Audience Research for Audio Visual

To find out what my TA would like to be discussed during the talk show I have created another survey. It asks 3 questions:

1.On a talk show/ podcast, what would you like the topics of conversation to be about? (Pick 1 to 3 answers)
- Music
-TV/Film
-Celeb Gossip
-Politics
-World News
-Other (specify)

2. When watching a chat show would you prefer them to speak formally or casually? Why?


3. What would you prefer the conversation to be based on? 
-Their opinion
-Research
-Their opinion based on research

I chose these questions as it allows me to gather what my TA wants and how I should set it out. It also tells me how is should prepare the cast and what I need to brief with them.

Talk Show Podcast Research

The Secrets Out- Alfie Deyes

Similar to an interview but more attractive to my TA is a podcast.

The Secrets Out is a podcast style talk show where Alfie, the host, invites people to talk about the secrets people have sent in anonymously. They each take a turn in reading out the cards for everyone to talk about. This series has the same TA, 16 to 25, and is interesting to watch. I'd like to create something similar for my magazine.

The episode opens with a short montage of clips where they are discussing something funny or something important and that lasts for roughly 40 seconds. There are a range of shots from 3 angles -one showing all (snippet above) and the other two showing the two participants on each side of the table.

The shots alternate depending on who is speaking and who is reacting. There would have been 3 cameras set up to create these shots and therefore the editing is a very important step here. The cameras also pan very slowly in some shots to create a less static, more flowing feel.

There is also an animation title slide just after the montage which signifies the beginning of the episode which I think is effective.

I think this would be a great AV element for my magazine as it suits my TA and could be a great series. Rather than speaking about secrets I would have the subscribers send in topics of conversation, what they want to hear discussed. This episode is 50 minutes and 25 seconds long which is much longer than I am going to do so a teaser trailer would be a great call to action to a separate social media- YouTube.

Audio Visual Plan

Plan:

Genre: Talk Show/ Podcast Teaser Trailer

Set:
Studio, seating together
Conversation cards sent from magazine subs
Glasses of water

Topics on conversation cards: *ask about what people want to hear*
-Music
-Film/TV
-Fashion
-Celeb Gossip
-Politics
-World News

Participants:
4 people - 2 male 2 female preferably