Worksheet 6-My TV game show

Aim: To explore the importance of the formats, questions and prizes

 

PITCH SUMMARY – OUTLINE THE MAIN FEATURES OF YOUR OWN TV GAME SHOW:

My game show is called: Beat the Pleb

The Target Audience is:

Age: 12+    Location: Studio in Norwich   Ethnicity: N/A    Gender: Both

 

Demographic: C1-A

Psychographics – Reformers and Aspirers

 

The contestants will be: A panel of celebrities and one regular person who has very good trivia knowledge.

Demographic: C1-A

Psychographics – Explorers and Succeeders

Host – who will I audition and why? 
Jack Whitehall, because we need a well-known celebrity that will react comically to the knowledge of the “Pleb”, and the ignorance of the celebrities.

 

Any other use of celebrities?

A panel of 4 B-list celebrities with one well known one as the team captain is set up.

What type of games / questions / rounds will you have?

There will be a selection of trivia questions which are catered towards the “Pleb” winning, and making the celebrities look ignorant. They are asked and the first to buzz in with the correct answer wins a point. If they get it wrong the answer passes to the other team. If they get it wrong, then no-one gets points and the next question is asked. This is round one. In round two there will be a team based game for the celebrities, where they have to compete as a team against the “Pleb” e.g. they have to dodge the “Pleb” firing eggs at them from an egg cannon for a minute. Whichever side wins gets 5 points. In the third round, the “Pleb” answers questions for points whilst the celebrities compete in a team based task for points. The final round has a random one of the celebrities go head to head with the “Pleb”. There is a random, completely pointless task that they have to complete to earn a massive 15 points. This gives the trailing team a chance to redeem themselves. It could be anything from who can drink a litre of undiluted orange squash the quickest, or scoop the most baked beans out of a tray into a bucket using their fingers. The team with the most points at the end of the show wins. The “Pleb” will win £5000, and the celebrity team gets £5000 for a charity of their choice

Woeksheet 5 - application forms

The Cube

1. The producers are looking for people who are outgoing and stick out from the crowd. This can be seen where it asks the contestant to write what they would do with the prize money, and they state that most people say they would pay off their mortgage but they want to hear something different.

2. Can you expand on the funny / interesting / amazing facts about you?

    What makes you unique from the other contestants we have?

    Could you show us one of your special talents on air?

3. The producers for The Cube want to make sure that everyone has an equal chance of getting in, but those who are more able at taking part in the activities shown on the show, will obviously have more of a chance to get in. They make sure of this by asking about your age, a photo of you, if your family have taken part in any other game shows or won a considerable amount of money recently, and if they have been in another series of The Cube. They obviously also want unique people to take part, which is what I stated earlier.

4. The demographics The Cube is aiming for is B to E. I think this because it has a very wide target audience but it doesn't have many viewers watching the show who are very upper-class or in higher management.

5. The Cube's psychographics are aimed at aspirers, explorers, reformers and strugglers. This is because it has a wide target audience bur not many people who are in higher management or older people would watch the show.

Ninja Warrior UK

1. The producers are looking for people who are fit and athletic that would be able to tackle the game show. This is seen where the application form asks the applicant a lot about their athletic lives.
2. How often do you do a sport/exercise?
    How long have you been involved with the clubs you mentioned?
    What is your weight and height?
3. They want contestants who will stick out from the crowd, but they must also be able to complete the course. This means they'd typically be looking for younger contestants who are fairly fit.
4. I think the target audience for Ninja Warrior would fit into B to E on the demographic scale. This is because a lot of people enjoy watching this type of game show and wondering if they would be able to do it themselves.  I don't think people in higher management would watch it because it is a show that is very light-hearted and not intellectual.
5.  I think the same sort of people who watch the cube would watch this show because they are very similar.

Countdown

1. The producers are looking for anyone from the public to take part in the game show.
2. Is there anything out of the ordinary about your children?
    Where were you brought up? What University or apprenticeship did you take?
    What makes you different from the other contestants?
3. They want people who will have similar IQ to the people in the target audience
4. I think this would fit in the A to C2 range. This is because the questions are normally a higher standard and people watch it so they can test themselves.
5. This would fit in the reformers, resigned and succeeders. This is again, because the show are looking for people who can answer the questions.