COM ARTS 250 Study Guide - Reality Television, Da Ali G Show, Titicut Follies
30 Oct 2014
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4/28/09 final exam thursday may 14th 10:05 am-12:05 pm 3650 humanities. Genre that"s largely shaped by televisions form and structure and the needs of television. Unscripted drama : problematic often is no script, post-fabrication reality tv relies on dramatic music to underscore emotion, story editing, frank inviting can edit certain words into other lines. Staged, unscripted tv have to take real events and make them work as television narratives. The entertaining real turning real life into an entertainment genre. Real people playing themselves for entertainment purposes. Cheap to produce don"t have to hire writers as often don"t have to hire actors for the most part can film anywhere - easy to incorporate product placement. High payoff consider small amount of money that goes into making it get a lot back in american idol , it"s a money-making machine don"t pay people to sing on the show b/c they are competing.
