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Last week, I was invited to be a guest on ABC's 20/20 to comment on a YouTube video depicting high schoolers expressing their dissatisfaction with the newest school lunch regulations. While it captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers, the fact remains that although some students complain of going "hungry," boxes of food get tossed every day from school cafeterias across the country. Is it really that these kids are hungry or are they not used to foods that are healthy?
The background: The new regulations released in August, which were championed by First Lady Michelle Obama as part of her "Let's Move" campaign to fight childhood obesity, trimmed down the carbs and gave them a little color by emphasizing whole grains instead of white flour. Fruits and veggies were placed in a leading role supported by a cast of protein foods like chicken, lean meat, cheese, and so on. The calories of school lunch meals have not changed appreciably, with previous guidelines for children in grades 7 through 12 weighing in at 825 calories and the newest regs ranging from 750 to 850 calories for the same age group. What has changed significantly, however, is what's being served.
As hard as it might be to believe, one in three American children is overweight or obese and at risk for diabetes, meaning that so many children are overfed, yet undernourished. Previous school meal standards were developed 15 years ago and didn't meet nutritional guidelines recently established by independent health and nutrition experts. Under the watch of the Institute of Medicine and passed in December, 2010, by a bi-partisan majority in Congress, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, was enacted to provide nutritious meals to all children across America.
The Gripe: Not everyone is happy about these healthy school-lunch makeovers, as evidenced by the YouTube video. Some hungry students and teachers are claiming that they aren't being served the calories they need—and that to compensate, they're resorting to junk food to fill up. (Ironically, that's a recipe for hunger: Unlike nutritious food, junk is only temporarily satisfying.) Adding more calories doesn't mean adding more nutritional value. For some, overeating could lead to feeling listless and weak.
There are, however, kids who need more food than is being served, particularly those who participate in sports and after-school programs. For these kids, schools can structure after-school snack and supper programs. Individual students and/or sports teams can also supplement with healthy snacks brought from home. Schools also have the option to give students who need additional calories seconds of low-fat milk, fruit, and vegetables, but those are not the foods kids are requesting. Instead, they are seeking the preferred choices served in the past, which may have less to do with calories than familiarity.
The Problem: When you really weigh the difference between the calories of the old school lunch tray and the new, the bigger problem may be about giving kids the food they like, even though some of those foods, especially those that are fried and laden with unhealthy ingredients, may not like them back. Herein lies the disconnect: Our children need help in getting to a healthier place, and although science has paved the way, that doesn't mean it's easy to make sense of the science—especially when it comes to serving kids the foods they not only need, but they actually like.
And perhaps the problem goes way beyond school walls. Although the cafeteria can be a classroom through the introduction of healthier options, parents need to step up to the plate at home, too. The most important part a parent can play is that of role model. Setting up a salad bar at home and adding veggies to pizza are just some of the ways parents can bring home a healthier message.
The compromise: School lunch provides approximately one-third of the calories an average child needs for the day, but children who are active and fast-growing may require more than others. Although kids should have an adequate number of calories to support health and growth, it's important to focus on the right types of calories, not just the number of calories required. In other words, we need to look at quality and quantity. It's also unrealistic and perhaps unhealthy for kids to attempt to meet the demands of their school day, both physically and intellectually, all in one meal. Eating a balanced breakfast and including energizing snacks is key in maintaining energy levels.
Parents may need to send the right snacks with their children instead of sugary treats, which could zap their energy instead of providing it. The best snacks are composed of a combo of carbohydrate (preferably whole-grain varieties) and protein and/or fat, like cheese and whole-grain crackers, or almond butter and whole-grain bread. Even some of the energy bars on the market plus a beverage could be a great snack, but here, you have to read labels carefully to be sure that you're getting a product that's well-balanced and not full of sugar.
This is a perfect time for the government, schools, parents, and communities to join together to help healthy and tasty coexist on a child's plate. For more information on how you can help make this happen, visit www.letsmove.gov to see how family, food, and fitness come together to us raise happier and healthier children.
Hungry for more? Write to eatandrun@usnews.com with your questions, concerns, and feedback.
Bonnie Taub-Dix, MA, RD, CDN, has been owner of BTD Nutrition Consultants, LLC, for more than three decades and she is the author of Read It Before You Eat It. As a renowned motivational speaker, author, media personality, and award-winning dietitian, Taub-Dix has found a way to communicate how to make sense of science. Her website is BetterThanDieting.com.

