Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Reality TV Editing

[onizuka8]

Brooker speaks the truth. On the frontline in the war against terror ( aka everything media I hate).

[MexicansStealShoes]

1:47

[IJBLondon]

Richard madeley

[stephthestar90]

what's the program the woman in one of the shots was demonstrating? didn't look like final cut pro.

[brgale]

@stephthestar90 Avid Media Composer.

[TerrorBlack]

@stephthestar90 Well, considering it said A*V*I*D along the top of the screen...

[mightlife]

wicked!

[EdNortonisMineLol]

"The pussy loves that Madley"

[boydegg]

I don't know what it is, but pussy loves that Madley. Classic line!

[jmm1233]

I hate hyper edits , i blame that for the greatest cause of ADHD , grrrrrrrr

[MrPelafustan69]

He's a master of modern humour. I bought "Down of the dumb" on one of my visits to England and it is an endless source of wit and laughter. Rock on Charlie!

[PaddyMeGusta]

Very clever!

[pakong82]

What is the name of last song in the park scene?

[LosAngelesRaiders]

@pakong82

The song is: Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever

[dayglo98]

man that louise girl is hhaaaawt !

[ClockworkComputer]

This is actually basically The Apprentice.

[bluebellchelsea]

the pussy does indeed love that Madeley!

[arshenry]

omg you mean jersey shore is all made up? noooooooo

[MrgudMne]

a king!

how come i just found about him?!

[iBischoff]

is this jersey shore

[pjsmoulder]

twats in a place.

[DontaySmith1o1]

Reality tv editing be making peole look bad or boring. lol. i would never be on reality tv.

[willbloor]

Quote of the century, "The Pussy loves that Madeley". Genius.

[JohnPersonage]

Charlie Brooker is one of the finest broadcasters I've seen.... I hope he continues to probe and inform in his caustic style for years to come... Rock on Charlie!

[Nihilect]

hOUSe

[JescSol]

ma quella srafiga della bionda come si chiama? Madò quanto è figa.. c'ha un fisico da sballo. sAPETE IL SUO NOME?

[ChiliPeppz]

"Ugh she bloody wants me"

[zodiark111]

no toemawtoes. hehe he's a funny guy

[FredrikTillett]

What's the name of the Monty Python Sketch at 0:48?



[La6Muerte66]

@FredrikTillett

Royal Society for Putting Things On Top of Other Things, or something like that.

[Nel1y]

LOVE the use of Demis Rusos. thumbs up if you know who that is

[FrazzleAndTheWolf]

@MrChristmasjumpers Oh. I've never heard of the word freathy hahaha

[FrazzleAndTheWolf]

@MrChristmasjumpers freathy?

[ThePremierNetwork]

Does anyone know the link to the Monty Pythons sketch he mentions at the beginning of the video, I've been looking for it for ages lol

[FrazzleAndTheWolf]

Also, I find that many cynical people are pretty warm at heart.

[fizzypopism]

@FrazzleAndTheWolf It's true. Despite all of Brooker's angry rants, he comes off as tenderhearted every once and awhile.

Cynics are just upset because they have high standards for humanity and that falls through.

[FrazzleAndTheWolf]

@fizzypopism I'd call myself a cynic and I don't think I have high standards. Quite the opposite actually.

[fizzypopism]

@FrazzleAndTheWolf I meant more standards than expectations. Cynics I've met (myself included) have a very moral idea of how people should act, but they're used to seeing people fail to meet those standards so they start to expect it.

But hey, everyone is different.

[FrazzleAndTheWolf]

This man is a breath of freath air.

[fosterslover]

Not to mention that most of the time the producer is in the same room, setting up scenes to his specifications. The only thing you get with reality TV is a bunch of crummy actors.

[dan11009]

this was before the plastic surgery and the make over

[iAndyi]

The true stars of reality television are the editors.

[Schadenfreudeholic]

@iAndyi Beautifully put.

[painxtreme]

@iAndyi That is definitely true. Since early 2009 Ive been off and on editing down a month long trip across Europe my oldest son took me on. Very quickly I found most dialogue would have to be post production 1.) My son, 26 swears frequently, and 3.) handling the camera, i often would just speak quick cues into the mic to remember to edit something, or stress the importance of things, to discuss in post, rather than trying to be Schama, and script it, of course silly things will remain, for fun.

