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Slide decks

11 built-in presentations for explanation and discussion at the front of the classroom. Use the arrow keys (or on-screen controls) to advance, F for full screen, Esc for an overview. Students can return to the linked site pages for revision and essay practice.

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→ / Space: next · ← : previous · F: full screen · Esc: slide overview. Decks are authored in src/data/slides.ts and scale to any display.

What Makes a Genre?

Genre vs product vs franchise vs platform — and why the distinction wins marks.

7 slides

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A History of Survival Reality Television

From castaway game to streaming conflict — change in the dominant promise.

6 slides

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Reality Is Constructed: Media Language

How camera, editing, sound and graphics build meaning and authenticity.

6 slides

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Survivor: Survival as a Social Game

Ritual, voting, alliances and the repeatable format.

7 slides

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Alone: Authenticity, Competence, and Isolation

Self-filming, endurance and the authenticity claim.

7 slides

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Outlast: Hybridisation, Teams, and Moral Conflict

A streaming-era hybrid built on rules that force cooperation.

7 slides

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Genre Change and Repetition

Why and how the genre evolves without losing its identity.

6 slides

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Three Products, Three Audience Contracts

The decoder, the witness and the moral jury — with evidence boundaries and competing readings.

12 slides

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Commercial Considerations

Risk, format, platform and controlled innovation.

6 slides

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How to Build an Excellence-Level 91251 Essay

Statement → stance → thematic argument → evidence → implications.

6 slides

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Manufacturing Tension

A cinematic WebGL sequence: how survival reality television constructs tension. (Best full screen.)

7 slides

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