The document provides background information about the British TV show Big Brother, including its opening title sequence, format, production companies involved, and popularity. It discusses how the title sequence uses rapid editing of surveillance camera-style footage to draw viewers in and parallel George Orwell's "1984." It also notes Big Brother's commercial success in many countries and high viewership numbers for its UK broadcasts.

2. Big Brother – Opening Titles (series 3) View the clip – DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING DOWN! Now write down everything that you saw in the title sequences. There were TWENTY different things you could have mentioned about the opening sequence. NOW WATCH THE OPENING SEQUENCES SLOWED DOWN.

3. Did you get them all? An eye CCTV cameras A spotlight CU of a camera lens A corridor Sky with birds The toilet Another eye Another eye Control room Ariel view of the bedroom Chickens on a monitor Number countdown Robotic camera Tiny numbers Contestant ‘ FOUR PEOPLE, ONE WINNER, YOU DECIDE’

4. Questions What do the images from the title sequence suggest about the show? What do you notice about the way the images have been edited together? How does the soundtrack relate to the images? How does the sequence draw the viewer in to participate in the show?

5. Who is Big Brother? Big Brother has been a prime time hit in 70 different countries. The show's name comes from George Orwell's 1949 novel called ‘1984’ in which Big Brother is the all-seeing eye. Big Brother is part of a large family as you will see on the next slide.

6. TELEFONICA (Spanish Media Giant) ENDEMOL (Europes leading TV company) ENDEMOL ENTERTAINMENT UK (one of the UK’s largest TV production companies GEM BAZAL INITIAL HAWKSHEAD

7. Big Brother Facts BB gained the highest ratings in its time slot throughout Channel 4’s 25 year history. The BB website gets 10 million hits a day. The finale show attracts nearly 9 million viewers. Over 7 million people vote in the final week. Only 3 million people vote in the political elections. 100,000 people pre-ordered the BB CD. The merchandise that you can buy include a board game, jigsaw, CD album, DVD, book, bag, ring tones, calendars and posters.

8. Endemol These facts show how Endemol and its approach to promoting BB enabled it to become so successful in the UK. These facts do not show what people liked about it, it just shows that it was successful. Why do you think Big Brother is such a massive and popular show?? List as many pros and cons as you can about the Big Brother format.