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ways to live longer

1. Drink more water. Most of us actually don’t drink enough water every day. Water is essential for our body to function – Do you know over 60% of our body is made up of water? Water is needed to carry out our body functions, remove waste and carry nutrients and oxygen around our body. Since we lose water every day through urine, bowel movements, perspiration and breathing, we need to replenish our water intake.
   
   
   Furthermore, drinking more water alone actually aids in losing weight. A Health.com study carried out among overweight/obese people showed that water drinkers lose 4.5 more pounds than a control group. The researchers believe that it’s because drinking more water helps fill your stomach, making you less hungry and less likely to overeat. I agree with that, and I have an added take that your body tries to retain whatever water you take when you don’t take in enough water, leading to increase in weight. Whereas when you regularly drink water, your body knows that it’s going to get its supply of fluids, so it doesn’t try to retain more water.
   The amount of water we need is dependent on various factors such as the humidity, our physical activity, and your weight, but generally we need 2.7-3.7 litres of water intake! Since food intake contributes about 20% of our fluid intake, that means we need to drink about 2.0-3.0 litres of water, or about 8-10 glasses (now you know how the 8 glasses recommendation came about!). One way to tell if you’re hydrated – your urine should be colorless or slightly yellow. If it’s not, you’re not getting enough water! Other signs include: Dry lips, dry mouth and little urination. Go get some water first before you continue this article!
2. Get enough sleep. When you don’t rest well, you compensate by eating more. Usually it’s junk food. Get enough rest and you don’t need to snack to stay awake. Also, lack of sleep causes premature aging, and you wouldn’t want that.
3. Meditate. Meditation quietens your mind and calms your soul. If you don’t know how to meditate, don’t worry – learn how to meditate in 5 simple steps.
   
4. Exercise. Not just a few times a week, but every day. Movement is life. Research has shown that exercising daily brings tremendous benefits to our health, including increase of life span, lowering of risk of diseases, higher bone density and weight loss. Increase activity in your life. Choose walking over transport for close distances. Climb the stairs instead of taking the lift. Join some aerobics classes. Take up a sport of your liking (see tip #5)
5. Pick exercises you enjoy. When you enjoy the sports, you’ll naturally want to do them. Exercise isn’t about suffering and pushing yourself; it’s about being healthy and having fun at the same time. Adding variation in your exercises will keep them interesting.
6. Work out different parts of your body. Don’t just do cardio exercises (such as jogging). Give your full body a proper work out. The easiest way is to engage in sports, since they work out different muscle groups. Popular sports include basketball, football, swimming, tennis, squash, badminton, frisbee, and more.
7. Eat more fruits. Fruits are a plethora of vitamins and minerals. Do you know that oranges offer more health benefits than Vitamin C pills? Taking in synthetic supplements are not the same as consuming the foods direct from nature. Fill your palate with these 10 most nutritious fruits: Watermelon, Apricots, Avocado, Apple, Cantaloupe, Grapefruit, Kiwi, Guava, Papaya, Strawberries.
   
