ca2007 introduction to new media and broadcasting episode 3 television programming
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CA2007 INTRODUCTION TO NEW MEDIA AND
BROADCASTING
EPISODE 3
TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
OVERVIEW
_ Television genres
_ Television program format
_ Television Program Proposal
What is genre?
[ˈʒɑnrə]
definition: kind / type / category
“Audience expectation”
television genres
Fiction/ entertainment-based programs
• sit-com
• soap opera / drama series
• game show
• talk show
• reality show
• sport
• music show
Non-fiction/ informative-based programs
• news
• documentary
news
BBC firstly broadcasted news on radio since 1922
news
NEWS VALUES
1. immediacy
2. proximity
3. prominence
4. unusualness
5. human interest
news
NEWS FORMAT
1. news program
2. breaking news
3. news interview
4. news analysis
5. news talk
documentary
Zoo Quest (1954)
Civilisation (1969)
The Family (1974)
documentary
DOCUMENTARY VALUES
1. human/ animal/subject matter
2. fact
3. education
4. seriousness
documentary
DOCUMENTARY FORMAT
1. Fly on the Wall (observational documentary)
2. Participatory documentary
3. Drama documentary
4. Expository documentary
sit-com
situation-comedy
Radio
Sam and Henry (USA, 1962)
Television
Pinwright’s Progress (UK, 1946)
Mary Kay and Johnny (USA, 1947)
I Love You Lucy (USA, 1951)
sit-com
SITCOM FORMAT(Taflinger, 1996)
1. Action sitcom
2. Domestic sitcom
3. Dramatic sitcom
soap opera/drama series
soap sponsorship daytime soap / series primetime soap / series
1930s Radio soap opera
The War of the Worlds (USA, 1938)
Television
As the World Turns (USA, 1956-present)
Coronation Street (UK, 1960-present)
General Hospital (USA, 1963-present)
soap opera/drama series
SOAP/SERIES FORMAT(Glen Creeber, 2001)
1. Western series
2. Teen series
3. Action drama
4. Medical drama
5. Sci-fi series
game show
1930s Radio game show
Targeting housewives
Television
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (UK, 1999)
game show
GAME SHOW COMPONENTS
1. Contestants
2. Game
3. Prize
game show
GAME SHOW FORMAT
1. Quiz show
2. Stunt show
3. Performance show
4. Agony show
5. Dating show
talk show
1948 Radio talk show
talk show
TALK SHOW COMPONENTS
1. Host
2. Guest
3. Issue
talk show
TALK SHOW FORMAT
1. Hard talk
2. Soft talk
reality show
Radio
Candid Microphone (USA, 1947)
Candid Camera (on television)
Audience participation on Television
America’s Most Wanted (1988)
America’s Funniest Home Videos (1989)
Survivor (UK, 1992)
Big Brother (Netherlands, 1999)
reality show
REALITY SHOW COMPONENTS
ORDINARY PEOPLE + CONSTRUCTED SITUATION
= REALITY SHOW
reality show
RALITY SHOW FORMAT
1. Reality-document
2. Reality-competition
3. Reality-make over
4. Reality-experiment
sports program
Radio
1921 Jack Dempsey vs George Carpentier LIVE BROADCAST
Television
1937 Wimbledon LIVE BROADCAST
sports program
SPORTS PROGRAM VALUES
1. Authentic visual appeal
2. Dramatic
3. Audience engagement
sports program
SPORTS PROGRAM FORMAT
1. sport event
2. sport journalism
3. sport promotion
music program
1940s Concert LIVE BROADCAST
1950s Video Deejay Program
1980s MTV
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT
PRODUCTION ELEMENTS
1. TV Host and Participants
2. Shots
3. Graphics
4. Sound
CONTENTS
1. Concept
2. Mood and Tone
3. Target audience