"Welcome to Eldorado: A coast of golden dreams and deep dark secrets - A world of hedonism, hope and heartbreak - And the sun drenched setting for BBC1s' new three times a week drama serial".
Adam Tkacz 0 JSB GSCE Coursework - Media Essay 0 A1A Soap Operas Pg 1 "Welcome to Eldorado: A coast of golden dreams and deep dark secrets. A world of hedonism, hope and heartbreak - And the sun drenched setting for BBC1s' new three times a week drama serial" Soap operas are diverse dramatisations of the everyday human life. Being the most popular of TV Programmes they receive massive viewing figures. There are many soap operas in today's television from Eastenders, set in a typical London suburb, to Neighbours, a quiet street in the heart of an Australian town. The term "soap opera" is used to describe a set of continuous programmes that concentrate on real life, things such as; family matters, friendships and primarily relationships between friends, neighbours and family. The nickname "soap operas or soaps" emerged from the United States of America in the nineteen thirties. Companies, who made soap powder, such as Proctor & Gamble, sponsored radio serials that targeted house bound women. They hoped they would hear the serials, listen to the adverts in-between and be inspired to buy that companies soap powder. Soap operas command huge viewing figures and this is due to the producers appealing to every multitude of civilised life. Each and every soap offers a sense of escapism to the viewer and can relieve them of their everyday problems. Soap operas are often
Delia Smith and Jamie Oliver are both extremely influential television chefs, however their methods and approaches used to convey themselves and their programmes are extremely comparative. Compare and discuss.
Delia Smith and Jamie Oliver are both extremely influential television chefs, however their methods and approaches used to convey themselves and their programmes are extremely comparative. Compare and discuss. In this essay I will be examining the similarities and differences between two influential television chefs Delia Smith and Jamie Oliver. In order to successfully complete this, I will need to observe and discuss four main points: - * The target audience they appeal to * How they appeal to their audiences * Their style of cooking * Presentation of their programme However, before I begin, I feel it beneficial to look a little into the history previous of their fruitful careers in cookery. This will enable me to retrieve a fuller picture on how their backgrounds influenced whom and what each portray present day. Jamie Oliver was born in South end on 27th May 1975 to Sally and Trevor Oliver. His only sibling is his little sister, Anne Marie. When he was two years old he moved to the small village of Clavering. Here his family bought a pub, which they name "The Cricketers". Both his parents and many uncles are cooks. The catering tradition runs in the family. Jamie began helping out in the kitchens of 'the Cricketer' from as young as the age of 7. Here Jamie realised his desire to cater. As Jamie grew older he was keen to learn all elements of the catering
An analysis of the current media text The Simpsons, and the extent of which it displays the generic conventions of a postmodern text.
An analysis of the current media text The Simpsons, and the extent of which it displays the generic conventions of a postmodern text "Good art that reaches thirty million people and makes them feel connected may have more to offer us now than great art that reaches three thousand and makes them feel more or less alone. In our time the standards for art have changed, expanded. The future belongs to Bart Simpson." --Tad Friend In this investigation I aim to look at the generic conventions associated with a postmodern text and examine the use of them in the media series The Simpsons. Postmodernism is a current genre, one that reflects society's beliefs and attitudes of our time. I think the interest to look at these generic conventions would be to see how these values will be presented to future generations. The animated sitcom has been produced by Gracie Films for 20th Century Fox and Fox network since 1989 and has remained successful until now. Genre is a categorisation of a topic. Initially its function was presumed to have been born for commercial access; allowing types of films to be distributed and targeted at particular audiences. Neale offers a useful definition ' genres are not merely categories of film styles and their corpuses, but an interactive system by which audiences decode screen content.' However film genres do not remain static, they are susceptible to
English media - soap operas