8. Eat more vegetables. Like fruits, vegetables are important for the well being of our health. Experts suggest that we should have 5-9 servings of fruits/vegetables, and unfortunately most people don’t even have at least 5 servings! Some of my favorite vegetables include: Kidney beans, black beans, asparagus, long beans, french beans, sprouts, button mushrooms and carrots. What are your favorite vegetables and how can you include more of them in your diet today?
9. Pick bright colored foods. Fruits and vegetables with bright colors are usually high in anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants are good for health because they remove free radicals in our body that damage our cells. So get your fill of fruits/vegetables of different colors: White (Bananas, Mushroom), Yellow (Pineapples, Mango), Orange (Orange, Papaya), Red (Apple, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Watermelon), Green (Guava, Avocados, Cucumber, Lettuce, Celery), Purple/Blue (Blackberries, Eggplant, Prunes). Here’s a full list under the color wheel.
10. Cut down on processed food. Processed foods are not good because (1) most nutritional value is lost (2) the preservatives added are bad for our health. Many processed foods contain a high amount of salt content, which leads to higher blood pressure and heart disease. Processed foods are anything that are not in their raw form. In general, most of the food in supermarket are processed – the more the ingredients on the label (especially the ones ending with ‘ite’ or ‘ate’), the more processed they are. Watch out for those with salt/sugar as the first 5 ingredients and go for natural foods as much as possible.
11. Love yourself. How much do you love yourself on a scale of 1-10? Why? How can you love yourself more starting today? Day 16 of Be a Better Me in 30 Days Programis about learning to appreciate yourself and identifying the great things about yourself.
    
12. Barefoot walking/running. There have been many proven positive benefits of barefoot walking/running, from better posture, less stress for your feet, less stress for your joints, etc . I’ve been running barefoot since May ’10, and loving it. Read more: 10 Reasons To Run Barefoot
13. Purge negative people from your life. Positive mental healthy is an important part of a healthy life. You don’t need toxic people in your life. If you feel that a friend is overly critical or negative, then let him/her go.
14. Purge negativity from yourself. You don’t need negativity from yourself either. Listen in on the thoughts that come up in your mind and get rid of the negative thoughts you hear. A lot of eating happens because one feels unhappy, so by staying in a positive, up state by yourself, you cut out that unhealthy dependence on food to be happy.
15. Journal out unhappy thoughts. One great way to purge negativity from within is to do brain dumping exercises whenever you feel frustrated. This is something I do with my 1-1 clients as well, where I ask them to journal out their deepest thoughts so we can address them. Don’t keep these thoughts pent up inside of you – it’s not healthy.
16. Avoid trigger foods. Trigger foods are the foods that make you go berserk and binge like crazy after you eat them. Everyone’s trigger foods are different (mine are donuts, pastries, pasta and chips), but generally trigger foods are candy bars, chocolate, confectionery, chips, cookies, or anything with high level of refined sugar, salt, fat or flour. These foods cause a blood sugar imbalance, hence triggering one to eat more. What are your trigger foods? Identify them and remove them from your diet.
17. Breathe. Deeply. Oxygen is a vital source of life. You may know how to breathe, but are you breathing properly? Most of us don’t breathe properly – we take only shallow breathes and breathe to 1/3 of our lung capacity. Athletes are coached proper breathing techniques to get their best performance. A full breathis one where your lungs are completely filled, your abdomen expands and there’s minimum movement in your shoulders.
    
    
    
