Script

Scene 1: sitting in the chair with her eyes closed, rocking back and forth on a rocking chair. Webs and dust suited on the chair. Connoting the past. (Panning shot) 

Scene 2: long shot, mid shot to a close-up of the protagonist. 

Scene 3:  Girls eyes open and she screams that's when the camera zooms out. Time lapse effect of (Facebook on the phone and close-up of status, her partying with friends symbolising  she had a sociable and good life.)

Scene 4: tracking shot of the house and field in the area, connoting that we're in the present now. 

Scene 5: Fading into the woods, girl running towards the boy only noticing the back of the girl. She's laughing sound: playful music. Boy and girl meet each other:

Boy: "Hi babe. Let's go for a walk". 

Girl: "Okay, Let's go."

Sound: wind to show pathetic fallacy 

leave the scene by walking of and camera blurs out. DIMMING OF THE LIGHTS

Scene 6:  in the fields: Boy and girl converse with each other.

Boy: "I don't like what you're wearing, I told you not to wear tight clothes. It doesn't look good on you.

Girl: It's got nothing to do with you, what I wear.

Boy: "I decide what you wear." points at her

Girl: roles her eyes and walks off with her phone . she's now on Facebook.

Scene 7:  He comes after her, they're both surrounded by trees. It's very dark.  

Boy: he touches her face behind her hair. "You know I love you, but I don't like it when you don't listen to me babe".

Girl: she stays silent and moves a step back, and quickly moves his hand off her face and says, "don't you dare touch me!"

Boy: so your not going to listen to me?

Girl: panics and says "No!"

Boy: all this Facebook and shi* is changing you, I will make you listen to me. you bitch

Girl: "get away from me, I know what's going on you think I'm stupid? I saw the text message to that bitch.

Boy: SHOUTS "what did you just say? Huh?" Slaps her 3 times

Girl: running away and keeps turning back, has dirt on her face and is really scared. Sound: intense song plays

Boy: IF YOU CAN'T BE MINE, YOU CAN'T BE ANYONE'S. 

Girl: in the hills looking at the world, over-the shoulder shot (sun is setting) she cries.                                     

                                         

Progress report

Rajneet has made a start on the storyboard, its nearly complete.
I have analysed one trailer on Orphan and I've found out some music which we could use.
Dupinder and Ashwaria have also analysed a trailer
We haven't made a start on the script and shot list yet.

Tutorial targets 
- Explain which elements from trailer analysis, to be incorporated into production (x5)
- Complete the storyboard
- Shot list
- Script 

Orphan trailer analysis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF_rUI13HSU

This is a film trailer of "Orphan" it's a horror movie, it came out in the year 2009. The storyline is based upon a girl called Esther, who is the 'Orphan', she has been adopted by a married couple, who already have two other children. Esther suffers from mental health issues, and had nightmares about being haunted by the demons from her past.

The trailer starts of slowly, it tells us the family is going to adopt a child, called Esther. She seems like an innocent girl through her facial expressions, as she is smiling. We slowly find out the child is bad and causes trouble, she has some problems. Esther starts screaming and becomes violent in the toilet, which automatically suggests she is trouble. Everything cuts off and it says in black and white "I think there is something wrong with Esther". The colour black connotes evil and darkness, whereas white connotes purity and peace. Moreover the thing that's wrong with Esther isn't revealed, so its a mystery, which would get the audience thinking and wanting to know.  The scenes are really realistic, as everything used is natural, the lighting used is ambient lighting, which instantly makes the atmosphere bright. At the start of the trailer as Esther is painting bright colours are used, then colours change to dull colours as Esther is in the toilet, kicking and screaming. This implies a change of emotion and mood, this is when everything kicks in of Esther being not normal, and it suggests the story has a pull to it. 

Songs for our production

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epv9W7FH4Fo

Twinkle Twinkle little star - scary. This is a very creepy nursery rhyme and it would fit in perfectly when we are shooting the scene of the girl rocking on the chair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN8ej4Ge2sE
Drunk in love - Beyonce. This would fit in well, if we mix it with the nursery rhyme in the start. We could also use it when the girl is in the forest place, running around, it could show she is a bit mental as she wants someone. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjrp5dluHfo
Ring a ring a rosey - This is a spooky theme tune, which we could use, we could mix it with another song, it has that tempo of building up suspense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRFHAvdwXXs
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking ball. This could work in our production, when the girl is running around. 

