PROGRAMME CRITIQUE
PROGRAMME: TUSKER PROJECT FAME SEASON FOUR
Introduction
Tusker Project Fame is East Africa’s first ever locally produced reality television show, which seeks to discover raw, untapped musical talent in East Africa that can be groomed to stardom, through a series of regional auditions.
The chosen contestants are then enrolled into the Tusker Academy where they are given expert training in every aspect of the music business - from performance and song writing to behind-the-scenes preparation and a personal advisor. But the power of determining who stays and who goes lies with the public, and their votes. The chief sponsor is East African Breweries Limited.
The contestants competing in tusker project fame season four are:
• Leah A Mwambogela
• Elizabeth Gaga
• Gilbert Gabiro
• Atete Gaëlle
• Aneth Samuel Kushaba
• Peter J Msechu
• Paleki Matthew Obur
• Stephen Nyabwa
• Prudence Kibaya
• Juvenalis Ochieng Amonde
• Amileena Mwenesi
• Davis Hillary Ntare
• Thomas Madooba Kirya
• Rachel Namubiru
• Kuonck Deng
The judges in the competition include:
• Ian Mbugua
• Juliana Kanyomonzi
• Hermes Bariki
The faculty includes:
• Principal, Hellen Mtawali
• Voice Coach, Kavutha Mwanzia-Asiyo
• Edwin Odhiambo of Sarakasi dancers
TPF normally has two main shows which are the main show which is aired on Sundays where the contestants get to sing what they have been practicing throughout the week and those who do not impress the judge are put on probation and the second show is the eviction show which is normally aired every Saturday from 8:00pm to 9:00pm, where those who are put on probation are voted for and those who are not voted for either by the contestants, the public and the faculty are evicted or drawn from the competition. The shows are hosted by Sheila Mwanyigha from Kenya and Mich Egwang from Uganda.
In this critique I will focus on the eviction shows.
Eviction Show 1: 23rd October 2010
In this show those who were put on probation were; Prudence, K- Deng, Gabilo, Gaelle and Juvenalis. The faculty saved Juvenalis, Contestants saved Gabiro and the audience saved Gaelle. Two contestants Prudence and K-Denk were evicted from the academy. It was very emotional but they accepted the defeat.
Eviction Show 2: 30th October 2010
Those in probation were; Ameleena, Juvenalis, Steven, and Gabiro. Juvenalis was evicted from the competition.
Probation Show: 31st October 2010
The contestants focused on singing duet whereby they partnered to sing. The performance at the first instance was not encouraging especially to Judge Ian but when the show was ending the contestants started singing well. Some of the contestants were put on probation.
Eviction Show 3: 6th November 2010
Those in probation were; Atete Gaëlle, Gabiro, Elizabeth Gaga and Leah A Mwambogela. Leah A. Mwambogela was evicted from the show, she was voted out by the contestants.
Eviction Show 4: 13th November 2010
In this show the contestants sang Reggae. The contestants on probation where; Gaga, Anneth, Gabiro, and Gaelle. The Teachers did not save a contestant this time because they said that they did not cooperate in the training. This time two contestants were evicted from the show: Elizabeth Gaga and Anneth.
Probation Show: 14th Noveber2010
African songs were the main focus and the Contestants really entertained the audience especially Steve, Dave and Msechu who really danced to the African tunes. The songs were from different African countries especially Congo. The judges were impressed by most of the contestants
Eviction Show 5: 20th November 2010
This show was marked with songs from Africa and those who in probation were: Gaelle, Amileena, Palek and Gabiro. Gabiro was evicted from the Show since he had the least votes.
Camera Shots Noticed in the shows
First of all there was an establishment shot of the audience and the contestants. They then took a long shot of the Hosts and zoomed in so as to bring the CU of the hosts. The camera man then panned to the left so as to show the Judges as they were being called out by the judges and a CU of each judge were shown.
I also noticed Over the shoulder shot were one could see the contestants in the back stage being asked questions by the hosts, I could see the back of the host as he or she questioned the contestants.
As the contestants went to stage to perform, A Long Shot was taken so that the audience could see what the contestants were putting on and also to emphasize on the stage presence. Medium shots of the Contestants were also seen as they sang.
In conclusion I would say that the shots were well taken the lead room, head room and nose room was well enhanced and the transition was perfect though sometimes the transition was very quick to an extent of not getting good view of the contestants
Camera Movements
A couple of camera movements were evident in the show. The main movement that I noticed was Tracking or Dolly shots whereby a track was laid on set for the camera to follow. The dolly shots were mainly for movement especially when the contestants were performing and moving from one place to the other and also to show the hosts walking to the stage.
Panning was also seen when the camera person wanted to show the audience he or she panned right from the contestant performing to the audience who were cheering the contestant
There was not much of tilting up and down only on a couple of instances when the camera man wanted to show the structure of the stage or when he wanted to emphasize on a certain part of a contestant like the shoes.
The only problem with the camera movements was that some times the camera was shaky but other than that the camera movements told the story.
Camera Angles
High Angle shot was evident were I could see the audience as if I was elevated. This angle was enhanced by the cranes which carried the camera person.
A wide camera angle was also seen as the contestants were called to the stage just before the eviction.They rarely used the narrow angle in the shows. The camera angles were well done.
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