Life and Mostly Death
Pasion de Gavilanes moves so quickly. Not even four episodes in, both protagonists have died. This is throwing a wrench in the typical Telenovela Rosa storyline. I do suspect another set of characters are getting together, but this time they are both poor and "Cinderella" sings at a nightclub.
Now that we've discussed a bit of production I have started to notice certain things about the set. This is a Columbian telenovela so it comes from a country known for this type of television. The set easily looks like it could have been shot in a studio however, some scenes appear to have shot at a mansion. From the looks of the set I doubt most of the show was shot on location. This show also came out in 2003 so that may account for the look of the set.
As far as steamy scenes go, there haven't been many, except for the first episode because Libia, the protaginist, does become pregnant. Looking up the show, I'm also finding that Libia isn't even on the promotional photo, which is something I should have caught earlier. It seems to me that she was only needed to bind the story between the two families.
In class we spoke about shows that pushed the envelope and tried to shed light on often ignored issues. I don't see that with this show. For the most part it is a cookie cutter telenovela however, I didn't see any place for the writer to add anything controversial or unusual. Julio Jimenez did a good job of creating show with pretty people and an interesting storyline and that's all you really need.
Now that we've discussed a bit of production I have started to notice certain things about the set. This is a Columbian telenovela so it comes from a country known for this type of television. The set easily looks like it could have been shot in a studio however, some scenes appear to have shot at a mansion. From the looks of the set I doubt most of the show was shot on location. This show also came out in 2003 so that may account for the look of the set.
As far as steamy scenes go, there haven't been many, except for the first episode because Libia, the protaginist, does become pregnant. Looking up the show, I'm also finding that Libia isn't even on the promotional photo, which is something I should have caught earlier. It seems to me that she was only needed to bind the story between the two families.
In class we spoke about shows that pushed the envelope and tried to shed light on often ignored issues. I don't see that with this show. For the most part it is a cookie cutter telenovela however, I didn't see any place for the writer to add anything controversial or unusual. Julio Jimenez did a good job of creating show with pretty people and an interesting storyline and that's all you really need.
I find it really interesting that many of the telenovelas we are watching begin in tragedy. The fact that yours begins with the main characters' deaths is really interesting and sets up a wide variety of options for the rest of the telenovela. The beginning of La Reina Del Sur starts with the death of her greatest love, and this makes her entire journey more poignant for she's still attached to this man she lost in the beginning. Character deaths/ tragedies provide awesome starts to epic stories.
ReplyDeleteI don't why I hadn't noticed before that many telenovelas begin with tragedy! For some reason, I thought Kara Para Ask was somewhat unique in this. The first episode of the show begins with two characters dying. Their deaths also serve a similar function to that of the deaths in Pasion de Gavilanes: binding together two families, or at least, two characters. I wonder how many other telenovelas begin like this. I'm sure most telenovelas rosa do not, but it might be commonplace in the world of telenovelas de ruptura. It is certainly a good way to get the audience hooked right from the start, especially because in Kara Para Ask, it lends a murder mystery aspect to the series, and as soon as you watch the first episode you NEED to know who the killer is.
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