Popularity Of Reality Home Makeover Shows Cultural Studies Essay

Popularity Of Reality Home Makeover Shows Cultural Studies Essay Reality television relating to self-help or home improvement is an immensely popular subcategory of television today. From the mid to late 1990s, Ireland saw an explosion of interior design home makeover shows. These programmes would take an everyday typical home and attempt to renovate it within just a few days on a variety of budgets, providing viewers with plenty of tips and tricks on how to take full advantage of their homes. This study will examine how much of an influence these shows really have over the public and how an interior designer is perceived from this exposure on television. Two pioneering shows that focused primarily on interior design and the longest aired shows to date were BBCs Changing Rooms and RTÉs Beyond the Hall Door. Both of these shows aired in 1996 and ran until 2004. Changing Rooms was classed as a do-it-yourself home improvement show with the objective for neighbours, friends or family to exchange homes for two days and to re-design one room in each others homes with the help of a professional interior designer and  £500 pound budget. They regularly hosted designers that created outrageous designs with the outcomes of the finished rooms leading to controversial reactions from the homeowners. In its height Changing Rooms had an audience of millions between the UK and Ireland. Research has shown that Thursday nights viewing at 8pm brought the most viewers; an example of this would be Thursday at 8pm 2nd of Aug 1998 there was 10.59 Millions  [1]  . This fluctuated between six and ten million over the time it aired from 1996 to 2004. In addition to the television series there was a number of books published and a DVDs of the highlights from the series. Below is an extract from the back of the DVD box collection produced it sums the series up accurately. Trust me Im a designer! Many neighbours did and regretted it. Others had their doubts but were delighted. Its all here: the highs, the lows, the tears and the tantrums that make up the best of Changing Rooms! See the rooms that left us speechless and the rooms that we can never forget. Laugh out loud at the outrageous antics of the designers, the stubborn determination of Handy Andy, and of course the neighbours with attitude. Rediscover the breath-taking designs that dropped our jaws and lets not forget about the DIY disasters that made us cover our eyes! Naked women on walls and trees on ceilings Anything you could ever imagine making out of plywood, rocks and purple paint. Crashing teapots and clashing personalities White rooms, black rooms and the infamous its crap! room. Its Changing Rooms at its best, hosted by Carol Smillie, with personal insights from some of your favourite designers  [2]  . The infamous its crap! room  [3]   A couple of Changing Rooms controversial episodes led to tears and tantrums from the owners and designers. One such incident was the its crap! room documented by The Telegraph newspaper. They ran an article on the 12th Sep 2000  [4]  , and it speaks of Mrs. Cairns anger at the result when her bedroom was revealed in her 17th century home. It was the responsibly of Mrs. Cairns neighbours The Ruffs and the new designer to the show Laura Mc Cree to re-design a bedroom in her period home. Mrs. Cairns and her husband helped Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, the shows other designer, to redecorate a bedroom on classical lines in the Ruffs neo-Gothic mansion. Llewelyn-Bowen is planning to go ultra dramatic in the Ruffs bedroom. Starting by painting the walls a creamy orange colour, John was an artist and he was tasked with creating a large mural for the wall. Handy Andy the handyman on the show is tasked to create an extremely large romantic bed. It has four women one at each corner to give the appearance that they are holding the bed canopy up. Figure (1.1). Llewelyn-Bowen believes this could be his best room design ever. Mrs. Cairns was in the hope that her bedroom would be kept in with the existing style of her 17th century home, but she was confronted with lime-washed floorboards, white walls with terracotta panels and breeze block seats and finally shaving from her neighbours chest were used to create art work in her room. Mrs Cairns went as far as to describe the work as abysmal and summed it up in one word crap. In the midst of Mrs Cairns harsh honest views on her bedroom makeover it left the interior designer Laura Mc Cree in disbelief and tears. Mrs Cairns further when on to say: The rooms are done for television only, they are like film sets. People may not realise the standard of the work that goes into these rooms. If you hired decorators and they left it like that you would fire them.  [5]   At the same time in Ireland there was RTÉs Beyond the Hall Door and it was classed as the interior design series with attitude. It claimed to give viewers the best practical ideas and creative inspiration for every room in their house. Each revamp took three full days to complete by the interior designers with an unlimited budget. Although one such viewer believes the designs creating were tasteless, bland and highly influenced the public. It is no wonder the public at large are so guilty of tasteless and bland interiors, when they are constantly being told that the products of the aforementioned challenge are interesting and beauteous!!!  [6]   In 1999 viewers were invited to watch a new television series. BBCs DIY SOS which still runs today, the show was created due to the immense audience figures from Changing Rooms, the format of the show was slightly different to Changing Rooms and Beyond the Hall Door as it does not focus on a main interior designer. The main focus was actually on the building work and trades men with a team consisting of carpenter, a plaster and electrician and occasionally an interior designer. The show is also based around families who may be struggling due to financial or medical issues, one memorable episode: Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team travel to Duxford near Cambridge. They enlist the aid of local trades to help Paul and Sarah Behan, who had just started an extension to their tiny bungalow when their young son Joshua was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of liver cancer. Joshuas cancer meant the extension had to be abandoned just when it became more necessary than ever. The effort from the trades is immense, but they have only got nine days to finish the job.  [7]   Images to the left are before and after of the living room and kitchen from DIY SOS, Figure (1.2) BBC news reported the following on Friday, 21 April, 2000 DIY enthusiasts are being injured and even killed, after being led into over-ambitious projects by television make-over programmes, the UK government has said. Ministers believe that programmes like Changing Rooms are encouraging people to take on jobs which are beyond their abilities.  [8]   This above comment leads us to the question Are interior design television shows just breading a society of DIY enthusiast or do they lead to clients for interior designers? This question will be answered in the following chapters. While Changing Rooms and Beyond the Hall Door concluded in 2004 we had another home make-over show to our screens ITVs 60 Minute Makeover a daily interior design television program that is going into its ninth year. The unaware house owner is usually nominated by a friend or relative and sent away for two days, while the 60 Minute Makeover team secretly arrives on site. The makeover team would be tasked with renovating three to four rooms in the house all with-in a 60 minutes transformation before the house owner returns home. Throughout the episode, the presenter keeps time with a stopwatch. Half-way through the task, the team take a tea break which gives the designer an opportunity to assess the progress of the makeover and for the paint to dry. The team returns to work once the host starts the stopwatch again. After two days away the home owner approaches their house only to be greeted by family and friends prior to the big reveal. They then receive a tour of their redesigned room s by the host who invites them to react to the changes. The home owner would receive the makeover due to illness or difficult time in their lives with the cost covered by the show, this can add to the emotional reaction to the end results. This leads us to the question, regarding the standard of work being produced in such a short time frame and is it misleading the public into thinking they can do the same. 60 Minute Makeover joined forces with Surprise Surprise to help surprise a super nan. Kayleigh and her sister Chantelle were brought up by their nan, Janet. Shes always wanted a new kitchen, so the team stepped in to work their magic and make Janets dream come true  [9]  Figure (1.3) In 2005 Ireland was in the height of the property market with numerous housing estates popping up all around the country. This was an excellent time for a new design show to our screens RTÉs Showhouse. Showhouse was presented by Neville Knott we see him introduce us to two professional interior designers who plan to take over two identical new houses from the abundance of housing estates in Ireland; these houses would be aimed at first time buyers or growing families. The designers have the task of completing a creative, captivating and ultimately winning interior with identical budget ranging from à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬20,000 to à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬52,000  [10]  . Designers are allocated twelve weeks to plan their designs and six days to work on the interior. Day one of the show the designer talks through their mood boards and concept and where they discovered their inspiration. Half way through the show each designer is allowed to view one room from their competitor house and view are expressed some positive and some not so. One segment of the show the designers express their talent and assert their role as experienced interior designer and their reason for winning. Finally on the seventh day the public arrive to vote and express their opinion on each of the interiors. This segment of the episode shows the designers viewing the public reactions from behind a closed door, with some heated exchanges as the public are told not to hold back on their opinions. In 2009 alone the show reached over half a million viewers per episode  [11]  . Looking at one such Showhouse episode from Ballbriggan, Co.Dublin  [12]  we see two designers Trevor Wilson and Jane Reddy take on the challenge with a budget of à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬40,000 for each house which are aimed at first time buyers. We see Janes concept being sleek, suffocated and tribal and Trevors style which is cutting edge and funky. Trevor describes his master bedroom Figure (1.4) as a Vibrant, dramatic and classy room, but later when the public view the room one womans opinion of the room is as follows, she absolutely hates it and it looks like Paris Hiltons love nest and finds it quite offensive. Following on to Janes living room Figure (1.5) which is designed with an African theme she describes the room to be sleek, simple and sophisticated. But behold the public opinion where one woman when she is asked by Knott do you think you could have done this yourself?  [13]  She claims she would do a better job than this actually.  [14]  A couple of other opinions exp ressed were that the living room was too plain and the kitchen was bland and lacked in color. Figure (1.6) In Ireland the recession has fully hit the property market and homeowners are now looking for budget friendly home makeover ideas previously we seen budgets of up to à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬52,000 being spent on makeovers such as Showhouse. The following series My Showhouse, Roomers and Nevilles Doorstep Challenge have a range of different budget to match every homeowner requirements. Showhouse thrived for five years on RTÉ, it was then taken to a new level with a twist added and it became My Showhouse. My Showhouse again presented by Neville Knott it gives homeowners an opportunity to receive a professional interior designers help, to transform the interior of their home and make it as good if not better than a Showhouse. Whether they may be first-time buyers, completing a new build or just require updating their tired interiors. Each week the homeowners are presented with two interior designers that create real life walk in mood board based on the clients needs. Figure (1.7). Once the designers have presented their designs, one is chosen to create the interior along with the clients. They have one week to transform their home in preparation for the viewing day. On the final day, the house is opened to the public with their brutal honesty they get a chance to rate the property and answer the following question, Would you live in a house like this? Once again the public are given an opportunity to voice their opinions before voting, about the finished interior. Despite comments such as the living room being too bland and depressing and none of the furniture matches, Figure (1.7) 92% of the voters said they would live in a house like this. 2011 welcomed Roomers to our screens another interesting twist on an interior design series. Knott is joined in this series by interior designers Joseph McCann, Karl Fradgley and Anne-Marie Hamill, each designer is given an opportunity to express their specialist skills and to attempt to renovate unattractive rooms in different homes around Ireland. Each week we see Knott guide the Roomers expert team to tackle unattractive living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens, Figure (1.8) each with a different budget they work closely with the homeowners they are allocated. Each of the designers hopes to produce a captivating interior along with the owners of the property. The difference in this show is that the public do not get a chance to view the finished interiors is down to the other homeowners to view and ultimately it is down to them to decide who the winner will be. The series contained a wealth of interior design tips for viewers, on an assortment of budgets from à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬1,300 to à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬27,000. One episode of the series Roomers attracted an audience in excess of 585,000  [15]  , which was the highest rating yet with a viewing figure of 36% share on the Irish national broadcaster RTÉ  [16]  . In the previous series Knott was the host and in this new series Nevilles Doorstep Challenge he takes the position of the main interior designer to demonstrate his experience of over the last twenty-seven years as a designer. Nevilles Doorstep Challenge rounds up as our final solely based on interior design series produced on Irish television at the current time. This series has an extremely attractive budget of just à ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ ¬1000 euro or even less for Knott to work with. From hundreds of applicants, Knott choose six homes across the country to surprise the homeowners, he and his team would makeover one problem room per episode while the homeowner was sent away for the two days. In episode two Knott re-designs a dining room to create a bright and airy space. Figure (1.9) Knott was asked why he decided to become the main interior designer on Nevilles Door Step Challenge He said he wanted to prove to all interior designers and the public that interiors could be designed on a small budget (not rely on expensive items)  [17]   In the following chapters the viewers perception of these shows and what an Interior Designer Role may entail will be explored.

Journeys: Meaning of Life and Inner Journey Essay

To go on a journey does not necessarily require one to physically move from one place to another. A journey can happen anywhere, and at any time, even if you are not moving. An inner journey is to transcend above the physical and temporal world into a spiritual realm. This enables one to look at life attentively and be alert to the lessons learnt from experience. ‘Of Eurydice’ by Ivan Lalic, ‘Fax X’ by Gwyneth Lewis, ‘Wind in the Willows’ by Kenneth Graham, ‘The Road Not Taken’ by Robert Frost, ‘The Red Tree’ by Shaun Tan and ‘Baraka’ directed by Ron Fricke are five texts that explore this concept of inner journeys. Collectively they present inner journeys to be inevitable, that they require you to make choices and that they make you ask questions of an ontological nature. It can be argued that inner journeys are inevitable in that they are unavoidable. Whether we are open to it or resist it, essentially we grow from experience and consequently this growth contributes to one’s understanding of self. This idea is presented in ‘Of Eurydice’ through choice of words such as ‘dark’, ‘despair’ and ‘death’. These words all have connotations to the fact that death is inevitable, and the persona has come to realize this when his is unable to return from a journey with his goal. This supports the idea that journeys are indeed inevitable and cannot be avoided; furthermore his understanding is emphasized when the composer ends with ‘hideously enriched’. This use of oxymoron is effective in that it portrays that idea of growing and learning