Worksheet
6: my TV Game Show
Aim: To
explore the importance of the formats, questions and prizes
PITCH
SUMMARY – OUTLINE THE MAIN FEATURES OF YOUR OWN TV GAME SHOW:
My game
show is called: Beat the Pleb
The Target
Audience is:
Age: 12+ Location:
Studio in Norwich Ethnicity:
N/A Gender: Both
Demographic:
C1-A
Psychographics
– Reformers and Aspirers
The
contestants will be: A panel of celebrities and one regular person who has very
good trivia knowledge.
Demographic:
C1-A
Psychographics
– Explorers and Succeeders
Host – who
will I audition and why?
Jack Whitehall, because we need a well-known celebrity that will react comically to the knowledge of the “Pleb”, and the ignorance of the celebrities.
Jack Whitehall, because we need a well-known celebrity that will react comically to the knowledge of the “Pleb”, and the ignorance of the celebrities.
Any other
use of celebrities?
A panel of
4 B-list celebrities with one well known one as the team captain is set up.
What type
of games / questions / rounds will you have?
There will
be a selection of trivia questions which are catered towards the “Pleb”
winning, and making the celebrities look ignorant. They are asked and the first
to buzz in with the correct answer wins a point. If they get it wrong the
answer passes to the other team. If they get it wrong, then no-one gets points
and the next question is asked. This is round one. In round two there will be a
team based game for the celebrities, where they have to compete as a team
against the “Pleb” e.g. they have to dodge the “Pleb” firing eggs at them from
an egg cannon for a minute. Whichever side wins gets 5 points. In the third
round, the “Pleb” answers questions for points whilst the celebrities compete
in a team based task for points. The final round has a random one of the
celebrities go head to head with the “Pleb”. There is a random, completely
pointless task that they have to complete to earn a massive 15 points. This gives
the trailing team a chance to redeem themselves. It could be anything from who
can drink a litre of undiluted orange squash the quickest, or scoop the most
baked beans out of a tray into a bucket using their fingers. The team with the
most points at the end of the show wins. The “Pleb” will win £5000, and the
celebrity team gets a joke prize, like a pack of rice and some chopsticks.
USP
The USP of the show is that a normal person gets to compete
against celebrities which makes the show unique because most game shows only
put celebrities against celebrities or the public against the public.
Synergy
The show could work with other companies as the celebrity
team could be made of actors in new TV shows or films to advertise both shows.
If a celebrity released a new product they could also talk about it when being
asked questions. Some of the questions being asked could also be about certain
brands.
