1. teaching purpose: through the study of this chapter, let students know what kind of job a TV director is, what kind of person he should be, and the difference between a TV director, a film director and a TV editor.
Second, teaching requirements: Through lectures, students can understand the work characteristics and professional characteristics of TV directors, and make clear the quality requirements, functions and specific tasks of TV directors.
3. Teaching hours: 4 hours.
Fourth, the teaching content:
The meaning of the first section director
Section 2 Professional Characteristics and Quality Requirements of TV Directors
Section three: the position and function of TV director.
Section IV Specific Tasks of TV Editors and Directors
Five, teaching steps:
1. Introducing a new lesson: Starting with asking students "Who do you think is the most important creator of making a TV program", this paper puts forward the work and workers of TV editing and directing, thus introducing a new lesson.
2. Professor:
The director of China TV is one of the important factors in the development of TV industry.
Since the reform and opening up, in the era of the great development of China TV industry, the team of TV editors and directors has expanded dramatically. How many TV directors are there in China? So far, there are no statistics.
China TV has made great achievements, which is attributed to the TV director. Although TV, like movies, is a collective artistic creation activity, the director, as the main creator, plays an important role in guiding the art and ensuring the quality of TV programs.
The meaning of the first section director
Television director is a unique job and occupation in the television industry. Generally, it is about documentary TV works such as TV special programs and documentaries.
First, the emergence of TV program directors
In our country, just as there was no TV feature film at the beginning, the TV director did not exist at the beginning.
Television directors can be said to have emerged with the appearance of TV feature films.
With the rapid development of TV, special programs are gradually separated from news programs and have their own unique fixed forms.
In these changes, the names of TV editors and directors are more and more fixed, the division of labor is more and more clear, the responsibilities are more and more clear, and the status is more and more important.
Second, the difference between a TV program director and a film director
Director: a position in artistic creation such as drama and film. The responsibility is to make artistic conception according to the script, draw up artistic treatment scheme and director scheme, organize and guide rehearsal or shooting, and embody the script content into a specific stage and screen image through the creative practice of actors and related personnel, so as to achieve the predetermined performance purpose.
TV program director refers to the most important creative core work in TV documentary works. Specifically, it refers to the systematic creative activities of selecting valuable themes from real life for planning, interviewing, making shooting outlines, organizing shooting, editing and making, and finally checking the works. It also refers to people who are engaged in this work.
The difference between a TV director and a film director;
1, from the perspective of artistic creation:
Director: Non-original works are movies and audio-visual.
Television director: creation is twofold-both the originality of the work and the expression of the selected content (theme), that is, it is television. This determines that the creative activities of TV directors must run through the whole process of early and late creation of works.
2. From the work situation:
Film directors emphasize artistic creation and fully embody artistic individuality;
Television directors should serve current affairs such as social reality and political situation, and some of them are "obedient" works with little artistic personality.
3. In organizational form.
(1) Similarity: both film directors and TV directors are in the position of artistic creation organization commanders, leaders and command publishers, and both decide the direction and form of creation, lead the creative collective and jointly complete the creative task;
The difference is that the TV director must also be the creator of the content of the work, and decide the theme, dominant idea, connotation and depth of the work. His command is more comprehensive and thorough.
4. As far as working conditions are concerned:
(1) Scope of work: The director is simpler than the director-generally, he only needs to concentrate on artistic creation and is only responsible for solving problems within the scope of artistic creation. Other related matters shall be handled by specialized personnel such as producers, who shall perform their duties; Television directors and directors are often producers. In addition to artistic creation, they have to deal with society and take care of everything themselves.
② Controllability: From the perspective of creation (especially shooting),
The film director has strong control, so the work tension is relatively low;
Because of the documentary nature of his creation, the TV director is uncontrollable in his creation (shooting). First, the content of documentary works (shooting) is developing and changing real life. In his creation (shooting), with the development of events and the comprehensive understanding of things, the direction, theme and even theme of creation may change, and these sometimes need to be decided immediately, so TV directors are often in it. Second, the controllability of documentary works, such as the subject, is relatively poor.
(3) Dependence on objective conditions: Film directors are not very dependent on objective conditions in shooting. Television directors have great dependence on objective conditions in the filming of documentary works.
