American Idol- back stage to front stage

American Idol

Back stage to Front stage


When in class we talking about the differences between front stage and back stage I thought of the much loved show American Idol. American Idol is a television show featured on the Fox, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a competition in which viewers can call in and vote on contestants to determine the best "undiscovered" young singer in the United States, with the winner receiving a major record deal, although some runners-up have achieved enough fame to get record deals for themselves.

The process of selecting the finalist is done by three judges Simon, Paula, and Randy. As they travel all around the United States and hold try outs on a search for the new star. During this part of the show the contestants are in their “backstage” clothes. They are wearing their regular every day clothes. At this point their “costumes” are not what’s important, what’s important is how well they can sing. The people that manage to get through the first stages with their talented singing move on and continue for their dream. Once the “top 24” is chosen is when the singers are put onto the front stage. At this point they really start to feel the fame-light. This is when you see a real change in the singers. They all start looking more like real idols. With all new hairstyles and clothes, some even start losing weight. The singer’s loss that normal everyday look, to a much more famous look. They really put on the “front stage” appearance. With fancier clothes they look more the role. If they didn’t take on this appearance change they wouldn’t make it far, while in the “front stage. Looking their best is a key in success for the show. You wouldn’t see the singers just wearing sweats or jeans like they used to wear. When the cameras are on they always look their finest.

Blog 21-thinking about genres

Genres-music-
Country
Classical
R&B
Hip-hop
Spiritual
Rap
Kids bop
Jazz
Bluegrass
Rock and roll
Folk
Polka
Blues
Heavy metal
Salsa
Gospel
Techno
Acoustic
Gregorian chant
Disney songs

Age categories-

Birth- 10 years old
Disney songs
Kids bop

10-12 years old
Country
Hip-hop
Spiritual

13-19 years old
Country
Hip-hop
Rap
Rock and roll
Heavy metal
Techno
Acoustic

20-29 years old
Country
Classical
R&B
Gospel
Rock and roll

30-39 years old
Country
Classical
Acoustic
Jazz
Bluegrass
Rock and roll
Spiritual

40-50 years old
Country
Classical
Spiritual
Jazz
Folk
Polka
Blues
Gospel
Gregory chant

51 years old- loss of hearing (ha-ha)
Classical
Jazz
Gospel
Gregory chant
Spiritual


** note** Each person has his or her own preference of music. Ages may vary from person to person because everyone has a different personality and their goals to what they want to get out of music are very different. The list that I have made many could protest and disagree with. As a 19 year old college student this is just simply my opinion and others surely may disagree with how I have categorized these genres.

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Genres

My type of Genres I would have to say is “soup operas”. Mostly because my all time favorite TV show is the OC. As you might have already notices, hint I like to write about the OC a lot. The OC would have to be put into the Genres category of soup operas. People say that The OC is like a teenage soup opera. I can agree with those people. The show is full of drama and unrealistic happenings to the characters. Other soup operas that are on during the day like “Time of Our Lives and As the World Turns” are also full of drama but these shows are aimed toward an older audience. Unlike The OC that is aimed toward teenagers. This is why I think I am so “hooked” to the show and not any other soup operas. Although these shows can all be put into the same genres I don’t like all the shows, just the particular shows that are more my type of show. So even though soup operas are my favorite type of shows, I don’t like all soups.

Semiotic Domains

While just hanging out and talking with my friends this evening something hit me. I realized that I am in outsider to a semiotic domain that almost all of my friend and people around me are in. I am not from Ohio. Coming here to Malone is my very first time living in a new state. I was born and raised in the same town, Winona Lake IN. So coming here to Canton Ohio was a pretty big change in my life. I had to meet all new people, make new friends, learn how to get places, and all kinds of other new things.

My domain is being from Indiana. I’m a Colts fan not a Browns fan. I DON’T like OSU football and I don’t care to watch every game and wear Ohio State sweatshirts. I would say sports are a pretty big part of my life. Being here and not liking many of the same teams as other people stinks sometimes. Having the Colts win the superbowl was awesome. I was sad that I couldn’t be in Indiana to watch the game though. When I went to visit my boyfriend last weekend I could feel moving to a new domain. Just seeing all the colts’ signs and knowing almost everyone around you are also colts fans. It was just a lot different than being here in Canton. Another thing is in my Domain we have Hacienda (best Mexican restaurant ever). I can’t seem to find them any where in Ohio. This makes me very upset. Also for the first time in my life I have been told that I have an accent.

Sometimes I feel like such an outsider to the “Ohio Domain” when I don’t know small towns. When people talk about what high school they went to, I never really know where they are talking about. Just living in a new town brings all kinds of new things. It makes it hard sometimes but I new it would be a big change coming here.

superbowl

I was watching the superbowl to cheer on my favorite team. Being from Indiana my family and I have always been big Colts fans. I was so excited that the Colts won the game. I wanted to blog about the different camera shots through out the game and the half time show that I noticed. I realized that the things we talked about in class were used through out the game. I loved that they showed far away shots. With these you could see all the people and how incredible big the stadiums was. Also during the half time show they had a far away camera shot. With this far out angle it enabled us to be able to see all the fireworks and lights going off and see how awesome it looked. But, it would have been frustrating to have to watch the game and show from that far out the whole game. That’s the nice part about watching on TV. You get to see close up as well. You even get to see more than the most expensive seats in the whole stadium can. Camera shots are very important to TV and really affect the quality.