English GCSE media coursework Examine the conventions of the soap opera genre with reference to at least two programmes The soap opera genre originated in America in the 1930s as a radio programme. It was targeted at housewives who tuned in while doing their household chores. Soaps included many domestic issues to keep the audience interested. The name "soaps" came from advertising slots between programmes. As the soaps were aimed at housewives, the adverts mainly consisted of products of a domestic nature. "Coronation Street" was Britain's second soap, following "The Groves". It began in 1960 and is set in Weatherfield, Manchester. It is a successful soap that has been running for over 40 years. "Eastenders" is a more recent addition to the genre that first started in Britain in 1982 and is set in Albert Square, London. Both "Coronation Street" and "Eastenders" soaps are about day-to-day life in the city for working class citizens. They refer to real life issues but are very overdramatic and plots are exaggerated. These qualities keep the audience interested and make the programme more exciting, addictive and enjoyable to watch. The soap opera genre has been a successful genre. This can be measured by the very high audience figures that the leading soap operas regularly achieve. The fact that for instance "Coronation Street" has been running for 43 years also
Analyse The Appeal Of The Situation Comedy “Friends”. Use The Evidence Of The Three Episodes We Watched To Consider Characters Plots And Presentational Devices, You May Also Use Your Own Knowledge From Other Episodes
Analyse The Appeal Of The Situation Comedy "Friends". Use The Evidence Of The Three Episodes We Watched To Consider Characters Plots And Presentational Devices, You May Also Use Your Own Knowledge From Other Episodes One of the main points of appeal about the situation comedy "Friends" is the characters. The show is largely character driven so the characters are all interesting people whom the audience will wants to see over and over again. An example of this is Chandler, played by Matt Perry. His mother is a glamorous novelist, yet his father is a gay drag artist working in Las Vegas. Chandler hates Thanksgiving, as it was the time when his parents announced that they were going to divorce. He works as a financial analyst, yet much humour has been created from the other friends not understanding what his job is. For instance, in one episode where the friends have a quiz, men against women, and one of the questions asked of the women is "What is Chandlers job?" the women are not able to answer the question correctly. Another character trait that can be taken from this quiz is Monica's fierce competitiveness especially with her brother, Ross, played by David Schwimmer. This is again shown in Series 3, Episode 9 "The One With The Football", when Monica, played by Courtney Cox-Arquette, an Ross revive old rivalries ands get very physical during a touch football match, cheating
Evaluate the extent to which The Simpsons follow the conventions of a typical sitcom.
Evaluate the extent to which The Simpsons follow the conventions of a typical sitcom. A sitcom is a situation comedy. In a sitcom there is usually a nuclear family, which involves there being a mum, dad, sister and a brother as the main focus. A normal stock plot for a sitcom is that everything more often than not starts happily and ends pretty much the same. There are a few minor hiccups in-between that are easily worked out. They usually contain farce, satire, and puns or slap stick comedy to amuse the audience. Sitcoms generally last about thirty minutes, for example in 'My family' and 'King of the Hill'. Sitcoms have changed and modernized considerably to fit in and relate to society today. For example the 1950's sitcom 'Leave it to Beaver' was about a typical middle-class white family who had their fair share of problems, but managed to resolve them in the end. They were extremely polite to each other and acted as role models of how a 'proper' family should behave, but of course not every family was like that. Real life families have bigger problems, more controversial. This is what the sitcoms in the 50's lacked in, real life issues. Nowadays sitcoms relate to young people today and how life is affecting today's culture and traditions. A sitcom such as 'The Simpson's' is vastly popular because they are not afraid to tackle real life issues, which are in-fact very
TELEVISION AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIETY OVER THE PAST DECADES
TELEVISION AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIETY OVER THE PAST DECADES Since its first appearance in the 1950's, television has revealed itself to be one of the world's most influential mediums. Its entrance into the media scene has tossed other mediums, such as the radio and print media, aside. With at least one television per household in Canada and with the average Canadian watching about 22.6 hours of TV per week, families are absorbing a great deal of television content; which includes the good and the bad. However, with the current selection of television programs, they are more likely to be seeing more of the bad than the good. In addition, kids more likely to spend more time in front of the TV because of their need to be entertained and occupied. This increased exposure of children, coupled with their level of intellect, leaves them far more vulnerable to the influences of television. A lot of the television programs that specifically target children are permeated with violence. Moreover, the violence is made to seem natural and acceptable; in other words, it's all in the name of fun and no one will get hurt. Take for example "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show" with the Roadrunner and the Coyote. The Coyote is forever setting up traps for the Roadrunner which always backfire and send him off a cliff with a boulder close behind or falling victim to his own dynamite traps.
