1. NAMES: OLI, CASON, HARLEY SUB-GENRE: SCRIPTED REALITY
Made by every-day people (not professional
actors)
Is the definition clear & easy to understand? Based on every-day life but exaggerated and
made more dramatic to create situations that
the viewers would find humorous
Made in Chelsea
Keeping up with the Kardashians
Examples of Soaps in this sub-genre:
The only way is Essex
Housewives of Orange County
In ‘TOWIE’ when Gemma goes over to Arg
and says: ‘You can’t have this candy’ She is
Clear examples of Codes & Conventions:
trying to amuse the viewers by exaggerating
and acting humorous
LIGHTING:
- Very artificial
Lighting: CAMERA / EDITS:
Editing: - Cuts
Mise en Scene: - Dramatic (Close ups)
Sound: SOUND:
- None diegetic slaps
- Diegetic glasses smashing, screams
STEREOTYPES:
- The bimbo
- The player
Any extra information? - The on and off couple
- The best friends
- The gossip
- The drama queen or king