Studio Production: Pitch Research

When i had heard in the 1st year about the studio production i began developing an idea based on a student version of loose women. I personally find that some of the views and topics discussed aren't relevant or appropriate for my age group so a younger, more modern version could work in todays tv world. There isn't another show like it out there currently although shows such as young voters question time discuss the politics side of things but i feel its still a little heavy for me and the title alone would make me switch off.

The BBC must have felt similarly to how i did as they have since rebranded the show to be called 'Free Speech' - Live debate and discussion show coming fortnightly from across the UK. Free Speech viewers get the chance to speak up about the biggest issues we're facing today. However this show still feels a little to formal for me.

The thing about both these shows is that the panel are all people we can't really relate to. We can maybe relate to their opinions but they are either mp's or celebrities. The audience are the 'normal' people. I want to make my show have normal everyday people on the panel and in the audience. 

I began to think about what topics i could use and while i was on Facebook i was informed of a new story about justin bieber's photoshopped calvin klein campaign. People were posting the pictures and discussing the photoshopping of the image. As the day went on parodies started cropping up including one from one of my favourite TV Shows Saturday Night Live. This got me thinking that the topics on the show could all be related to what people are talking about on social media. The hottest trending topics! My next issue was VT's as i wasn't sure how i could best incorporate the VT's into the show. I didn't want to use one to introduce the guests/panelists. After looking at Facebook/ twitter over the next few days i noticed how often people post short videos about stories or informing people of issues. This was how i wanted to market my VT's. 2-3 minute Youtube style clips that inform, educate and entertain but also help introduce the topic for debate. These are the videos that i saw on the justin bieber debate through Facebook - 

The 2nd idea i had was about making a dating show called 'Date my Mate' where a group of friends try and get their single friend a date. The twist being that the person they find to date their friend can actually choose to date one of them instead.

When i ran this idea by helen she preferred the 1st one and told me to stick with that instead. 

Stay safe,

Helen