Frontline: Camera and Current Affairs Programs

How do the creators of Front imbibe convey the main issues in the text? The truth in the media is a subjective good which is often sensationalized, fabricated and manipulated for a arrive of reasons. Therefore, realistically the media only represents certain facets of the truth to suit their purpose and context. Rob Sitchs Frontline is a satirical examination of current affairs programs and explores the medias selective dissemination of information to construct the desired truth.Though being disturbingly accurate in their sarcastic attack on the deceit and hypocrisy of the media, the producers of Frontline implement wit and parody to challenge the reliability of the media and such concepts are explored through a number of film techniques in episodes such as The Siege and Add sex and stir The commercial nature of the media dictates that the content of the broadcast must rate easily and be profit fit. The episode The Siege exemplifies the commercial nature of current affairs progra ms and re-emphasizes the medias potential to regard the truth as a subjective commodity to gain gain higher ratings.Frontline seeks little more than authenticity to convince their audience that they are a credible resource. In The Siege Rob Sitch blurs the demarcation between fiction and reality, through illustrating a allegory based on a real incident which occurred in 1994 making it harder to discern the truth. Frontline pursues a degree about a father who has held his children hostage during a custody battle. This episode exposes the true nature of journalism and the unethical practices that the media undertakes to win the ratings war.Marty ironically says youve crossed the line mate, this pretense of ethics is juxtaposed with you beauty when he realizes that it was the Frontline team itself that got through to interviewing the gunman. Marty further sensationalizes and exaggerates the truth by wearing a flak summit and crouching down to make it appear that he is in a dangero us situation, when in reality he is five kilometers away from the danger zone. Through the use of dialogue How about if I crouch down like this? To make it look like Im in danger Marty illustrates his blatant tailor for the truth thus emphasizing the importance of appearance and ratings over the depiction of the truth within the media. Brooke further epitomizes the medias motives through the use of incongruity in the dialogue Mrs. Forbes do you have any nine volt batteries? Such dialogue accentuates Brookes superficiality as she is not at all relate about Mrs. Forbes feelings. The camera close up of Brookes exceedingly concerned facial expression when she interviews Mrs. Forbes is juxtaposed with Mrs.Forbes misery and Brookes deception when she asks would you be able to cry again Mrs. Forbes? The on and off camera persona evidently shows that the truth is subverted by the media to construct a desired archetype, portraying the truth to be a subjective commodity. The medias rele ntless pursuit of higher ratings to ensure commercial success plays a significant role in determining the representation of the truth they present to their audience. The episode Add sex and Stir epitomizes the medias selective dissemination of information to construct a desired truth, thus represent truth to be a subjective commodity.Frontline pursues a story about the unfair dismissal of a variation who is supposedly dropped from the team because she is not gay. Although Brooke acknowledges that the sportswoman was dropped from the team because of poor form, she decides to portray the misleading sex angle of the story in the pursuit for higher ratings to ensure Frontlines commercial success. Frontlines brisk crisp picture quality, still camera and immaculate sets gives a sense of professional respectability and authority to create a sense of credibility.Rob Sitch employs parody to emphasize the potential for the media to regard the truth as a subjective commodity to gain more r atings. Sitch satirizes the limited value that the media places on the truth through Brookes satirical comment Well theres a lead story, Stu, lead player dropped due to bad form, out breaking. The truth is further manipulated through filming Brookes nods separately and out of context which further amplifies their falsity, emphasizing her lack of integrity.Brooke completely distorts the truth through creating a re-enactment, in which the story is further exaggerated through the steamy atmosphere in the girls change rooms, demonstrating that it is sleaze that sells rather than the truth. The dramatic background music in the re-enactment further satirizes the medias pursuit for higher ratings, portraying that the medias essential objective is profit, rather than saving the world Chris Masters (ABC correspondent). Through this it is clearly evident that the truth to the media is a subjective commodity that can often be manipulated, fabricated and sensationalized for a number of reasons .