Live Transmission: Control and the Televised Performance Scene A performance scene is a critical component of the music biopic, establishing links between the past and present, and between viewers and their memories of a particular band or (more often than not deceased) artist. Performances-whether revered or criticized-highlight memorable moments of a musical career and can motivate and structure the narrative of a music biopic. Gary R. Edgerton cites television as an especially influential medium for delivering music performances to viewers, arguing that it has “transformed the way tens of millions of viewers think about historical figures and events” through numerous nonfictional and fictional portrayals (1). This essay considers the televised performance of “Transmission” by Joy Division in Anton Corbijn’s Control (2007) to highlight the ways in which the performance scene, as a signature event in the band’s popular memory, bridges the past and present by integrating aspects of the original […]
Critically Analyze PTV khabrnama
Critically Analyze PTV khabrnama: PTV KHABARNAMA Pakistan television is a custodian of its cultural, religious and social values and a symbol of national integrity. It has to find wide range of programmes, enthralling entertainment, fabulous music and informative talk shows on its channels i.e. PTV, PTV-WORLD and Channel-3. Khabarnama is to telecast on PTV and PTV-World and plays very important role to the viewers’. It is very popular in the country and abroad. It includes all the news events. The duration of khabarnama is about 30 minutes or more. It covers the whole world events. It telecast the live coverage of their reporters’ interviews of various political leaders of the world. It include on the three portions, firstly, it consists on the international news, secondly the national news and thirdly sports news. But the main fault in the khabarnama was also called the wazir-nama. It telecast mostly news about that […]
News Coverage : Requirements & Techniques
News Coverage : Requirements & Techniques The television news coverage is different from covering the news events for radio and Press. Being a visual media almost every TV reporter leaves the newsroom for news coverage with a camera person or crew who will make sure pictures are taken and sound is recorded. Every reporter, of course, carries a note pad and pen, for jotting down important facts while covering a story. Such notes make it easier to write a script under deadline pressure in the field or back in the newsroom. It is important to write the correct spelling of a newsmaker’s name and his title, because this information probably will be displayed on the screen when your story airs. Also carry an audiotape recorder. Use it to record people interviewed in the field. The quality of the recording is not important -beacuse it will not be played back on […]
Historical Development of Pakistan Television
Historical Development of Television Television is the result of technological developments of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Television net work began in the 1930s, Rapid growth of programming came about following World War-II. Having in two decades – the 1930s and 1940s – emerged from experimental beginnings to become a fixture in Britain and the United States, it would, in two more decades, bacome a World medium. Developments came with startling speed. Industrial nations that had participated in pre-war experiments could be expected to make early starts in postwar television; they included Japan, Canada, Australia, and a number of European • nations. Less expected was a burst of activity from other nations. In Latin America, Mexico, Cuba, and Brazil led the way, all launching . television operations in 1950. They were followed repidly by others. By the end of that decade eighteen Latin American nations had some form of […]
Recording formats – Different types of Audio Recording Formats
Recording formats: The recording equipments and the reproducing equipments are associated with each other; the former records the programmes while the second reproduces them for listening etc. These equipments are very sophisticated and robust for professional use and are costly whereas the ordinary ones being not so much sophisticated are cheap and are accessible for common man use. The recording and re-production of sound or two different processes which work against each other i.e;, one records the sound whereas the other reproduces it. The reproduction of sound is a replica of the recorded sound. Now a day’s most of the recorders and reproducers work on the principle of magnetic recording. The magnetic recordings can be made on either a plastic or iron oxide tape or on a wire of small diameter. The wire recorder is now outdated. The tape is used practically in all modern magnetic recording equipments. As there […]
Radio Drama
Radio Drama Radio drama is an adapted form of stage drama. The main difference between the stage and radio drama is that audiences of stage drama can see the performance of actors with full attention while radio drama is presented through sound alone. It is the listener who develops the entire scenario in his imagination while listening to the dialogues from the radio set. This makes radio drama virtually a theatre of mind. While the avt va of stage drama are grouped in a building, radio drama ir transmitted from wire s? mass audience who are scattered and alone at homes. Voices at stage are unnaturally loud while on radio these are as normal as in ordinary life. Glamour of television drama has affected the popularity of radio drama. However radio drama has some advantages over television drama which requires huge settings, costumes and finances. On radio big moves and […]