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1
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Audience?

A

People watching the TV game show.

Home or the Tv studio.

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2
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Categories?

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Subgenres of TV game shows may have their own specific category.
Trivia, sport, music

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3
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What is a game show?

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A television programme in which people compete to win prizes.

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4
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What makes a successful game show?

Name 6 things.

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Hosts.
Theme tune.
Contestants.
Prize.
Live audience.
Catchphrase.
Usp.
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5
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What does a tv advert have to include?

Name 9 things.

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Setting. 
Contestants.
Hosts.
Set.
Action shots.
Unique selling point.
Audience.
Title.
Prize.
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6
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Define target audience

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A particular group at which a product such as a tv show is aimed at.

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7
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Define demographics.

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Study of the population.

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8
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What does demographics look at?

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CAGE.
Gender.
Ethnicity.
Age.
Education.
Level of income.
Employment.
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9
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What do demographics use the information they get for?

A

Determine who a target audience may be.

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10
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Define psychographic profiling

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System of profiling the audience, by their motivations.

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11
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What are the 4 C’s of psychographic profiling?

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Cross Cultural Consumer Characteristics.

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12
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Cross Cultural Consumer Characteristics form ideas of what?

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That they are 7 types of consumers which can be targeted, through imagery and text.

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A target audience will be attracted to a certain type of…

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Product or brand based on the profile.

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Name the 7 profile types

A 
Main-streamers.
Aspires.
Succeeders.
Resigned.
Explores.
Strugglers.
Reformers.
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What is ABC1?

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System used for categorising demographical infomation used for audience targeting and market research by advertising sectors.

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16
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Name the 6 social grades?

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A.
B.
C1.
C2.
D.
E.
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17
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Define the term presenter.

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Person who introduces and appears in TV or radio programmes.

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18
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Name the 4 institutions

A

BBC.
ITV.
C4.
Scheduling.

19
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Areas that are represented are usually…

A

People.
Objects,
Places.

20
Q

Why is there more men hosts?

A

Men considered more knowledgeable.

More men comedians.

21
Q

UK TV game show hosts are usually…

A

White British.

22
Q

BBC attract…

A

Higher class audiences. Reflected in choice of hosts.

23
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The set in a particular game show has it’s own…

A

Format and style.

Does not change.

24
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The set is a closed…

A

Representation and has no connection with the real world.

25
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What is ideology?

A

Refers to shared values, attitudes and beliefs in our society.

26
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What did Richard Dyer’s explore?

A

He explored that entertainment provides a solution and a vision of an ideal world.

27
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How does the Richard Dyer’s Utopian Solution Theory apply to TV game shows?

A

Gives opportunity to reach utopia, by winning prizes and money which would otherwise be out of their reach.

28
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What is Levi Strauss’ Narrative theory?

A

We understand the world through a system of power-weighted oppositions.
eg contestants vs hosts.

29
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What does mise en scene include?

Name 5 things.

A 
Setting.
Props.
Costumes.
Body language.
Lighting
30
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Define representation.

A

Study of how people, places and objects are presented to us by producers of the media.

31
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What is Richard Dyers’s star theory?

A

Explains how institutions for a specific objective.

Making money, construct celebrities.

32
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Define synopsis

A

Brief overview of the format of a TV game show.

33
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What is Blumler and Kat’s theory?

A

We consume a media text for specific reasons.

Entertainment, information.

34
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What are codes and conventions?

A

We recognise a particular genre of film or TV programme by its use of a specific format.

35
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Name 6 examples of codes and conventions?

A 
Colour.
Font.
Sound.
Music.
Camera shots.
Editing techniques.
36
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What is cross-platform?

A

Media text being distributed in different mediums over different platforms .

37
Q

Name 6 examples of cross-platform?

A 
Internet.
Mobile app.
Computer.
Television.
Dvd.
Board game.
38
Q

what is the enigma code?

A

anything that remains a mystery to audience.

39
Q

What does consumerist society mean?

A

people who long/want things they need.

greedy, selfie, materialistic

40
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what does institution mean?

A

an organisation - such as broadcaster.

41
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most famous BBC game shows:

A 
Eggheads.
Pointless.
University challenge.
A question of sport.
The weakest link.
42
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what year did the first game show air on the bbc?

A

1970.

43
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most popular/well known game show hosts:

A

Anne Robinson - the weakest link.
Alexander robinson/richard osma - Pointlss.
Paddy Mcguiness - Take me out.
Noel Edmunds - deal or no deal.

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