martes, febrero 14, 2006
[ 1096. Reality Overdose ]
Whoever was the idiot who introduced the concept of merging real life with reel life, definitely didn't expect that it'll be overdone, badly overdone until today. We are like so obsessed with watching real people on the soapbox, and gloating away when people flop on national tv. Notice how episodes that contain william-hung wannabes always get better ratings than true blue talents strutting their stuff. it's back to the war of the ratings. Even if there's monopoly now, singapore has its culture that one must always do better than the previous record that is set. There can always be a higher building, or a taller mountain and so to speak. But i think we gotta learn to draw the line between purely achieving quantitative goals and neglecting quality innovative content altogether.
Someone was complaining to me that he felt that the recent auditions for yet another talent quest was a farce for achieving easier marketability and higher ratings of the show. So much so, the 1st round seemed more like a round of auditioning looks rather than talents. And since he doesn't get in and his friend did, probably he have had more credibility for his statement.
Before i get pelted with rotten eggs, there are quality programs around. In fact, every one of those stuff that we show on the tv is of a minimum professional quality. The graphics, contents, research that goes into dramas and many more. I was pretty awed, as well as being daunted by the amount of professional details that the media eye has to note. After all, it'll be what i'll most likely do when i graduate in 2010.
Probably that's why you don't see so much local productions nowadays too, because we are basically short of time and creative and intelligent beings to produce enough quality programs for 4 english and mandarin channels (if i don't count arts/kids/vasatham central and suria). I remember growing up amongst local dramas, of good quality or otherwise, showing on 8 at 7pm AND 9pm. not to mention those 230pm and 530pm reruns of old dramas. And also those tele-movies that the now-defunct tcs has religiously broadcast every month on sundays. Now we'll be lucky to even have a drama serial collaborated with some overseas broadcasting company showing on our second oldest home entertainment. On the other hand, we see many spoofs of programs that we didn't used to see last time. Be it talent quests from the west, or variety programs from the far east, we have spoofed every single highly rated show, and pulled it off as ours. Though coupled with professional handling and production, it still look at best cheesy and downright spoofing.
Personally while i appreciate quality productions, local ones that is, i feel that there has been a diversion in the interest of the local television industry that have to focus on other things today as well to provide for a 'well-rounded media industry'. As a result, instead of increasing quality linearly with quantity, we have to sacrifice quantity in return for quality due to resource limitations. And hence, the spoofs.
Whatever it is, i'm still a fan of local productions. Good productions, that is. People like jack neo's doing us justice, though his first few works were actually, with due respect, kinda crappy in retrospect. though we have placed singapore on the global media blueprint, but we are only but a speck. We have fann on the hollywood cast list, and dozens of artistes (see, we don't even call them actors nowadays) going all over asia. Local recognitions of quality and prestige at asian telly awards, and the list can go on. I haven't even go into theatre, advertising, publications and other areas that we have strived in. But basically, as we aim for greater heights, we should also constantly take a check on the type of shows we produce. We need to find our own signature someday, instead of playing the mimic game.
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