Presentation for reality television class.

1. By:
Jason
Marcus
Latisha

2.  It has been almost 30 years since a television series
has centered on an actual family. The first time they
started to film this modern day family series for
television was 1973.
 The 1973 PBS documentary series “ An American
Family featured the loud family of Southern
California, who were subjected to similar media and
viewer interest as nearly a year of their lives unfolded
in 13 television episodes.
 As the title of their series indicated, they became an
emblem for the American Family of the early 70’s.

3.  Both An American Family and the Osbournes were
media phenomena. That is were idiosyncratic texts
command a sudden, high degree of attention during
initial runs.
 First trace of how the terms “genre” and “family” are
linked through television.
 Every concept of a real television family points
squarely to questions of genre and family. Each
category establish limits within edge, in order to
succeed.

4.  Genre , and family are narrative concepts that
described limited categories: text or social grouping
it is only considered as a example of a particular
genre or family.
 The process has been fundamental to television,
where ideals of both genre and family have
systematically organized representation.
 Television genres delimit narrative and
representational parameters, facilitating audience.
 The normative television family is a fully scripted set
of generic expectations.

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6.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51sIqzEo
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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37dG__jR
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7.  American Family
 The Osbournes
 John Corner
 Documentary
 Argument
 Exhibition
 Reality

8.  The Osbourne family first made their
appearance on one of MTV’s hit shows Cribs.
 The Osbournes were willing to share their
mansion with America thinking that in
exchange they would gain publicity.
 They were right!

9.  Producers were able to manipulate the footage
as if it were an actual sitcom.
 Using generic codes: problems are introduced,
conflicts play out, and the end of the episode
reaches a mild resolution. (same format as a
sitcom).
 Therefore creating a reality sitcom. No script,
no set.

10.  The Osbournes, although on camera still
functioned as a normative unit. They cursed,
kissed, wrestled, revealed their bodies, used
the bathroom, and became famous for over
using the “F” word.
 The show reflected the “Cleavers of Leave it to
Beaver and the Brady’s of The Brady Bunch.
 Their home is a divided space of public and
private areas, just as in any family sitcom.

11.  Being that the Osbournes contained mostly
everything a normal family sitcom would have
they are known as the first reality sitcom.
 Minus the script, set, and props.
 The show did not focus on Ozzie old rock star
career but more on the present times of them as
a whole family. (elaborate)