Prof. Leonardo TerzoRelatoreProf.ssa Barbara BerriCorrelatore
Chiara Luna LupezzaTesi di laurea specialistica di
PALINSESTI, FORMAT E TRASH NELLA TELEVISIONE ITALIANA
Anno Accademico 2008/2009
PROGRAMMING
FORMAT
TRASH
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NEOTELEVISION
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NEW TV GENRES
TALK SHOW
REALITY TELEVISION
FICTIONand their hybrids
…or formats
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TALK SHOW
“Conversation
show” TV “container”
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TALK SHOW
gives voice
host audience
• direct relationship with reality
• shows itself• uncommon places• tv of pain
• television = demiurge• common people• standard narrative
structure• everyday life
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REALITY TV
Truth TV Reality show
real situations that involve common people
vs.
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FICTION
depicts a possible world
products based on narrative invention, on the creation of a hypothetical universe, different kinds
of subgenres
regular appointment = loyalty, familiarity, repetition, continuity
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TRASH: AESTHETIC CATEGORY postmodern era
spreading of low forms of mass culture, everyday aspect
Good taste vs. Bad taste
Different definitions:
• Labranca
• Salza
• Terzo
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LABRANCA AND THE 5 PILLARS• freedom of expression• contamination• incongruity• maximalism• emulation failure
Intention – achieved Results = Trash
kS – R = T
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Trash vs.
• Kitschclean,
“civilize"
• Campawareness,ostentation
spontaneity,no intention
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SALZA AND POP
Good tastevs.
Bad taste
everything that is pop,
not part of high culture or official
Trash
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TERZO VS. THE PILLARS
impossibility to condemn intentions
judge the final product, not what it should/could
have been
trash is not recognized, received by an audience that finds it of his liking
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TRASH, A DYNAMIC CONCEPT
difficult to trace to a single definition of the aesthetic category of trash
Cornerstones:
• spontaneity
• no intentionrelationship users establish with what constitutes their
culture
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TRASH: AS A TV SUBGENREtrash genre contaminates each and every television format
Horizontal: • Talk show
• Reality television
• Fiction
• subgenres and hybrids
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LEVELS OF CULTUREmassive presence of ordinary people on TV
evolution in the sense of low television
RENATO PARASCANDOLO
the generalist TV programs must become more cultural, more
intelligent, witty and thought-provoking
ALDO GRASSO
new frontiers of television,
also learn a lessons from what may appear
despicable at a first sight
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TRASH: AS IN TRASH TELEVISION
how does the audience perceive trash?BUT
TRASH TVtrivial and licentious
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definition is not unique, has no scientific character
television is divided, first produces TV trash and then attempts to limit it when it exceeds certain boundaries
BUT trash TV has a high charming power on the audience
relative to the morality and conscience of each one
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CONCLUDING
expression trash used with different meanings:
aesthetic category
TV subgenre
trash TV
fairly uncommon
academics and professionals
public, press, television critics
Trash is primarily a metaphor for intellectual phenomena that, like garbage, are considered of
poor quality, as a waste
every time produces something that shocks but at the same time seduces and fascinates, and every age will always overcome the limitations of the previous one...
BUT
What will the future of trash be?
Thank you for your attention.
PALINSESTI, FORMAT E TRASH NELLA TELEVISIONE ITALIANA
Tesi di laurea specialistica di Chiara Luna Lupezza