In the middle of life (pseudo-documentary)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In the middle of life - Germany private! |
 | |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Year (s) | 2007-2013 |
| Production company |
various production companies |
| length | approx. 47 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
working days |
| genre | Scripted Reality |
| Theme music | Anastacia - One Day in Your Life (2002) |
| First broadcast | December 27, 2007 on RTL |
In the middle of life was a pseudo-documentary broadcast several times a day by the TV station RTL . The first broadcast took place on December 27, 2007. The program was canceled on March 8, 2013 due to low ratings.
content
From December 2007 to February 2009
From December 2007 to the end of February 2009, Mitten im Leben was a classic documentary soap, according to RTL . Real everyday stories were shown in which the people shown were presented in a dramatically staged, entertaining manner.
Since March 2009
Since March 2, 2009, stories have been "retold" for the first time in the 4 pm edition. In the credits of the episodes you could read: Based on a true story. The characters involved are fictitious . Similar to suspected cases and families in focus, these were now posed scenes ( scripted reality ). There were exact scripts for each episode. The characters involved were exclusively amateur actors . Often times , pseudo-prominent people like Jürgen Milski or Menderes Bağcı were shown.
production
The program was produced on behalf of RTL by various production companies, such as Janus TV, Doppelklick TV or Filmpool . The episodes after 2010 were almost exclusively produced by Doppelklick TV. Many episodes were filmed in and around Cologne. Inexpensive amateur actors were hired as actors .
Charisma
New episodes of the program were broadcast Monday through Friday at 2 p.m. on RTL . Repetitions were broadcast in the morning at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. At the weekend there were repetitions in the afternoons at irregular start times. Occasionally, reruns were also broadcast at night. In September 2012, the format paused for several weeks. Similar scripted reality formats were broadcast at the time . For example, families in need of money and The Trovatos - detectives reveal . Furthermore, in the middle of life , you could access TVNOW for up to 30 days after the TV broadcast .
Odds
The rates of the first issues were below average. However, since the format was converted to scripted reality , the rates have risen. As a result, in the middle of life was also a model for other formats in the RTL afternoon program. In the meantime, the number of viewers has dropped significantly, but they are still at the same level as RTL's channel average.
criticism
The format was often criticized. The acting performances of the amateur actors were criticized and the scripts were unrealistic.
At the end of 2011, the State Agency for Media in North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) and the Society for the Promotion of International Youth and Educational Television commissioned a study on scripted reality. According to the study, 51% of children and adolescents between the ages of six and 18 say that reality soaps with an imaginary plot help to solve problems. 30% of the respondents actually believe that the programs are real documentary soaps, whereas 48% said the soaps were re-enacted scenes from reality.
The result of the study shows that "the lack of recognition of the fictional character" leads to a "lack of distancing when confronting the problem situation". Television reduces people to "good" and "bad", nothing more.
The ARD - political magazine Panorama revealed in the issue of 7 July 2011 entitled "Lying television" a report on scripted reality. In the middle of life was also criticized . It was said that in such formats the audience is misled with invented dialogues and a reality is only faked.
Web links
- Official website of the broadcast
- RTL media library with the last episodes of the series broadcast
- Official website of the production company
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the middle of life! In: fernsehserien.de. Retrieved January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ RTL separates from "Mitten im Leben" in the afternoon. In: dwdl.de. Retrieved April 9, 2013 .
- ↑ Stefan Niggemeier : "In the middle of life": RTL still has a few laypeople in the basement. (No longer available online.) In: FAZ . March 5, 2009, archived from the original on July 26, 2012 ; Retrieved January 6, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Uwe Mantel: "Mitten im Leben" on RTL: With fakes to success. In: DWDL.de . March 6, 2009, accessed January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Alexander Krei: RTL: Fresh wind for Scripted Reality rail. In: DWDL.de . July 12, 2012, accessed January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Manuel Nunez Sanchez: "In the middle of life" is gradually losing. In : quotemeter.de . February 11, 2012, accessed January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Alexander Krei: RTL: Scripted reality documentaries are losing traction. In: DWDL.de . June 23, 2012, accessed January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ dpa : RTL because of "staged reality" in the pillory. In: HNA.de. December 14, 2011, accessed January 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Lies TV. In: DasErste.de. Retrieved January 6, 2012 .
- ^ The Lügenfernsehen ARD Channel on YouTube. In: DasErste.de. Retrieved January 6, 2012 .
In the middle of life (2007–2013) · The school investigators (2009–2013) · Families in focus (2009–2014) · Cases of fraud (2010–2017) · The Blue Light Report (2015–2017) · The car dealers (2003–2017) · Suspected cases (2009-2017) The Trovatos detectives uncover (2011-2017)