Homes Under the Hammer Analysis

Homes Under the Hammer:

Main Plot:

Hosts introduce the houses that are up for auction

Locations of houses

Walk-through of Houses

Estate Agents walk-through then give there own estimate

Auction House Bidding

Talk with Buyer

Visit few months later seeing the difference

Estate agents in again to give new estimate

Buyer decides weather or not to sell or keep the house

Homes under the Hammer is one of the most successful show that is, shown on the BBC its normal run time is from 10.00- 10.30 (11.00 depending on how many homes are, shown).

The show lasts 30 minuets to and hour depending on how many homes are, shown in the program, the program follows the guidelines above throughout all the episodes. The presenters choose which houses that are on the show by looking at the houses listed in the auction list for a nearby auction. During the show the houses are, refurbished and possibly sold on to others for more, then triple the original amount that they were bought for from auction, in the episode that I will be analyzing there is a house in Cardiff which has a massive amount of damp that is on the walls and ceilings, the roof above the kitchen a huge hole the house is on the market for £150,000. The second building is a large house which has been, turned into offices, needed is a renovation license to change it from an office building into a home the presenters think that the house can become five flats which will increase the amount of money the buyer will gain but the home was on the market for £350,000. Also a flat, which has been almost ripped apart from the walls because of excessive damp it, was on the market for £30,000.

The main focus for the buyer is to buy a building at auction cheaply then fix the house up by changing the flooring and the walls by changing anything from cracked floorboards to damp seeping through the walls, the hosts walk through the houses before they are, bought and they point out to the camera what they think needs to, be improved then they talk with the buyer and ask how they will improve the house themselves, then they come back to the house when the work is all finished bringing estate agents to see how much the estate agents recommend for the house to, be sold for. 

Camerawork:

The camerawork for homes under the hammer is simple the camera tracks the presenters along with doing pans across room in the houses then need they show different types of fades to show the changes made to the different rooms.  The many different angels and types of shots that are used in the shows are there to stop the audience from ben bored when they change to a different view. The fades that are used in both rooms are changed for each room in the episode I watched of Homes under the Hammer I saw about 5 different fades where were spirals, boxes, spins and normal fades. The shots when the fade is applied is the same view just the surroundings change then the camera moves around the room to show how the whole room has changed.

Music:

The Music that is, used is to mainly amplify the voices of the presenters I have found that when I am listening to some music playing n the background I can hear someone talking in the foreground louder than normal because the background music is amplifying the foreground sound. The genres of music are quite different they can vary from acoustic rock to pop.

Language:

The language in Homes under the Hammer is formal because of the genre of the show it is a factual program using informal language would attract a different target audience, the target audience for Homes under the Hammer I would say are people from the ages 38-52 the reason I think this is because of the fact that they are the most likely to buy a home at an auction because it is cheep if they used an informal language then they would be targeting a younger audience who would have no need for the show.

Include audience:

The audience is included in the show because the presenters are giving out tips fro the audience during the film with what they would do if they were meant to fix up the house trying to give the most effective way instead of the cheapest also at the end of the show the presenters are talking at the camera as if they are talking to the audience.

Editing:

The editing for Homes under the Hammer is used to show how the houses have changed from when they were still on the market by showing different fades to the outside of the house the inside back yard showing the damp covered wall as it fades into the new house with the problems from the start of the program fixed ready for the new estimate from the estate agents.

Conventions of a T.V. show:

The conventions of when the presenters are talking to the buyers as in a normal T.V. show the camera switches between them back and forth every time they start and stop talking this also includes over the shoulder shots and two shots. Another convention is that they both talk to the camera at the audience they both give a voice over to the houses which is normal for a T.V. show like this it’s the same with Cash in the Attic and Location Location Location.  The other conventions are the title sequence giving a short view about what the show is about by showing money and houses showing that this show involves houses and making money also is the end sequence it shows the same shots from the program of the rooms with the fade to the rooms when they are finished along with that there are extra close ups to parts of the room which held a significance during the episode.