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Mind Map by livchester67, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by livchester67
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How important are
high production values
to your three main
texts? TV
- Casualty
- BBC One - Public broadcast - public funded
- approx 20-30million/season (season of 20+ episodes)
- Low production value
- Low production value
- High production
values unimportant
because audiences
expect a low budget
program from public
funded TV
- Budget does not
stop Casualty
from having
5million+ viewers
per episode - good ratings
- High production values not key because its a
hyper real tv drama - hyper realistic mise en
scene (ordinary/hospital costumes, hospital
iconography, posessions of lower/middle class
people ie Connie's iPhone), simple shot-to-shot editing, basic
cinematography shots used ie facial closeups,
straight on angle, closeup of wine glass
breaking
- However some viewers may have an
oppositional or negotiated reading
because of low production values- ie
episode 16 season 29 when woman
is seeing witches- women in cheesy
green masks
- Budget does not
stop Casualty
from having
5million+ viewers
per episode - good ratings
- approx 20-30million/season (season of 20+ episodes)
- BBC One - Public broadcast - public funded
- Made in Chelsea
- E4 - Freeview - adverts, not public funded -
Audiences expect mid-range production values
- Lower ratings - 1-2milion viewers per episode
- Lower ratings - 1-2milion viewers per episode
- Stars are wealthy socialites - while
budget is not officially released, the
approx value of a star's wardrobe alone is
over £100,000 - this funding may be from
their own accounts as it is a reality show
- Royally connected
starlets such as diamond
dealer Francis, sons of
wealthy businessmen ie
Jaime (son of McVities
owner)
- Expensive, hyper real
mise en scene ie Aston
Martin cars, diamonds,
expensive holidays
abroad (like s1 ep 2,
gabriella and ollie go
skiing), finely decorated
homes, trendy brunch
locations
- Show centers around
aspirational culture - starlets,
aspirational iconography -
therefore high production
values are likely quite
important
- However its very likely that as a scripted reality show with
simple editing and cinematography, it is not high budget to
produce and much of the aspirational iconography may
come from starlets themselves (wardrobe)
- Cinematography hack- highly simple cinematography -
edited with colour correction to up blues and yellows,
give hazy/muted look - appears expensive
- Cinematography hack- highly simple cinematography -
edited with colour correction to up blues and yellows,
give hazy/muted look - appears expensive
- However its very likely that as a scripted reality show with
simple editing and cinematography, it is not high budget to
produce and much of the aspirational iconography may
come from starlets themselves (wardrobe)
- Royally connected
starlets such as diamond
dealer Francis, sons of
wealthy businessmen ie
Jaime (son of McVities
owner)
- E4 - Freeview - adverts, not public funded -
Audiences expect mid-range production values
- True Detective
- HBO - high production drama network -
pay to watch - viewers expect high
production values to be visible. Target
audience also consume programs such as
Game of Thrones and Mad Men
- 11 million viewers per episode
- 11 million viewers per episode
- HBO has not released budget officially,
however, paid over $4million to acquire
each episode of True Detective and paid
creator Nick Pizzolato millions as well
- High budget cinematography - long
shots, sweeping birds eye shots, and
muted palette only attainable with high
end cameras and expensive external
equipment such as helicopter
- High budget editing visible in
complex, visually stunning intro with
many layers, green screen used
- High budget mise en scene - filmed in modern day USA south,
mise en scene used throughout to make it appear as if its in
the 90s - find computers, fashion, cars, gas pumps, everything
90s - hyper real 1990s mise en scene
- Star theory - main men are celebrities Woody
Harrelson and Matthew McConaghey, also
features stars such as Vince Vaughn and Rachael
McCadams
- High production values made for the key elements of the
tv show which attract audiences - HBO's reputation, star
theory, visually stunning, convincing
- High budget editing visible in
complex, visually stunning intro with
many layers, green screen used
- HBO - high production drama network -
pay to watch - viewers expect high
production values to be visible. Target
audience also consume programs such as
Game of Thrones and Mad Men
- Conclusion: Casualty, a public funded TV drama does not at all need high production values. MIC, a
public broadcast scripted reality show, needs it somewhat. True Detective, a pay-to-watch drama, needs
it a lot.
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