There are several different audiences. There is the studio audience who are encouraged to participate either by cheering, voting or merely applauding. Audiences are usually invited to apply for tickets and there is always a multitude who wants to experience the vicarious pleasure of appearing on
TV. When contestants are chosen from the audience television editing [...]
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Media Language: forms and conventions
Posted in audience, design, institution, language, representation on Feb 7th, 2009
Media Language: forms and conventions
Media language should be investigated through a range of contemporary and non-contemporary texts. Generic conventions are: Quiz shows on television are set in a studio. Set design often includes a podium behind which the contestants stand (perhaps to help stop them shaking?). Light is often an important element of the mise-en-scene [...]