[painxtreme]

@painxtreme ...and of course, though having been and Art Director, and Professor, I know design and composition well, but I'm no pro at editing, or for that matter, shooting video. Of course all of it is Verité, since i didn't lug my tripod along. I regret doing Departure and Return, because the flight To Europe almost got delayed a day because of a late flight, that would miss the connecting flight, and I wish Id documented some of that, and customs hassles in a wheelchair.

[painxtreme]

@painxtreme oooops * I regret NOT doing tape of Departure and Return. For anyone who was interested, sorry about the confusion.

[ADML101]

I went to a night club that was for only girls with no legs, it was crawling with pussy

[HeartNotes3]

@ 2:55 WTF is wrong with her leg!!

[LameCrippled]

For me, TV is for movies, well-edited documentaries and gaming (though I haven't got a console) and nothing else.

[Notebookwriter1]

@LameCrippled : You should try some prime time dramas on TV. Most of them are of better quality than most movies out there. Like The Sopranos and The Wire for one. Both have great character development and storytelling.

[boogybolls]

just genius

[edstercw]

hey olden-days Avid! nowadays the BBC use a mix of Avid and Final Cut, tho BBC Scotland is just Avid

[GoRyder]

What Monty Python episode is that?

[SurrealMarksman]

Thank you so fucking much for making me hate reality tv even more than I already did. Please If you see this, do a Jersey Shore bit.

[Willsterdude3000]

Lol @4:36!

[DynamicScherzo]

3:20 - You called that a lame joke, but it made me burst out laughing hahaha

[scaryninja1693]

Ashleen? Nah i'd stick with Konnie Huq, but watch out...Dara O'Brien may be a threat...

[jonanice]

lol omg 2:53 ashleens knee like pops backwards! - i was like WTF!

well she looks like a barbie, perhaps she is part rubbery plastic?

[zzinglish53]

@jonanice She was in that 1996 movie, The Arrival, with Charlie Sheen & Ron Silver, where the only way you could tell the alien infiltrators was they could crack their legs backwards like this and run off into the distance, like centaurs.

[lukas316815]

i would absolutely love to fuck aisleynes feet

[lukas316815]

"yeahhh i think she wants me"

[soupalex]

I love Charlie's awful geordie accent: "ASHLEEEEEEEN!"

[unholyaquarius]

goddamn he's so brilliant

[mikathemage]

haha!

[rayblack2004]

what a gay joke.

[kimberlymarie21990]

He's very perceptive and I love his cynicism.

[yourverysilly]

louise is fit

[leapoffaith20]

@yourverysilly she is a bit.

[marum88]

I hope he doesn't hold back against X-factor now that his missus works for them

[BobdaLobsta]

lol love this :)

[Thevideoclown]

I will never watch reality tv the same

[SatsumaForEveryone]

Great impression of the Geordie commentator :P

[TheVidyaValley]

@SatsumaForEveryone

Read that in his voice as well

[LordBifford]

0:44 I've always wondered why old TV shows look so different with outdoor scenes!

[lambie1985]

oh my god i love "in love charlie" where he falls off the kiddie springy thing, A-mazing

[Snow8Man975]

Deeh one in da Screenwipe haussss!!!

[Soyamilk08]

@Snow8Man975 @FrankVerity OMG The way he said that!!! I play it again... So funny!

[FrankVerity]

Charlie is the man

[Soyamilk08]

@FrankVerity OMG The way he said that!!! I play it again... So funny!

[southlondonpimp]

Just heard about this guy for the first time- he is absolutely awesome!

[luna1463]

@southlondonpimp enjoy discovering all his work then! U know he also has a column in the Guardians Comment is Free section, that is funny as fuck on occasion. :)

[BexBissell]

The "lecherous scumbag" part made me LOL!

[ShadesofScorpius]

LOVE this! Fantastic!

[claytonls81100]

u guys rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrRonmanager]

My bro lost his virginity to aisleyne. We never let him forget it. Great for blackmailing him into buying us drinks when we're out on the town.

[PurushaDesa]

I'm so used to that studio/location disparity with older programmes, that I don't even notice it.

