INITIAL RESEARCH INTO IDEAS
Idea 1- The Big Movie Quiz. Similar programme- The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year
The Big Fat Quiz Of The Year is a British tv programme broadcast on Channel 4, and hosted by Jimmy Carr. It started off as an annual comedy panel quiz show that challenged three teams of comedians to answer questions about the year's events and news stories, however it has since spawned other versions that focus on specific decades, or everything (Big Fat Quiz Of The 80s, & Big Fat Quiz Of Everything). The show is played in the style of a pub quiz, where the contestants write their answers down, and mark them off at the end of each round. Each round is about a different topic (e.g. music, tv & film, sports), and the winning team win a large silver trophy. The show uses VTs in a few different ways, including using celebrities to ask some of the questions, and they ask a local primary school to act out a recent story from the news. The show is targeted at 18-44
From my research into this show I have found out more about how a quiz show can be formatted. My idea for The Big Movie Quiz, will follow a similar format of having the contestants reveal their answers at the end of each question, and then the person/persons with the correct answer will win a star. I will also use VTs to ask some of the questions or relate some of the questions too. However, unlike the Big Fat Quiz, I will have regular segments that allow the contestants to come out from behind their podiums and take part in an active game, and I will not have teams, each person will play the quiz as an individual, so they have to answer the questions without any help. My idea will also incorporate rounds, which will dictate the type of questions or style of game being played to win the stars.
Idea 2- Win The Internet. Similar programme- @Midnight with Chris Hardwick
@midnight with Chris Hardwick is a US late night tv programme broadcast on Comedy Central Extra (in the UK, Comedy Central in the US). The show is an internet based scripted/improv comedy panel game show. Each episodes features three comedians who compete against one another in a series of internet based improv games. The games are based on trending internet phenomena, and the aim is to come up with funny responses or correct answers to questions. They are then awarded points by Chris for funny or correct answers. The final round is called "For The Win", and the two comedians with the highest amount of points play it. The two comedians are given a questions, and time to come up with a funny response. The responses are then anonymously read out, and whoever gets the best reaction from the audience, wins the show. The show is targeted at the 18-44 audience bracket.
From my research into this show, I have learnt more about the type of show people interested in internet based things might like to see. The show should be funny, and so should the internet phenomena being spoken about, otherwise it could get boring or confusing. Similar to this show, I think it's best to use comedians as contestants, not just general members of the public. As well as this, I think it'd be good to find a host who is good on social media, and is also quite a funny and knowledgeable person. The one challenge with this idea will be to keep it up to date, as it's being worked on over a series of weeks, and things on the internet can become old very quickly. From this I can also see that the late night tv show slot and style, can fit a quiz show about all things on the internet.
I will now use this research to continue to develop these two ideas, before I choose which one I'm going to use for my pitch.
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