18. Address emotional eating issues. Emotional eating is eating to fill an emotion, rather than real hunger. Do you eat when you feel stressed out, down or frustrated? Do you reach out for food when you hit a block at work? Chances are, you’re emotional eating. However, emotional eating will never make you feel happy, because you’re trying to fill a void that has nothing to do with food. Food doesn’t give you love or happiness; it’s just food. Why do you reach out for food when you’re down? How can you address it? Get to the root of the issue and address it. Read: How To Stop Emotional Eating (6-part series)
19. Eat small meals. Choose several small meals over a few big meals a day. This balances out your energy distribution throughout the day. In general, eat when you feel hungry, and stop when you’re full (see tip #20). You don’t need to wait until official meal times before you start eating. Listen to your body and what it tells you.
20. Stop eating when you feel full. Many of us rely on external cues to tell when we’re full, such as whether everyone has finished eating, whether your plate was empty or not. These are irrelevant – you should look at internal cues, such as whether your stomach feels full or not. Don’t feel obligated to eat just because there’s still food at the plate. Personally I like to stop when I feel about 3/4 full – if I eat till I’m totally full, I feel uncomfortable as my digestive system goes into overdrive. Use your gut as your indicator (literally).
21. Go for brown carbs vs. white carbs. White carbsare refined grains like white rice, pasta, white bread, crackers, noodles, tortillas, wraps, anything with white flour and breading. The nutrients have been removed in the production process, leaving them rich in calories but low in nutrients. They also cause unhealthy spikes in our sugar levels. Go for brown carbs (unrefined complex carbs) instead, like brown rice, whole grain, oats, oatmeal, legumes, nuts. These come with nutrients and vitamins intact.
    
22. Live a life with purpose. Positive health starts from within! Are you living a life of meaning? Are you living in line with your purpose? After I started living in line with my purpose 2 years ago, I’ve never ever been happier. And you can experience that too. Read: Discover Your Purpose in Life (series)
23. Say no to oily food. Reduce your intake of fast food, fries, doughnuts, chips, wedges, and foods that have been deep fried. Not only are they very fattening (1 tablespoon of oil is 120 calories), deep fried food contains acrylamide, a potential cancer-causing chemical. According to a BBC report, an ordinary bag of crisps may contain up to 500 times more of the substance than the top level allowed in drinking water by the World Health Organisation (WHO). I personally find that when I consume oily foods, I feel sluggish. There are better alternatives, such as grilled, steamed, stir-fried or even raw food (see tip #41).
24. Cut out sugary foods. These are your candy bars, your pastries, chocolate, cookies, cakes and jelly donuts. Not only do they not fill you, they trigger you to eat more due to the sugar rush they cause (see tip #16). Go for healthy snacks instead (see tip #36) - you’ll be more satisfied and happy.
25. Go organic. Organic foods are foods produced without “synthetic inputs such as pesticides and chemical fertilizers, do not contain genetically modified organisms, and are not processed using irradiation, industrial solvents, or chemical food additives”. (Wiki) The organic movement is slowly catching on, with more supermarkets, especially in US, offering organic options. Organic food tends to cost more, but hey – would you rather save some money and feed your body with pesticides or pay a few extra dollars for a cleaner, healthier body?
26. Improve your posture. Good posture improves your breathing (see tip #18) and makes you look more smarter and more attractive. Read more: Benefits Of Having A Good Posture (And 13 Tips To Get One)
27. Cut out soda and caffeine. Drinks with caffeine are diuretics – meaning they speed up the rate of urine production. Hence, these drinks do not contribute to your 8 glasses of water/day requirement – they actually take away from it! Furthermore, soda is unhealthy, causes weight gain, is an artificial stimulant, among other reasons. Ditch your soda and go for plain water or fresh fruit juices instead! Read more: 5 Reasons To Quit Soda (And How To Do It)
    
28. Don’t drink alcohol. Like caffeine, alcohol is a diuretic. Not only that, alcohol is repeatedly proven to have negative effects on our body and health – impacting the proper functioning of our brain, liver, lungs, and other major organs. If you drink alcohol regularly, it’s time to cut it out.
29. Prepare your meals. Lately I’m beginning to appreciate the value of preparing my own meals. When you prepare your meals, you control what goes into them. No more being in a dilemma between eating healthy and choosing between the sub-optimal food choices. Get some quality kitchen equipment – these will be your best investments ever. I bought my blender 3 years ago and it’s been such a breeze making my own fruit juices!
    