[Takaouto]

When he fell off that piece pf equipment in the playground, IT MADE MY DAY. Gotta love the awesomeness that is Charlie. Cynical like all hell, but will do the cutest things!! XDDD

[DeSwiss]

Charlie, America NEEDS you!!!!

[FacelessOnlooker]

@DeSwiss You can't have him :D

[etocadet]

annoyingly brookers fact about condesning 24 hours of film to an hour is off by 50% its actually only 40 minutes including ad breaks which shows its even easier to do reality tv

[quaxk]

actually, editing on a steinbeck 0:09 was fairly easy compared to an old moviola or a linear video editing suite

[pkwithobby]

Lol, reminds me of Ben Eltons Chart Throb/Dead Famous

[maclennan73]

Well thankfully you did say that, you're Charlie Brooker and you can say what the fuck you like, thank god.

[tenspoonsofspin]

Fakey Horseyteeth (sorry, didn't catch her name) really needs to find the rest of her dress.

[yellowcougar18]

TO me, Louise, the former runner, is more interesting than Aisleen.

[maclennan73]

@yellowcougar18 and to all of us thinking men, you know that the blonde just looks good, if you like that sort of thing, she probably has never heard of charlie brooker, I suspect he was toying with her for our amusement, the cad.

[yellowcougar18]

@maclennan73

She's a former Big Brother contestant, and little else. She has not done much since Brooker.

[TheArcticMonkey23]

@maclennan73 sorry mate but strangely enough charlie and aiselyne are actually really good friends. if you'd read his column you'd know as he mentions her every now and then, he's talked about going on a trip across america with her and another of his friends. the truth is stranger than the fiction

[LoneWolf343]

@TheArcticMonkey23 It would be better to say "That's showbiz."

[123Angel23]

i can't believe i have to watch this to do good on my exam and get a decent career...ahhhh somebody kill me... :(

[Rhademanthus]

@123Angel23 What kind of amazing degree requires you to watch Charlie Brooker to do well? I want to know because I could net the Masters in a week.

[123Angel23]

@Rhademanthus

Nursing BSCN RN ..... i know pretty sad..

[judacia]

clever use of Forever And Ever by Demis Roussos. Euro-Pop that never gets played in the US, gotta love it.

[squirrelonfire]

Another reason I don't watch the "real" world

[cnavaro88]

Who's the blonde?

[thestrugglewithin]

Brilliant vid....also applies to the "news" at 6 across the world.

"If you dont read the paper you're uninformed .

if you read the paper, your misinformed."

[tokuanimecitvguy]

Quite informative.

[pirateclick]

...The fuck's up with that woman's leg at 2:53? I physically recoiled in horror from my screen. D:

[tjmac7]

its known in the medical profession as "sluts knee". Its the result of constantly moving into a variety of different kneeling positions and being banged from behind.

[pma2707]

@pirateclick Ohh fuck me you´re right!!! WTF!

[republicausp]

2:57 We can paste together moments where Ashley looks like she's flirting with me.

AS WELL SHE MIGHT!

[areetimdan]

charlie is hilarious, his average news report sketch is one of the funniest things iv ever seen. he also looks a bit like a white lawrence fishburn...

[KnightMD]

OMG I love the reality TV editing part.... that was crazy!

[killuminatiTOS]

that pussy loves madeley

[trueblue360]

What's the name of the song at the 2min mark?

[roastedsaltedalmond]

@trueblue360 Orbital, Petrol I think, definitely Orbital

[CmdrTobs]

ah yeah shit it is. Didn't even notice.

[keeelane]

i like it how charlie's making programs for people who HATE tv, apparently...

[tokuanimecitvguy]

@keeelane Charlie Brooker's alright. He's not the funniest but I'll watch it.

[TheGreatBritishTeen]

Charlie is the man haha

[P00P0STER0US]

I like where this is going.

[EtherJunky]

i got rid of my tv too, then i played tetris for a few months straight, developed a compressed fracture and now have to spend my time on youtube, incidentally i also need to play tetris in order to poo now, its weird

[jekzinder16]

@EtherJunky basically your just substituting one way to waste your time with another. I do it to, but I try to waste my time on things that have some worth in them beyond the entertainment value. So I wouldn't be wasting my time on tetris. but to each his own I suppose.

