Julia Child

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• Julia Child
• First Show in 1963
• Emeril Lagasse
• First show in 1993

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The French Chef Clip

• Simple set
• Very direct
• Entertaining host
• Washing machine in background

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The French Chef

• Context
• America is not a gourmet country
• Dialogue
• Simple people
• TV
• Effects
• Brought gourmet food into Americas homes

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The Perfect Tuna Casserole
1 can Cream Of Mushroom Soup 1/3 c Milk 6 1/2
oz Tuna in oil Drained And Flaked 2 ea Eggs
Hard Boiled, Sliced 1 c Peas Cooked 1 c Potato
Chips Slightly crumble the potato chips.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Blend soup and
milk in 1-quart casserole. Stir in tuna, eggs,
and peas. Bake 20 minutes. Top with chips bake
10 minutes longer.
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Emeril Live

• 3140-3440
• 010-125
• 758 -935

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1st clip

• Band
• Audience
• Explosive host
• Essence
• Pans
• Set
• you will look good if you make this food

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2nd clip

• www dot thing
• Interaction with band
• Interaction with audience

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3rd clip

• big fancy word
• Asks the audience do you like portabello
• Smellivision

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Emeril Live

• Context
• Dialogue
• Intended Audience
• Effects

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Context

• Gourmet as popular
• Yet viewers are still in a mindset of the 50s so
  it maintains simplicity
• Food network (Emeril is the breadwinner)

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Dialogue

• Simplified gourmet
• Confit
• www dot com thing
• big fancy word
• You will look good if you make this food

• Modern TV
• Band, lavish, expensive set
• Camera Shots
• Exciting (Explosive audience)
• Smellivision, asking audience if they like the
  food, audience gets to try the food)
• BAM!!

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Dialogue cont

• Consumerism
• www.foodtv.com
• www.emerils.com
• Cookware
• Essence
• DVDs, cookbooks, etc
• Restaurants

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Audience

• Not gourmet
• Simple
• Older
• Dont respond to pretentiousness
• Not that skilled in the kitchen so the host acts
  like he isnt either

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Effects

• Brings gourmet food to the masses
• Same thing Julia Child did
• Entertainment and not so much actual technique.
• Food is now entertainment in itself

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What do the changes represent?

• Change in Americas tastes because of the media
• Changing tv genre
• Consumerism