The Jonathan Ross Show...

The roll of Jonathan Ross within the production of The Jonathan Ross Show is to be the presenter of the show, the presenter’s job is to interview the guests and as them questions that will be informative for the audience as this is a chat show.

As this is a chat show host Jonathan Ross doesn’t put on a specific voice or accent, he speaks in his normal day to day voice which it is easy to pick up that he has a lisp, though Jonathan changes the tone of his voice depending on the subject he will be speaking about he will do this to show the guest that he is sympathetic or whatever he is trying to portray and to also allow the audience to understand what the type of question he is going to ask. As The Jonathan Ross show is aired on ITV1 there is a wider audience that this channel is aimed towards as throughout the day and night there are a mixture of audiences so Jonathan uses a wider range of audiences using complex and non-complex vocab, this will also depend on the type of guest he is interviewing. For example in the video clip above Jonathan is interviewing an 18 year old Tom Daley so he will not be using as much complex vocab and language towards him however If he was interviewing someone well educated he would change some of the vocab to suit the person. I feel that Jonathan has been selected to present the show as it is his show (hence the name) and also he is able to engage with the guest and make the show entertaining for the audience at home to watch.

Within each episode Jonathan will be wearing a suit and tie which is formal wear he will be wearing a suit as this show is usually aired at 10pm which is evening so wearing formal evening wear will be appropriate for the time. Also as the main guests on the show are celebrities so Jonathan has to wear suitable clothing to make a lasting impression on the guests. As I said before ITV has a range of audiences of different ages and genders so by Jonathan wearing a suit he is not directly showing which audience this show should be suitable for, for example if he was to be wearing a t-shirt and jeans he could be appealing more towards the youth so a suit will be appealing to all audience types. As on this show Jonathan Ross talks to different types of celebrity guests each having different stories to tell and different questions to be asked so depending on what questions are being asked Jonathan uses different facial expressions. Within this clip when Tom Daley is showing his medal Jonathan is happy, smiling and being friendly towards the teen though when talking about Tom losing his dad Jonathan tilts his head he shows sympathy and also touches his chin as though he is listening to what Tom has to say. As just explained Jonathan uses body language that ties in with the expressions he uses such as the head tilting when Jonathan is being sympathetic he will tilt his head showing that he is sympathetic, he also uses his hands when talking to the guests to show who he is directly speaking to and to also show that he is in control of the questions. The way Jonathan Ross presents himself, uses facial expressions and his body language is appropriate to the audience as the audience is of mixed ages and genders so the way he looks will have to be appropriate to each kind of person and Jonathan displays this well and also the facial expressions are linked into the audience how we would react to a story e.g. Tom losing his dad to a brain tumour we would look sympathetic so Jonathan portrays how we at home react. Jonathan Ross has also helped present Comic Relief when presenting this show Jonathon changes the way he acts and presents. Jonathan still wears a suit like in The Jonathan Ross show however as this is not a chat show and is about charities Jonathan is serious and more formal in his tone and posture. In The Jonathan Ross show Jonathan sits down at a desk and leans towards the guests and also interacts with the guests however in Comic Relief Jonathan has to stand upright and read off a script and talk into the camera, also Jonathan will use formal language and not slang as this show is about a serious matter.

The Jonathan Ross Show is presented within a studio and there hasn’t been a time where Jonathan isn’t within the studio as this is where the whole chat show is based as celebrities are interviewed on the couch. This specific clip of Jonathan Ross will appeal to people from the E to A categories and all the VALS as within this specific episode he is mainly speaking to the Olympic athletes which was a Global event however depending on the type of guest the social economics and VALS could change although mainly I would say that the audience range would be E to C1.