I just want to know how may of you really think that "Reality TV" is real? Some of it seems soooooooo staged!!!
2006-09-12 04:16:22 · 18 answers · asked by kisstineb 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Here's a great article that might shed some light "reality for you"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53032-2004Aug9.html
it certainly surprised me!
2006-09-12 04:22:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Would it be considered "reality" if there's a director calling the shoots and angles?? There's just lots of so called "reality" tv shows but nothing really seemed real at all! It's just spicing it up with the word "reality" and some famous faces.
2006-09-12 04:34:48 · answer #2 · answered by Trixie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is all done under controlled conditions. And, I am sure they have embellished more then once. Reality TV what a farce.
Even the FCC will tell you that contests like American Idol are not real contests, but staged for mass appeal and mass marketing.
2006-09-12 04:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Special Ed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It IS staged, and even if its not necissarily "Rehearsed" with scripts, they cut out and edit a lot of conversations or events to make it more interesting, even sometimes reversing the order of things to make it seem like someone's guilty or started something when they're not.
Also, a lot of the times, they get paid to CREATE conflict, or like... in the "Real World", they choose people who would be most likely not to get along with each other and have extremely outgoing, explosive personalities.
2006-09-12 04:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by Diana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. A few ppl that have been on Big Brother have said that in their Diary Room sessions they are asked very leading questions. A lot is edited for the show that is broadcasted to portray the houseguest in the way the network thinks it can get the highest ratings for.
2006-09-12 04:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by nite_raideress 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be perfectly honest, I don't consider reality television to be real, mainly because so many of the events depicted aren't, in my mind, reality. Yes, it's real, because it's happening, and it's supposedly not scripted or straged, but it's not "nature running its course".
2006-09-12 04:35:51 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel O 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no way reality TV can be reality unless its hidden cameras! As soon as people know they are on TV they will act differently even if they say they don't!! But ALL reality TV shows SUCK anyway!!
2006-09-12 04:19:18 · answer #7 · answered by johnapdavies 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
big brother and stuff like that IS real ye, but of course if they know there on camera 24/7 there gonna act a little... but its got nothing to do with the people who make big brother.... its just like some people (NIKKI!) all try to be funny so people outside will like dem! big brother is just one example of this, but theres others who act the same, like on love island or im a celebrity... but there all real, apart from ones they do with teens on childrens stations.. nickelodion an stuff lol... hope this helps answer ur question xx
2006-09-12 04:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by xxx-chocaholic-xxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No and some more no. They are surrounded by cameras. Who the hell do you know that acts real around a camera. People's grandmother's even act fake on camera at the family reunion. It is a natural instinct.
2006-09-12 06:13:45 · answer #9 · answered by dcthugbaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really I guess.. since the producers and everyone behind the camera edit out the boring/lame stuff and only air the drama/good stuff that we see on tv.
2006-09-12 04:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ mars♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. "reality tv' is fake. For instance in American idol, the producer or the director signals the audience when to clap, when to cheer, or go boo-boo. In certain cases, the judging panel is biased. its just sheer marketing tactics that draws huge crowd for its viewing.
2006-09-12 04:22:07 · answer #11 · answered by evil_breed99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