- Initial proposal
Proposal
Aims
I will be looking at talent
shows as a genre and how as a pure entertainment form- it represents people and
their personality through the constructed medium of television. How the
seemingly unscripted nature of reality TV is constructed within a deliberately
designed framework, reflecting societal values. I will be specifically looking
at how through heavy use of editing the producers/editors of a show construct
situations in order to appeal to an audience. I will also be discussing how
filmic roles such as hero/villain still apply to the genre of reality TV, as
producers wish to create a narrative and set up traditional narrative threads
such as the underdog rising to fame or romance plots, which may be emphasised
or fabricated in some way to cater to an audience. I will be using Susan Boyle
and her Britain’s Got Talent success
story as an example of a constructed narrative- how through editing she was
purposely represented to defy expectation and be the underdog story that would
appeal to the world. Depending on how far I get in my own application for Britain’s Got Talent, I may also give
some personal insight from an audition perspective.
Bibliography ( early)
The basic plan
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Research/discussion
on the importance of editing in talent shows
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How
editors/producers of talent shows use the basic story/character archetypes to
create a narrative that appeals to an auidience
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Case study
– analysis of the Britain’s Got Talent Susan
Boyle clip to discuss editing
techniques and portrayal of character
- Blog to be used to record experience/thoughts on my BGT experience (as little or as far as I get) and on my identity as a country singer.