Tutorial targets

1. Progress report
2. Storyboard - Rajneet
3. Analyse horror trailers at least 1 each - identify conventions/list ideas
4. Source music - Rashmi and Dupinder
5. Shot list - Ashwaria
6. Start up script - Rashmi and Dupinder

Production planning

 summarise your idea;

When sitting as a group, we had decided to create an opening drama sequence with an abusive relationship taking place. What will be happening is it will focus purely upon the main actress who is interested in her looks and looking good, but her boyfriend is controlling her in a way that she isn't able to realise. This will signify and leave a message to both girls out there, (teenagers) as many people are in a relationship in this 21st century and it would help them to realise and identify. This will also be coming from all of us girls, so we can accurately relate to it.

- explain who you're working with and why;

Dupinder Ashwariya and me worked together in a group last year and we worked very effectively conducting effective team work resulting with a very high grade. Therefore we decided to work together again as we are sure to produce very high quality work. As Mandeep is not available Rajneet will be working taking his place, we are sure that she'll do exceptionally well with us as she did so in the previous years.

- make at least three links to your Critical Investigation;

We will be including social networking sites such as facebook which relates to Ashwaria.
As it's about feminism and female authority this relates to Dupinders as she has links about Miley.
And mine is about celebrities and female (Kim K) who is the centre of fashion and a previous divorcee.
Lastly, as this is to do with hiphop/it relates to Rajneet's Beyonce and Jay Z's CI.


- explain what elements you've learnt when doing your essay that you'll apply in the production;

During my essay I have identified positive and negative factors about Kim Kardashian. As well as feminism, and how the society has changed over the years.  As this was a reality T.V show, and I have analysed some aspects it is likely that I have more knowledge about it and would know what factors make it more realistic. 

- identify the target audience (demographics, psychographics);

Individualists: They want to show the world they are different.
Mainstreamers: They want to go with the flow and don't want to stand out.

Demographics are-
D - Semi and unskilled manual workers; drivers, post sorters, labourers etc.

E - People subsiding on state benefits; the unemployed, students, pensioners etc

- explain where/which channel/when it would appear and how your text will appeal to them;

E4- 8pm (meets OFCOM rule before 9pm) It would appeal to the target audience of 16-29year old women as they'd be more likely to be free and would therefore be more attracted to watch the show.

- list ten additional genre conventions you aim to incorporate. 
love
hatred
drama
spy
crime
action
mystery
romance
adventure

ADDITIONAL LINKS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c44bFif6dKs&safe=active
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeVelhH-aIU&safe=active

Critical Investigation - 1st draft

How are representations constructed in reality T.V shows like ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’?

Reality T.V covers a variety of different types of genres, and can be covered in different ways. Reality T.V has mass appeal[1] and it is a genre where real people’s lives are being filmed, and they are presented in a natural manner, as no script is produced, and audiences have been proven to believe this as 75% of those surveyed believe that reality T.V is “mostly real and unscripted”[2] implying it is all real, it is all done to entertain a bunch of people. Reality T.V has become a success due to the ‘increasing voyeuristic nature of the society’[3] in which we live and in part due to the obsession with celebrity and everyone wanting to be one. ‘Reality T.V has been emerging onto the market with the speedy growth’[4], and it holds a firm ground of being one of the most popular genres in today’s world. This is because it has become to first and foremost due to the fact that it generates a lot of money. ‘The income has been generated through various different types of shows’[5] and the mass audience of reality T.V are people who enjoy listening to gossip and peeking into the lives of others.

Reality television appears to have taken over our TV schedules. From the monstrous Big Brother the genre spawned many hybrids and sub-genres. There are many serious documentaries on BBC4 and Channel 4 such as “Wife Swap”, most of the nation seems to choose the ‘reality’ option. ‘The Dutch company behind Big Brother is announcing record profits and moving into ever more controversial programming’[6]. There are family orientated shows on E! Like “Keeping Up With The Kardashian” which reveals the day to day lifestyle of 5 sisters and their parents and brother. The societal growth and generation have high demands for new inventions, topics of discussion as well as environmental factors. ‘Reality T.V is one of the most watched T.V as of the involvement of several different people, according to the statistical ratings’. [7] This shows that it is very popular and on demand. Furthermore, as the audience we see the effort the Kardashians have put in to become successful. As the 3 sisters Kim, Khloe and Kourtney, deal with different types of situations at their store. Also, as Kim Kardashian has expressed herself of how she feels when she isn’t working as: “I feel lazy when I’m not working.” [8] This primarily shows she enjoys her job role.