5. Time requirement: the film production cycle is generally long, and there is a certain tolerance in the completion time; Most TV works have fixed broadcast time, short production cycle and strict time requirements.
6. Production funds: film directors have certain financial guarantee, and generally do not need to consider financial issues; The funds for TV editing and directing are fixed and often very tight. Sometimes we must try to raise money.
Through comparison, we can see that the work of TV director should be both extensive and specialized, fast and good.
"Guang" refers to the TV program directed by the director, whose theme will involve all aspects of social life; Genre may be news, records, special topics or even parties and TV plays; Personnel should not only lead their own film crew, but also deal with all aspects of society; Economically, you often have to manage your own money, not only to spend money, but also to raise money and collect money back.
"Profession" means not only knowing every step of TV production, but also knowing the artistic rules of the theme and genre of TV movies.
"Fast" means that TV programs produced should not only stress the timeliness of content, but also stress the speed and efficiency of production, and must never be broadcast "with the skylight open".
"Good" means innovation in subject matter, new tricks in form and new ideas in style, which not only satisfies the leaders, the audience, but also satisfies themselves.
It can be seen that it is very difficult to be an excellent TV director, which is probably much more difficult than being an excellent film director.
Although it is difficult, we must face it. Otherwise, the level of TV will never be improved, and it will only suffer the evaluation of "popular culture fast food" forever.
Third, the concept and difference between TV program director and TV program editor
Tv program director not only refers to the most important and core creative work of TV programs, but also refers to the people who do this work.
"Editing" refers to the organization, examination, editing, processing and arrangement of manuscripts (works or materials) by news publishing institutions. It is an important link before finalizing the manuscript for printing. It also refers to people who are engaged in editing.
Obviously editing mainly refers to the later work. It refers to the last process before the broadcast of TV programs, that is, the post-production of TV programs, all the work processes necessary for editing the original material shots into TV programs, such as (writing manuscripts), sorting out the material shots, editing the sound of the pictures (including the use of special effects), recording with language manuscripts, superimposing screen words and graphics, arranging sound effects and music, reviewing and modifying, and finally editing the material shots into broadcast tapes.
The editor of a TV program is not the original creator of the TV program.
The nature of TV program director's work is obviously different from editing, and his creation belongs to originality, not processing and perfection; There are more work links involved, and the workload and scope of work are much larger than that of editing.
The two are the difference between the whole work and a certain link.
Section 2 Professional Characteristics and Quality Requirements of TV Directors
First, the professional characteristics of TV directors
1, occupational sensitivity
The so-called career sensitivity means paying special attention to things related to one's career in social life, and being able to find and grasp them in time to make them meaningful to professional work.
As the main creators of TV programs, TV directors must have strong professional sensitivity, that is, from a professional point of view, they are good at observing social life, can keenly discover valuable themes, grasp fresh events and phenomena, and focus issues of public concern, thus contributing to their own creation.
There are three main aspects to cultivate career sensitivity: (1) career-oriented attention habits; (2) Rich life experience; (3) Rich cultural knowledge.
2, the breadth of knowledge
Because creation may involve many aspects, TV editors and directors should be generalists to some extent, and should contact and learn all kinds of knowledge as much as possible to improve their artistic accomplishment, so as to give full play to the complementary artistic synaesthesia of all kinds of knowledge and improve their creative ability and level.
3. The comprehensiveness of TV business.
The director is the core and leader of the TV program creation group, and also the chief designer and commander-in-chief of the profession, which requires him to be a generalist of TV major, that is, not only to have the ability to select materials, plan, conceive and organize interviews and filming activities, but also to understand and be familiar with the professional characteristics, relevant knowledge and skills of each process of TV creation. Although you don't have to be proficient in everything, some professional tastes are still very beneficial.
4. Macro and Micro
The director is the creator and gatekeeper of TV programs and columns, which largely determines the broadcast quality and level of a program. Therefore, he should not only have the macro consciousness of programs and columns, but also pay close attention to and check the programs and columns in detail. For example, the use of lens, the coordination of explanation and picture, the mistakes and omissions in broadcasting, the sound quality of the picture, the editing of the host's background picture, and even subtitles.
Second, the quality of TV directors.
