Studio Production: Creation of the facebook page

Yesterday I created the Punchlines facebook page and is now up and running. So far we have 27 likes and have made 3 posts, Hopefully people will start sharing our page and that way it'll start getting popular! Here is a screen-print of the page:

Tomorrow myself and Neill plan to edit the logo and make a better one.

Studio Production: Production Meeting

Today everyone on the team of Funny People gathered in the baseroom to have our weekly production meeting. The first thing on the agenda is the change of name for our programme from Funny People to Punchlines. Originally my idea, the group decided that this name would be more affective and really gets the point of the programme across. In the production meeting we discussed a variety of things including: locations, logos, rounds and the set. We discussed alot and have quite a bit planned to do over the course of the week. Promo wise Myself, Neill and the rest of the team decided on a solid logo which we'll like to use throughout the whole production and shall start developing it on photoshop tomorrow.

Studio Production: Ideas for Logo and Trailer

With a production meeting coming up in the next week as part of the promotion team I have to design a logo and come up with some ideas for the trailer of Funny People. Because Funny People is like a "comedy-boxing match" my first design is a boxing glove bursting through a wall with the words Funny People written on it, however I have quite a few variations on it but will still keep the boxing feel to it. In terms of trailer ideas I have a vague idea of what kind of visuals it will include but I haven't got anything too solid yet. My aim for this week is to try and draw up some decent logo designs (as my photoshop has stopped working!) and put more thought into what can be put into the trailer!

Studio Production: Funny People

Unfortunately my idea for Drawbacks was not taken any further, however I am not discouraged as I now get to work on the production of Funny People which is being produced by Sam Wilder. I am glad to be working on this for a number of reasons, I am a big fan of comedy and have been to a lot of stand up shows and I have worked well with Sam before in the documentary unit. The roles which I were given after an interview are on the Promos team and Vision Mixer, I am very pleased to be working both of these roles. When I first heard about the Promo Team I was really interested in doing this as I have experience in both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and as I want to be an editor in the near future I thought that Vision Mixer would also be a good role to go for. I look forward to working on the Production of Funny People and feel that we can produce a really awesome programme!

Studio Production: Audience, Channel and time

Today I started to think of what channel my production would be on, what audience it would appeal to and what time it would be broadcast. My thoughts are in two separate places on what channel this would be broadcast on, at first I was thinking BBC 1 or 2 but after thinking about all the different channels there are out there, I think my production would be perfect for the freeview channel Challenge. Most shows broadcast on Challenge are mostly competitive shows which mine is, although Challenge broadcasts shows from other channels Drawbacks could be a Challenge exclusive show which could bring more viewers to the channel itself, however this channel does not reach out to my target audience so BBC1 and 2 are still up for consideration. The audience who this is aimed at are children and families. I have chosen this demographic because this is the type of programme that the whole family can watch together and enjoy. This appeals to children because of it's simplistic format and appeals to adults and families because of it's comic and entertaining structure. All in all the programme is a bit of fun which can be enjoyed by families because it's not too competitive! If this programme were to be broadcast on BBC1 it would be around the 17:30 mark during weekdays, as this is just before the news and is just after school is finished so would bring in a lot of views, however if this was broadcast on Challenge it would be flexible to what time it would be broadcast due to most of their content being the same sort of genre (entertainment and game shows).

Studio Production: Idea - contestant format

After thinking how I can make "Drawbacks" more entertaining, I thought about how the contestants should be arranged. Originally the show was a two on two elimination game, but I thought about restructuring how the rounds are set up and how contestants were eliminated. The first way I though of switching it round was like a "Pointless" sort of format where contestants play as pairs and help each other out though the rounds. The other format I was thinking of was where all four contestants go head to head against each other and as the game progresses a player is eliminated until one remains where he/she faces the final round. 

Studio Production: Idea Development "Drawbacks"

Today I decided to think of a few more rounds that could be involved in my studio production idea called "Drawbacks" here are some examples of ideas that I came up with:

1. quick draw - 30 seconds to draw a picture from memory
2. blind draw - 30 seconds to draw a picture without the use of sight
3. switch draw - 30 seconds to draw with the hand you don't usually use (right handed people use left hand vice-versa)
4. clue draw - The host describes attributes of an object and contestants have to draw the right object
5. quickfire draws - round lasts 2-3 minutes, host shouts out various objects and creatures first contestant to draw the object/creature gets a point

These are just a couple of the ideas which I have come up with for "Drawbacks". There are some more but these are the main 5 which I believe are the strongest.