Graham Norton chat show misen scene

Visual Codes

• Set/location of the production: The location that this show is shot in is in a studio. The studio in this show is quite small and what they have to do in that case is they have to have all the guests on the show sat on a sofa. They are usually able to fit as many as about 6 guests on the show including actors, singers, comedians, sports people etc. The colors here are very bright and vibrant because its trying to get the audiences to feel like they are in a great, awe inspiring and entertaining place.  

  

• Colour pallette and tone used within the show: The tone of this show is very light hearted and very colorful. The presenter of the show, who is Graham Norton, is a comedian and so he shares a very funny sense of humor on his shows and so do his guests. The color in the back ground of the studio reflects this as it is very bright orange with a little bit of red.

   

• Hair and make-up: Usually, the hair is in some way smart, Formal, not always. But it really depends on the celebrity's choice because this is more of a reflection of what they are like in person and not in front of a movie camera or singing on stage.  

• Clothes: The clothes worn are usually smart dress like jackets, ties, dresses. But sometimes it goes to more casual things like hats and sunglasses which is again depending on the character of the celebrity. The reason for this is to make the audiences feel as if they are in a special place.  

• Presenters performance: Graham Norton's performance here is very charismatic, funny, jokey, chatty and light hearted which reflects what the show is about.

• Camera:  
• Shot types: The shots here are usually wide or medium close up because the conversation goes back and fourth between the presenter and the guests.
• Positioning: They have all the guests on one sofa and Graham Norton is sat by his computer. The reason they have it this way is because they want the audiences to feel just as involved with what one of the guests is talking as the other guests in the show. You can feel involved with it because the other guests will also be looking at the guest that is talking and will most likely be laughing along with them as well.
• Movement: There really isn't that much movement going on here because they want the audience to feel relaxed and a lot of movement wouldn't do that necessarily.
• Framing: Usually the frame would have all the guests in the one shot or it would have one guest's face in the shot as they are being interviewed. They sometimes have 2 guests in frame or they might have both the guests and Graham Norton in frame too.  
• Depth of field: Everything is in focus to make everything feel more clear to the audience.  
• Editing: Its edited very smoothly because they want to keep the conversation nice and consistent so the audience is kept entertained.   
• Pace: The length of the show is usually around 45 mins long and the genre of the show is a comedy chat show so it moves at a reasonably fast pace. 
• Transitions
• Continuity/editing matches (Eyeline matches?) 
• Shot duration: The shots here usually last around 5-10 seconds depending on the shot and what is going on in the shot.