1, politics, ideology, quality, quality
To grasp the correct direction of public opinion and provide excellent TV works for the broad audience, the director must have a certain political mind, a higher level of policy theory and a higher ideological quality and moral cultivation. These include:
⑴ Political quality: It has a certain level of political thought, strong political sensitivity, strong sense of social responsibility and analytical ability, which makes its ideology highly consistent with the values and moral standards of mainstream society.
⑵ Ideological quality: strong dedication and professionalism; The belief of pursuing truth and serving the audience; A clean and honest work style.
2. TV professional quality
⑴ Should have profound theoretical knowledge: Solid and systematic basic theoretical knowledge is the foundation for forming high-level application ability. Only by combining solid professional theoretical knowledge and skills can we create good works.
⑵ Understand and master the professional knowledge and skills of TV: TV is a comprehensive art, and the director must first have strong artistic creation ability of TV, and be proficient in and good at using lens language for artistic expression; Secondly, we should be familiar with the professional knowledge of all aspects of creation, such as interview (early and late), camera shooting, lighting, writing, editing, music, sound, special effects, subtitles and so on.
3. Aesthetic accomplishment and artistic appreciation
In order to obtain good communication effect, TV works should not only be satisfied with spreading content and information to the audience, but also bring aesthetic enjoyment and edification to the audience. Therefore, on the one hand, directors should strive to improve their artistic appreciation ability and use artistic principles flexibly, on the other hand, they should give full play to their artistic imagination to make their works have internal beauty and external beauty; We should also learn a little audience psychology to improve the communication effect of our works.
4. Organizational and social skills
TV creation essentially belongs to the work of dealing with society, people and environment. The production of TV programs is a collective creative activity, which requires the director not only to have the ability to communicate effectively with all parties outside, but also to have considerable organizational ability and appeal to make all processes work together.
Section three: the position and function of TV director.
Television director is an important part of television communication and must obey the fundamental task of television stations. However, as an independent work department, TV program director also undertakes specific tasks and plays an irreplaceable role in the whole program production process.
First, the status of TV director
1, organizer:
2. Created by:
3. Leadership:
4. Producer:
The director of TV programs must combine good content into excellent TV programs and dedicate them to the audience through the determination of themes, conception, shooting and the selection and processing of materials. In this process, the TV program director undertakes the task of originality and TV, and plays an important role in creation, control and intermediary.
Second, the role of TV director
(1) The TV program editor is responsible for the overall synthesis work, and reprocesses the program material to make the program finally take shape.
(2) TV program editors, as gatekeepers, play an important role and play a decisive role in program quality.
The meaning of customs supervision is extremely broad, including political customs, facts, words and forms. For example, in TV news programs, editors complete the combination of TV news pages by sorting news items and choosing broadcast time.
Seeking truth from facts mainly refers to the objective truth principle in TV program editing.
Text clearing requires editors to carefully polish and delete the text draft and narration (text draft, report and commentary) to make the text orderly and easy to understand, enhance the acceptability of the program and improve the quality level of the program.
The formal clearing of the scene requires TV directors to constantly improve the communication style of the program, increase the appreciation of the program and create fine products with their own aesthetic taste and cultivation.
Section IV Specific Tasks of TV Editors and Directors
First, the tasks in the early stage of creation
The pre-editing and directing work includes several basic contents:
1, Topic: As a director, choosing the right theme is half the battle. The general topic selection is mainly based on these points: first, the requirements of the times; Second, audience interest; Third, the economic and technical conditions of this television organization; Fourth, if broadcast in a column, we should consider the positioning, objectivity and tone of the column.
2. Conception and determination of shooting scheme: The director should make in-depth and creative thinking on the selected theme on the basis of understanding the selected theme or previous interviews, so as to determine the theme, expression form and basic structure and formulate the shooting outline.
3. Preparation before shooting: Whether the preparation before shooting is sufficient is directly related to whether the shooting can be carried out smoothly. The preparatory work before shooting mainly includes: (1) preparing for the establishment of a TV film crew and carrying out a reasonable and strict division of labor; (2) Understanding and investigating the subject, venue and environment. (3) Preparation of shooting equipment and equipment.
Second, the task of shooting an interview
Shooting and interviewing are the most important links to obtain images and sound materials in TV creation. During this period, the director should contact with the outside world to determine the shooting location, time and other specific matters; Second, the filming process and interview should be arranged internally; Third, we should schedule the scene at the shooting site, arrange or direct the shooting, and guide the on-site interview. Find problems, make timely decisions and deal with them; Fourth, sometimes the director is also a photographer, change the director or host. At this time, we should pay attention to the overall situation.
