Task One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

The scene begins with parallel music, and sets and atmosphere where audiences anticipate something hysterical than stunning. As she states she’s 47, we get a close up of Simon Cowells face, one of the most powerful and influential men in the media at the moment, looking shocked, and we then see Boyle shaking her hips, leading to Piers Morgan giving her a weird look. As the viewers see this, we base our opinion depending on their facial expression. Also shots of the audiences making faces, again leads us as viewers to also feel repelled by Boyle. As she sings we hear the audience cheer, and get long shots of the audience standing to give her a standing ovation, with this, the viewers gain a different perspective on Susan Boyle, and we start to like her. The song she sings is a classic and alongside her age, we can assume that the people more appreciative of her music taste would be
older.

“When you stood there with that cheeky grin and said I want to be ling Elaine Page everyone was laughing at you, no one is laughing now” Piers Morgan.

“Everybody was against you, I honestly think we were all being very cynical and I think that’s the biggest wake up call ever” Amanda Holden.

From these comments we can see that Susan Boyle does not appear to have any stereotypical features suggesting that she can potentially be a star. The audience and the judges laughed at her because of her quirky personality, age, dress sense and looks. However because of her talent she was put through and came second in the whole competition, she has gone on to sell millions of copies of her album and has become a sensation around the world. She is now a “star”, however consists no stereotypes of one.

Issues and Debates to link –
• Representation: How Susan Boyle was represented in the scene. Compare how she was represented in the beginning to the way she was represented in the end.
• Stereotyping: How Boyle does not conform to the stereotypes, as suggested by the judges.
• Ownership and control: Simon Cowell manages Sycho productions, and signs on many artists that become famous overnight by winning competitions.
• Reality TV: as the show is reality, the audiences come to terms with the
fact that anyone can be a “star”.

MEDIA LANGUAGE:?
INSITUTION: ITV1
GENRE: Reality
REPRESENTATION: Depends on the talent, and the music played, alongside with certain shots
AUDIENCE: Family TV show, prime time?
IDEOLOGIES: Anyone can be a star. Britain had got talent.
NARRATIVE: Linear

SOCIAL:?
HISTORICAL: BGT has been running for 5 years.
ECONOMICAL: Dubz.TV - Website, SyCo TV – Record label, talkback THAMES – production Company, part of fremantle media.
POLITICAL:?