CONVENTIONS OF PANEL SHOWS

By Duncan and Sujay

• Title sequence is a montage of images with fast upbeat music.

• The camera zooms or pans through audience and clap and cheers are heard.

• The host sits in the middle with guests sitting on either side evenly on a curved panel.

• Dim lighting in the beginning but backlit to see the panels and silhouettes of the guests and the host.

Conventions

TITLE SEQUENCE HAS UPBEAT MUSIC AND A MONTAGE OF IMAGES.

Have I got news for you QI As you can see there is a montage of

many things, mainly current affairs and in the case of QI images of famous figures like Gandhi.

HOST SITS IN THE MIDDLE Never Mind the Buzzcocks Mock the Week In both these shows there are three

guests on either side of the host in the centre

LIVE AUDIENCE Mock the Week Have I got news for you At the end of the title sequence at the

start it fades to the live audience and zooms or pans to the panels.

DIM LIGHTINGHere you can see at the start of QI this print screen has been taken right at the start showing the dim lighting

SUBVERSIONS Never Mind the Buzzcocks has no dim

lighting instead you can see the host and the guests at the beginning.

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