08-1499(TPF4)

CRITIQUE OF TPF4

AFRICAN NIGHT- NOVEMBER 14, 2010.

TIME: 7:30- 9:00 P.M.

Marked with spectacular and colorful pictures, TPF4’s African night happened on the 14^th of November 2012. The show started off well with all contestants and presenters dressed in colorful African regalia. All were well positioned with the audience impatiently waiting for the days pimped up performances, having in mind that only three weeks are left for the tpf4 to name its winner. The show began with a video of a song titled ‘winner’ which was done by all the fourteen contestants, followed by a preview of the week’s happenings. The first performances were from Tanzanian Musechu and talented Rachel. According to the judges, Musechu was below per and Rachel was spectacular. After the first commercial break Gabiro and Gaele treated the crowd with a taste of Kenyan and Ghanaian songs. Hte third group was the contestant fro southern Sudan Paleki and Steve from Kenya. Paleki was rated five out of ten while Steve’s performance was a nine out of ten. These performances were followed by a news headlines break. The last performances were from Amelina and Davis. . the highlight of the show was the collaboration between three male contestants Musechu, Davis and Steve, who seem to have it all together and are supporting each other to see it to the end.

COORDINATION

The two presenters Mitch and Sheila had a hitch in collaborating. Where Mitch briefly interrupted Sheila not knowing she was still talking. However, the contestants and the audience had a good coordination.

SOUND

The sound had its own hitches in the beginning when Sheila was knocking her microphone to check whether it was on. The other microphones were clear. Sound effects were also well executed and the audio blended well with the pictures.

LIGHTING

Lighting was more elaborated with different jells used to portray different moods, according to the meaning of the songs performed. No shadows were seen illustrating good execution of the three point lighting.

CAMERAS

This show portrayed more camera movements as the contestants were learning to face the different cameras as they performed. However the cameras kept changing from one to another and sometimes came out as confusion. For example when Musechu was singing, he was facing a camera below him, then the view was switched to his back then immediately switched back to the previous one. In general the coordination was poor during the first performances. Major camera angles included, wide shots, over the shoulder, close ups and extreme close ups.