Studio News Production: Research 1

After speaking to Helen, I started to look into programmes that were similar to what I wanted to create.

Fear Factor

Each person has to pick two doughnuts from the tray, however they could have anything inside them. The person has to eat both of them as well as drinking a pint glass of curdled milk.

For this particular challenge the person got rotten squid in squid ink.

The person was given an amount of time to eat and drink everything, however she didn’t finish eating and was eliminated from going further into the show.

I used to watch this show ages ago. It was an American stunt/reality game show, filled with challenges people had to do. The prize for this show was usually $50,000.

This show is similar to my idea, as people have to go through different challenges through three levels, however my challenges would somehow involve a box.

The Cube

Celebrity special with gold medallists such as, Mo Farah. Mo is on the last level and if he wins this challenge, he will then win £250, 000 for a chosen charity.

In this particular challenge he has seven lives/attempts and has to go across some obstacles, while blind folded.

If he can cross the cube without knocking down a stick, he then wins the prize.

There is no time limit and in some parts there is slow motion especially when he was crossing over the sticks (To create tension, to see whether he was going to knock them over or not).

Similar to other shows there is a challenge Mo has to do in order to pass to the next level, however this time there are life limits and no time limits.

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

This episode is from 2012 season.

The celebrities had to get into a box and move 10 metal parts from one side of the box to the other. The metal parts had to land in a cylinder and they had to use magnets to move them.

After a certain amount of time bugs were released in the box with them. Whenever someone would complete the challenge the other who were still in the box would get electrocuted.

This show yet again is very similar to my idea, especially because it actually involves a box in the challenge.

This particular challenge has given me some ideas on what the type of challenges will be on each level, for example a puzzle challenge where you have to put a ball within a maze and get it through to the other side.

Overall I feel that I have looked into a good amount of shows to get ideas for my show and to see what is entertaining at the moment.