Tv Schedule for Car Share

TV Schedule for Car Share by Mrs Downie on Scribd

Terminology to learn

Scheduling Strategies by Mrs Downie on Scribd

Scheduling Strategies

TV Scheduling Strategies by Mrs Downie on Scribd

Through the Keyhole: TV Research

Through the Keyhole is Keith Lemon's own comedy panel show. This combines the comedy elements of Celebrity Juice with an updated version of a game show Through the Keyhole. Click on the image above to find out more information.

Task: Watch the episode and complete the same audience pleasures sheet you have from Car Share.

Homework Task:
Research the following and post your answers onto your own media blog:

• Who commissioned the programme?
• Who produced it?
• What audience is it aimed at? Why?
• Why is it on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience. 
• Is it on after the watershed? Why?
• Know the  audience demographic

Create a blog post about the show outlining your findings.

TV Comedy Research - Celebrity Juice

You need to know the following information: the day, time and channel of the programme (in this case Celebrity Juice).

Task 1: Research the following and post your answers onto your own media blog:

• Who commissioned the programme?
• Who produced it?
• What audience is it aimed at? Why?
• Why is it on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience. 
• Is it on after the watershed? Why?
• Know the  audience demographic

Task 2: Using this information, answer the exam questions below. You have the whole lesson and will need to write your response in your book to hand in to your teacher to be marked. Want to see how to structure your answer? For more help Click here.

4. (a) Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels.

State the day, time and channel of each programme.

• Who commissioned the programmes?
• Who produced them?
• What audience are they aimed at? Why?
• Why are they on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience. 
• Are they on after the watershed? Why?
• Know the audience demographic

You must know:

1. day 
2. time
3. channel

for both programmes (Car Share and Celebrity Juice).

Example notes from episode one.

Television Comedy: Car Share: Series 1, Episode 1.

As the first episode in the series, it is important to establish the comedy genre and the characters. Both are established conventions of TV situation comedy and this 30-minute programme is designed to develop a connection between the audience and characters while making them laugh. There are several methods to ensure the programme meets the needs of the audience and these audience pleasures are designed to appeal to the audience.

The episode begins with a sketch-show style joke, mocking people’s interaction with an in-car satellite navigation system. This is situation comedy as many viewers will have had experience of this irrational anger at a computerized system, speaking to the voice as if it is a real and can actually make mistakes. This recognized behaviour sets the humourous tone for the programme while introducing Peter Kay’s character John. He has a mundane job as a supermarket manager and is often ready to complain or to quickly lose his temper about little annoying things on his way driving to work each day.

The programme narrative is structured around John offering a lift to Kayleigh, played by Sian Gibson, as part of a workforce Car Share initiative where employees share vehicles and commute together. The format is the same each episode, as the characters drive to work, then there is a jump forward or ellipsis in the narrative sequence to them driving home at the end of the working day. All of the scenes are filmed in the same car setting, which is another convention of situation comedy where the viewer only sees the actors in limited settings. The trolley man Ted is a familiar part of the programme format which is developed later in the series.

Kayleigh is established as lacking intelligence and being rather naïve and outspoken. But she has endearing qualities which the programme develops during the initial episode as she sings to her favourite songs. She is different to John and this contrast between the characters implies potential romance, which keeps the viewers involved in the narrative. They discuss their love lives and establish that they are both single.

The comedy ranges from farce, such as the sequence with the urine in a water bottle. The accident is awkwardly embarrassing, particularly as they are colleagues and do not have a personal relationship. This is illustrated by the awkward small talk in the car. The urine joke is repeated throughout the episode with her saying ‘See you in a wee while.’ shaking the bottle at him when they arrive at work and him wearing a Beyoncé vest top, a homosexual stereotypical outfit, while proclaiming he is heterosexual. Kayleigh calls it a ‘big gay vest’ to make the joke explicit and the episode ends with John’s line: ‘I am what I am’ as a reference to a stereotypical song about freedom. In fact, the programme uses cultural references to appeal to their 30-45-year-old target audience demographic. Many of the songs played by the programme’s own in-car radio ‘Forever FM’, a parody of UK regional radio stations, would be known by the audience. This nostalgic soundtrack from the 1980s/1990s would appeal to the audience and is part of the dialogue when Kayleigh uses a line from TLC ‘I don’t want no Scrubs’ or when she sings Alanis Morrisette in the car or imagines herself in a music video during the cut-scene. There are also references to television characters Cilla Black and Kermit the Frog.

Forever FM has humour embedded within the programme through wordplay and parody. There is an advert for a window company with the slogan ‘Smashing the cost of conservatories’, an advert for Brillington College which is a parody of adverts for less academic universities and an advert for the Shed Surgery using hyperbole as a comedy device.

