Television Show Proposal
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Under Pressure is a fast paced game of charades with the element of giving facts and most recent news. The show consists of three contestants and three different rounds, the first round is called, ‘What did you hear?!’ Which the contestants have to act out a recent event in the news that is popular; given to them by the host. The event isn't revealed, therefore the audience at home or in the studio can play the game too. They have two minutes to act out the recent event, and if one of the contestants guesses correctly, they earn one point. Each contestant takes part in this round. The second round would be a contestant standing in front of a green screen with a VT behind them of a recent or fairly recent news event, while they get given a line to improvise and pretend they’re broadcasting the event. The other contestants have to give them clues and hints as of what event is taking place behind them, and if they guess correctly where they are or what’s happened, the contestant in front of the green screen gains another point. Again, each contestant takes part in this round. The final round is each contestant has to sing (in a style chosen by the host) a recent news affair, any of their choosing, and whoever impresses or makes the host laugh the most is the winner and gains another point, so the host decides who gets the point that round.
I had two major influences from creating Under Pressure, which were, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Mock the Week. Whose Line is it Anyway isn't a factual nor news related television show, but the improvisation elements were inspired from that show, whereas Mock the Week, is a factual news related show with comedic conventions and script. Whose Line is it Anyway influenced me by how they get their contestants on the spot and need to improvise something, I wanted to add this element and comedic convention to bring excitement and laughs for my television show. I wanted Under Pressure to be light hearted and easy to watch because I aim for this show to be broadcasted with a wide range audience from teenagers all the way into the adults. Each round has aspects of my two influences, mainly from Whose Line is it Anyway, whereas the second round, Is a round in Whose Line is it Anyway and Mock the week, I decided the merge their two rounds together for creating my own iconic round. In Mock the Week, they had to voice over a VT from the news, but improvising and making a comedic side to the VT. Whereas on Whose Line is it Anyway, they had to stand in front of a green screen and guess where they are, the green screen didn't display recent news affairs, therefore, with joining those two rounds together, I created my own round, which is round two.
The audience is mainly for males, with the demographic category of B, C1, C2, D and E. It reaches out to most categories because each element of my show relates to each category because with the improvisation and and the comedic conventions, this would reach down lower on my list of demographics because they’ll be more interested in the comedy side, more to the factual side of Under Pressure. While this reaches out the high list of my demographics because they’ll be more interested in the factual side, as that’s more mature than the improvisation. This would mainly be for males, because there’ll be more male contestants to female contestants, as the host would be male also. With the immaturity of the television show, this would reach out more for males as men are considered to be more immature than women. This would be between of the ages of seventeen and fifty years of age, seventeen because this would be the time for teenagers to care and understand the news and fifty because anyone above fifty tends to be more mature than their younger peers.
The design of the set would be three different cameras, one camera focusing on the host at all times, the other camera would mainly be focusing on the three or two contestants sitting down on their chair and the last camera would focus on the contestant who is improvising a round. There would be three seats at the back all within a few inches apart, with the hosts seat on the right hand side (at the back) with the main floor to be the stage for the contestants to improvise when it’s their turn to play the round. We would have the green screen just to the right of the host which would be playing VT’s of recent news events and the contestant needs to broadcast the event without knowing what’s going on behind them. There wouldn't be interviews at all, this isn't a serious show, but an immature show with factual elements. Compared the Mock the Week, they have discussions about the news as that’s a panel show, there would be small discussions within Under Pressure between rounds are they talk about the event they just acted out, presented or sung. As we need to keep discussions so the higher demographic audiences would be interested, as it would become more serious but still comedic. This isn't similar to any serious news program like BBC or ITV news because the content is completely different. With my show, we’re joking with the news, whereas like BBC or ITV news, they take it seriously, so they can address the news in a formal way as it’s an important matter to the public.
The One Show show very different VT about each topic they discuss about on the set. I noticed a VT they showed about a house being flooded recently, so they resolved the issue by lifting the house. First, they told facts about the damage of the house and facts about the flooding issue in the UK, while giving panning and establishing shots of the house and of lakes, and rivers. They broadcasted shots of the water, because that’s the topic they’re talking and giving facts about. Also showing other shots of other houses that have been flooded as a comparison. The presenter of the VT then has a small interview with the person who got affected with the issue, they asked how they felt so the audience would feel sympathy towards the individual. In my VT everything would be muted as someone would be standing in front of the VT and need to improvise and guess what’s being shown behind them. The contestant who is standing in front of the green screen would be giving facts and using hand gestures, just as they’re presenting the VT so they engage with the audience. While on One Show, towards the end of the VT the presenter gives a positive conclusion about the issue that’s been resolved which I'm going to do the same with my VT, as the contestant is going to give either a negative or positive conclusion towards the end of the VT, then after the VT had finished, they had to guess what the news story was about.
When proposing a television show, you need to follow a strict guideline of ethical issues which could include, impartiality, which is the producer must be impartial about their television show and all the other television shows. They cannot be biased. All producers need to be open minded and fair with their peers. We’ll do this by respecting what is good with other television shows, without using criticism but encouragement and trust. We cannot be biased with our show. We can appreciate the good aspects within our show and our conventions, but cannot put forward that our show is the best, just because we made the show.
Another ethical issue is harm and offence. As we’ll be making a comedic factual television show, it’ll be a strict deadline not to be offensive or harmful towards any contestant or any audience that could be watching. We would need to be well aware of who could be watching, before 9PM GMT, we must not use bad language, violence, nudity, alcohol or smoking within our show. Some people can be deeply offended with any of that content if seen on the television show, which is why we need to be careful. After 9PM GMT, subtle bad language can’t be used, but give a warning before the television show starts. Give a warning about anything can will be involved into the show, which can be bad language, violence etc.
While other television shows use bad language, but they all add warning before the show starts and they’re aired after 9PM GMT.
The last ethical issue that would be thought about is misrepresentation. As this would be news based. A contestant could cover a news story of a minor or a refugee coming into the UK. It is extremely vital that we don’t misrepresent them. We would need to represent them fairly and equally amongst everyone else. We should misrepresent other shows, other people or other contestants. Everything needs to be treated fairly, diverse and equally. On BBC news, when they cover a broadcast about a refugee, homeless people, elderly, adolescents. They don’t misrepresent them in any way as the BBC has strict guidelines.
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