Tuesday 11th MayBTEC LEVEL 3 AWARDUnit 26 – Chat Shows

Aim:To be able to understand and identify the codes and conventions of chat shows.

• Write down as many chat shows based in the US and UK as possible.

Chat Shows

Chat Shows

Sally Jesse RaphaelUS/Female/Public

Paul ‘O’ Grady showUK/Male/Celebrity

Montell WilliamsUS/Male/Public/Celebrity

Tyra BanksUS/Female/Public/Celebrity

Oprah WinfredUS/Female/Public

Ricki LakeUS/Female/Public

Jeremy KyleUK/Male/Public

Trisha GoddardUK/Female/Public

Jerry SpringerUS/Male/Public

MurrayUS/Male/Public

What is a chat show?• A talk show (American and Australian English) or chat

show (British) is a television or radio program where one person (or group of people) will discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host. Ricky Lake

• Sometimes, talk shows feature a panel of guests, usually consisting of a group of people who are learned or who have great experience in relation to whatever issue is being discussed on the show for that episode. Oprah Winfrey

• Other times, a single guest discusses their work or area of expertise with a host or co-hosts. Piers Morgan

• Write down as many chat show conventions as possible.

• (What do chat shows contain/how do we know they are chat shows)?

Chat ShowsConventions

Chat Showsconventions

Special effects

Time/channel Hosts

Quirk

Audience

Music/Audio

Guest

Studio/layout

Style

Duration/structure

TopicsProps

Entertainment of the appeal

Green room

Interview techniques

Task 1 (a)• Research task – You will begin your research

by viewing at least 4 examples of the chat show form. (TIP- try to include a range of US/UK based shows and current/ past shows).

• Your viewing notes will need to identify and compare the similarities and differences in the codes and conventions used in each show.

Green Room

• Is there a room where the guests go to wait?

• Can we see the guests in this room? What are they doing?

Hosts

• Who is hosting the chat show?

• Gender?

• Are they celebrities as well as chat show hosts and if so what are they famous for? Films...etc)

Guests

• How many guests are there per show?

• Are the guests different to each other, how?

Entertainment of the appeal

• Is this chat show entertaining? Why? Examples.

• How does it appeal to its target audience?

Audience

• Live public audiences?

• Do the audiences take part in the chat show?

• Describe the demographics of the audience – age, gender, class, etc.

Music/audio

• Describe the music/audio during the chat show.

• Does the music vary for each guest? How and why?

• Is there a visible band?

Props

• What props are used? Eg sofa/chairs etc.

Quirk or point of interest• Is there something ‘quirky’ that is used during

the chat show?/ Does the chat show have a unique aspect that other chat shows do not?

• For example: Jonathan Ross has 4 poofs and a piano – they wear a face of each guest on their t-shirt and they have an intro song for each guest.

Studio Layout

• Formal/Informal?

• What else can you see in the studio? For example sliding doors, big screens showing audience and guest what’s going on in the green room.

Topics

• What topics are discussed between the host and guest. Why?

Style

• What is the style of the chat show? Comedy, quite rude, sexual innuendo etc.

Duration/Structure

• How long is the chat show?

• How is it structured? For example are there breaks, how long is each guest interviewed, is there a consistent ending for the chat show.

Special effects

• Sound effects?

• Background graphics?

• Video clips?

Interview techniques

• Friendly, chatty etc?

Task 1 (a)

• You can write your viewing notes using the comparison grid (Student Drive) but must be completed neatly and detailed.

• Or in the form of the Task 1a exemplar form also in the Student Drive.

• Keep a record of any websites, clips etc that you use for Task 1 (d)

Task 1 (b)• Research techniques – develop your research

into the four shows that you have chosen by finding, reading, highlighting and annotating secondary research – you will need to include at least two online articles and two print-based articles.

• From your findings establish 5 questions you would like to seek feedback from your audience on Task 1 (b) Vox pops doc on S Drive

• Conduct this primary research by filming ‘vox pops’ – Tuesday 18th May, period 1.

• Is there an ailment at least one Loose Woman hasn’t suffered and is willing to share with the public?

• Never, in the history of television, have so few women experienced so much in such a short time.

• Betrayal, addictions, disease, divorce, debt, toyboys and cosmetic surgery. That’s just for starters. The all-female panellists on ITV’s daytime show don’t just come with baggage, they’ve got crates of it stacked up in containers.

• Lorryloads of sorrow, heartache, misery – and smatterings of joy.

• Once labelled the “Tupperware party” of British television, it’s the show critics love to hate, which is strange because it defies the convention that modern television is ageist – several loose ladies admit they’ll never see 50 again.

• And, in the nicest possible way, it’s no beauty contest.

• It doesn’t need to be.

Loose Women’s Denise Welch shows courage with cocaine confessions

Represents target audience

Deadlines

• Task 1 (a) and Task 1 (b) – except the filming of the voxpops, DUE TUESDAY 18TH MAY 8.50AM.

• Filming of Vox pops Tuesday 18th May period 1

Potential Deadlines

• Task 1 (a) and Task 1 (b) – except the filming of the voxpops, DUE TUESDAY 18TH MAY 8.50AM.

• Vox pops – Tuesday 18th May period 1.

• (Whole class debate) Task 1 (c) – Wednesday 19th May period 3.

• Research file Task 1 (d) – Friday 21st May 3.00pm.