Date: 8/11/16
Today, we started to transition over to TV, this involved us revisiting the brief:
As my group came together in the TV studio we started to brainstorm some ideas. Initially, we came up with one main idea, which you can see from my notes below. However, after our lecturer sat with us she pointed out some issues. Considering we were very fond of the idea we were quite quick to jump in, in its defense. However, after being explained the brief in a little more detail, my group went back to the drawing board and expanded on points by our lecturer. We further sorted out the rest of the roles and also our plan for the coming weeks, which really showcased our dedication and energy for the project. As far as my role, as a producer. My duties switched slightly as we’d agreed that I would play a key part alongside the idea, but possibly not write up the intial script, instead the director would take over from me, whilst I added my expertise to website creating, which I’m very fond of. I found this switch over to be a good suggestion, as I felt I could test my abilities in another role more, whilst still involving myself in those roles of a producer, which I’d research soon.
One particular formats based programme (which one of my peers brought up) was the entertainment show ‘The Late Late Show’, in particular the mini segment of ‘Live Tinder’. For many people in our group, the notion of involving a ‘live tinder’ segment or even format proved very appealing. In regards to how we’d switch things up, we thought of the following:
- Different segments
- Societies playing each others sport (determining compatibility)
- Viewing profiles rather than pictures of the individual.
- Working off peoples talent rather than what they look like, fitting in with the brief more, in celebrating university love life.
- Breaking down stereotypes (using a range of sexes)
- Possibly sending people on a date, where they’d take part in the others society activity (i.e ice hockey).
- Including an audience poll, where the audience choose dates for the contestants as they are the only one to see the person’s bio plus their talent too, thus can make an informed and fair decision. Furthermore working off this idea of the power lying in the audiences hand when it comes to choosing love for a contestant.
In terms of The Live Tinder segment on ‘The Late Late Show’. I would say that it’s very effective in pleasing the audience. This is because of the formation, as James Corden brings out an audience member alongside a celebrity to help the contestant out while they swipe left or right on real time, with one swipe leading to the men being thrown in a ball pit. Thus in terms of inspiring our own programme, I would say the Tinder element definitely brought out something in our own development of our programme, as we’d like to focus on this area, feeling the subject material is relatable and current especially within university life.
All my notes (including group notes)
To conclude, our first session proved very interesting. I would say that we cracked on with the task at hand extremely quickly, considering out limited time frame. This proved a strong trait for our group. One drawback would be that due to us being very excited about our first idea, we did not take to criticism well, however upon hearing ourselves back and reflecting on the whole experience, I would say that we came to a better understanding on where we want our programme to go, and how we will do so in the time that we have. Lastly in terms of our programmes segments, we roughly drew out that we’d include mini challenges in our show, which could possibly test out compatibility between contestants and even create an audience poll at the same time.
Namaste Media Minions! 
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