KEY CONCEPTS - FACTUAL VS. FICTIONAL
FACTUAL TRUTH, REAL e.g. news
vs.
FICTIONAL LIES, UNREAL movies
Which of the following media extracts are factual
and which are fictional?
1. A magazine cover
2. An article in the Guardian
3. The Amazing India - BBC Documetary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APn07PS-5qc
http://www.youtube.com/w atch?v=eLkZTJczirU
A sit-com – Two and A Half Men 4.
5. A Film - Forest Gump (US, 1994)Tom Hanks meets President Kennedy
http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=gI0PbdS6eU&feature=relmfu
6. A prank
7. A blog
CONCLUSION:
FACTUAL AND FICTIONAL OVERLAP!!!
Question: Why do factual and fictional need to overlap in media today?
Reasons to blend fact and fiction in media:
To feed audience’s/readers’ hunger for sensationalism
To make some events less boring (reproduction of some events in dialogues) or more explicit (e.g. reconstructions of crimes in some documentary etc) for the audience/readers.
To entertain the audience( e.g. films)
The basic aim of the media is to attract audience and they do
that by influencing people. Watch the following film about the media influence on the audience and fill in handout number 1. Work in groups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvgURfZMGoQ&feature=related
ASSIGNEMENT: Look at the following two cartoons and try to make one similar, having in mind any type of media and its influence on the audience. (flip-chart papers)