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- 1. Evaluation Question 1 HowDid you USE,DEVELOP or CHALLENGE codes and conventions of real media products?
- 2. Soap conventions 1 Camera shots normally persist of- •Close ups •Establishing shots •Two shot •Medium Close up •Realism •Colour and lighting reflect the mood •Drama •Usually run all year round- never ending • Represent region e.g. Eastenders is in London •Realistic characters- so the audience can relate to e.g. Little make up etc.. •Realistic story lines
- 3. Soap conventions 1 storylines Soaps such as Coronation street and Eastenders Have a older target audience (older women, and working class) so the storylines will deal with issues with realistic situations to suite the viewer such as- Divorce Money Marriage Children problems Affairs in Addiction Death Sex marriage
- 4. Cathartic storylines 1 Storylines that viewers can relate to that happen in everyday life These story lines are all realistic to people lives, especially people in the target audience range ( around age 15-30). Both scripted reality and Soap use these type of story lines such as- Family problems, Affairs, Pregnancy, breakups etc. Focusing on scripted reality, The only way is Essex and made in Chelsea are very popular amongst younger people, older people start to become intrigued in the shows are they become a nations talking point. Scripted reality shows as usually aimed at girls rather than boys as the shows are more about vanity wealth and gossip which is not stereotypically interesting for boys. These storylines things that happen in many people lives everyday, however the storylines are dramatic, also meaning that the audience becomes hooked as the shows are left on cliff hangers.. Storylines are sometimes add humor to make the show seem funnier which shows ‘the scripted’ side to the reality.
- 5. 1 Scripted reality conventions Storylines Love Fights Fights affairs physical/ Marriage physical/ Broken verbal verbal friendships & gossip Group Love rivalries Cat relationships triangles fights
- 6. Scripted reality conventions 1 Characters jewellery Short back and wealth Orange/fake tan sides Big hair Fake tan Fake boobs Attractive Expensive Styled hair clothing One of the main stereotypes of a Scripted reality character is the accent from where the show is located, one of the main features of most scripted reality shows include where about the show is set. The accent and status and class defies what kind of area the stars are from. For example in Made in Chelsea; the fact that it is set in Chelsea means that already the audience will understand that the stars will be from very rich families and will be wealthy.
- 7. Scripted Reality 1 Media Product- Well Manc I chose to make a Scripted reality trailer. Yet as a group we decided to develop from the idea of just making a trailer and decided to produce a parody of scripted reality. From studying the type of language used in scripted reality we focused on ‘the only way is Essex’. In the show they use terms such as ‘reem’ and ‘well jell’ and as a group we wanted to link the title of the show with this slang to show the parody. Some of the ideas for the name of the show were- •Well jell •Mancunian way •Well reem •Well Manc After looking at all the names we decided to go with ‘Well Manc’ as is links with the TOWIE slang yet the trailer was shot in Manchester so we didn't want to link it too much with Essex hence the- ‘Manc’
- 8. Scripted Reality 1 Making a parody A parody is a humours imitation of a person, event, moving image etc and doesn't take itself very seriously. So we chose to use a parody to develop and challenge the conventions of scripted reality focusing on- ‘the only way is Essex’ we did this by exaggerating the conventions- storylines, costumes, characters etc to create a more humours side to the trailer. In addition a parody goes against the conventions. For example, we chose to shoot a scene in MacDonald's contrasting with being in a classy expensive bar where the stars would go to hang out. We did this to make it look tacky and cheap to contrast to the glamour and wealth convention
- 9. Scripted Reality 1 The only way is Essex Using conventions Well Manc When planning and filming ‘well manc’ we looked at how the stars position themselves and made our shot types very similar Close ups are used all the way throughout scripted reality so we used close ups throughout our trailer aslwell Our billboard is very similar to The only way is Essex's theme with the theme of just having pictures of each character
- 10. Scripted Reality 1 The only way is Essex Well Manc Focusing on the characters we looked at the only way is Essex style and challenged it by exaggerating conventions. E.g. Too much tan, humours and over the top clothing. Tan made to look too orange and bright pink lipstick to represent the vanity We made even the male characters look orange to show the parody
- 11. Scripted Reality 1 Green screen & Dialogue After researching 'the only way is Essex 'trailers we chose to use the green screen idea of all the stars answering different questions on screen. We followed the convention of the stars sounding unintelligent, as a stereotypical very on scripted reality stars is that they value glamour over intelligence. So from looking at the dialogue we used similar traits. E.g. Both in well Manc ‘Rolex’ counts down and mess’s up implying he is stupid also the stars take there time with answering the questions and saying ‘urrrrrrrrm’ also implying they cant think of anything.