1. By Harriet, Max and Beth

2. A “telenovela" means "television novel".
Telenovela’s are soaps normally spoken in Spanish and aired in Latin America,
although they are similar to British soaps they have distinctive differences such
as instead of a story lining lasting a couple of episodes these storylines last
nearly a year.
Another thing that makes telenovelas different from British soaps is that normally
in a scene where you see a couple kissing they normally have a long lasting
relationship, so it portrays a higher set of morals than British soaps. It is only
recently that these soaps have started introducing more taboo subjects.

3. Because the audience of these telenovelas have a Catholic upbringing, sex is a
very taboo subject, so extreme storylines that are shown in these shows, are not
supposed to be believable, unlike British melodramas or realistic soaps.
Telenovelas are intended to be seen as a form of entertainment.

4. Telenovelas are designed to be very melodramatic even to the point of being
funny to some audiences. Also, these programs use plot twists to build
audiences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Y3
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5. 1. Working-class melodrama, which is easy to understand and contains
less explicit content. They typically feature a poor woman who falls in love
with a rich man whose family reject her.
2. Historical romance, which is set in the past, such as the late 19th
Century .
3. Teen drama, which portrays the lives of high school teenagers and their
issues with sex, drugs, and other coming-of-age topics.
4. Mystery/Thriller, is more cold hearted than the other sub-genres. It may
portray a mysterious death or disappearance, which may tear couples,
even families apart.
5. Romantic comedy, which portrays love stories with some or lots of
comedy.
6. Pop band story which portrays the lives of aspiring musicians

6. Telenovelas, which are sometimes called "tassels" or "comedias", are
produced primarily in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries and are
usually shown during prime time. The first telenovelas were produced in Brazil,
Cuba and Mexico.
Currently, the best-known telenovelas come from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia,
Argentina, Chile and Venezuela.
Telenovelas also have a wide following in Russia, Eastern Europe,
France, Greece, Italy, the Philippines, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore,
Indonesia, China and Japan.

7. In the Arab world, telenovelas are incredibly popular with families stopping their
day from midday onward to watch these shows whose contents often reflect
many of the moral and social questions faced in cultures like Morocco, Algeria,
and Egypt.
Telenovelas get large audiences on there shows, the 1997 blockbuster Soy Tu
Duena staring Manual Mijares got more than 40 million viewers on Mexican
Television alone. Reasons for these high audiences are because of high
budgets The record $10 million budget for La Reina — Telemundo’s highest-
rated and most expensive telenovela. All telenovela’s have english subtitles
showing they are popular in Engalnd.

8. The lighting is quite strong on the
actors face to make them appear Reaction shots
bright and plastic. are used to add
drama.
Two shots are
often used,
especially in
scenes with
couples.

9. The non-diegetic soundtrack on telenovelas, is classical, unlike a soundtrack
that would be found on a US TV show.
The music is constantly anchoring the Spanish / Latin American culture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y
kxz0oJDFk&feature=relmfu

10. Stereotypes of telenovelas:
•They will have a rich guy falling in love with a poor girl
•They will have a priest that is always nosing on everyone’s business.
•This priest will be the link between the rich and poor.
•In novelas the people from Northern Mexico all wear sombreros and have
mustaches, people from the south of Mexico will have colorful clothes and
sometimes, there have been cases, they resemble indigenous people.
•Real, authentic Mexicans will never be the heroes or protagonists. Instead
they will have someone with colored eyes or even blondes.
•The poor people will in a colourful accent called ‘Chilango’
•The rich become poor and the Poor become rich
•The poor are more humble and the rich are more arrogant
•Will have a Cinderella type storyline.
•There can also be storylines with baby snatching
•Catfights.
•Sibling rivalry.
•Lots of sex

11. Macho Man/Rich
Man Loving
Usually the main
Mother
character that falls in
Acts as
love with a female
head of the
character. He is also
family.
very rich.
Beautiful Girl/
Femme Fatale Villain
An attractive The main
and seductive peorson to
woman, especially. one bring
who will ultimately bring disater.
disaster to a man who
becomes involved with
her. usually
extravagantly dressed
with big hair and lots of
makeup.

12. The most important Telenovela award shows are the Mexican TVyNovelas
Award, hosted by the Televisa TVyNovelas magazine.
In 2008, The International Emmy Awards created a category for
best Telenovelas.

13. Rebelde Rubi
The Prettiest Ugly Girl
Telenovela version of Ugly Betty. Elite Way School is an exclusive The beautiful but poor Rubí will do
private school with international anything to make her dream reality
prestige where the majority of the and become rich - she will even give
students are young adults with a up the greatest love of her life.
high social and economic status.

14. Originally, Ugly Betty started out as a telenovela but because the company
that produced the show wanted to branch out into more taboo areas they
sold the programme to NBC but they still kept the telenovela themes such
as every scene before an add break was left on a cliff hanger.
This scene is from Ugly Betty, the characters in this scene are
exaggurating what happens in a usual Telenovela.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bex1S
rxV8gE