TV Comedy: Peter Kay

Task: Carshare is one of Peter Kay's big successes. In today's lesson, you need to write a brief plot summary of each episode of the show. Consider why you think it is so successful. Focus on conventions and audience pleasures. What makes the show's appeal? Post your ideas to your new blog.

Homework: Compile a biography of Peter Kay - include programmes, tours, records that he has been responsible for. Post to your blog. This is also on Show my Homework.

Creating a Media Blog

Blogs are information websites published by individuals to get their message across to certain audiences. But you already know this because you use this blog regularly to find out and understand the important facts about Media Studies and know what your tasks are in lessons.
Creating blogs is an excellent skill for any media student. You can use it to have your say about topics you are passionate about as well as a great place to help you study and revise for this course. You need to create a blog that outlines all of your work preparing for the examination in June because  the most effective answers need to refer to plenty of examples of TV Comedy programmes. This blog will be a revision guide for you that you will be able to update and refer to later. Having a blog that you can access on your phone or computer will mean you can revise from all of your notes wherever you are.

How to set up your blog.

Blogger, Google's blog app, requires you to have a Google account so set this up first.

Once you have an account, go from the Google homepage to Blogger. You can find the icon for this on the top right hand side where the nine small squares are. Click on this. Click on more and you should see the icon to click.

Next, click on create a new blog in the middle of the screen. You need to decide on a name such as GCSE Media.

The blog address MUST be exactly like this:

yournameandsurnamelcm1718@blogspot.com

Use your name as it appears on your college ID card.

Create your first post.

Click on create your first post and complete the two tasks relating to Peter Kay's Carshare. You can label them and add images if you like.

If you are stuck, you can ask students who created their blogs with Mrs Downie for help.

TV comedy research - Peter Kay's Car Share

You need to know the following information: the day, time and channel of the programme (in this case Peter Kay's Car Share).

Research the following:

• Who commissioned the programme? (Details of the company)
• Who produced it? (Company details)
• What audience is it aimed at? Why?
• Why is it on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience. 
• Is it on after the watershed? Why? (Find out what the watershed is)
• Know the audience demographic
• Peter Kay (Other programmes and characters he is known for/notable successes)

TV Comedy: Audience Pleasures

The type of audience pleasures you need to write about in the exam include:

• narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution, 
• character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
• pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
• pleasures of difference-within-repetition
• performance unpredictability and spontaneity
• transgressive pleasures
• specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

Example exam paper

Click on the image for the example paper.

TV Comedy - the details

Programme: Peter Kay's Car Share
Channel: 

1. iPlayer
2. BBC1

Time: 

1. any time - streamed
2. 9:30pm

Day:

1. Friday - Tuesday (initial run) 24th - 28th April 2015
2. Wednesday 29th April 2015

Production company: Goodnight Vienna ( a co-prouction with BBC). Goodnight Vienna produce the majority of Peter Kay's TV shows.

Programme: Celebrity Juice

Channel: ITV2

Time: 10pm

Day: Thursday

Production company: Talkback Thames - Talkback Thames are an established production company who have over 20 years experience producing a wide range of programmes for ITV and BBC

Revision booklet

• Click on the image to access the booklet.
• Download the booklet
• Work through the booklet

TV Comedy - Question 4 a & b

4a. Explain why two channels selected different comedy programmes to schedule on particular days and at particular times.

• Programme name:
• Channel:
• Time:
• Date:

Mark scheme:

Level 4 (12-15 marks)

• Discusses the scheduling of two comedies Precise and accurate use of terminology - think about why certain programmes are on at certain times
• Shows detailed knowledge of TV or radio channels and scheduling with understanding of how programmes reflect institutional contexts - read this on ITV  - read this on the BBC's mission and values and this on its public purposes
• Thorough understanding of how channels use scheduling to reach audiences - think about why programmes are clearly aimed at a particular audience - look at this again and decide on the audiences for both programmes
• Ideas expressed clearly and fluently in well-structured sentences with few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Level 3 (9-11 marks)

• Accurately describes and evaluates the scheduling of two comedies Some accurate use of terminology
• Shows sound knowledge of TV or radio channels and scheduling with some understanding of how programmes reflect institutional contexts
• Sound understanding of how channels use scheduling to reach audiences
• Ideas expressed with some clarity and fluency; errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar do not obscure meaning.

4b. Explain how one comedy programme offers a range of pleasures, not just making the audience laugh. Give detailed examples from the programme.

• The type of audience pleasures you need to write about in the exam include:
• narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution,
• character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
• pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
• pleasures of difference-within-repetition
• performance unpredictability and spontaneity
• transgressive pleasures
• specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

TV channels - BBC 1

Our mission, vision, and values inform the work of the BBC and are how we promote our public purposes.