The reality T.V show Keeping Up With The Kardashians has positive impacts on the audience, as of the accomplishments they’ve got through their career line, how the family’s grown together as one. The positive aspects are shown through the clothing lines they have of: ‘Jenner Collections’[9], ‘Kardashian Kollection’[10].

The journey of their success all began when the Kardashian sisters first opened their first DASH store in ‘Miami on 21^st May 2009’[11]. Khloe Kardashian had said “it was a MAJOR success if I do say so myself”[12] this shows how she felt about it, this evidently becoming a huge success allowed the Kardashian sisters to progress further within this career and it lead to them opening more stores worldwide and merging with other clothing shops such as ‘Dorothy Perkins’[13] and ‘Lipsy’[14].  Kim Kardashian the ‘entrepreneur’[15] said “I was involved in everything from the scent to the bottles”[16] this was her talking about the launch of her two perfumes “true reflection” and “Glam” this allowed her to have a direct correlation with the audience. Katz and Bumblers theory of Uses of Gratifications links in with ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’, of ‘Diversion, Personal Relationship, Personal Identity and Surveillance’[17].   Escapism links in with the show, through the power it holds of helping you to forget about the stresses of the day when you can see the Kardashians having a much worse day than you have had. The performance held through the identification with actors such as Kim, Khloe or Kourtney, with sociability and their attitudes and behaviour could allow the audience to make direct relations. There could be relations made of personal identity as audiences may relate to some attitudes the actors hold, or comparisons could be held between them as an audience and the actors.

Furthermore, when the new store Kardashian Kaos store was opening in Las Vegas, the family had an opening ceremony. There was a point of view shot from Kim’s perspective when they’re opening one of their new stores, which allows the audience to see what Kim is seeing[18], and how she must be feeling seeing a large audience. The camera then pans on and shows the audience, there are several pictures been taken of the family together, which connotes happiness and success for them. This shows how successful the Kardashians are, and their relationship still remains strong, as they are able to open the store as a happy family together. Also, the promotion of clothing they’re doing, as they’re wearing it would encourage the audience to purchase it, to be just like them.

‘Reality T.V has faced significant criticism since its rise in popularity’[19]. There is a lot of negativity about the Kardashians.  The media demonises, the youth and has left an imprint on today’s society. The young adults look up to celebrities and idolising them, as they are so irresistible[20], due to them being lead such different lives[21], and having the ability to buy whatever they want[22], alongside the glamorous life they live[23]. Audiences see them as “rich, glamorous, posh and chic” these are all stereotypes of celebrities.

The media reports stories to do with celebrities on a regular basis, in order to keep audiences informed on what is happening with their lives. The media reporters do this through all platforms of broadcasting through radio, through the use of e-media of the internet, and print it onto newspapers and magazines. All 3 platforms of: broadcasting, e-media and print were all covered through the event of Kim’s sex tape. There are articles saying “Kim Kardashian achieved her peak of fame after she made a sex tape with R&B singer Ray J that magically got off of a camera, onto a computer, and published to the internet without either of them realizing.”[24] This caused moral panic, which Stanley Cohen said it was the thought of having to worry about ‘values and thoughts of the society’[25]. This would've raised public perception of the possible ‘threat to societal values and interests’[26]. In this case as the media exaggerated the story of Kim’s sex tape, and it being leaked publically, which lead to the public becoming scared, because of the actions Kim had took, which was different perspective of hers, which her fan base wouldn't have imaged. This meant young adults stopped looking at Kim in an idolised manner, which meant they stopped watching the show. 

Furthermore, when Kim decided to do playboy, she created negative representations of herself and reduced her fan base. The episode when Kim done playboy she wore red, which represents her to be devil-like, daring and lovable. Furthermore, this could be interpreted sexually, as of her body language and gesture. The encouraging dialogue the photographer uses of “very nice” and “that’s good”[27] initially suggests she’s doing a good job, and would led to her doing more with the motivation she’s receiving.  This shoot led to Kim’s fan base assuming she is all sexual.

Furthermore, the front cover of Zoo magazine, 26 May edition[28], sexualises Kim Kardashian; the readers are drawn in through the expensive rich lingerie she is wearing of red and black, which are elegant colours. The colours speak for themselves, and there are two headings which say “HOT 101 WINNER” Kim is being referred as the “hottest woman in the world”. The use of ranking, rating and judging a women on their appearance, automatically objectifies and degrades women’s standings[29]. Women are used for male sexual pleasure; this puts the female value down, and implies they have no standing, as men are always controlling women.

