Thursday 27 September 2012

Definitions of genre types

Fly on the wall documentary- a show filmed where a camera crew is following people doing various things, from going about their daily life, to doing their job.
examples of this include:
big brother- endemol
shipwrecked the island- RDF media

Scripted reality television- television shows that follow people, which appear to be in real life situations however they are actually given pre set situations to act out.
"a type of television series featuring real people who talk naturally but are put in situations which are pre-arranged by the production company"
examples include:
made in chelsea- monkey entertainment
desperate scousewives
the hills- reel security co

Fiction shows- fiction shows are shows that tell the stories of characters and events that are not real, however they are sometimes based upon real events. fiction is a broad term which includes many different genres such as comedy, drama, horror and many others.
examples include:
dead set- Zeppotron
misfits-Clerkenwell films
the inbetweeners- Bwark Productions, Young films

references:
IMDB

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