We also see a close up shot of each of the manager’s groups when elimination is about to occur. The lights focus on the group of contestant’s faces.
We then go onto a mid-shot of the employee and his boss. We see it in mid-shot to show how serious the matter is. The camera then zooms in on Richard Black (one of the managers) when he takes in the news again. This is done to show the emotion between these people on screen.
We then see the screen split into 3 like the one below this shows us that these are the three authority figures, one for each section of the club.
These are close ups to show us the power and authority behind these people.
This whole show is reality television and even thought it is in this genre we see the stereotypical narrative.
At the beginning of the clip we see, we are introduced to the characters. This then turns into complications which include one of the members getting fired for drugs, one person gossiping about another, the elimination of a team member and finally climaxes in a major argument, which is then resolved.
The audience of this television programme consists of teenagers and young adults who go clubbing in the London area. They have an interest in music, dancing and soft drugs such as alcohol and cannabis.
In the club the ideology behind the show is concentrating on young people’s interests including sex, clubbing and drinking. It is on ITV because it is a reality TV how which publicises these clubs so they will get more customers. This means that ITV will get a cut of the profits.
It has been put on television after the nine o’clock watershed because of its adult content including scenes of nudity, drug taking and violence. The show portrays stereotypes and makes it more revealing for the viewer. The company who produce the club focused on Lucy’s bad points and made her come across as a low class common slag. We also see that sex is considered to be part of normal life while drug taking is portrayed as harmful.
This programme clearly puts across the fact that drugs are dangerous and should not be taken. Alcohol is shown as acceptable in reasonable quantities, but that heavy binge drinking can lead to violence and problems at work.
Lighting is used a lot in this production especially in the club where we get strobe lights, coloured flashing lights and neon lights. When in the housing areas the lighting is normal, e.g. proper light bulbs.
This is a reality TV show genre, and includes shows such as Big Brother. The programme is a stereo typical media product because it is a result of a process of construction which involves selection, omission and emphasis. We can see this with Lucy as parts of her life inside the club have made her look like a slag, but we do not properly see all of what she has done. This is because this is the way the media chose to portray her. It does not necessarily give a balanced pictured of her. They have emphasised parts of her character to appeal to the viewers.
Towards the end of the clip, we see an argument build up between Lucy and one of the other staff as he has been spreading untrue gossip about her and Stretch. She confronted him and he said that he saw something happen between her and Stretch. This built into a climax when they both screamed at each other.
This reality TV programme shows the audience that even reality shows can be created to fulfil the media stereotype of selection, omission and emphasis thereby increasing the rating,which in turn would increase profits for the TV company.
Thomas Skinner 12B
Mr Webster