30. Learn to say no. Don’t feel like you’ve to eat just because you’re out with your friends, or because other people offer you food. Simply say no and say you’re not hungry if you don’t feel like eating. Read: How To Say No To Others
31. Bring a water bottle when you go out. That way, you can replenish your fluids whenever you want to. It saves you money as well and you don’t need to subject yourself to poor alternatives like soda, which increases your fluid outtake instead (see tip #27).
32. Dine at salad bars more often. Lately I’m falling in love with salad bars. Salad bars work like this: You pick your greens, you select X number of toppings (usually 6 or limited, depending on the outlet) and you finish off with a dressing. The variety is huge, it’s filling and it’s extremely healthy.
    
33. Go for low calorie, low fat alternatives. There are many low-fat / non-fat alternatives today – from yogurts, to salad dressing, soy milk, spreads, ice cream, etc. Check out this comprehensive list: Lower Calorie, Lower Fat Alternatives.
34. Stop smoking. It has been extensively proven that smoking is detrimental to health, severely increasing the risk of lung cancer, kidney cancer, esophageal cancer (of our gullet), heart attack, and more. Smoking “light” cigarettes does not decrease health risks. Bottom line – if you’re a smoker, quit for better health of not just yourself, but also your family and friends. If you don’t smoke, stay that way and don’t start.
35. Avoid passive smoking. Second hand smoking (breathing in air from smokers) causes many of the same long-term diseases as direct smoking (Wiki). Get away from smokers and avoid cigarette smoke where you can.
36. Have healthy snacks. If you’re hungry during work, eat healthy snacks, like fruits, salads, and fruit juices. These are nutritional and don’t give you that sugar rush. Have them readily available so you can dive in for a munch and stop when you’d had your fill. Get away from cookies and candy bars.
    
37. Drink fruit/veg smoothies. I love smoothies because it’s a quick way to get vitamins and nutrients. Simply throw my favorite fruits into the blender, wait for 30 seconds, and it’s done! And it tastes great. I’m drinking an orange and banana smoothie write now as I’m writing this article and it’s delicious!
38. Juicing. Juicing is where you extract the juice from vegetables / fruits (via a juicer machine). Since the fibre is stripped away, you are literally drinking the nutrients and minerals directly from the juice! Juices and smoothies complement each other – the former gives our digestive system a break while the latter gives us the fibre which aids our digestion. Check out an introduction to juicing video below. If you’re new to juicing, learn more about it here and check out these sample juicing recipes.
39. Go on a vegetarian diet. First off, going vegetarian doesn’t necessarily lead to better health, because there are many unhealthy vegetarian food out there (fried food, white carb laden diets, etc). On that note, there are many proven health benefits of a vegetarian diet. I became a vegan because I tried it for 30 days and saw the positive effects for my mental and physical health. Try it out for 21 days and see how it works out for you. Get started here.
40. Go on a vegan diet. A vegetarian is someone who does not consume animal products. A vegan is someone who doesn’t consume animal or animal-derived products. This means no dairy, honey, cheese, milk, etc. So in that sense, it’s seemingly stricter, but it brings about even more positive benefits on top of a vegetarian diet. Learn more about veganism here and here.
    
41. Become a raw vegan. A raw vegan consumes only non-processed, raw vegan food, mainly fruits, vegetables and nuts. Notice that the progression from vegetarian -> vegan -> raw vegan diet is toward foods that are naturally occurring. There are many reported benefits in switching from veganism to raw veganism, including increased youth, weight loss, increased energy, increased health benefits and more. It’s an area that I’m exploring at the moment and learning more of. Learn more about raw veganism: Here, here, here and here.
42. Get out more often. If you have a regular 9-5 job, chances are you spend most of your times holed up in the office and not a lot of time going out and having fun. During weekends, you’re probably busy with work or running errands. Make it a point to go out with friends at least once a week. Get some sunlight. Go out and have a change in environment. It’ll be great for your body and your soul.
43. Exercise good dental hygiene. Not only does good hygiene make you a lot more desirable, it is linked with better health (Read AHA Study). Brush your teeth twice a day, rinse your mouth after each meal and floss your teeth at night.
    