Third, the editing task of post-production
Post-editing is an extremely important job for directors. During this period, the main work of the director is: (1) reviewing and finalizing the manuscript; (2) explain your creative ideas and requirements to the editor; (3) Guide the editing of TV films, and grasp the expression, rhythm and style of pictures and sounds of works; (4) the use of special effects, subtitles and other technical means; (5) Check and check carefully and comprehensively.
Chapter II Editing and Directing of TV News Programs
1. Teaching purpose: To enable students to understand the characteristics, different styles and core elements of TV news topic programs, understand the requirements of this kind of TV programs for director, and master the main points of director.
Second, teaching requirements: through lectures and observation and analysis of works, students can understand the forms and characteristics of special TV news programs, and make clear the creative points and related issues of such TV programs.
Iii. Teaching hours: 10 hours.
Fourth, the teaching content:
Section one. Director and director of TV news topic program.
I. In-depth television coverage
Second, continuous reports and series reports.
Third, TV news commentary programs.
Section 2 Editors and Directors of Magazine TV News Columns
First, the characteristics of magazines and TV news columns
Second, the consciousness of editing and directing magazine TV news columns
Section 3 Director of TV News Live Column
First, the characteristics of live TV news columns
Second, the main points of editing and directing live TV news columns
Five, teaching steps:
1. Introducing new lessons: Starting with the latest influential TV news topic programs, introducing new lessons.
2. Professor:
Section one. Director and director of TV news topic program.
TV news topic program is an in-depth, concrete and detailed report on major news topics. Compared with news news, it emphasizes typical significance, guiding significance and great relationship with the public, and pays attention to the richness of reporting content and diversification of expression.
I. In-depth television coverage
In-depth TV coverage is the product of media competition.
Its characteristics are: strong rational speculation, three-dimensional reporting and diversified techniques.
The main points of editing and directing: 1, and the topic selection pays attention to significance, sociality and story;
2. We must pay attention to the guidance of public opinion when creating;
3. Understand "upper affection" and "lower affection", and play the role of "bridge" and "link";
4. Suppress evil and promote good, and grasp the "degree".
Second, continuous reports and series reports.
1, TV continuous report
Continuous reporting refers to organizing, tracking, reporting or commenting on the cause, change, development and result of an event or a person's life change. Such reports usually have a strong social impact.
Editor's point: 1, based on the future-choose the event news with unpredictable results as the theme;
2. Pay attention to timeliness and objectivity;
3. Continuity and progressiveness;
4. Unpredictability of results and completeness of reports.
2. TV drama reports
The series of reports focused on the same major news theme or typical things in a certain period, and reported different objects from different angles and sides many times, which strongly embodied, revealed and deepened the specific theme idea.
Main points of editing and directing: 1, which generally focuses on predictable non-event news;
2. Horizontal development based on news theme;
3. Strong pertinence and clear orientation;
4. Intensive and progressive;
5. Integrity and effectiveness.
Third, TV news commentary programs.
Tv news commentary is a collective comment that TV organizations or commentators express their opinions and attitudes on events, problems or social phenomena of universal significance in real life, and analyze and comment on the evolution and development of the situation. It is the political banner of TV organizations and an important means to guide public opinion.
Editorial focus: 1, accurate topic selection-public concern; It is related to the overall situation and has a sense of freshness; Typical.
2, comments should be refined-insightful; Speculation is rich; Forward looking.
Section 2 Editors and Directors of Magazine TV News Columns
First, the characteristics of magazines and TV news columns
News magazine program refers to the TV program that is broadcast by the host in a fixed column and at a fixed time by adopting the comprehensive arrangement of magazines. The content is "miscellaneous" but not chaotic, the length is combined, and the center is prominent; Formally, it is a plate structure, which is comprehensive and flexible. The whole program is connected into an organic whole by the host, and important topics are interviewed and commented in depth.
The characteristics of TV news columns in magazines are timeliness, information, depth and various forms.
Second, the classification of TV news columns in magazines
1, event combination: each program broadcasts several in-depth reports, and forms an organic and unified news column in the form of a magazine through the comments of reporters or hosts;
2. Column combination: a program form that combines multiple small columns with different forms and contents and broadcasts them with a unified column name.
