Conventions for "Total Wipeout"

- Within 5 seconds of the introduction there is already been the theme song, an extreme long shot and area of the show. There has also been humour added with a vinyl scratch and a presenter who can't pronounce the name of the city.

- A dramatic sequence is being played to connote action. The instruments used are brass, connoting a focus on an older audience as well.

- And to no surprise is also male as nearly all game shows have male hosts. Here the presenter is seen with his assistants and crew setting up the show making it feel more "real" as there is a quick "sneak peak" of the behind the scenes.

- The presenter also continues to mispronounce the name of the location and eventually does it completely wrong. When he gets it completely wrong he says "yes, thats it," and in the next shot he repeats the incorrect way, adding humour.

- After 24 seconds the contestants are finally seen waving and cheering at the camera is shaking violently to give a personal connection to the audience and connote that this game show is about action.
-The presenter then subtly describes them as "Daredevil nut jobs, " to give the impression that these people are "hardcore". He then completely juxtaposes this by stating some stereotypical "lame" jobs of some of the contestants, to portray them as normal people but also to add humour.

- The intro is over at 47 seconds and after a brief overview on how the show is going to be the presenter says the slogan "let the falling begin," and then all the words appear on screen. This is the first time a new audience will know what the name of the game show is if they haven't had any previous knowledge to it. This connotes that the show is well known as they don't need to establish it before the end of the intro.

- After telling the audience he assumes that they already know what the show is about and the obstacles, he tries to add comedic effect, yet again with ridiculing the Latino culture of the country where the show is being filmed. Further connoting the target audience as young people who can take a joke.
- After a second or two he completely abandons the idea and proceeds to explain whats "on today's show," proving that he picked up the
guitar only for comedic effect.

- He proceeds to explain all the different rounds and hypes it up with negativity which appeals to a younger audience as it connotes informality. This also is an attempt on comedic effect by kind of saying that everyone will fail apart from one man who "will unfail and take home the prize of £100 000".




- It's been nearly two minutes and the first contestant hasn't even been introduced, instead the audience gets a host who continues to ridicule the guitar and starts teasing the audience. He does this by saying he will have 20 seconds before the contestants start to perform a piece on the guitar. Instead he tunes it in a silly manner and is just about to start when the transition plays and the first contestant is seen. While this is all bizarre and quite silly, it's enough to keep the audiences attention before the "real" show starts and it perfectly outlines what sort of game show it is. An action packed obstacle course with comedy.

- The use of CGI connotes a younger target audience as it looks appealing and "cartoony" for them.

- Here we see the glamorous female assistant which helps with "male gaze" in the game show.

- The assistant starts flirting with the male contestant and he flirts back. This connoted informality and would appeal to a younger audience with a a social class of C2DE.

- Replays in slow motion to connote action and increase humour by showing the "fails," again but with more time to see it.








- There is a leaderboard to show the audience where everyone stands so they don't have to remember themselves, making it easier for them to focus on the game show.

- Every contestant has a brief introduction of themselves and some decide to go overboard to establish a "fanbase".

- It also creates a personal interaction with the audience making sure that they keep watching.

- Live interaction with the audience is shown.