Short Paper on realist television form (not content) To practice close, careful analysis of a television show with attention to its form and...

Short Paper on realist television form (not content)

• To practice close, careful analysis of a television show with attention to its form and the specific ways that form creates a “realseemingness.”

• Discuss things like camera work, lighting, editing, and the way these formal elements create a sense of the real

• To demonstrate insight into the how social relations are represented and how that process of representation is naturalized.

• To provide brief insight into the values and messages of a realist television program and begin to explore the ideological implications of realist representation.