MEDIAST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Michelle Obama, Kana
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Realism is measured in (one"s sense of) plausibility. All media representation impacted by commercial concerns, creator bias, the acts of recording and editing, etc. So: no unbiased, objective representation of reality. Tv shows that are realistic: documentary, reality show (unscript), news and interview, movie and drama that are based on the true story, Realism is an effect product by codes and conventions: News broadcast a news by the footage and the street interview for the audience to form the whole story of the news. Seems like the camera is capturing the real things. There is a lot of unpredictable action and scene. Reality tv = separate reality -producing genre. Like news = capture/edit images of reality. Like scripted show = selected for cause and effect drama between individual. Reality tv is manipulated to be exciting but also retain the appearance of reality. Hyperreal = constructed to suit audience expectation of real .
