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Big Brother – Opening Titles (series 3)View the clip – DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING

DOWN!Now write down everything that you saw in

the title sequences. There were TWENTY different things you could have mentioned about the opening sequence.

NOW WATCH THE OPENING SEQUENCES SLOWED DOWN.

Did you get them all? An eye CCTV cameras A spotlight CU of a camera lens A corridor Sky with birds The toilet Another eye Another eye Control room Ariel view of the bedroom Chickens on a monitor Number countdown Robotic camera Tiny numbers Contestant ‘FOUR PEOPLE, ONE WINNER, YOU

DECIDE’

QuestionsWhat do the images from the title sequence

suggest about the show?What do you notice about the way the images

have been edited together?How does the soundtrack relate to the

images?How does the sequence draw the viewer in to

participate in the show?

Who is Big Brother?Big Brother has been a prime time hit in 70

different countries. The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel called ‘1984’ in which Big Brother is the all-seeing eye.

Big Brother is part of a large family as you will see on the next slide.

TELEFONICA

(Spanish Media Giant)

ENDEMOL (Europes

leading TV company)

ENDEMOL ENTERTAINMENT UK (one of the UK’s largest

TV production companies

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Big Brother FactsBB gained the highest ratings in its time slot

throughout Channel 4’s 25 year history.The BB website gets 10 million hits a day.The finale show attracts nearly 9 million viewers.Over 7 million people vote in the final week. Only

3 million people vote in the political elections.100,000 people pre-ordered the BB CD.The merchandise that you can buy include a

board game, jigsaw, CD album, DVD, book, bag, ring tones, calendars and posters.

EndemolThese facts show how Endemol and its approach

to promoting BB enabled it to become so successful in the UK. These facts do not show what people liked about it, it just shows that it was successful.

Why do you think Big Brother is such a massive and popular show??

List as many pros and cons as you can about the Big Brother format.