Posts Tagged ‘argumentative’
This season on Food Network Star, the competitors and judges seem to be more critical about how they are perceived by their “at home” audience. As noted in past seasons, there has been quite a few changes to the direction the show is heading. Yes, Food Network is aiming at keeping the show interesting and exciting as the seasons progress. However, one might argue that the show is becoming a reality tv show, focusing more on the drama that comes along with competing to be the next Food Network Star. But has there ever really been a genre associated with food related television shows? Did we, being the audience, ever really thought about where the specific conventions of this type of television show might be placed? By examining different parts of the show, we can pick out a few elements that can be categorized into various genre types. Overall, the show is a regular food television show with a side of reality and drama.
Another element of this type of television show that we can take into consideration, is the idea of whether or not the actions of the cast or rather the competitors are influenced by the cameras being present. Do they react in certain ways because of what they think the audience would see or are we formulating our own perceptions based on what the cameras are showing? Yes and no because whose to say that the competitors actions are being influence or whether what is happening is more so reality. It is understood that the cameras are meant to assist us in how we perceive things and function as our eyes. As we look at the show and all the rhetorical and conventional aspects of it, we can realize that there is more to just what we “see and read” . We would have to focus on other elements to come to a conclusion, if possible of how they all function.
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Post #5-(Argumentative)
Posted on: May 26, 2011
Rhetorical argument within narratives is usually seen as being very
believable. The storyline often captures the attention of the audience. The
more persuasive the argument, the people tend to believe it based upon what and
how it is being presented. Paradigms are relevant to how they, narratives, are
being revised in terms of what genre we can classify or categorize a particular
style or technique. In the case of the clip below from the ABC Family’s hit
series Pretty Little Liars, the scene in the hospital gives the
illusion that Hanna is seeing the deceased Aly in her room. Aly reappears to
check on her because she wanted to make sure she was alive but she begins to
play on her emotions about what really happened the night of her death. Then,
she disappears to some unknown destination.
As we can see, the idea or type of style behind this scene can be view by
the audience as being somewhat of a mystery; others may view it as a bit
science-fictional, a drama or a mixture of both. The paradigms of this TV show
are so interchangeable that we, as viewers cannot only see this show in just
one particular light. That is the most interesting thing about paradigms; the
signifiers are a part of some defining category. The composition of the rhetoric
would make a difference because if the narrative would be affected by the style
in which the authors wrote it. It can be understood that if Aly were to just
come back and all was well again, that would leave viewers confused, or if Aly
would have killed Hanna when she went to visit her. However could this mean
that, this is what makes a mystery, a mystery? Well, certainly it is dependent
upon what each person considers a mystery to be, personally I would be lost if
Aly had decided to reveal her secret that she was alive. Notice that when the
scene first started, it appears that Hanna is hallucinating, and then it
reverts to her appearing to be very real.
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