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1. Slide 1 · title

   Reality Is Constructed — Media language in survival television

2. Slide 2 · statement

   Constructed does not mean fake. The act was real — the edit decides what it means.

3. Slide 3 · points

   The toolkit

   • Camera — self-shot footage as an authenticity code
   • Editing — cross-cutting builds rivalry that may not have happened
   • Sound — music tells you whom to condemn or admire
   • Graphics — 'Day 50' counters borrow documentary credibility
   • Mise-en-scène — bodily decline as proof of hardship
4. Slide 4 · twocol

   How to use a technique

   • Name the technique
   • State its effect on the audience
   • Explain its genre significance

   “There is a close-up” earns nothing. “The extreme close-up on cracked hands is visual proof of authentic hardship” earns marks.

5. Slide 5 · statement

   Sound does moral work the image cannot. (Ominous cue + reaction shot = 'villain')

6. Slide 6 · question

   Discuss: If editing can make the same act heroic or selfish, can we ever fairly judge a contestant?