NAME ROLE VERBAL TECHNIQUES VISUAL TECHNIQUES CONTEXT

Keith Lemon Chat/Game comedy show host.
Ellen DeGeneres Chat show host, comedian.
Graham Norton Chat show host, comedian.
Oprah Chat show host, comedian,
motivational speaker.
Keith has a strong Yorkshire accent.
He is a very joyful and high spirit /
energy individual who brings out the
best in his guests. His comedy style
is fast and jumpy. His comedy relies
heavily on sexual innuendos, and
he uses a lot of inappropriate
language, and swear words.
Ellen has a strong American accent.
She is very joyful but has a calm
energy. Her comedy style changes
based entirely on the celebrity in
front of her. If there is a ‘serious’
celebrity in front of her, the
questions are normally more
sensible, where as if a pop star is in
front of her, the questions may be a
bit more extreme and fun. She does
not use swear words, but few
innuendos for an older audience to
understand.
Graham has a ‘posh’ Cork accent.
He is very joyful and high energy,
which reflects onto his guests. His
comedy style is bouncing off what
his guests give him. He uses a few
sexual innuendos and swear words,
but his comedy is mainly in sitting
back and watching his guests be
funny and just making comments.
Oprah has a soft American accent.
She has different sides though, a
very joyful, high energy side for her
audience to see, in which she
dances and sings with them, and
gives away gifts…but then a calm,
soft side she has with celebrities to
make them comfortable, get the
best answers out of them, more
Keith has a bright ginger beard and
hair. He wears funky hats and
focuses his clothing style on bright
colours and obnoxious patterns. He
is accessorised with many sexual
themed rings and necklaces, which
matches alongside his comedy
style.
Ellen has short pixie cut blonde hair.
She wears mostly suits, or trouser
and suit combos. She wears duller
colours which compliments her
excited energy when not
interviewing guests, as she does
many game show moments, where
she is jumping around the sound
stage, and dancing with audience
members.
Graham has grey hair and a grey
beard. He is well groomed and
wears suits. He normally wears a
completely dark coloured outfit but
an exception of one item, each
week it’s different, whether it’s his
shirt being pink, jacket being red, or
shoes being bright blue!
Oprah has black hair. She wears
very formal outfits including suits or
jacket pantsuits. The colour of her
outfits depends entirely on what the
episode is about. If the episode is
fun and light hearted, she will most
often wear purple…but if a celebrity
guest is on, she will normally wear
dark colours.
The context of his most popular
show which is ‘Celebrity Juice’ is
that two teams filled with celebrities
are competing against each other,
with Keith giving them each tasks,
based on each celebrities’ talents or
just a task poking fun at what
they’ve been in the press for
recently. The target audience for his
show is young adult to adult due to
the sexual content and strong
language.
The context of her most popular
show which is ‘The Ellen
DeGeneres Show’ is a set
containing two white chairs, and a
wooden table, with an animated
screen behind. The set is simplistic.
A guest will sit on the left seat, while
Ellen on the right and the pictures or
videos relating to what they are
talking about, appear on the screen
behind. The target audience is
mostly adults.
The context of his most popular
show which is ‘The Graham Norton
Show’ is a red sofa, which 3-5
celebrities sit on at one time, and
Graham on a chair opposite. The
celebrities are close to each other
(literally) therefore are forced to
have conversations with each other.
From this, Norton involves himself.
The target audience is young adults
and adults.
The context of her most popular
show ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is
two seats, Oprah in one and the
guest in the other. Oprah asks
personal questions and normally
guests become vulnerable, cry and
tell some secrets. If a celebrity
wants to say something important,
they will normally come on the
often than not making them feel Oprah show to talk about it. The
comfortable to be vulnerable. target audience is adults.