Reality show

ENGLISH ESSAY « the path to pop fame is instant and easy thanks to the explosion of reality TV shows » Pop Idol, American Idol, Canadian Idol, Australian Idol… when you cast a glance at TV nowadays, most of the programs are reality TV shows. In each of them, dozens of unknown people become for a few episodes TV stars. They are watched, spied on, admired and adulated by millions of people in the audience. These reality shows touch most of the population because they propose us to make our dreams come

Conoces a ese cerdo y sabes que pronto se vengará Tu connais ce vieux porc et tu sais qu'il se vengera bien assez tôt [Puento] [Pont] [Estribillo] [Refrain] Al día siguiente la audiencia subió en todos los reality shows Le jour suivant, l'audience est montée dans tous les reality-shows Víctima de una terrible agresión su larga agonía acabó Victime d'une terrible agression, sa grande agonie a terminé Mientras la ley no te quiera escuchar y siga dormido ese juez Alors que la loi ne veut

abundance of reality shows. This new genre is centered around the routine and everyday life’s of celebrities or simple people. Nowadays, we can say that it is a real mass phenomenon. Indeed reality shows are everywhere, mostly in America and Europe of course, but also in poorer countries such as India. The concept was born in Germany, in 1970’s, but really has deepen in 1999 with the Big Brother : 12 candidates are locked in for several weeks and constantly monitored by video systems. The show produced

New means of communication and reality Reality is a tricky term when it gets confronted to new means of communication. When we try to find a relation between fiction and reality we realize that there is no such thing as a gap between them. Most of time the screen tries to imitate the real world. We can see it in films for example. The scenarist projects us in another world but most of time it has to be close to our reality. Everybody knows that the person who reads the script has to understand the

Reality TV Plan Introduction 1. Definition and concept 2. Where does TV reality come from? 3. Different types of reality TV Introduction Television is one of the greatest achievements of the 20 th century. This is the most popular media. Today every family has a TV set. When TV first appeared it main purpose was to give official information to people. Today, the programs are various and people have a chance to select what they want to see. I'll try to talk you about reality TV.

Reality TV 1. Definition and concept Reality TV is a kind of TV program which presents humorous and dramatic situations without a script, documents actual events and features ordinary people instead of professional actors. Documentaries and nonfictional programs such as the news and sports shows are usually not classified as a reality show. The principle is gifts to film ordinary people in situations inspired of real situations. It is vulgarizing of the banal one. In the cases of the celebrities

fabriquées et souligne les évolutions du métier. Cela n'empêche pas l'image d'être très puissante, comme le montrent l'émotion qui se dégage du cliché pris par Andrew Holbrooke en 1992 ou les pressions politiques que Larry Beinhart met en scène dans Reality-Show. Les enjeux et les pressions sont très importants, à tel point que l'on peut se demander si l'image est une information comme les autres. Après avoir évalué son poids actuel dans l'information, nous verrons que l'image s'avère de plus en plus

symbol of consummer society that was immerging during the sixties. There was a large immergence of mass cultural technologies which brought news directly on your house. In Forrest Gump many historical aspects are described through Tv set. It is a way to show that history is closed with social memory. That is to say social memory keeps history alive. Without a recollection of memories history can not survive. Television is a means to replace history in the popular culture a way to join people in a same

allie l'humour et la sagacité. Il reçoit un "Edgar Award" du meilleur premier roman policier en 1987, et livre encore en 1988 "You get what you pay for" puis "Foreign Exchange" en 1991 : cette série reste inédite en France à ce jour. C'est avec Reality show que nous le découvrons en langue française, un thriller politique publié en 1993, "American hero", qui se voit adapté au cinéma sous le titre: "Wag the dag" avec Dustin Hoffman et Robert de Niro, en version française : Des hommes d'influence

donc pas le théâtre et le reality-show télévisuel, où on se montre précisément tel qu’on est, c’est-à-dire nul : rien ni personne, ce à quoi tout un chacun est conséquemment invité à s’identifier au plus vite. Ce paragraphe – qui pourrait facilement être traité avec le précédent - apporte l’idée nouvelle d’un écart important entre la personnalité d’un acteur et l’emploi théâtral qu’il tient. En contraste, l’auteur mentionne un format télévisuel actuel : le reality-show, sans aucune valeur sur le