Generic Research- Drive To Survive

 Netflix Drive To Survive- Netflix new reality TV show following the F1 Season

History

• Originally pitched as an idea that revolved solely around Red Bull Racing but this evolved into a series about F1 focusing upon the Team politics and drama within the sport.
• On 24th of march 2018 Formula One announced that Netflix had commissioned a ten episode reality-series giving an exclusive looks to fans behind the scenes of the Formula One World Championship.
• The series is executive produced by James Gay-Rees and Paul Martin for the production company Box to Box Films.  

How genre conventions are employed?

• Drive to survive uses a lot of sensationalism and sometimes creation of fake drama in order to retain audiences - Lots of fans of Formula 1 boycotted the show due to the fact they felt most events were presented as sensationalised and sometimes completely opposite to the events within real life.
• The show also uses lots of interviews though out the season which match the events seen on the audiences screen, which are then cut and manipulated in order to craft the most exciting version of events

How and why intertextuality is used?

• Within the series the producers pay homage to past films such as Risk and Le Mans by shooting/portraying the show within the a similar style/pacing, This creates a tense atmosphere which viewers will recognise as similar to early racing movies.

How combinations of media language elements are used to create meaning?

• Up Close Shots of face- Used to create tension and show fear
• Long panning shots- Allows the audience to get a sense of speed of the formula cars 
• Zooming Orbit Shot- Used to establish the settings

Generic Research- Clarkson's Farm

 

Clarkson's Farm Amazon Prime

History

• Set on Clarkson's own farm (Diddly Squat Farm) where audience members watch everyday challenges and events unfold on his farm.  <- Could also be argued that this is more educational then conventional reality TV shows.
• Farm was taken over by Jeremy as he originally believed farming was easy but upon realising the hardships of the profession he started the series as he wanted to show people the true side of farming
• Produced by Expectation LTD and originally started filming late 2019 but was delayed in release until 2021 due to the pandemic.
• Directed by Gavin Whitehead <- Old director of Top Gear

How genre conventions are employed?

• Contradicts the genre by showing all sides of the farming business not just the good bits which makes it an excellent example of true reality TV this does contradict some forms of conventional reality TV
•  Conforms with the genre by showing the true stories of the farm

How and why intertextuality is used?

• To Jeremy Clarkson's previous work on Top Gear and Grand Tour, this is done as Easter eggs in order to please long time fans.
• Uses the same director as Top Gear and Grand Tour <- As such the style of camera work and pace is similar to his past work

How combinations of media language elements are used to create meaning?

• Up Close Shots of face- Used to create comedy and show emotions after something has gone wrong
• Long panning shots- Allows the audience to get a sense of scale or how big Jeremy has messed Up 
• Drone shot- Used to establish the settings for the events seen on screen

Generic Research- W Series Driven

 W Series Driven Generic Research

History

• Released on All-4 on the 20th June 2021 but originally filmed during the opening season of the Women series in 2018/2019
• The Series was released in order to stop backlash among the racing community due to the series controversial nature
• W series motto of "Rethink racing" was very prominent within the series as the main object of the series was to promote more diversity within racing

How genre conventions are employed?

• Subtle sensitisation is employed to dramatise events within the series 
• Concept features a knockout system where the weakest contestants are removed from the series this creates tension as the audience do not know who progresses to the next stage.
• Uses a celebrity to attract audiences - David Coulthard

How and why intertextuality is used?

• Intertextuality is used within the show which loosely referring to the fast and furious franchise due to one of the casts link with the live travelling show, this is done to give the show similar connotations to the movies.

How combinations of media language elements are used to create meaning?

• Up Close Shots of face- Used to create tension and show emotions of the cast
• Long panning shots- Allows the audience to get a sense of speed or show to the audience happiness
• Zooming Orbit Shot- Used to establish the settings on where each scene is shot

Photoshoot Camera Practice

 These are the Photos used for the camera practice during our media lesson, some of them are nice however a lot are out of focus making them unusable.

I have learnt throughout this processes that I need to focus on improving my photography as a lot of my photos would have been nice however they were out of focus due to my inexperience of DSLR equipment

Definition of Reality Tv Show

Dictionary.com

noun. a television show in which members of the public or celebrities are filmed living their everyday lives or undertaking specific challenges.

Wikipedia

Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unknown individuals rather than professional actors.

Conclusion

These are a couple of definitions of the term reality TV show, where it seems the term doesn't have a fixed meaning that all shows conform into.