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Deal or No Deal UK | 2014 - 2016 set design
Jun 6, 2017 12:30:09 GMT -5
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Post by BeachBoy99 on Jun 6, 2017 12:30:09 GMT -5
I have moved away from my creativity in Millionaire for the time being, to something a lot less talked about - even on the Other Game Shows section: I've been focusing on the studio design for Deal or No Deal. Unlike Millionaire though, this style was not reproduced on overseas versions of the show.
October 31st 2005 saw the premiere of one of Channel 4's most popular game shows (after Countdown): Deal or No Deal. Within days after its first game, the show began to pull in a huge audience of over 3 million people. They would tune in everyday at 4:15pm to witness ordinary people from ordinary backgrounds win some of the biggest sums of money ever given away on daytime television - a record that was sustained for its eleven-year legacy.
The format involved 22 identical red boxes, each containing a different sum of money between 1p and £250,000. The player of the game would be assigned a random number prior to the show, and they would come out and choose boxes to be opened. The aim of the game was to open boxes containing smaller amounts so the offers from The Banker would be higher. After each offer, the contestant would then deliberate on whether to 'Deal' - accept that offer from The Banker, or 'No Deal' - decline the sum of money and play on. As the game progressed, money would be taken out and The Banker would make up to six phone calls, offering the player sums of money for their box. At the end of the game, the player's box would be opened - they would win the sum which was contained within the box, unless of course they had dealt at an earlier offer.
In around 2011, with the show running every weekday and Sunday, it began to lose its popularity. Firstly, it was extended to an hour, which added more padding and essentially made the show boring to watch. There were longer pauses between box openings, and the phone calls from The Banker lasted a lot longer than they needed to. Following Paddy Roberts becoming the show's first male £250,000 winner in August 2013, much of the audience felt that the show had covered everything that was needed, resulting in them turning away from the show. Along with that, the continuous changing of time slots and schedule dates by Channel 4, to accommodate the horse racing, prevented viewers from knowing when the next episode would actually be broadcast. To put the final nail in the show's coffin, the gimmicks of Box 23 and the Offer Button, added to the format in 2014, ultimately destroyed what was a fantastic drama to watch everyday, primarily because the Offer Button was a very confusing element to the game.
As an avid viewer of Deal or No Deal in its last few years, I had seen the set design hundreds of times. I've tried to capture it in the best possible detail, and it was great to experiment with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop while producing them. Please tell me what you think!
Banker's set - the lights in the studio flashed in sequence between red and white when the phone rang, signalling that The Banker was making a phone call.
Button set - the set turned to a bright blue colour when the contestant pressed the Offer Button.
October 31st 2005 saw the premiere of one of Channel 4's most popular game shows (after Countdown): Deal or No Deal. Within days after its first game, the show began to pull in a huge audience of over 3 million people. They would tune in everyday at 4:15pm to witness ordinary people from ordinary backgrounds win some of the biggest sums of money ever given away on daytime television - a record that was sustained for its eleven-year legacy.
The format involved 22 identical red boxes, each containing a different sum of money between 1p and £250,000. The player of the game would be assigned a random number prior to the show, and they would come out and choose boxes to be opened. The aim of the game was to open boxes containing smaller amounts so the offers from The Banker would be higher. After each offer, the contestant would then deliberate on whether to 'Deal' - accept that offer from The Banker, or 'No Deal' - decline the sum of money and play on. As the game progressed, money would be taken out and The Banker would make up to six phone calls, offering the player sums of money for their box. At the end of the game, the player's box would be opened - they would win the sum which was contained within the box, unless of course they had dealt at an earlier offer.
In around 2011, with the show running every weekday and Sunday, it began to lose its popularity. Firstly, it was extended to an hour, which added more padding and essentially made the show boring to watch. There were longer pauses between box openings, and the phone calls from The Banker lasted a lot longer than they needed to. Following Paddy Roberts becoming the show's first male £250,000 winner in August 2013, much of the audience felt that the show had covered everything that was needed, resulting in them turning away from the show. Along with that, the continuous changing of time slots and schedule dates by Channel 4, to accommodate the horse racing, prevented viewers from knowing when the next episode would actually be broadcast. To put the final nail in the show's coffin, the gimmicks of Box 23 and the Offer Button, added to the format in 2014, ultimately destroyed what was a fantastic drama to watch everyday, primarily because the Offer Button was a very confusing element to the game.
As an avid viewer of Deal or No Deal in its last few years, I had seen the set design hundreds of times. I've tried to capture it in the best possible detail, and it was great to experiment with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop while producing them. Please tell me what you think!
2014 - 2016 set design
Standard set - used whilst the game was being played (boxes being opened, contestant thinking about the offer etc).
Banker's set - the lights in the studio flashed in sequence between red and white when the phone rang, signalling that The Banker was making a phone call.
Button set - the set turned to a bright blue colour when the contestant pressed the Offer Button.
