TUSKER PROJECT FAME

 Saturday 30^th October 2010

This week three Kenyans are on probation .Amelina ,Juve and South c’s finest Steve. The other person on probation is Gabiro from Rwanda.

There is a signature tune each time the programme starts or comes from a break. This is not the same signature tune that they use on the thirty minute shows that run on weekdays.

There was use of close-up shots when the judges are talking i.e. to give their comments about the contestants’ performances. The close up shots enables the viewer to focus on one particular judge and his or her comments. I noticed that the judges’ comments seem to be scripted .A particular judge is given a particular role and they give their comments according to that role.

The two hosts Sheila Mwanyigah and Dr.Mitch as he is commonly referred to, use unidirectional  microphones to commentate the show.

When artists are performing, the camera is being panned from right to left this enables the audience view the whole stage setting that their favourite contestants are performing on.

 The lighting done is good as the stage is well illuminated and the audience is not making the setting appropriate for live performances.

Sheila one of the hosts makes a mistake by calling her co-host Mitch a contestants name. It might be a slip of the tongue but this has been happening quite frequently now.

There is zooming in and out when the contestant is performing, as the viewer I am able to see the whole outfit of the performer, the facial expressions and how they are dancing, making me feel like i am an audience at the Tusker Project fame Academy.

There is very appropriate use of sound effects of Panic, when they are announcing the people going home, that is, being eliminated from the competition.