, me and my group used a lot of editing skills. We edited in an intro and transition for every time the screen changed so it looked more professional, although due to the green screen not being lit well enough it made it look quite tacky. We also changed the opacity to try and fix this problem although there wasn't much we could do so it doesn't come out like the professional quality we wanted when we were planning.

Conclusion

I think our planning and pre-production was a lot better than the final product. I think the script and the planning were the things that we did the best. I think if we were to re-do the assignment, we would make sure the green room was more prepared so that our filming didn't look like it did this time when it came down to editing. I also think we should have rehearsed our actual script some more so that when we filmed it looked more professional as we wouldn't have had to keep looking down.