Year 10 Revision for mock

Your revision topic will be based on your examination for 2016-2017 

The 2017 Unit 1 External Assessment topic is Television Game Shows.

Your examination board is AQA, where you can find additional advice and tips. 

Television Game Shows have entertained audiences for many years and have become a staple ingredient of television programming and schedules.

Often set in TV studios in front of a live audience (though not always) game shows have the element of competition at their core.

There are several sub genres of Television Game Shows, all of which are appropriate for Unit 1 purposes.

These include the following:

• activity oriented; 
• dating; 
• panel games; 
• puzzle oriented
• quiz shows. 

Among the vast array of UK Television Game Shows that can be selected for study are the following:

• Total Wipeout, 
• Take Me Out, 
• A Question of Sport, 
• Countdown, 
• Pointless. 

There is no requirement to study examples of Television Game Shows from the past but it would interesting in the study of the topic to cover a wide range of shows and not just contemporary examples.

Reality television shows, although having many similar conventions (and often a ‘game element’ to them), differ as they usually have a focus on ‘talent’ or real-life/work scenarios and therefore should not be used in the study of Television Game Shows.

Revision task one - What makes a quiz show?
Quiz shows are an example of a television genre. Programmes belong to a particular genre because they have features in common. Try watching a quiz show without any sound playing and make a note of the visual features that make you aware that it is a quiz show you are watching.

Example 
- Smartly dressed presenter
- High key lighting

Now try listening to the soundtrack of another quiz show without looking at the pictures being shown. List the aspects of the soundtrack which convince you that it is a quiz show.

Example 
- Sound effects designed to increase tension.


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