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HOW REALITY TV WORKS. TIP OF THE ICEBERG BIG BROTHER.

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HOW REALITY TV WORKS 

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TIP OF THE ICEBERG

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BIG BROTHER

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THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE

• The original Big Brother House was based in Three Mills Studio in Bow, East London.

• Since 2003, Big Brother has been based in a compound in Elstree Studios, just north of London

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SHOW ME THE MONEY

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MILITARY OPERATION

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CAMERAS

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CAMERAS IN THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE

• On Series One, BB had 13 x Robotic Cameras (the ones that move and are dome shaped) and 10 Fixed Cameras.

• The last few series increased the cameras and are now 22 x Robotic Cameras and 14 x Fixed.There is also a camera run that is situated around the house areas and there are five cameras that are studio cameras on pedestals and point through the two way mirrors.

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CAMERA OPERATORS

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THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNOLOGY

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PRODUCTION STAFF HIERARCHY

• Senior Team• Creative Director • 2 x Exec Producers•  2 x Series Editor• The current creative director of Big Brother is 

Philip Edgar Jones, also Creative Director of Brighter Pictures

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REALITY TEAM

• 4 x Senior Producers• 10 x Reality/Story Producers• Reality producers do both day producing and 

story producing, depending on what shift they're on

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WHAT DO STORY PRODUCERS DO?

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CONSTRUCTING THE REALITY

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DAY PRODUCERS

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TASK TEAM

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THE TASKS

• Two main kind of tasks: Shopping Tasks and Saturday Tasks

• Shopping Tasks go towards food – contestants are given a basic budget of £1 a day for food. This increases to £4 each if they win a task

• Saturday Tasks used to bring out a particular dynamic in the group – more “conceptual”

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CLASSIC TV MOMENTS

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THE TASK TEAM• Senior Task Producer x 1• Task Producers x 3• Task Assistant Producers x 3• Task Researchers x 3• Task Runners x 3• Task Art Directors x 2• Art Assistants x 2• Chippies, painters, prop makers etc x 4

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ETHICS

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AUDITIONS

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PSYCH TESTS

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THE CARE TEAM

• This team looks after the well being of the Housemates, and liaise with their families and friends during evictions. They deal with any problems with Housemates – in association with the Psychologist and the Series Eds and Execs

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STRUCTURE OF THE CARE TEAM

• Senior Care Producer x 1•

Care Producer x 1•  • Care AP x 1•  • Care Researcher x 1

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EVICTION NIGHT

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SCANDALS

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FIGHT NIGHT

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SHILPAGATE

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RACISM

• Ofcom's severe criticism of Channel 4 singled out three occasions the broadcaster failed to "handle the situation appropriately and contextualise". 

• The first was when Goody referred to Shetty as "Shilpa Poppadom"; the second was Lloyd saying she wished the Indian actress would "f*** off home"; the third was derogatory comments about Indian eating habits, poverty, starvation, illness and being stick-thin during an argument over Shetty producing a dish of under-cooked chicken for housemates to eat. 

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BADLY HANDLED BY CHANNEL 4?

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BIG BROTHER SCREWS YOU UP?

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LOST HER CAREER

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TWO SUICIDE ATTEMPTS

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EVICTION NIGHT TRAUMA

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LAST BIG BROTHER

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SUMMARY• Big Brother has run on British TV since 2000• It has generated vast amounts of money for both Channel 4 (the

broadcaster) and Endemol (who own the format)• It relies on state of the art cameras and hundreds of staff• It has been a talking point for nearly 10 years• At its peak, over a 100,000 people a year auditioned to go on the show• Viewing figures peaked at around 10 million and now have slumped to

around 2m• 2010 sees the end of Big Brother on Channel 4 but there is always a

possibility it could reappear on another channel

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BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT

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PRODUCTION TEAM• 4x Exec Producers• 1x Series Producer• 2x Producers• 8 x P/Ds• 2x A/Ps• 4x Researcher• 1x Production Manager• 1x Production Coordinator• 2x Production Secretary• 10x runners - this changes during different stages of the auditions

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ON LOCATION

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AUDITIONS

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CAMERAS

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SIMON COWELL

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