Thursday 9 February 2017

Keith Lemon

Keith Lemon

He is usually seen as his alter-ego Keith Lemon who is known for being rather brash and a wannabe womanizer. But in real life, Leigh Francis is in fact a family man. Leigh Francis is an English stand-up comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and voice artist. His major television breakthrough occurred when Channel 4 offered him a £250,000 deal to produce a series called Bo' Selecta! and this was where his television character started to form.





Leigh Francis (Keith Lemon) has appeared in many TV shows, below is a list of shows he's made an appearance in:

2000-02: Whatever i want
2002-06: Bo' Selecta!
2011: This Morning 
2011: Sing If You Can 
2012Mad Mad World

Tuesday 7 February 2017

Codes and conventions of a comedy panel show

Codes and Conventions of a comedy panel show

  • upbeat music, fast pace and loud soundtrack
  • contestants are sat around a panel which can easily be seen to represent two teams
  • current affairs montage title sequence, sometimes animated 
  • can hear audience clapping and cheering before you see them
  • set is backlit
  • camera zooms over audience to host, and then pans or cuts to contestants as they are introduced 
  • there are many cameras filming, that show many different angles
  • normally 30 minutes long, sometimes an hour
  • often after the watershed time because of the crude language
  • recognizable host
  • often have captains on the team and they are there every episode
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A league of their own
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