programme critique by Tanya.

Hi I'm Tanya and the local show I chose to critique was the Patricia show. It is a local talk show hosted by the former radio personality Patricia Amira and it is aired daily on K.B.C. from 6.OOpm to 7.00pm. The Patricia show mainly discusses real life issues that affects Kenyans and Africans at large and it is targeted to audiences of all ages. It is a current fun and educative show enjoy.

29th january 2010
on this episode Patricias fashion expert correspondent Carol Wahome invades a couple of peoples houses to check their wardrobes. As the show begins the cameras distance is long shot for it focuses on the surroundings and narrows in on Carol. As Carol begins to climb the stairs the next scene we see is when she has arrived at the doorstep this visual editing technique is the matched cut which is used for smooth transitions from one scene to another. As the viewer and Carol speak we see the two-shots camera angle in use and during the 'clothes inspection' there is some background music that accompanies the actions taking place.

5th march 2010

Blind dates were the subject matter in this episode as an employee of the Patricia show acts as if she has no ettiqutte and goes to meet an unsuspecting date. The cameras were hidden and Mary who was the actress had an idea of what was going on and she wa to meet David. The camera distance are medium shots where Mary and David occupy equal areas in the frame.When Mary starts to show her true colors like speaking with food in her mouth the camera makes a close-up on David showing his facial expression of disgust. The camera zoomed out when Mary was speaking to David so as to show who she was adressing.The sound used was probably studio sound so as to eliminate the background noise.The visual editing technique applied was the reaction shot showing Davids reaction to some of the statements Mary made.

12th march 2010

Teenagers facing different challenges were on the show and they were discussing what issues affect them most while growing up. The camera angle in use was the point of view shot because the camera was pointed to the teenagers who were seated on the couch.There was also the crab technique where the camera moved from right to left that is from Patricia who was interviewing to the teenagers who answered her questions.The visual editing techniques used were split screen where the screen is split into parts showing the viewers several images at once.This was mainly applied when a clip of the teenagers in school was being shown to the viewers where they would give their opinions to some teenage issues this is called vox-pop.

19th march 2010

Patricia finds out how well known couples know one another by asking them questions about tastes preferences and memories. The camera angles used were close-ups on the couples as one spouse talks about their partner, the close-ups are to show the emotions of the couples highlighting how fond they are of each other.

26th march 2010

The less priviledged in the society have no one to turn with the exception of the few individuals who had been featured in todays episode. the episodes begins by showing the homeless and destitute people in society and the camera angle used is the close-ups so as to highlight their helpless state. They also zoom out to show the poverty surrounding them and the background music sounds sorrowful and it imediately captures the sympathy of the viewers.