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So there has been something that has been bothering me since Nine revived Big Brother. There is a list of heaps of things but three of my biggest gripes are the Eviction Stage, the Theme Song and the Opening titles.
There was an article posted on BBBA at the end of last years season on tips for a better Big Brother and I pretty much agree with all of them. The Eviction stages we have had for the past two years have been very minimal and the fact that the auditoriums seating space has been reduced and ENCLOSED (Which I totally disagree with) has really put a dampener on the evictions vibe and feel compared to how it use to be.
Having the grass seating open gives the impression on TV that its a massive event and it looks crazy on TV - great vibe and feel with the use of effective and creative lighting.
Below is an image which I have put together that shows all of the "impressive" (in my opinion) eviction stages/sets that we have had in the past. Comparing them to the recent ones... well they just look down right nasty and cheap.
Now I know the reason they probably blacked out the auditorium and enclosed it was probably due to the big and oversized projection screen that they had on-stage, I get it. In doing that though they killed the vibe of the audience in there and the use of it was minimal or the images we sized incorrectly and it looked amateur. I feel like the last two years they have gone for gimmicky kind of things for the stage that end up just looking stupid or just seem like a waste of money.
Look how simple yet bloody effective the 2005 stage is. All that it is made of is metal trellis and a bunch of different sized TV's essentially. That set lasted 3 years with modifications to it and each year it looked great. Look at how it and the full set-up of the auditorium was utilised in 2007's launch opener, its amazing:
(apologies for the bad quality, couldn't find a better copy online)
Now I know people at BB HQ will say "But we will be on air during Daylight savings and we don't want to have light showing in the auditorium, so it needs to be enclosed."
Well my answer to that is if you light it correctly and you don't have projections as part of your set, you can have it open. You think me sitting at home when its light outside at 7:30pm is going to make me question why is it light at Dreamworld? Of course not. You work with your elements and it'd be mostly dark by 8:00pm anyway, so it shouldn't really affect anything.
In saying that with the massive crowd look, the Jib (crane) shots flying around crazily back then were awesome and the lighting was always great. The best example of this is the BB06 finale, THIS is what the current season of BBAU should be aiming to do every night in its lighting, set-up, cameras and use of stage (minus the smoke and the fact that well... its a finale
) :
They really should just go crazy with the lighting and Jib, get it flying around again, allow people to come in with signs its a big part of the BB fun and atmosphere. When you compare the openings of the eviction shows when the show aired on Ten the atmosphere compared to the opening of the shows on Nine are worlds a part. Nine seems so scripted and stilted. Sonia is great, they need to get it all geared up and exciting again. A weak beating theme song and lack of effective lighting makes it.... almost sterile. Which leads me into..
Finally the theme song. Well, look we can say they have tried but not hard enough. When you compare what we got last year:
Then you get the genius and talent of someone like Marqusite who is not even employed in this field and he can pump out a theme that doesn't sound like a fairy prancing across the speakers. It has bass, it has grunt and it has a BB feeling, and hes made it using that 2013 theme and added all the other notes and beats in HIMSELF originally. (It also includes a proper closing theme and credits)
Alex Mavroidakis take bloody note buddy:
It astounds me that fans of the show can create theme songs, floorplans, set designs and they are BETTER than the people who are employed to make the show.
I could continue and say the opening titles were better last year yet still doesn't beat any ANY of the previous ones when it was on Ten, but hey they have a lot more problems to work on. Maybe they will surprise us? One can live in never-ending hope.
Rant Over
There was an article posted on BBBA at the end of last years season on tips for a better Big Brother and I pretty much agree with all of them. The Eviction stages we have had for the past two years have been very minimal and the fact that the auditoriums seating space has been reduced and ENCLOSED (Which I totally disagree with) has really put a dampener on the evictions vibe and feel compared to how it use to be.
Having the grass seating open gives the impression on TV that its a massive event and it looks crazy on TV - great vibe and feel with the use of effective and creative lighting.
Below is an image which I have put together that shows all of the "impressive" (in my opinion) eviction stages/sets that we have had in the past. Comparing them to the recent ones... well they just look down right nasty and cheap.
Now I know the reason they probably blacked out the auditorium and enclosed it was probably due to the big and oversized projection screen that they had on-stage, I get it. In doing that though they killed the vibe of the audience in there and the use of it was minimal or the images we sized incorrectly and it looked amateur. I feel like the last two years they have gone for gimmicky kind of things for the stage that end up just looking stupid or just seem like a waste of money.
Look how simple yet bloody effective the 2005 stage is. All that it is made of is metal trellis and a bunch of different sized TV's essentially. That set lasted 3 years with modifications to it and each year it looked great. Look at how it and the full set-up of the auditorium was utilised in 2007's launch opener, its amazing:
(apologies for the bad quality, couldn't find a better copy online)
Well my answer to that is if you light it correctly and you don't have projections as part of your set, you can have it open. You think me sitting at home when its light outside at 7:30pm is going to make me question why is it light at Dreamworld? Of course not. You work with your elements and it'd be mostly dark by 8:00pm anyway, so it shouldn't really affect anything.
In saying that with the massive crowd look, the Jib (crane) shots flying around crazily back then were awesome and the lighting was always great. The best example of this is the BB06 finale, THIS is what the current season of BBAU should be aiming to do every night in its lighting, set-up, cameras and use of stage (minus the smoke and the fact that well... its a finale
) :They really should just go crazy with the lighting and Jib, get it flying around again, allow people to come in with signs its a big part of the BB fun and atmosphere. When you compare the openings of the eviction shows when the show aired on Ten the atmosphere compared to the opening of the shows on Nine are worlds a part. Nine seems so scripted and stilted. Sonia is great, they need to get it all geared up and exciting again. A weak beating theme song and lack of effective lighting makes it.... almost sterile. Which leads me into..
Finally the theme song. Well, look we can say they have tried but not hard enough. When you compare what we got last year:
Then you get the genius and talent of someone like Marqusite who is not even employed in this field and he can pump out a theme that doesn't sound like a fairy prancing across the speakers. It has bass, it has grunt and it has a BB feeling, and hes made it using that 2013 theme and added all the other notes and beats in HIMSELF originally. (It also includes a proper closing theme and credits)
Alex Mavroidakis take bloody note buddy:
It astounds me that fans of the show can create theme songs, floorplans, set designs and they are BETTER than the people who are employed to make the show.
I could continue and say the opening titles were better last year yet still doesn't beat any ANY of the previous ones when it was on Ten, but hey they have a lot more problems to work on. Maybe they will surprise us? One can live in never-ending hope.
Rant Over
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