http://www.bafta.org/access-all-areas/videos/the-bafta-debate-the-reality-of-british-tv,253,BA.html
http://screen.oxfordjournals.org/content/47/1/133.full
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tcLfBSK-3JEC&dq=debates%20surrounding%20reality%20television&source=gbs_similarbooks
Friday, 26 November 2010
Friday, 19 November 2010
Comments from Mrs Cole
Caroline,
You have a lot of interesting research here. Make sure you idenitfy which key texts you are going to focus on, because reality TV is such a broad area of study. You will need to include textual analysis of your chosen texts in order to be able to give specific examples to exemplify points that you will make in your essay.
Remember to explore the reasons why these programmes are so appealing to schedulers and producers, because they are so cheap to make (although it would be worth investigating whether things like the Real OC or The Hills are as cheap, because I wonder if the 'stars' get paid, because it is fairly constructed rather than proper realism).
You may also want to compare the American style of reality TV with programmes such as The Family from channel 4, because they are claiming to do the same thing, but the outcome is very different. It might also be an interesting way of developing ideas about representations of British life in comparison to the American Dream and what is really the 'reality'.
Debates surrounding the authenticity of the American programmes and whether the claim to be reality when it is actually not could be interesting too.
You have a lot of interesting research here. Make sure you idenitfy which key texts you are going to focus on, because reality TV is such a broad area of study. You will need to include textual analysis of your chosen texts in order to be able to give specific examples to exemplify points that you will make in your essay.
Remember to explore the reasons why these programmes are so appealing to schedulers and producers, because they are so cheap to make (although it would be worth investigating whether things like the Real OC or The Hills are as cheap, because I wonder if the 'stars' get paid, because it is fairly constructed rather than proper realism).
You may also want to compare the American style of reality TV with programmes such as The Family from channel 4, because they are claiming to do the same thing, but the outcome is very different. It might also be an interesting way of developing ideas about representations of British life in comparison to the American Dream and what is really the 'reality'.
Debates surrounding the authenticity of the American programmes and whether the claim to be reality when it is actually not could be interesting too.
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