Whilst preparing to present my segment of the Ufilms Oscars rundown I looked at a number of different presenters and styles. I thought about everything from how they speak to how they dress and asked myself if this is how I wanted my acting style to be.
Due to the fact that I was going to present my section in a pair I first looked at the very famous presenting duo Ant and Dec. I looked at there presenting on a number of different TV shows including I'm a Celebrity, Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain's Got Talent. Over All of these programmes there presenting remained very similar and I noticed that they often used a mixture of formal and informal presenting styles which I thought kept things interesting and most importantly entertaining. There colloquial language kept everything very up beat and provided a great comedy aspect. This was something that I definitely wanted to include in my own presenting.
There choice of clothing differed on each show. On Saturday Night Takeaway they were more formal wearing suits, however with BGT and I'm a Celebrity they appeared in much more casual clothing often just wearing a shirt and Jeans. I thought that this would be more suitable for our presenting as we wanted the rundown to be a very casual and natural series so a full suit would not have really made much sense.
Body language and facial expression is another thing that Ant and Dec use particularly well, especially during I'm a celebrity. When they find something funny they are not afraid to laugh and make jokes about situations. This again provides a natural feel to the presenting and means that there style never gets boring as it always differs in each situation.
Another presenter that I looked at for inspiration was Philip Schofield on the morning TV show This Morning. Compared to Ant and Dec he is a much more formal presenter that uses a lot of facts, statistics and quotes whilst conducting his interviews. He is very well spoken but also is very natural and fluent in his presenting which is something that I definitely wish to harness. As well as using facts and statistics he also voices his own opinions during interviews and topics of conversation, which is something that I wanted to do during my own presenting as I think that it provides the audience with a bit personality and shows that the presenters do have their own point of view. the pace of his sentences are quite slow but not unnaturally slow so that he is clear with his delivery.
His clothing is usually smart casual often wearing a nice shirt with jeans/trousers. This is perfect for the target audience of the show and the time that it is broadcast. I think his style of clothing would also work very well with the format of our show.
Philip often uses a lot of facial expression during interviews to expression his emotions, during topics that he finds bizarre he often looks very confused and baffled by the whole situation and during topics of emotion he looks much more sad sometimes even tearing up. During these situations the way he speaks also changes quite a lot if he is confused he will often change the pitch of his voice to be higher and slightly louder, whereas in more sensitive situations he will become very softly spoken and slightly quieter to convey an understanding of the situation. Although these techniques are not possible to use during our segments they are most definitely very professional and useful techniques to keep in mind for the future.
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