learn for the 2009 controlled exam
Posted in institution on Feb 7th, 2009
Quiz shows originated on the radio and any study of past or current radio
quiz show output is to be encouraged. However, the focus on the Controlled
test paper is TELEVISION quiz shows. Television quiz shows are almost as
old as television broadcast with ?What?s My Line?? broadcast on 16th July
1951.
By the end of the 1950?s basic television [...]
Posted in institution on Feb 7th, 2009
Quiz Shows are cheap television especially if they are sponsored or if they are
linked with telephone call lines. The latter have recently caused great controversy. BBC: Prestige and children?s quizzes where the prizes are not particularly glamorous. Shows like ?Mastermind? are all about prestige and the glass bowl. In the past ?Ask the Family? was [...]
Posted in audience, design, institution, language, representation on Feb 7th, 2009
Media Language: forms and conventions
Media language should be investigated through a range of contemporary and non-contemporary texts. Generic conventions are: Quiz shows on television are set in a studio. Set design often includes a podium behind which the contestants stand (perhaps to help stop them shaking?). Light is often an important element of the mise-en-scene [...]