Identify a favorite media text. Identify what genre(/s) it belongs to. How might fans, producers & artists perceive the genre(/s) differently? How does this text achieve the "delicate balance between convention and invention"?
One of my personal favorite media texts is the Harry Potter series... and, as I have mentioned in class, it is definitely my guilty pleasure. It could be categorized under fiction and subcategorized as fantasy (for obvious reasons). I believe that the fans of this particular media text perceive the genre in many different ways. Some view it as some sort of subliminal anti-christian type of story. It can also be defined as something that just simply fascinates people and they just like to marvel at the fact that JK Rowling had the mental capacity to create something so amazing. Others, like myself, use it as an escape from the real world when all you want to believe is that Hogwarts exists, Dumbledore is real, and there is no magic that is impossible. The balance between convention and invention is extremely off. It isn't necessarily a conventional piece but it can definitely be defined as an inventive media text. Everything about it is original and every book isn't even close to redundant when it comes to the material contained within its pages and scenes. I love this media text and I probably will until the day I die... it's nice to take a step outside of the real world and let my imagination wander from time to time.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
New TV genres
Using the concept hybridity, develop a pitch for a new tv show. Combine the elements of two different existing genres -- be sure to articulate which elements you're borrowing from each genre. Why do you think this new hybrid will work?
I chose to take an entirely different approach to this because I have actually thought of the possibility of what could be the make-up of a more entertaining, diverse, and interesting show.
I have noticed that Hollywood and MTV like to focus on the "lifestyles of the rich and the famous" to the point where our minds are pracitcally molded into believing that is the only way this world spins. I think this assists in the large problem in our economy and the money we are spending on ridiculous things... or lack there-of.
I don't mean to say that a television production should be captured in the town of Canal Fulton, Ohio... but I think that it would be very interesting to see a reality television show captured in ACTUAL reality. I got this idea while watching the movie Rent one day and how Mark Cohen tapes random, ugly truths about New York City. I think it would be extremely enlightening to tape a group of friends in a small town and how "most people" actually do live their lives. My friends, for example, were so hilarious and entertaining every time we were together that we said many times "we should have our own reality show". I think that would be an excellent idea for a television series and I truly do believe that non-fictional drama is far more entertaining and believable than what we see on shows like Laguna Beach, The Hills, and The City.
I chose to take an entirely different approach to this because I have actually thought of the possibility of what could be the make-up of a more entertaining, diverse, and interesting show.
I have noticed that Hollywood and MTV like to focus on the "lifestyles of the rich and the famous" to the point where our minds are pracitcally molded into believing that is the only way this world spins. I think this assists in the large problem in our economy and the money we are spending on ridiculous things... or lack there-of.
I don't mean to say that a television production should be captured in the town of Canal Fulton, Ohio... but I think that it would be very interesting to see a reality television show captured in ACTUAL reality. I got this idea while watching the movie Rent one day and how Mark Cohen tapes random, ugly truths about New York City. I think it would be extremely enlightening to tape a group of friends in a small town and how "most people" actually do live their lives. My friends, for example, were so hilarious and entertaining every time we were together that we said many times "we should have our own reality show". I think that would be an excellent idea for a television series and I truly do believe that non-fictional drama is far more entertaining and believable than what we see on shows like Laguna Beach, The Hills, and The City.
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