Are Soaps Still Women’s Television?
ARE SOAPS STILL WOMEN'S TELEVISION? Soap operas had their origins in the early American radio broadcasting back in the 1920s. It owes the name to the sponsorship of some of the programmes by major soap powder companies. Television soap operas are long- running serials concerned with everyday life. Christine Geraghty notes that ' the longer they run the more impossible it seems to imagine them ending'. When soaps came to television in the 1950s they tended to be aired during the day in the afternoon, with themes that appealed to those who were likely to be at home; namely mothers, carers and housewives. The early television soaps were, like the daytime radio serials, transmitted five times per week and were aimed at female audiences. This trend continued for a decade, with other soaps appearing in the 1960s. Soaps like Crossroads, which was viewed on ITV and another that followed among others was Coronation Street, which is the longest -running British TV soap that really proved the popularity of the genre. In the 1980s Channel Four, which was a new channel, aired Brookside. In the 1970s British soaps had a different atmosphere compared to American and Australian soaps. British soaps were 'real' and gritty, about 'normal' everyday issues and characters, whereas American soaps took place in glamorous locations and dealt with out of the ordinary events and tended to deal with
Reality TV is a huge success to the television industry in the 1990s.
Reality TV is a huge success to the television industry in the 1990s. As a genre description, reality TV is widening its usage from 'news magazine programmes based round emergency service activities' to 'talk shows, docusoaps' and a variety of 'first-person' programmes (Creeber, 2001: 135). 'Reality TV' with extensive meaning becomes popular to describe 'any factual programme based on an aesthetic style of apparent "zero-degree realism" - in other words a direct, unmediated account of events, often associated with the use of video and surveillance-imaging technologies' (Creeber, 2001: 135). While Barnfield has criticized 'the loose usage of the term, suggesting that over the last decade such a wide range of productions have been categorized as "Reality TV" that one wonders if the term is too general to be helpful'(Holmes and Jermyn, 2004: 3). It is true that 'reality TV' is not explicit enough in meaning. However, it is the best word applicable to all situations and never unilateral. It gives producers more space to innovate new programmes as to prosper this genre. Reality TV evolves with the development of new technologies. New sub-genres emerged as the hybrids of established genres. It challenges traditional documentary and changes the serious content to more entertainment elements. Every format is close to everyday life to convince the audience as 'real' programming.
Identify and compare the main conventions of two documentaries and explain what affect that have on the presentation of the subject matter of the programme.
OCR GCSE MEDIA STUDIES COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT ONE: LANGUAGES AND CATEGORIES: DOCUMENTARY Assignment: Identify and compare the main conventions of two documentaries and explain what affect that have on the presentation of the subject matter of the programme. Task: Analyse Michael Moore's treatment of his subject matter within the documentaries 'Bowling for Columbine' and 'Fahrenheit 911' "A documentary may be as a film or television or radio programme that provides factual information about a subject. Typically, a documentary is a journalistic record of events presented on screen." The main conventions of documentaries tend to be that the documentary has voice-over commentary; the main focus is on the issues rather than relationships between characters, they also build up the setting so the viewer can build up a context. Documentaries do not leave on cliff hangers, they usually end with a conclusion or final interpretation to provoke thought on the issue and make the audience become more educated and informed of the subject. "Documentaries often strive to capture a sense of realism, 'programmes reflect and report on the real through the use of recorded images and sounds of actuality'." The four main camera techniques used to capture images for documentaries are: · 'Fly on the wall' camera work - designed to appear as if the camera crew was not present · 'Verite'