Thirdly, the consciousness of editing and directing TV news columns in magazines.
Key points of editing and directing: 1, highlighting compatibility and richness;
2, the content is miscellaneous but not chaotic, complete and unified, with depth;
3, the structure is miscellaneous and orderly, concise and reasonable.
4. Pay attention to the process of the host's participation in news interview and incident investigation, so as to reflect the personality of news programs.
Chapter III Editing and Directing of TV Social Education Programs
First, the lesson plan topic:
The first part: the present situation of social education programs on TV;
Second, teaching hours: 2 class hours
Third, the teaching purpose:
Master the concept of TV social education programs and understand the status and classification standards of TV social education programs.
Fourth, teaching emphasis: the concept of social education plan.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) teaching content:
Section 1: Current Situation of Social Education Programs on TV
First, the definition of social education programs on TV
Second, the status quo of social education programs on TV
Sixth, teaching methods: teaching-oriented, through questioning class discussion to attract students to participate in thinking.
Seven, the teaching process:
8? 5 Introduce a new lesson: Ask questions-"What do you think is a TV social education program?"
8? 5. Teaching: From asking questions to the audience's three main purposes of watching TV, it is proposed that TV program producers should produce three different types of TV programs: news, social education, literature and entertainment. Therefore, social education projects are mainly aimed at social education.
1. What social education programs are there on TV? (Concept and characteristics; Compared with news and literature)
2. The definition of such programs abroad.
3. The importance of social education to people-as social people, people's life goes through three stages: family education, school education and social education, and social education should accompany them all their lives. This is particularly important in the information age of knowledge explosion.
The role of television in social education-the position of television social education programs.
Evolution and development of social education programs on TV in China.
4. Expanding and thinking: social education, preaching and indoctrination; Education and rebellion; Successful guidance.
The Shrinkage (Reason), Innovation and Trend of Social Education Programs on TV.
5. Class discussion: What are the most active social education programs on TV screen at present? What are the reasons for their popularity?
6. Summary and evaluation: TV social education program is one of the traditional categories of TV programs, which undertakes the task of social education for a wide audience. Due to the development of society and the changes of the times, people's psychological demand for utility and stimulation is expanding day by day. News and entertainment occupy the broad front of TV screens, and social education programs are eclipsed. In this case, we should seriously study the creative law of social education programs and strive to produce excellent programs to save the lost "territory".
Teaching plan for radio and television editing and directing (lecture 13)
Chapter III Editing and Directing of TV Social Education Programs
First, the lesson plan topic:
Section 2 Classification of TV Social Education Programs
Second, teaching hours: 2 class hours
Third, teaching purpose: to understand and master the morphological characteristics of several main types of TV social education programs.
Fourth, the focus of teaching: the classification of social education projects
Verb (abbreviation of verb) teaching content:
Section 2 Classification of TV Social Education Programs
First of all, according to the program theme classification.
Second, according to the classification of communication objects
Third, according to the form of communication.
Classification of TV social education programs: Different classification basis leads to different conclusions.
Teaching plan 2
First, the lesson plan topic:
Chapter III Editing and Directing of TV Social Education Programs Section III Editing and Directing of Public Social Education Programs
Second, teaching hours: 4 class hours
Third, the teaching purpose:
Master the characteristics of public social education programs, fully understand the editing literacy and consciousness of such programs, and master the editing and production points of such programs skillfully.
Teaching emphasis: the type and director of legal programs.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) teaching content:
Section 3 Director of Public Social Education Project
First, the types and directors of social and political programs (mainly legal programs)
Second, the types and directors of economic programs.
Third, the types and directors of cultural festivals.
Fourth, the type and person in charge of the science and technology plan.
Sixth, teaching methods: teaching and film analysis.
Seven, the teaching process:
8? 5 Introduction of new lessons: Review the content of last lesson and the way of asking questions-what types can TV social education programs be divided into according to the target audience?
8? 5 Start teaching:
1, the concept of public social education plan.
2. The concept and characteristics of social and political programs, the characteristics (function and structure) of legal programs, and the consciousness and creative point of the director.