44. Join classes. Dance classes, aerobics classes, tennis classes, ballroom dancing, scuba diving, wake boarding courses, are all places to start off with. Going there also lets you socialize with a whole new group of people.
45. Hang out with healthy people. You’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with, so the more time you spend around healthy people, the better it is. Eat with people who are health conscious and get workout buddies. It makes healthy living even more fun.

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Evaluation

For our latest college project for Tim; we have been looking at prints, how to create a movie poster and how to make a T-Shirt from an image. To get ideas for our thriller poster, the first thing we did with print was look at other thriller posters. We had to look and write about how they would inspire us for our own thriller poster. The three posters I looked at were; the crime thriller, Seven, the cops versus robbers film, Heat and a cop going undercover type thriller, The Departed. Each thriller is different in their own way.

The poster I created for print was an eye looking through a keyhole. I created the poster because I wanted it to look scary and try something new and creative.  On the right and side of the poster I have the title which is, 'Secrets Through The Keyhole.' I made the poster black and white. I did this because I wanted the poster to look creepy and quite scary because most thriller type posters have a spooky feel to them. I thought if I used bright colours it would look daft and more appropriate for a kids film.

The second thing we did was to storyboard. We got a few pieces of big paper and drew T-Shirt ideas. I am not very good at drawing, so most of my drawings were of stickman. It looked quite creepy because most of them had ropes around their neck, looking like they were about to be hanged. When I started to draw the faces of the stickmen I wanted them to have different facial expressions, ranging from happy to sad and to angry. I thought different emotions were important for my work for Tim.

After we had thought of all our ideas Tim took us down to the print room to go through the health and safety issues in the room. That is always the most boring part of any lesson, however it is important  in case anyone hurts themselves. Then Tim showed us how to print and coat a screen. I thought he explained it very well and was a great help to me when I tried to coat my own screen as I did struggle a few times. We kept the ones that went horribly wrong.

  One of the best things about print last year was the freedom you had compared to my first year of doing it. Tim let us use any methods to find research to help us be more creative. One of the key things that I found hard about print was Photoshop. I could never understand it but other people in my media class got the hang of it straight away. This annoyed me, so I went on to YouTube for guides on how to use Photoshop but I got more confused.   

multi camera work

For our recent college project for Steve we have been asked to look at Television shows that use multi camera setup and he wants us to tell him what makes them stand out from other television shows.
The first one I looked at was Pointless which I saw with my college media class. The show's set background colour is a dark blue/purple red colour. On the right hand side of the set they have a score board. The score board gets lower and lower and the goal is to say a Pointless answer. If you get the lowest score, you get through to the next round. Every time someone says a pointless answer there is a new jackpot total. The jackpot goes up everytime someone loses the game. On the left hand side is where Alexander Armstrong stands. He is the main presenter of the show and on the right hand side with his special little table is Richard Osman who always has a laptop in front of him but you never see him use it. He also has papers with all the answers written on them. I think if they ever got rid of the presenters they should get someone who is fun to watch like Ant and Dec as they always make live TV more fun to watch.

The audience who watch the show sit right at the very back and there is a host who tries to make the crowd look like they are having fun. The entertainer told the audience everytime the score board went below a certain number that they had to start making a suspense noise and if they got a low score the audience had to cheer. There was also another member of the crew who was making sure everyone was ok and if they needed a drink just to shout him. There is one big camera flying round filming the whole show. There were two camera operators that were running back and forward trying to get the best shot. There were also two other camera operators, one on the far left and one on the far right.


