Strictly Come Dancing

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Opening sequence with famous Bruce Forsyth catchphrase.

Titles and the opening sequence. Male voice over introduces the show and asks the audience to welcome the well-known presenters, Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly. Applause greets them coming down the stairs to the middle of the set. Bruce greets the audience using his well known catch phrase. He reports on the media hype following on from the last programme when news reporter John Sergeant had pulled out of the competition - includes newspapers and TV news stories

From: Strictly Come Dancing

First Broadcast : 22 November 2008

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14,14-16

Subject : Media Studies

Topic : Entertainment, Reality genre

Keywords : Light entertainment, Dancing, Intertextuality, Media storm, Hype, Celebs,

Notes : 1) Can analyse the title sequence from different viewpoints - visual imagery used, sound, written language, shots, editing, expectations created in the audience. 2) Do a study on types of celebs chosen for a series like this - analyse their representation. 3) Ask pupils to do a 'treatment' on themselves ; pretend to be a 'celeb'. Choose genre, image, name, clothes and a suitable background. Take photos etc. Use this to create a magazine article . 4) Example here of intertextuality where news providers use the John Sergeant story to increase audience - use of term ' media storm'. Study the ways popular stories are exploited to produce hype. 5) Ask pupils to think of other examples of a media storm and create a front page for a popular newspaper on one of these stories. Include headlines, photos and a suitable article. 6) Plan a DVD on a more recent series of 'Strictly'. Have a look at Strictly Come Dancing. Create a marketing campaign to market the DVD. 7) Ask pupils for original ideas for formats for future celeb. reality TV series. Where is the genre going next? Does it have a future?

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