Texual analysis for 2 texts: Regency house party (text 1) and SAS: are you tough enough? (text 2)
Text 1 and text to both belong to the same genre of reality television. The function of reality television is to provide the audience with reality as it happens shown on television.
Both texts show reality television in different forms. Text 1 which is regency house party; a period drama lives in the nostalgic memory of the time in which Jane Austin lived in having the elements of intertexuality making it a post modern text whereas text 2, SAS: are you tough enough takes a different approach in presenting reality. This text could be seen as a propaganda text in which they persuade the audience to join the army. The hypodermic needle model is reinforced as passive audiences are injected with ideologies about the army.
On the other hand, the uses and gratifications theory could be applied as they audience could be shown in an active role where they pick the text they consumes and both these texts provide different elements to other reality television texts but also provides the audience with escapist entertainment.
The entertainment for women would be that a couple of women are shown in the army, a stereotypical place associated with the male gender challenging patriarchy. The reason for this could be is due to feminism that arose during the 70’s in which women fought for equally and this text clearly shows them in an active role subverting these stereotypes. However, text 1, regency house party reinforces these stereotypes as women are shown in stereotypical roles of house keeping and passive nonetheless, this stereotype reflects the zeitgeist of that era.
These stereotypes are reinforced in text 2 as the main gender shown in this reality television is the male gander. This suggests that the contemporary society is still patriarchal making women subordinate to men. The use of phallic objects in both texts suggests that Mulvey’s theory is reinforced for men as well as women.
The audience are made to identify with the characters in both reality shows through iconography, part of the repertoire of elements suggested by Steve Neale. The use of high angle shots make the audience sympathise with the tortured army members giving authority to the main person supervising them.
Additionally, the pleasure it provides the is intellectual pleasures as understanding the texts background such as for text 1, having knowledge of the time in which Jane Austin lives and for text 2, knowing what the army is and what they do. The contradicting colours also help reinforce this intellect ability as text 1 has a dark, dreamy colours reflecting the past and texts 2 has bright colours to reflect the atmosphere in that texts creating identification and so audiences do not feel alienated.
The use of hand held cameras used in texts 2 in absent in text 2. The use of hand held camerawork could signify realism, this being an important aspect as this text is meant to present reality and so this will benefit the representation of what is being shown to be true and accurate. On the other hand, reality television is never as accurate and a fair representation it is made out to be. The version is mediated and constructed to form into reality so therefore it is a re-presentation of the truth.
The contrast of broadcasters means that these texts are aimed as different however mainstream audiences as these two channels are the most popular out of the 5 terrestrial channels. BBC is a public service broadcaster with a remit of educating, informing and entertaining the audience and is successful in doing this however the channel 4, also public service broadcasters aims to inform audience on different matters to the BBC. Text 2 is from the BBC and this texts informs the audiences of the atmosphere surrounding army life but also provided entertainment as watching reality in terms of men being as equal to women because males are shown crying, something males deny presented reality to the audiences. The use of personalisation also creates identification for texts 2 which is absent in text 1.
In conclusion, the use of non diagetic music is important in creating the scenes along with the establishing shot and reflecting the themes both texts try to get across to the audience such as the calm classic music for text 1 as it reflects zeitgeist and the heave drums in texts to.
Text 1 and text to both belong to the same genre of reality television. The function of reality television is to provide the audience with reality as it happens shown on television.
Both texts show reality television in different forms. Text 1 which is regency house party; a period drama lives in the nostalgic memory of the time in which Jane Austin lived in having the elements of intertexuality making it a post modern text whereas text 2, SAS: are you tough enough takes a different approach in presenting reality. This text could be seen as a propaganda text in which they persuade the audience to join the army. The hypodermic needle model is reinforced as passive audiences are injected with ideologies about the army.
On the other hand, the uses and gratifications theory could be applied as they audience could be shown in an active role where they pick the text they consumes and both these texts provide different elements to other reality television texts but also provides the audience with escapist entertainment.
The entertainment for women would be that a couple of women are shown in the army, a stereotypical place associated with the male gender challenging patriarchy. The reason for this could be is due to feminism that arose during the 70’s in which women fought for equally and this text clearly shows them in an active role subverting these stereotypes. However, text 1, regency house party reinforces these stereotypes as women are shown in stereotypical roles of house keeping and passive nonetheless, this stereotype reflects the zeitgeist of that era.
These stereotypes are reinforced in text 2 as the main gender shown in this reality television is the male gander. This suggests that the contemporary society is still patriarchal making women subordinate to men. The use of phallic objects in both texts suggests that Mulvey’s theory is reinforced for men as well as women.
The audience are made to identify with the characters in both reality shows through iconography, part of the repertoire of elements suggested by Steve Neale. The use of high angle shots make the audience sympathise with the tortured army members giving authority to the main person supervising them.
Additionally, the pleasure it provides the is intellectual pleasures as understanding the texts background such as for text 1, having knowledge of the time in which Jane Austin lives and for text 2, knowing what the army is and what they do. The contradicting colours also help reinforce this intellect ability as text 1 has a dark, dreamy colours reflecting the past and texts 2 has bright colours to reflect the atmosphere in that texts creating identification and so audiences do not feel alienated.
The use of hand held cameras used in texts 2 in absent in text 2. The use of hand held camerawork could signify realism, this being an important aspect as this text is meant to present reality and so this will benefit the representation of what is being shown to be true and accurate. On the other hand, reality television is never as accurate and a fair representation it is made out to be. The version is mediated and constructed to form into reality so therefore it is a re-presentation of the truth.
The contrast of broadcasters means that these texts are aimed as different however mainstream audiences as these two channels are the most popular out of the 5 terrestrial channels. BBC is a public service broadcaster with a remit of educating, informing and entertaining the audience and is successful in doing this however the channel 4, also public service broadcasters aims to inform audience on different matters to the BBC. Text 2 is from the BBC and this texts informs the audiences of the atmosphere surrounding army life but also provided entertainment as watching reality in terms of men being as equal to women because males are shown crying, something males deny presented reality to the audiences. The use of personalisation also creates identification for texts 2 which is absent in text 1.
In conclusion, the use of non diagetic music is important in creating the scenes along with the establishing shot and reflecting the themes both texts try to get across to the audience such as the calm classic music for text 1 as it reflects zeitgeist and the heave drums in texts to.
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