This initially goes against what the Kardashians believe, they believe they’ve become where they are due to the management skills of “mom” Kris Jenner[30]. Kim Kardashian has been said as if “she acts as if she's a role model for young girls dealing with body issues, when she has a model's body.”[31] The negativity produced by the reporters about Kim is horrendous; articles are manipulating Kim, against her audience. Furthermore, there is an article upon how Kim Kardashian has become a threat to western civilisation, giving her another bad name in society. As the head of a girl’s private school won praise for her attack on the west’s obsession with celebrity.[32]

The executive producer of the series, Ryan Seacrest, said that rooting from the background of the family, the series will show a family that "truly loves and supports one another"[33]. This could suggest it will all be planned out, and putting on an act of a loving family just to show their audience, the dream world they want to live for. The family has become successful Hollywood entertainers through the dynamics and building up of the family as one. Keeping up with the Kardashians isn’t scripted[34] at all, but isn’t a real life representation[35] either. As the family is aware of the success they’ve been making and how they’ve been entertaining people worldwide. On April 2012, a new 3 year deal was signed with the Kardashian family, for continuing the series until 2015. This shows how successful they’ve become, as they were able to sign a contract deal for 3 years beforehand, it shows the progress they’ve been able to make, since they first started the family business on E! In the year 2007[36]

It is said that “Art today has totally penetrated reality” by Baudrillard[37], which suggests that the boundary between popular culture and reality has completely gone. This is because they have broken into the universal simulacrum, into four steps which are: “it is the reflection of a basic reality, it masks and perverts a basic reality, it marks the absence of a basic reality and it bears no relation to any reality whatever” this has led to differences being held between ‘real life’ and the media representations being erased.  Hyper-reality, breeds with each other without reference to reality or meaning[38]. Furthermore, in terms of postmodernism, the characters in reality T.V aren’t real; they’re not facing real life situations, as it is all planned out this is shown through the series of Big Brother, when Jason came out, he was interviewed by Closer magazine. In which he argued that we weren’t seeing the real Jason[39], it was all a manipulative version, implying everyone was putting on an act. This suggests reality T.V is a sense of putting on a mask and becoming someone you’re not, just to entertain others. Furthermore, it could be said through reality T.V dependant on what type of show it is, a fly-on-the-wall or documentary, you could act differently. It could be argued that people generally in everyday life act differently around different people, so depending on who you are with you act in a different way, so they are themselves, but may not come across as if they are.

Media representations of gender has a big impact on society, as they enter the collective social conscience and reinforce culturally hegemonic views based upon gender[40], which represent males as dominant and stereotype them as being masculine and female’s lower and holding stereotypes of having limited forms of behaviour. Kim Kardashian is dominating within the series, as she always gets her way around everyone, which goes against the media representation and stereotyping of women. Furthermore, feminism started in 1960’s, which consisted of free love which helped escape the sexual double standards which were set, divorce had become a commonplace, and women were known to be “happy housewives”. This links makes straight links with Kim Kardashian due to her having had several divorces, and the programme goes against it as Kim has her own career of the clothing line so she isn’t a typical happy housewife. Moreover, liberal feminism have direct relation to the reality T.V show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ as they believe all people are created equally and shouldn’t be denied equality of opportunity because of their gender. The females all work within the Kardashian family, not only the men. However, Marxist feminism argues that females give birth and males must provide for their families. The Kardashians don’t fit into this that well as, Kourtney Kardashian gave birth to Mason, and Scott didn’t have a job to provide for Mason, and a lot of hassle and chaos was caused throughout this series. 

Many Reality T.V shows include voice-overs so the audience is aware of what is happening if they don’t fully understand through the actions, movement or speech. Big Brother includes many voiceovers, in a form of ‘narration’[41], to tell the housemates what tasks they have to do, or even to call someone to the diary room. However, Keeping up with the Kardashian doesn’t include any type of voice-overs or music, which makes it more realistic as a fly-on-the-wall documentary about their lifestyles. However, there are various different angles in Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which keep the audience intrigued, and directly penetrate into the viewer’s minds, which covers the theory of the hypodermic needle, as it remains injected into their heads.

Historically, ‘An America Family’ is similar to ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ this was an American television documentary which was filmed from May 30^th through December 31, 1971 and ‘first aired in 1973’[42]. The series started off with an establishing shot of the building of where the actors lived[43], which is how ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ starts off. Both shows are family shows and are about the family lifestyle on a day to day basis.

