Realism isn’t producing reality rather it’s giving a sense of reality in way that is easy to relate and understand by the audiences. This all is attained by making sure that all the links between the content and elements are proper and also sounds reasonable, while following the basic laws of cause and effect. In other words, realism is defined by “the way it makes sense of the real, rather than by what it says the real consists of.” (Fiske, 1987, pg. 24). Television shows try to connect people to the real world, as it captivates its audience through the heavy drama and emotions, with a certain code of conduct. This paper aims to analyze two episode “Run and America” of the show Quantico, and demonstrates how it constructs realism through
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One the most popular genres are the crime dramas, which provide insights of the crime scenes and how it’s resolved. Quantico is one of the latest American thriller show, which is based on terrorism, drama and conspiracy that makes it even more engrossing and fascinating to the viewers. This crime genre exhibits a diverse group of people, like Indian, American, and Lebanese and the conspiracy revolves around the attack on the American land since 9/11. Its intriguing, as the story spins around a group of young FBI recruits going through their training and nine months later, one of them is suspected of the attack. The scenes keep going back and forth in the past and the present, showcasing the training and the evidences to resolve the mystery. With the use of camera editing techniques, the viewers are in a position to judge that the person being accused isn’t the right person and the mystery isn’t resolved yet, as “ it provides us (the reader-spectator) with a position of all-knowingness from which we can understand and evaluate the various discourses of the narrative” (Fiske, 1987, pg. …show more content…
68). Quantico season one episodes are framed and presented in the similar context, with women playing the lead roles unlike the earlier time where men were considered superior and give the lead roles, showcasing strength,
One the most popular genres are the crime dramas, which provide insights of the crime scenes and how it’s resolved. Quantico is one of the latest American thriller show, which is based on terrorism, drama and conspiracy that makes it even more engrossing and fascinating to the viewers. This crime genre exhibits a diverse group of people, like Indian, American, and Lebanese and the conspiracy revolves around the attack on the American land since 9/11. Its intriguing, as the story spins around a group of young FBI recruits going through their training and nine months later, one of them is suspected of the attack. The scenes keep going back and forth in the past and the present, showcasing the training and the evidences to resolve the mystery. With the use of camera editing techniques, the viewers are in a position to judge that the person being accused isn’t the right person and the mystery isn’t resolved yet, as “ it provides us (the reader-spectator) with a position of all-knowingness from which we can understand and evaluate the various discourses of the narrative” (Fiske, 1987, pg. …show more content…
68). Quantico season one episodes are framed and presented in the similar context, with women playing the lead roles unlike the earlier time where men were considered superior and give the lead roles, showcasing strength,