AS Live - Analysis of a studio production for commission


One of the shows I decided to look into for analysis was ‘Jungle Run’ a CITV show that ran from 1999 to 2006. This show followed three players as they work together to collect silver monkey statues in order to collect the grand prize: the Golden Monkey Statue. I decided to look at this show as I felt it fit the kind of tone and style of the show we were producing ‘Quest’.



In Jungle Run, the host, Chris Jarvis, was, at times nice towards the contestants, however, due to his role as the Jungle Guide, he could quite tough and shouty at times. I feel this fits well with the character of Malaghast, our wizard who is our host and guide in this adventure. He is also quite pushy and harsh towards the contestants, a lot more than Chris Jarvis, but this is in tone with the show, much how Chris is with Jungle Run.

The show also has the team of three contestants make their way through several puzzles to progress into the final round, where they have a time limit to collect all the treasure they can before they are sealed away in the Temple.

I feel the concept of the show fits almost perfectly to ‘Quest’ as we have three contestants in a team working together to go through puzzles in order to reach the final puzzles, which is a dragon giving riddles, if they win, then they are under a strict time limit to unlock the chest containing the golden dragon egg. If they get out in time, they win, if they lose, they are sealed away in the cave as it collapses on top of them, a much darker end when compared to the CITV show,

However, if you look at the target audiences, it’s clear we are aiming for a more adult audience, with our target age being 16-34 and CITV’s audience being 6 – 12. Taken from the ITV website, it’s clear that CITV is aimed at kids, although it does have “a cheeky, sometimes irreverent, tone and it engages its audience in a non-patronizing peer to peer way.” (Itv.com, 2019) something we develop into a more adult and comedic way due to our audience being much older.

Bibliography:
  • Itv.com. (2019). CITV. [online] Available at: https://www.itv.com/commissioning/citv [Accessed 14 Feb. 2020]

To add:
I will add more analysis into the title sequence (opening credits) and the logo of the show itself.

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