3. Analyze the "lawyer's point of view" and discuss:
(1) positioning: theme content and audience positioning; (2) structural form; (3) Legal connotation; (4) the embodiment of visibility; (5) Summarize the above contents and compare them with legal reports.
4. The concept, types, director consciousness and creativity of economic programs.
5. Concept, types, director awareness and creativity of cultural and scientific festivals.
6. Homework: The murder case in Ma Jiajue and the fatigue driving of truck drivers in Shaanxi caused dozens of students to be killed or injured.
Teaching plan 3
First, the lesson plan topic:
Chapter III Editing and Directing of TV Social Education Programs Section IV Editing and Directing of Object-oriented Social Education Programs
Second, teaching hours: 4 class hours
Third, the teaching purpose:
Master the characteristics of object-oriented social education programs, fully understand the literacy and consciousness of editing and directing such programs, and master the creative points of editing and directing such programs skillfully.
Teaching emphasis: the type and director of legal programs.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) teaching content:
Section 4 Director of Object-Oriented Social Education Project
I. Programs by age and director
Second, the projects classified by gender level and their responsible persons.
Third, according to the professional level of the program and its director
Four, other object-oriented programs and their directors
Sixth, teaching methods: teaching and film analysis.
Seven, the teaching process:
8? 5. New lesson introduction: Recite the content of the last lesson and guide students to think about the content of this lesson.
8? 5 Start teaching:
1. Background and reasons for the appearance of object-oriented social education programs: In order to adapt to the development trend of audience market segmentation, various special channels have been established. Accordingly, various object-oriented social education programs have appeared on the screen.
2. Programs classified by age and their directors: the characteristics of youth programs and their directors' creation: the characteristics of the festival for the elderly and the directors' creation.
3. Analyze Teletubbies by watching movies and discuss:
(1) Theme content and structure; (2) the orientation and characteristics of the audience; (3) Comparing the gap of children's programs in China, the reasons for the success of Teletubbies.
4. According to the professional level, the types of programs, the consciousness of the director and the creative points of the director.
5. Other types of object-oriented programs, the consciousness of the director, and the creative points of the director.
6. Summary and evaluation: The foundation of creating object-oriented social education programs is the analysis of the audience market.
Teaching plan 4
First, the lesson plan topic:
Chapter IV Director of Talk Show Section I Overview of Talk Show
The second section talks about the idea of directing TV programs.
Second, teaching hours: 4 class hours
Third, the teaching purpose:
Master the concept, characteristics and components of talk shows, understand the development process of talk shows, and master the morphological characteristics of several main TV talk shows.
Fourth, the focus of teaching: the types and directors of talk shows.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) teaching content:
Section 1 Overview of TV Talk Show
First, the elements of TV talk shows
Second, the development of talk TV programs in China
Third, the types of TV talk shows.
The second section talks about the idea of directing TV programs.
I. Selection and establishment of topics
1, profound ideological-reflecting the brilliance of reason with perceptual language symbols; 2. See the big from the small-the ordinary contains profound cultural thoughts; 3. Civilian consciousness-focus topics, topics of interest to ordinary people, and topics with human feelings; 4. Broaden your horizons-choose a wide range of topics.
Sixth, teaching methods: teaching and film analysis.
Seven, the teaching process:
8? Introduce a new lesson: Ginny? 6? 1 Graham? 6? 1 Squet: "TV talk show has become a new authority that affects our way of thinking and behavior. They are like town halls or community meeting places, which bring us together in this increasingly digital and atomized global village. We may not know our neighbors next door, or we may not want to know them at all. We may be afraid of strangers on the street and that they are potential criminals. But talk shows on radio and TV are welcome guests. They can help us know what is happening in this increasingly dangerous and difficult-to-communicate world and what we should do. " Describe the influence of TV talk shows on today's audience and introduce the content of this lecture.
8? 5 Start teaching:
1, the meaning of TV talk show: By comparing with private chat and other TV programs, the concept and characteristics of TV talk show are clarified.
2. Elements of TV talk show: speaker, topic and way of talking. The focus is on the way of talking, taking famous programs as an example.
3. Quote the producer's time of Tell the Truth and tell the background of our talk show:
(1) The product of social development: First, China is in a period of social transformation, which creates a good and relaxed conversation atmosphere for TV talk shows. Secondly, the social transition period provides rich topics for TV talk shows.