In conclusion, there are different representations of each family member, which are reinforced by stereotypes as the hegemonic control. There are many positive such as the success they’ve got, and it is shown through the lifestyle their living. However, the negatives overtake the positives as there are many stories which have led to the Kardashians having this lifestyle, this is shown through all 3 media platforms of print, broadcast and e-media as the media have been setting these accusations and creating assumptions of stories, just to dumb down the society. Furthermore, a study shows that girls who regularly watch T.V accepted and expected[44] this is usually causes a higher level of drama, aggression and bullying within their own lives, they also sometimes may become stressed or depressed, which could lead to them failing in their studies.

WORDS: 2542 (Including QUOTES)

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[1] Hill, A. (2005) PG 2

[2] http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111103/news/711039954/

[3] http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/mmagpast/RealityTV.html

[4] Reality TV Statistics - http://www.jobmonkey.com/realitytv/reality-tv-statistics.html (Internet)

[5] Ask Jeeves (Internet) http://uk.ask.com/question/why-is-reality-tv-so-popular

[6]http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/mmagpast/mm22_reality.html

[7] Ibid (Ask Jeeves) http://uk.ask.com/question/why-is-reality-tv-so-popular

[8] Nixon, C. (2011) (Kindle edition)  

[9] http://kendallandkylie.celebuzz.com/

[10] http://www.lipsy.co.uk/Kardashians/lookbook

[11] http://khloekardashian.celebuzz.com/the_opening_of_dash_miami_woohooo-05-2009

[12] Ibid^

[13] http://www.dorothyperkins.com/en/dpuk/category/kardashian-kollection-203516/home?geoip=noredirect

[14] Ibid http://www.lipsy.co.uk/kardashians/lookbook

[15] Leblane, R. (2010). P.1.

[16] Nixon, C. (2011) (Kindle edition) 

[17] http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/mmagpast/RealityTV.html

[18] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abShr_KG6Cs

[19] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television

[20] http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/resources/celebrities/

[21] Ibid ^

[22] Ibid ^

[23] Ibid ^

[24] http://www.change.org/petitions/e-entertainment-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-kim-kardashian-cancel-the-kardashian-media-franchise

[25] http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Students/hrb9701.html

[26] Ibid ^

[27] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC-XCpvV_V8

[28] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/22/zoo-kim-kardashian-cover-wrong

[29] http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/22/zoo-kim-kardashian-cover-wrong

[30] http://personalexcellence.co/blog/kardashians/

[31] http://www.change.org/petitions/e-entertainment-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-kim-kardashian-cancel-the-kardashian-media-franchise

[32] http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jun/23/kim-kardashian-threat-western-civilisation

[33] http://list25.com/25-reality-tv-shows-that-are-far-from-reality/

[34] Ibid ^

[35] Ibid ^

[36] http://www.people.com/people/kim_kardashian/biography/0,,20185121,00.html

[37] http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/mmagpast/RealityTV.html

[38] Ibid ^

[39] Ibid ^

[40] http://revisionworld.co.uk/a2-level-level-revision/sociology/mass-media-0/media-representations-age-social-class-ethnicity-gender-sexuality-and-disability

[41] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Bentley

[42] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Family

[43] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaUWsE0EBp4

[44] http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111103/news/711039954/

Works Cited

Internet:

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Newspapers/Magazines:

1. "Study says girls affected by reality TV." Daily Herald. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Jan. 2014. <http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111103/news/711039954/>.
2. Wright, Helen. "Why Zoo's Kim Kardashian cover is wrong." theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media, 22 June 2012. Web. 4 Jan. 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/22/zoo-kim-kardashian-cover-wrong>.
3. McVeigh, Tracy. "Kim Kardashian:  how did she become such a threat to western civilisation?." The Observer. Guardian News and Media, 24 June 2012. Web. 4 Jan. 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jun/23/kim-kardashian-threat-western-civilisation>.
4. http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/mmagpast/RealityTV.html
5. http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/mm/subscribers/downloads/archive_mm/mmagpast/mm22_reality.html

Books:

1. Charlotte Nixon - Kim Kardashian: In Her Own Words [Kindle Edition]
2. Cowlin, Chris. The reality television quiz book 1000 questions on reality TV shows. Luton: Andrews UK Ltd., 2010. Print.
3. Hill, Annette. Reality TV audiences and popular factual television. London: Routledge, 2005. Print.
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