TELENOVELAS

What is it?

A telenovela are soaps normally spoken in Spanish and aired in Latin America although they are similar to British soaps there are distinctive differences such as instead of a story lining lasting a couple of episodes these last nearly a year another thing that differ from British soaps is that normally in a scene where you see a couple kissing they normally have a long lasting relationship so it portrays a higher set of morals than British soaps it is only recently that these soaps have started introducing more taboo subjects

Telenovelas tend to fall within these six categories:

1.Working-class melodrama, which is easy to understand and contains less explicit content. They typically feature a poor woman who falls in love with a rich man whose family spurns her.

2.Historical romance is set in the past, such as the colonial period, the late 19th Century .

3.Teen drama, which portrays the lives of high school teenagers and their issues with sex, drugs, and other coming-of-age topics.

4.Mystery/Thriller, is more cold hearted than the other sub-genres. It may portray a mysterious death or disappearance, which may tear couples, even families apart.

5.Romantic comedy, which portrays love stories with some or lots of comedy.

6.Pop band story portrays the lives of aspiring musicians

The origins of telenovelas

Telenovelas, which are sometimes called "tassels" or "comedias", are produced primarily in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries and are usually shown during prime time. The first telenovelas were produced in Brazil, Cuba and Mexico.

Currently, the best-known telenovelas come from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.

Telenovelas also have a wide following in Russia, Eastern Europe, France, Greece, Italy, the Philippines, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, China and Japan.

Audience

In the Arab world, telenovelas are incredibly popular with families stopping their day from midday onward to watch these shows whose contents often reflect many of the moral and social questions faced in cultures like Morocco, Algeria, and Egypt. Telenovelas get large audiences on there shows, the 1997 blockbuster Soy Tu Duena staring Manual Mijares got more than 40 million viewers on Mexican Tele alone. Reasons for these high audiences are because of high budgets The record $10 million budget for La Reina — Telemundo’s highest-rated and most expensive telenovela. All telenovela’s have english subtitles showing they are popular in Engalnd.

Telenovelas editing techniques

The lighting is quite strong on the actors face to make them appear bright and plastic

The music is constantly anchoring the Spanish / Latin American culture

Non diegetic sound which is often classical with no lyrics, which would be found on an american tv show.

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Simple cut edits

Reaction shots are used to add drama.

Two shots are often used.

Stereotypes

Stereotypes of telenovelas:•They will have a rich guy falling in love with a poor girl•They will have someone who is dead nosey usually a priest or housewive this person will be linked to both the rich and poor•The poor people will in a colourful accent called ‘Chilango’•The rich become poor and the Poor become rich•The poor are more humble and the rich are more arrogant •Will have a Cinderella type storyline.•There can also be storylines with baby snatching•All storylines are very exaggerated and over the top.

Character Stereotypes

•Macho Man

•Beautiful Girl

Loving Mother

Villain

Awards

The most important Telenovela award shows are the Mexican TVyNovelas Award, hosted by the Televisa TVyNovelas magazine.

In 2008, The International Emmy Awards created a category for best Telenovelas.

Famous TelenovelasThe Prettiest Ugly Girl

Rebelde Rubi

The beautiful but poor Rubí will do anything to make her dream reality and become rich - she will even give up the greatest love of her life.

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Ugly betty Originally ugly betty started out as a telenovela but because the company that produced the show wanted to branch out into more taboo areas they sold the programme to NBC but they still kept the telenovela themes such as every scene before an add break was left on a cliff hanger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bex1SrxV8gE

Because the audience of these telenovelas have a Catholic upbringing, sex is a very taboo subject, so extreme storylines that are shown in these shows, are not supposed to be believable.

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Famous people who started out on telenovelas

Penelope cruz Shakira America ferrera