Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Topical Waffle | Research

Something that Josh showed us as inspiration to our news package is a series - with only two episodes - called Topical Waffle.


This short series is presented on YouTube, and it was formed by the writers of 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'.
When we watched these two videos, the main points we loved about it were:
  • The humour
  • The fast pace
  • The silliness

We all agreed that we wanted our video to have the same pace and the same humour quality, however we would have to make some changes.
Instead of spitting out short news stories here and there, we need to stick to one or two stories. Having a variety of multiple news stories within the video keeps the audience entertained and engaged - we won't be able to share multiple news stories so we will have to make sure we keep our story fairly short.

Some of the gags they have are really funny, like when they turn the audiences attention to the camera man, or the other 'presenters' they have on the show. Also they make fun of celebrities and films and others, which is something we probably won't be able to do, but we will be able to add our own humour to the stories.
Not only do they make jokes, at the same time they talk about the actual news like the president election - this shows us that they want to put across the stories but they want to make it humorous so the audience will stay engaged.


Even though we find some of the small gags funny, we need to make sure we don't copy their style and keep our own original content and ideas very prominent. We want to keep the pace of our video fast and quick, similar to this video, as we think students will be more engaged and interested.

Overall, these videos have influenced us greatly with our own ideas, but we will still keep our own ideas and humour clear.

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