Totally Unreal Dude

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Totally Unreal Dude!
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Reality TV
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From being stuck on a deserted island, to being
stuck in a paradise, to being buried to one's
neck in animal innards, to eating things that
most people wouldn't touch with a very large
stick, "reality television plagues our
television and pollutes our minds.

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• What is Reality TV?
• Aim to make the audience feel in control
• To allow the audience to make judgments about
  other peoples choices and circumstances
• Focus is on individuals and their personal lives
• Hybrid genre
• The presentation of conflict situations between
  people for others to see

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• Conventions are common textual features that make
  genres recognizable to readers and viewers.
• Demographic-A demographic is a particular group
  in society that has been categorized in a certain
  way, such as in terms of age or gender.
• Editing involves changing what is in a text by
  adding parts to it, removing parts from it or
  changing the order of things in the text.

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Conventions

• Competitions/tests Prizes/rewards
• Winners and losers Unknown outcome
• Personal relationships Personal conflict
• Live audience Goes to air live
• Questions are asked Mimics real life
• of contestants. Unscripted
• Shows respond to viewer Heroes and villains
• Input and opinion. Lots of fun
• Ordinary people into celebs Changes lives
• Raises social issues Human drama
• Uses a lounge room setting Edited
• Yaxley,Uscinski,Jorgensen,Mackay, English Edge
  1An essential framework for introducing critical
  thinking in the middle years. 2004, Thomson
  Nelson.

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So who exactly gets chosen for reality TV?

• The bitch The sex goddess
• The slut The farm boy
• The friend to all The traitor
• The buff guy The intruder
• The sensitive guy The naïve girl
• The chubby girl The brain y girl/guy
• The sporty guy The joker
• The chilled guy The loud mouth

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What message does this give our students?
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Hopefully it will never get to this
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Questions for our Students

• Who watches reality TV?
• Does reality TV construct stereotypes?
• Whats real about reality TV?
• Why is reality TV so popular?
• What are the structures and features of reality
  TV programs?
• What television programs can be identified as
  reality TV programs? What are the different
  categories of reality TV?

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Ask the class

• How many of them watch reality TV shows?
• How can being a contestant on the show affect a
  celebrity's showbiz career?
• What does the phrase 'reality TV' mean to you?
• Why do people watch these types of programmes?
• Brainstorm a list of shows that might fall into
  each of these categories 1. 'Fly on the wall'
  reality TV shows (such as Airport, The Cruise,
  The Osbournes and Holiday Reps), the news, and
  documentaries.
• 2. TV-generated reality TV shows (such as I'm
  A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here and Big Brother).
• 3. Shows that blend the two (such as the
  Blind Date format).
• Invite students to share their opinions about
  what distinguishes these three categories from
  one another.

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Written task

• The class brainstorm what they think makes a good
  reality TV show.
• These questions can be used as a prompt
• When there's a camera and a crew filming,
  does this change how people behave?
• What do you think makes reality TV shows
  successful?
• What are the ethical issues of having a
  camera following people around constantly?
• What do you think the next generation of
  reality TV shows might be like?
• Help students to compile a set of attributes that
  they feel distinguishes the best of the reality
  TV shows from the others. Using the attributes
  that the class agrees determine a good reality TV
  show, students create their own scenarios for a
  new reality-based TV show.

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• When coming up with their ideas, students should
  keep these questions in mind
• Where will your show take place?
• What types of people will be on it?
• What will your show be called?
• During what time of day or night do you
  suggest this show to be
• broadcast?
• For how many days, weeks, or months should
  the show last?
• What is the basic idea or storyline for your
  programme?
• What makes this show different from those
  that are currently on
• the air?

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