The Hills (SIRAN)

Title:The Hills

Problem statement:

Does "The Hills" have impact among the teenagers nowadays in the world?

Background research:After MTV's reality Tv show 'Laguna Beach:The Real Orange County ' became one of the network's highest-rated programs,producers wanted to continue the story of one of its more popular characters,Lauren Conrad , as she moved to Los Angeles.After the cameras turned off for Kristin Cavallari, Stephen Colletti, and the rest of the Laguna Beach cast, those same cameras stayed on to follow Conrad as she pulled out of the driveway of her childhood home in Laguna to an apartment in Los Angeles. The cameras follow her and her friends' daily lives and capture whatever unfolds – though it was revealed that the series uses loose scripting for "production purpose".


Aim/Objective:The hills have been one of the shows that first brought me to the fashion world.Who am i and the way im now a designer addict is partly influenced by this show which i have been watching since high school.Not only fashion,but also relationships and how to be a stronger person towards the people out there.It also thought me the meaning of friendship in a way.Career wise as well as the characters in the show are very ambitious."The Hills appeals as strongly tied to the illusions about adulthood , about working and about what life might be like for a twenty-something living in Los Angeles.

Significance:For younger viewers who are intended audience for the series it may be a soothing fantasy about coming of age , and give them the sense that even after they leave their parents house they will still be the center of attention the way these girls are.

Research Questions:
How does "The Hills" affect teenagers in the fashion world or industry?

Methelogy:

secondary research-Books and Internet

Limitations of Research:

-lack of time
-lack of samples
-lack of materials


Relevant Text:


Armstrong,Jennifer."The Hills"Are Alive.EW.com.9 Aug.2007.23May 2008

http://www.ew.com/ew/article.html




Multiplatform viewing experience of MTV's The Hills

http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/Hillsklein/index.html



Newman,Michael."The Hills is Too Real ."Zigzigger 13 May2008. 24 May2008:blogspot.com/2008/05/hills-is-tooreal.html


Frankling,Nancy."Frenemy Territory :The Hills are alive with the sound of girl talk."The New Yorker 21 April .2008:136-137.


Gay,Jason."Are They for Real?:Why MTV's 'The Hills' is the Show you Love to Hate - or Hate to Love."Rolling Stone 15 May 2008:40-42,44,46,48.


Guarente,Gabe."I Cried Myself to Sleep." US Weekly 25 Feb.2008:72-75.


Perry,Andrew."The Hills:City of Angels."Simon&Schuster 2006:240-245.


Twenge,Jean.Generation ,Me:Why Today's Young Americans Are More Confident,As sertive,Entitled-and More Miserable Than Ever Before.Simon&Schuster,Inc,2008.


Perry,Andrew."The Hills:City of Angels."Simon&Schuster 2006 :240-245.



Yeaton,Kathryn."Recruiting and Managing the 'why?' Generation:Generation Y." The CPA Journal 78.4 (2008) : 69.