[refforendum]

freaking hell this guy is hillarious

[coder0xff]

You guys don't actually watch reality TV do you? I got rid of my TV.

[Hirnlego999]

I did the same almost 2 years ago. Don't miss the TV at all.

[Catandthespoon]

Now you just watch all your crap on Youtube instead :)

[malusmoriendumest]

Extra points for "lecherous scumbag".

[Bittermanscolon]

How manipulated we are.....

[Theditor]

As an Editor myself, I know how it is. Editing is all about finding the right shots, reaction shots, and sound bytes. I once had to work with a bit of quite crappy source footage, but turned it into a most workable short film. Funny

[sausagedogmcgee]

Charlie falling off the thing at 4:35 is far more hilarious than anyone falling off anything should be.

[trigga1uk]

so true, charlie brooker is very good at tearing all this modern wank apart. He may be massively cynical but he cracks me up. "The pussy loves that madeley"

[vga1232]

hahaha, awesome !

[Idnarmadur]

@trigga1uk I don't think he is cynical, he often shows a much gentler side. Cynicism gives just plenty of opportunities for jokes

[henke37]

Totally called the ending reveal.

[Snow8Man975]

Misanthropic TV presenta Chaaleh is the thiiird flatmate to enta the screenwipe hausss!

[SuperWaffleNinja]

which episode was this from?

[Fwifl]

0:34 omg! when westfield was being built lolol!

now its been open for a year :D wow took 3 years i remember that omgg

[lulijatheravengirl]

I said exactly the same thing lol!

[razaz03]

like, omigosh!!!

[PowerfulChicken]

"The pussy loves that Madeley"

[computer11111111111]

This is really quite interesting, it's quite incredible how you can believe pretty much anything is happening if it's edited right, alos how differently you can look at things depending if some is speaking positively or negatively about someone ie 3:40 - 4:16

[shenmue15654]

first rule of film making.

[GatoPoder]

@shenmue15654 Is that you don't talk about film making.

[pntballs]

Whats the NWO? Yes the plebs believe what they want to believe any way.

[pntballs]

Ahhhh, the New World Order, i should have recognized that.

Yes i am a tad familiar with the NWO and the whole," small group of people want to take over the world thing."

But yeah, like you say, if the conspiracy theories are only a third right, then we are in the shit. :) bring on 2012.

[TooFeal]

Charlie Brooker Is a hero,well a guitar hero at least,all those watching the latest Screenwipe know why.

[1989charliebrown]

After watching this you relise how fake these programs are and you look more closley.When britains got talent was on they showed this one girl in the audience who had a shocked look at least once every episode.And the judges expressions on the xfactor are soo edited.

Charlie brooker is the man!!

[Blacknarcissa]

It's so strange what reality has become nowadays. I remember randomly deciding to watch an episode of Wife Swap USA (don't judge me) until as the opening credits rolled and the warning "Some scenes may have been created for entertainment purposes" came up. That's just insane.

[rockchick3434]

"i dunno what it is the pussy loves that madeley"

love that

[electrojones]

Where is the American Charlie Brooker? We need one!

We have Stewart and Colbert I s'pose.

[insomniachobs]

Both amusing and scary. Even when you're aware of how misleading edits can be, sometimes they get you with stuff you just wouldn't think question

[crispywesty]

superb, it does amaze me how people can sit there rotting away in front of a TV having no idea how they are being manipulated.

[teetoatler0me]

But, let me guess, you never got manipulated by it.

[crispywesty]

Well of course i have. when you dont think about these things you are swept away by editing, it is after all the 'invisible art' but now i try to pay attention to what going on and understand editing.

[teetoatler0me]

I was only joking, and i totally i agree with what you say and, i try to do the same.

[arnie1203]

SO True yet so funny, this guy is brilliant

[Burnzy8418]

Dumb sounds better in my opinion. Aliteration and all that jazz.

[TheCyberToad]

lol the guy at 1:27 looks like the biggest tosser ever

[chuck1990bb]

Aparantly Charlie is actually friends with Ashleen in real life. It's kind of hard to believe but she does appear in his show a lot.

[theresuga]

Indeed he is! As well as with Grace Dent, other TV Guardian lady and contributor to Screen Wipe!

I am pretty sure this is when they they first met.

He even gave her a quote to put on her autobiography apparently!