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

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).

Research the following:

• 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

Peter Kay's Car Share - further research

• Compile a biography of Peter Kay - include programmes, tours, records that he has been responsible for.
• Write a brief plot summary of each episode of the show. If possible add broadcast dates and times. Also, include initial viewing figures.

Spy Kids - Textual Analysis

1. Watch the clip.
2. Identify the different elements of camerawork.
3. Screenshot the different shots and angles etc.
4. Explain their use in the clip. Do this in word - you will print this out and add it to your book.
5. Do the same for mise en scene, editing and soundtrack.

Do This Now

Define the following terms:

• establishing shots
• canted angle
• point-of-view shots
• shot/reverse shots
• non-continuity editing
• crosscutting
• fast-paced editing
• post-production effects.

Moving image - terminology

Candidates should be able to recognise and describe a range of media language techniques and

explain how they are deliberately used in a text to create connotative effects. Candidates are

expected to know the following terms and how to comment on their use. However, this is not a

definitive list and candidates should be encouraged to be as flexible as possible in adapting to the demands of the specific extract they are to analyse.

Moving image – Camerawork:

• establishing shots
• low angle, high angle, canted angle or aerial shots
• elaborate camera movement such as tracks, steadicam or crane shots
• hand-held camera
• point-of-view shots
• shallow focus and focus pulls.

Moving image – Editing:

• shot/reverse shot
• juxtaposition
• non-continuity editing
• crosscutting
• fast-paced editing
• less common transitions: dissolve, wipe, fade
• post-production effects.

Moving image – Soundtrack:

• music
• synchronous and asynchronous sound
• diegetic/non-diegetic sound
• sound effects
• sound bridge
• voiceover.

Moving image – Mise en scène:

• lighting (especially low-key lighting)
• location/set
• costume and make-up
• props
• casting and performance style
• blocking (the composition of elements within the shot).