Fernand’s Live Show Show

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Self-led project

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Creator (Shoot • Edit • Graphics • Social Media Producing • Scriptwriting • Presenting)

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Fernand’s Live Show Show – taking a creative look behind the scenes of live TV!

Fernand’s Live Show Show started with a simple obsession: I wanted to know exactly how the world’s biggest live TV moments were actually made – and I couldn’t find anyone making that content properly.

So I made it myself.

From the Eurovision Song Contest to the Super Bowl Halftime Show, The Oscars and Olympics Opening Ceremonies, FLiSS goes beyond the highlights’ best bits to speak directly with the executive producers, art directors, and creative teams behind broadcasts watched by billions.

It’s made for industry insiders and curious general audiences in equal measure, and built entirely on credibility I had to earn from scratch, with no budget, no commission, and no guarantee anyone would say yes.

What started as short straight-to-camera explainers has evolved into on-site documentary storytelling: me on location, camera in hand, using visual anecdotes to unpack complex production stories in a way that’s genuinely never been done quite like this.

Graphics

Inspired by the technical wizardry of television, a show package incorporating test colours, glitches, rolling ‘tracking’ and even an appearance of BBC Test Card F was utilised.

The black square, the cornerstone of the minimalist logo and catchy title sequence, takes its cue from the little black box that is your television screen.

Animated infographics breakdown key information of the show in question, with Vox-style animations using live action and various imagery to tell the story of the event in an engaging way. 

Innovative lower thirds featuring “FLiSS Facts” showcase extra tidbits of trivia and information useful to the viewer.

infographics examples

Long-form editing

Editing FLiSS is a structural problem as much as a technical one.
Each episode needs to work as a coherent documentary: with a narrative arc, a point of view, and a pace that holds attention across 20-40 minutes – while also containing natural breakpoints for short-form extraction.

That dual-purpose editing discipline is something I bring directly from my broadcast background, and meeting the need for bite-size chunks for socials led to shorter forms of content that are just as detail-packed as my longer edits.

Interviews with guests that feature in the long-form edit are also span off into full length podcast episodes, allowing additional valuable insight.

the deep-dive episode
the not-so-deep dive episode

Short-form and social

FLiSS has always had a parallel life on Instagram and TikTok, and the short-form strategy isn’t just repurposing content, but actively reframing the story.

A 30+ minute episode contains multiple distinct social moments, each requiring a different entry point, a different hook, a different edit.

My Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl Halftime 2024 analysis short reached half a million views on Instagram, validating the approach: concept-first, platform-aware, never just a clip.

The results

As well as having a platform of my own content sating my curiosities and doing well across social, it was nice to note it had some onward benefits too:

  • An appearance as an in-studio Eurovision Expert for the BBC’s coverage in 2021
  • 10k+ subscribers/followers across platforms
  • 414k total YouTube views
  • Recognised as “Eurovision tech expert” in industry circles