3. WHAT IS LOVE
ISLAND?
A group of men and women
participate in a series of tasks with
a partner that they keep swapping
until they meet the love of their life.
First series started 7th of June
2015, presented by Carline Flack
and starred non celebrities who
applied for the show.
The first series attracted 570,000
viewers which then went on to 5.61
million by the 5th series.
There is 6 series altogether
including 244 episodes as well as
having a side show, Love Island
After sun.
4. LOVE ISLAND
INTRO
• Love Islands introduction video always
starts by showing the title written in a
white bold font, next to a clear, heart
shaped ornament with golden sparkly
flakes floating down to the bottom of the
ornament. The ornament is sat on
golden sand with a bright blue ocean
behind it to show the audience the
program is based in a hot, foreign
country (Spain).
5. MISE EN
SCENE
During the start of the show, there is a scripted introduction,
which briefly introduces the contestants who are speaking to
the host of the show, Caroline Flack. The mise en scene of the
locations of both Caroline and the contestants, show very
different ideologies. Caroline is standing dressed in a short
summer outfit surrounded by a giant villa and swimming pool
which shows the setting where the program is based and
filmed, whereas the contestants' locations appear as though
they are still in the UK, they are also dressed very differently.
Caroline uses a mobile phone to contact the contestants which
hints the show is aimed toward the more younger
generation. Each outfit roughly represented their work/ jobs or
their personalities so viewers could get a rough idea of what the
show is going to be like and have a view on the contestants
personalities to form a judgement of the show before watching
it. The mise en scene of the fitness magazine, gym equipment,
tattoo artist, make-up and etc, gives the audience little hints
and details about what their personalities are like , what they
enjoy doing and how they act around others based on
stereotypes. By showing their interests it allows viewers to see
if this show would be something the audience would be
interested in. The lighting appears to be natural lighting which
emphasises the fact it is a holiday based show and there is no
main contestant until one wins.
6. CAMERA
The long shot of Caroline is done to show off the villa and to show
they are abroad and no longer in England, once we get a view off
the villa it then switches into a mid shot of Caroline and she begins
to introduce the contestants by phoning them. The camera
movement used is panning to switch scenes from Caroline in Spain
to the contestants in England, this emphasises that the contestants
have to travel to be in the show and both the contestants and the
host have very different roles in the show. After the introduction of
the contestants, they each have mid shots or close ups to show their
bodies and faces as it is a show based around attraction to each of
the contestants, this allows the audience to make another judgement
of the contestants based off stereotypes again. At the end it does
another long shot of the villa to show how luxurious it is and to
attract the audience to watch it.
7. SOUND
The music/ theme tune that comes on once all the cast have done the intro, is a
very upbeat song that plays as the camera shows the villa, this shows us that
the show is going to be upbeat and have a positive atmosphere. The non-
diegetic sound of Ian Sterling's voice over is emphasising the excitement of the
show and description of the surroundings whilst making jokes attracts the
audience to watch the show as it is already showing its humour within the first
few minutes of the show and targeting the audience that is right for them. The
love island theme tune was produced by Andrei Basirov and Toby Jarvis "the
music is inspired by the dance culture of Ibiza and featured throughout the
show" this is to give the show a lively atmosphere attract their ideal audience.
8. EDITING
Within the first minute loveisland uses editing
when cross cutting scenes to introduce the
contestants of the show. It goes from Caroline
to then playing the next clip of the contestants
speaking to Caroline via the phone or receiving
a text message from her, this gives the
audience an excitingbrief introduction to the
contestants. It then goes back to Caroline who
introduces the show and then cross cuts again
to show the audience around the luxury villa
where the contestants will be living for the next
6 weeks if they manage to stay voted in.
Throughout the whole introduction the main
editing techniques used is cross cutting to show
different angles of the villa,
surroundings, contestants and host of the show
to give an example to the audience of what to
expect.
