Broadcast Research- Keeping Up With The Kardashians

It is an American reality TV series starting on October 14th 2007 on E! Which features the Kardashian and Jenner family who are known for the drama in their family, with the people involved being: Kris Jenner mum of (Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Rob Kardashian and, Kendall and Kylie Jenner) Bruce Jenner being the step-dad to the Kardashian sisters and Rob, but being the biological father to Kendall and Kylie. Not only is Bruce the father to Kendall and Kylie Jenner with Kris, but also has other children from previous marriages to Christy Crownover, with whom he had a son, Burt, and a daughter, Casey. He was also married to Linda Thompson, with whom he had sons Brandon and Brody. It also features Kourtney's boyfriend Scott Disick, who have 2 children together- Mason and Penelope. It also features Khloé's husband basketball player Lamar Odom, and in newer episodes Kim's boyfriend Kanye West who recently gave a birth to a baby girl- North West. The programme is very popular still to this day where it reaches near to 2 million or over each episode. Although the programme has dropped ratings compared to 2009, where the programmed seemed to be more popular. Even though the show seems to be rated quite highly, there are a lot of critisms about the show, with allegations that they fabricate the storylines to create more drama and entertainment. Throughout the criticisms the family still continue to film episodes, with Ryan Seacrest being the main executive producer who once saw the family knew they would entertain audiences, so made the show. Whatever critics they get, they will always have the fame as the show has made them worth a net of $80M.

Keeping up with the Kardashians is often known for its dramas and are often circulated out of the show also. Some of the well-known dramas include Scott's behaviour towards the family where he often says that he doesn't enjoy their company and would much rather spend it with his friends. Also a massive drama is a more recent one with accusations that Khloè and husband Lamar are divorcing as he faced being in rehab after drug scandals. Another well known drama is Kim's pregnancy and also the trouble with Khloè becoming pregnant. A recent trip to Greece saw Kendall have a break down which became a hit with the media. Another recent drama in which the paparazzi are being dangerous towards the family as there is so many of them, especially now Kim has a baby where not only Kim but also boyfriend Kanye are worried for their daughter's safety.

This show is another inspiration for my own work. The show gives me inspirations because of the layout of the cameras and how their lives are portrayed. A similiar idea founded by myself for my reality TV show. The camera angles in the Kardashians are at times focusing on their expressions, which would be a close up on their faces; medium close up. When there is emotion portrayed the cameras interestingly, zoom in, this captures all the drama and emotion from the show. By zooming right in to the face, it can connect the audience with the emotion and may even make them feel the same. The trailer for season 9 shows clips of some of the episodes, the most dramatic and emotional ones. This is because the trailer needs to capture all of the drama, so the audience will want to watch it. The audience for this TV show is normally teenagers to young adults, but some of the mums of the teenagers watch it, which are the secondary audience. In the show, the location is usually at their homes, but sometimes features holiday destinations around the world, Bora Bora being an example of one of their holidays as a family. By publisising their holidays, it shows they rarely have privacy, which viewers can find interesting and the fact that it will contain drama and moments that should be private but aren't. Within the title sequence, it has a theme tune, which features on every episode. The theme tune is quite upbeat, and also features the family posing at the start of the scene. They portray the family as 'happy' and try to convey a bit of all of their personalities. For example, Kim is shown to be late as this is like her in real life, but it is also showing how she comes into the scene priming her hair and checking to see if she looks right, showing Kim's personality. The text comes in right to the end, but is emphasised because of its colour, purple; quite a bright, cheerful colour to show how the show is supposed to be like its logo.