The second show I will be taking about is the Jeremy Kyle Show which is such an awful show. I can't wait until it is not on television anymore.  The show colour background is bright blue. The set is very boring, they have a stage and normally about 4 seats for the family to come and start shouting like they always do. I think that bright colours, for the show work really well. I think if they had a dark set it would create a horrible feeling for the viewers watching it at home, or even for those people on the set. Bright colours, always make a show look better

The show's open sequence is old clips from the past shows but all of them are of Jeremy Kyle looking angry or laughing at someone. The show uses bright bold letters "The Jeremy Kyle Show" then after that they use sub writing and you read about the story he is going to deal with. Whenever you watch the Jeremy Kyle Show he is always wearing a suit and looking very smart but when the show first came into production he wore casual clothing making him self look less professional.

The Jeremy Kyle Show is the only show that I know where you see the outside of the set because when the guests run off and start crying and he as a go at them, you can see the ITV studio which has really small walls and corridors and not much breathing room. On the set there are two stage doors, one on the far left and one on the far right. That is where the guests of the show come through and sometimes he follows them when they have gone off in a mood or temper. In the middle of the stage they have a TV. The TV is used for the audience so that they can look at what is going on backstage. Also standing next to Jeremy most of the time is his secuity team who are there to protect him and the other guests if a guest starts to get a bit violent.

You never really see much of the crew but you just know that they are in the background. You see someone hand Jeremy the lie detector and DNA results. You also see one of the crew hold a microphone up in the air and you see three cameras. One on the left, one in the middle and one on the right. You do see his after care team member, Graham also. Other than that there is not much to the show. The show and the set are very boring. What I mean by that comment is nothing really happens in the show, all people do is argue and fight, thats why I think the show is boring.
 

I think with the technical side of both shows they really splash out on the money front, the equipment is so expensive. I thought it was great seeing the show Pointless being made live. The best thing about seeing the show live was that you got to see what it is like on a set and how the TV crew adapts to making sure the scenes correctly by stopping and starting the filming. If you make a mistake with both The Jeremy Kyle show and Pointless, both presenters have a microphone so that the audience can hear the presenters but with security on Pointless, you never really see a bodyguard. However on The Jeremy Kyle show, security is high and there is always a bodyguard on each side of the door.

When watching both shows you never really see the people working on the cameras. The crew filming the show usually cut to the audience and the presenter or the guests who are taking part in the show. On the Jeremy Kyle show, you normally get to see the set when one of the guests storms off in a fit, to me it just looks like a boring average set just very bland. The same goes for Pointless, the set is very bland and boring with not much going for it.

With the camera shots of both shows, Pointless uses a lot of mid shots of the guest and the audience and close ups of both the performers. On set, the host of  Pointless uses a computer to show you a score, this is the score board they use on close ups and mid shots to show you the score board.

The same is used for The Jeremy Kyle show, shots being used in the same way with close ups of Jeremy, then a mid shot of the audience then a close up of the guests and that is about it really.

   

On the camera front with Pointless, when we went to watch it live as a group, the cameramen were never standing still for a minute they were running back and forward to get the best shots for the show. On the far left they had a camera man, in the middle they had a cameraman, and on the far right they had a cameraman.

With the Jeremy Kyle Show they use the same format as they do for Pointless, they have cameras on each side sliding on both sides to get the best and perfect shots for the show.

Both shows use a lot of midshots and close ups of the presenter. The close ups are used for when the host or presenter is talking. Both shows pan around the audience a lot. But on The Jeremy Kyle Show they pan to get the audeinces reaction to when something has happened.

A lot of the time the reactions of the audience is shock on the Jeremy Kyle show.Sometimes family members sit in the audience but they did not want to take part in the show but often end up shouting things out once people are on stage. Jeremy will then go and talk to them or tell them to "shut up".

They end both shows by rolling the credits with party themed and very upbeat music. It is like Pop music and in a way they are ended it on a lighter note. If they ended it in a doom and gloom way it would ruin the whole feeling and mood of the show for me.

When you watch Pointless, the people I think that go on the show, are  people who have had a good education and are professional and not the sort of people who grew up on the rough streets of Gosport. The show starts off really easy and then it starts to get harder towards the end of the show when the contestants can win often quite a lot of money.