The public purposes are set out by the Royal Charter and Agreement, the constitutional basis for the BBC.

Our mission

•  To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain.

Our vision

• To be the most creative organisation in the world.

Our values

• Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.
• Audiences are at the heart of everything we do.
• We take pride in delivering quality and value for money.
• Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation.
• We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone can give their best.
• We are one BBC: great things happen when we work together.
• The Royal Charter and Agreement also sets out six public purposes for the BBC. See Public purposes.

We run nine national TV services providing entertainment, news, current affairs and arts coverage for the whole of the UK.

Our output is available via digital TV, live online via channel websites and as video-on-demand via BBC iPlayer.

BBC One

On BBC One you'll find news and current affairs, drama, comedy and entertainment programmes.

TV Comedy - 4a

Answer the questions below. You have the whole lesson.

4. (a) Compare how and why two programmes were scheduled on different channels.

State the day, time and channel of each programme.

• Who commissioned the programmes?
• Who produced them?
• What audience are they aimed at? Why?
• Why are they on at that time and on that channel? Link to 'type' of comedy and target audience. 
• Are they on after the watershed? Why?
• Know the audience demographic

You must know:

1. day 
2. time
3. channel

for both programmes (Car Share and Celebrity Juice).

TV Comedy - Question 4a

Make notes that will help you answer question 4a.

Explain why two channels selected different comedy programmes to schedule on particular days and at particular times.

• Programme name:
• Channel:
• Time:
• Date:

Mark scheme:

Level 4 (12-15 marks)

Discusses the scheduling of two comedies Precise and accurate use of terminology - think about why certain programmes are on at certain times

Shows detailed knowledge of TV or radio channels and scheduling with understanding of how programmes reflect institutional contexts - read this on ITV  - read this on the BBC's mission and values and this on its public purposes

Thorough understanding of how channels use scheduling to reach audiences - think about why programmes are clearly aimed at a particular audience - look at this again and decide on the audiences for both programmes

Ideas expressed clearly and fluently in well-structured sentences with few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Level 3 (9-11 marks)

Accurately describes and evaluates the scheduling of two comedies Some accurate use of terminology

Shows sound knowledge of TV or radio channels and scheduling with some understanding of how programmes reflect institutional contexts

Sound understanding of how channels use scheduling to reach audiences

Ideas expressed with some clarity and fluency; errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar do not obscure meaning.

TV Comedy - Question 4b

Using Celebrity Juice as your source material answer the following question:

Explain how one comedy programme offers a range of pleasures, not just making the audience laugh. Give detailed examples from the programme.

Remember to do the following:

• name the pleasure (a different one each time)
• briefly define the pleasure
• offer a clear example of the pleasure from the programme and explain why the audience enjoy it

Peer mark another student's work when you finish.  Award one tick for each of the bullet points above. Write 'peer assessed by your name' and add the date.

Extension task

Make notes that will help you answer question 4a.

Explain why two channels selected different comedy programmes schedule on particular days and at particular times.

• Programme name:
• Channel:
• Time:
• Date:

Mark scheme:

Level 4 (12-15 marks)

Discusses the scheduling of two comedies Precise and accurate use of terminology - think about why certain programmes are on at certain times

Shows detailed knowledge of TV or radio channels and scheduling with understanding of how programmes reflect institutional contexts - read this on ITV  - read this on the BBC's mission and values and this on its public purposes

Thorough understanding of how channels use scheduling to reach audiences - think about why programmes are clearly aimed at a particular audience - look at this again and decide on the audiences for both programmes

Ideas expressed clearly and fluently in well-structured sentences with few, if any, errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Level 3 (9-11 marks)

Accurately describes and evaluates the scheduling of two comedies Some accurate use of terminology

Shows sound knowledge of TV or radio channels and scheduling with some understanding of how programmes reflect institutional contexts

Sound understanding of how channels use scheduling to reach audiences

Ideas expressed with some clarity and fluency; errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar do not obscure meaning.

Celebrity Juice

Keith Lemon - research task

Task: Find out all about Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis) and create a couple of pages about his unique style of TV Comedy. Use the questions below to help you collect enough detail for a couple of pages in your exercise books explaining your research findings. Remember that this information will be essential for your exam preparation.

Find out what shows have been developed using the character Keith Lemon.

• Create a timeline of his TV Comedy shows.
• What genre of TV Comedy shows has he produced.
• Explore his successful show Celebrity Juice, explaining how it appeals to audiences (consider audience pleasures here).

Read through some of these articles to support your research:

• Guardian
• Digital Spy
• Radio Times
• TV Comedy