Practical

COP 3 Practical

For Context of Practice (COP3)  I have to create a body of writing as well as a practical piece. These two pieces of work need to be crafted together simultaneously; so that they reflect each other and support my argument.

My Dissertation title is 'How is truth and reality represented in the culture industry of television' 

So the argument is how truth can be manipulated in the media through editing techniques and the way information is relayed to an audience.

Idea 1:

- One practical idea of mine was to shoot a interrogation sequence of character, you do not know what he has done but he is being questioned in aerie, dingy room. He is pleading for his life; demanding his innocence.

- Clips of sirens and emergency service men, rushing to a scene builds suspense and gives you an idea of what this character might have done.

- BBC Breaking News reports indicates that some sort of 'terrorist' attack has been committed

- In the final scenes it is revealed that this man is in fact innocent. Possible clip of another man letting off a bomb etc.

Here are a couple of shots taken in my basement for the interrogation scene.

Idea 2:

Since reading further into the Reality TV industry I have developed my idea further into a different production. Whilst reading 'Reality Bites Back' I stumbled across an editing technique used in the Reality TV industry called Frankenbyting

Frankenbyting is a popular tool used by Reality TV editor to add drama to their programming in the same way that scripted TV producers write dramatic dialogue for their characters.

Reality TV producers use Frankenbyting to create a dramatic situation by rearranging the sequence of events and dialogue 

There are two techniques of Frankenbyting:

1. The first is where the producers run a piece of audio relatively unedited, but out of context
2. The second is where the technique gets its name from, it's selecting pieces of several sentences that have nothing to do with one another and editing them together into a new sentence.

- These audio bytes are accompanied by video cuts which help to cover up the splices as well as the make the whole situation believable.

- If two people are having a conversation and the producers want to insert a line spoken by one of the individuals but at another time, they simply cut to a reaction shot of the listener while playing the audio out of context.

Production

This technique has finalised my practical idea into a mock reality TV programme.

- The show will be set in a student house, where 5 students have been selected to live with each other. -- The production will start with establishing shots of the house, interviews with the house mates and the moving in process

- First half of the production will be the highlights of the house mates living with each other, showing drama, tension, flirting between the house mates.

- Shot of a girl walking into kitchen with a different voice over creating tension

- Editing sequences in order to bring out stereotypical character archetypes: The protagonist, hypersensitive, bizarre, stereotypical/relate-ability, verbal outbursts, physical aggression, addictive personalty, 'The wheeper', 'The Bitch'.

Location
I will shoot the mock reality show at my student house, here are a couple of photos I have taken in and around the house.  

I used all natural light in the photos taken, since this is a mock reality TV programme it needs to follow the same basis as if it was a reality tv show; with no studio lighting.

 The characters

Four characters will be entering the house Giles, Kendall, Freddie and Edie. Through programmed scripting I will recreate scenarios that can be manipulated into Frankenbytes or Audiobytes.
I will create drama and tension between the four characters by conjuring a love triangle between them. Patching together reaction shots and out of context audio bites; I will create the illusion that a strong love triangle is dominating the house. Creating a different interpretation of meaning within an image sequence. This will bring out stereotypical character archetypes: The protagonist, hypersensitive, bizarre, stereotypical/relate-ability, verbal outbursts
My production will be split into thirds:

1/3
A mock of what would be a season highlights of the show, in one university term. Introduction to the characters, arguments, interviews

2/3
Kinetic typography explaining what Frankenbyting is

3/3
Highlight shots of the house mates, as the house would have been. Emotive music with all four characters relaxing with each other; with emphasis on facial expressions, smiles, laughter, drinking, smoking.

This piece is an Informative mock reality TV programme. It is designed for people to think twice in what they see in an image sequence

Story boarding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBwqeqOfhg