The One Show Analysis

The One Show.

Presenters
The one shows uses regular hosts throughout the run of the series. Alex Jones and co-host Chris Evans are the hosts of the One Show with exception to Matt Baker who comes in and co-hosts Monday to Thursday. The look of the host represent the look of the show, they are relaxed in what they wear yet still smart, they are clean cut. However they are not too formal in what they wear so they have a more welcoming look. Their language towards the audience is more formal, when introducing guests, but they are also informal when getting the guest involved in the show. Whilst with guests on the sofa the presenters are more friendly and welcoming when interviewing them. Overall the presenters are welcoming and give a relaxed vibe.

Guests
The One show usually has two guests in the episode, a main guest who is the center of attention of the show and a second guest who is their to back the main guest up, or to add a bit of unexpected entertainment for the show. In this specific show that i analysed, Doctor Who actress, Amy Pond is the main guest on the show whilst Peter White who is an Radio 4 Presenter is brought in to add something different to the show, in this case his opinion on the Paralympics. The look of the guests is similar to the look of the presenters, smart but casual so they give off a relaxed vibe. It keeps the look of the show welcoming and comforting. The main guest is always involved in the show, even when they are in the background and the hosts are interviewing the second guest  the camera is always focused on the main guest, whether that would be a close up to show their facial opinion on the matter or in the background with the second guest up front to the camera. Overall the guests are similar to the presenters in how they look and how they are towards each other.

Narrative
The shows begins with the typical title scene which is shown at the start of every show. They introduce the show with a shot of the audience panning the the shot of the hosts and the guests sitting on the sofa. The hosts welcomes the guest to the audience both in the studio and also at home, (Watching it on TV). The hosts introduce the first pre-recorded package the followed by the first interview with Amy. after this more clips are shown one after another, after this they bring in the second guest for a bit of mixture in the episode, they have their interview then they leave the set so they can go back to the main guest of the show for the last parts of the show. The next part of the segment is more serious, as it is a news show they read the news but not as a newsreader would, more informal with the guests and the audience. However they include a lighter piece of the news so they can keep people entertained whilst watching their show.

Mise-en-Scene
The first thing you notice when you start watching the show is the bright and vibrant colours that pop at you straight away on the set. It is a very modern look to the show with art deco furniture. the main focus on the show is the informal area which is the sofas and the coffee table so these capture your attention straight away more than any other piece of furniture. The reason they use an all round sofa which has no separation is so that their isn't just a verbal bond between the guest and the host but their is more of an physical bond between them, this also gives it a feel of it being less script and more on the spot, live recording.

Sound
There's a lot of diegetic sound throughout the recording as the main focus of the One Show is the interviews with the guests they bring on, also they use diegetic music when they are sometimes bringing on the guests. There's very little non-diegetic sound that is used in the TV show. They might use it to add emotion during some clips but even the title scene is diegetic as the audience and hosts can hear it when the TV show starts. To capture the sound they use mics on both the guests and the presenters, and also they use hidden microphones in the audience to emphasise the laughter and emotions carried through by the voices, this gives it again a more natural feel to the show instead of it being canned laughter and artificial.

Titles
Straight away the titles use a lot of CGI graphics, different segments of the title is moved around quickly with a different colour background for each segment, and as it gets quicker and quicker they finally come together to make the title THE ONE SHOW with a red background which is the colour of the show, then as the title break apart again they cut to a high angle shot of the presenters and the guest on the sofa.

Camerawork
The camerawork of the show is very straightforward and very in line, they have a few different cameras set up, one facing the guest straight on, another facing the presenters straight on, and master camera which captures both the presenters and the guest in one shot, and another which is on a crane rig so they can get both a high and low angle shot with a few movements. The facing cameras at the guest and the presenters is their to show emotions when they are talking and to give it more of an interactive feel as if the guests are talking to you, the audience. This is the same reason for the presenters. An master camera is set up so it gives us a feel of the whole set and what is going on where. Also it is used when they have the guests and presenters in shot and also show a clip on the big screen tv. This is so you can see everything. The crane rig is their so you can get a different perspective of the show and also make it more interesting when they introduce the show and close up for the end of the show. Camera movement is very little, the cameras very rarely move when they are being interviewed or something is going on, they change which camera is being shown as it gets boring when you look at one camera shot for a while.

Editing
The editing in the show is very minimal, there are not many transitions or cuts between each shot, not many special effects used. The use very basic editing throughout the recording of the show, however when it comes to show the clips they have been edited together to create an overall view of something bigger that they are showing.

Target Audience
The One Show's target audience is very widely spread, it is a very family friendly show so it something all ages can watch, but on the other hand it has topics which would not interest the younger views of the audience, the main audience is 25 years old+ which includes both males and females.