from the most painful experiences. Similarly, ‘Fax X’ also deals with the idea of journeys being inevitable; the metaphorical use of a cruising ship implies hopeful prospects for a better day. However the symbolic use of ‘Tomorrow ringing out like a buoy’ presents the depressing idea that essentially we are only looking ahead and mindlessly keeping ourselves occupied until death engulfs us. Hence it is arguable that Inner journeys are unavoidable, as we cannot escape the fact that one-day we will die. As humans we incomprehensibly attempt to outlive our allotted lifespan, in doing so we take ourselves on an inner journey of realization and consequently acceptance for death. In addition, inner journeys are essentially about the choices one has to make in life, as conflict and contradiction are at the heart of any journey. ‘Wind in the willows’ is an example of how conflicting attitudes in one’s self determines what ‘path’ we choose. ‘Wind in the willows’ presents three characters that represents the ego of one person: the optimist who is open to change, the pessimist who resists it, and the one little voice stranded in the middle trying to make a choice. The attitudes of these three different personalities are presented through language, which depicts the nature of the characters. The punctuation of the toad’s character constantly consists of commas. This creates an exhilarating effect that enables the audience to get caught up into the toad’s excitement and zest for life. The language of the toad is also that of an optimist. The use of ‘tomorrow’, ’beautiful’ and ‘we’ suggests that the toad is happy and willing to go on a journey and is open to change. The Rat’s attitude however is in complete contrast to the toads. The use of adjectives such as ‘slowly, and ‘trusting hands into his pockets’ suggests that the rat despises change. Hence the use of these two character, with the mole being indecisive in-between alludes to the choices one that to make constantly in life. Our insatiable thirst for more is hindered by our obligations to be responsible and sensible. Hence this conflict within one’s self depicts the inner journey of the responder trying to make choices by weighing pros and cons in their heads. Similarly, ‘The Road not taken’ presents elements of uncertainty as well as the burden of making choices. However this is communicated to the responder through symbolism, alliteration and accumulation of words. The ‘Road’ itself is symbolic of choice. The title indicates that the poem is about the road the composer did not take. In conjunction with the use of alliteration in ‘wanted wear’ it reflects the persona’s desires and personal aspiration. The choice of words such as ‘Diverged’, ‘yellow’ and ‘sorry’ are connation to choice, the uncertainty of making such choices and the regret of having to make choices. The accumulation of these words suggests that the persona is filled with an overwhelming sense of hopelessness and regret. Regret stems from his inability to be everything he wants to be and hopelessness of being incapable of exploring all the possibilities and desires in his life, because ultimately life is too short. ‘The Road Not Taken’ laments on the reality of life, that one cannot be everything due to the constricting nature of making choices. However one cannot escape making choices in life, and every choice that you make will consciously or unconsciously take you onto an inner journey of realization, hope and desire. Furthermore, inner journeys essentially require you ask questions of an ontological nature. An inner journey is present in the human desire and insatiable thirst to seek answers concerning who are they, what they are worth and the purpose of their life. This concept is evident in ‘The Red Tree’ by Shaun Tan, which depicts the story of a child’s struggle to find her place in the world. The ambiguity of the ‘child’ allows the responder to reflect upon the child within themselves and their personal desire to find one’s sense of self in a confusing and incomprehensible world. This idea is presented in frame two of the Paleolithic Fish. The milky eyes of the Paleolithic fish have connotations to death; the open mouth of the fish suggests that the child is being engulfed by a world full of doom and despair. However in the same frame, a little red leaf still lingers. The use of the colour red implies the leaf is one of passion and hope of the individual. The conjunction of the fish and the leaf suggest that journeys are depressing, as they require you to look at the depth of your being and your insignificance. However, despite the profanity of our reflection of our inner journeys there is always of sense hope that exists and enables us to continue on with life. ‘Baraka’ directed by Ron Fricke extends on this struggle to find answers in life. Using production elements such as sound, lighting, transition rates and camera angles, Fricke show humanity’s attempts to find answers through human relationship with nature and religious exploration. The transition of lighting from dark and light in the opening sequence suggests the evils and beauty of the world. The camera angles of the mountains are such that the mountain seems empowering and it appears that it is leading up to the sky. This is followed by quick transition rates that occur through the shots of technology, which are a reflection of the busy, and conglomerated lives humans. The contrast between these images enable meaning to be made and allows the responder to transcend above the physical and temporal world and reflect upon the way humans live. In such a convoluted and technologically elite world, humanities underlying desire is to find the ultimate purpose in life.

How to Write Comparison and Contrast Essay Example Samples Secrets

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