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Purpose

The purpose of this interview is to entertain the general public by showing how children of today react to old-fashioned technology.

Form and Style

The style of this clip is a US television interview and the form is comedy.This video lasts 7 minutes and 52 seconds and includes Ellen Degeneres on her television show (The Ellen Show), interviewing two young kids about their opinion on some outdated devices.

Content & Meaning

The interviewer does not give a direct correct answer to the kids so they are not influenced with an answer. Therefore more humour is created. The camera angles used include long shots, close-ups and multicam and the clip involves no music, only dialogue. Many camera angles are used in this video to keep it exciting and also to get a lot of content to work with so when editing, there is lots of choice.The clip has been filmed in a kids setting to match the style of the clip and also because little children are being interviewed, they will need to feel as relaxed as possible and therefore they have been put into a setting that they will feel comfortable in.

Genre

The genre of this interview is comedy.

Target Audience

The target audience is mainly aimed at adults, specifically women aged 20-35 of all economic backgrounds, who would have used these devices when they were younger and/or women who have young children who are entertained by kids and enjoying seeing what they have to say. 

Frequency

This interview is a one-off production but because it is uploaded to youtube it means that it can be watched whenever the audience wants to. The Ellen Show is a daily chat show however there are shows involving children on a monthly basis.

Production Process

  1. Firstly, planned the clip - who? where? when? budget? permission?

  2. Then contacted people interested in taking part in the clip.

  3. Filmed.

  4. After filming the footage went back for footage review.

  5. Editing.

  6. Audio editor.

  7. Colour grading. 

  8. Finally, the film published on the Ellen Show and was put onto Youtube.

Initial Ideas

The Ellen Show
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