Similarities & Differences on Riverdale & Shooter.

Homework - Steve - 27.09.18 - 05.10.18

 

The kind of media of the tv Program ‘Riverdale’ which is filmed in America. ‘Shooter is also a tv show that is filmed in America. Riverdale is a teen drama tv show which is based on a fictional town within America. The storyline is based on a rich popular boy who dies on July 4th. Four friends cope with the murder investigation all together in everyday life with some unexpected turns. Shooter is quite a bit different, but there is some similarities. Shooter is based in Santa Clarita for season one. The story line is about a family of three who are living a normal life after, Bob-Lee was an ex marine sniper who gets set up to kill the President. He has to leave his family and go on the run from the police and FBI.

As Riverdale is a teen drama so the age rating I would say is 12+ and for males and females to enjoy. However Shooter is crime and action tv show with the age rating starting at 15 so I feel like older teens and adults who enjoy this type of content would really like this show.

The director of Riverdale is Rob Seidenglanz and producer is J.B Moranville. The main cast of Riverdale includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews. Lilli Reinhart as Betty Cooper. Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge. Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones and finally Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom. The director of Shooter is Antoine Fuqua and producer is Ryan Phillippe (who is also the main character in the American tv series). The main cast of Shooter is Ryan Phillippe as Bob-Lee Swagger. Shantel VanSanten as Julie Swagger. Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Nadine Menphis, and finally Omar Epps as Issac Johnson.

There are many different visuals that are included in the tv show Riverdale such as lighting and camera angles. Starting with the lighting, it goes from dark to light as also in the restaurant the four friends normally film in has a slight red light that shines over their faces which makes a unique effect. With the camera angles there is a lot of filming which makes the camera angles different all the time but some of the popular angles the show use as Close-up, Establishing shots, Mirror shots, over the shoulder shots and Tracking / Dolly shots. The visuals of Shooter are quite similar to Riverdale but there isn’t the red lights! Most of the time the lighting is bright and you can see the characters well, unless it is filmed during the night but the lighting is still good and can see the characters. With the camera angles, it is mostly like Riverdale with the angles such as, Close-ups, Establishing shot, Tracking and Dolly shots, extreme close-ups and Low angle shots.

As for sounds.. Riverdale has a lot of background music for when there is no dialogue. and many sound effects such as, gun shots, motor bike and cars, phone calls and slamming doors. Shooter is practically the same, the series has background music for when the is no dialogue and all different sound effects like gun shots, screeching cars, crowds and crying.

I really enjoy watching Riverdale as it is a teen drama, so most of the characters are teenagers living a teenage life. there is loads of intense drama in every episode which gets you hooked. The lighting makes the episodes as it always quite dark and gloomy, the one thing I do really like about the tv show is how the characters act through-out and always being mysterious. On the other hand.. Shooter is they type of show I will binge watch, everything I love about it, the storyline to the characters. Each of the characters have their own touch to the show such as, the main character Ryan Phillippe is actually the writer of the tv series.

One of the things I don’t like about Riverdale is that the lighting is quite dark most of the time. With Shooter, I don’t like the way the last season (season three) ended, I feel like they should not done what they did unless they bring out another season.

For Riverdale i would change the things I did not like about it which I talked about before. I would make the lighting just a bit brighter so you can see the characters more. as the lighting is only really bright when they are in a house or in the school. As for Shooter, obviously again I would change the last season or make another one. There was an announcement that there was going to make a season four, however a few months later the producers of shooter  said that the show was cancelled.