Visual Cultures
Milano
2010
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Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
In 1993 David Crane and Marta Kauffman initially named friends as Insomnia Café. They presented the project to Bright, and together they purposed it to NBC, which is a commercial TV broadcaster, this means that this broadcaster is financed by advertisers. Regarding the society issue, Friends satisfy the need for pluralism, more precisely, it can be watched by different publics (different ages, tastes, ethnics, genres, etc.)
In 1994, after many changes and updates the sitcom was finally named Friends and aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004. All shots were taken in Warner Bros Studios (California), with a live public. The series is about a group of friends who live in New York City (Manhattan), and their daily lives, more precisely their relationships, their work, their lovers, and their friends.
Friends was a great success and was aired in a lot of countries. Its last episode was an audience record. The sitcom was really a phenomenon, since it won seven Emmy prizes.
Throughout the entire series the main cast didn’t change, although some secondary characters changed between seasons.
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), is a rich spoilt woman who abandoned her boyfriend in the altar and went to live with her friend Monica. She started by serving at Central Perk (cafe were the main characters spent most of their daily time), which permitted her to become more mature and after had more significant jobs (like selling at Bloomingdale´s and Ralph Lauren). During the series she had some lovers but then she fell in love with Ross (Monica’s brother), and they had a daughter.
Monica Geller (Courtney Cox) is the mother hen of all the main characters, a lot of episodes and important moments were spent in her house. She was a cooking chef, had a
2010
Table of Contents:
Friends
Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television.
In 1993 David Crane and Marta Kauffman initially named friends as Insomnia Café. They presented the project to Bright, and together they purposed it to NBC, which is a commercial TV broadcaster, this means that this broadcaster is financed by advertisers. Regarding the society issue, Friends satisfy the need for pluralism, more precisely, it can be watched by different publics (different ages, tastes, ethnics, genres, etc.)
In 1994, after many changes and updates the sitcom was finally named Friends and aired on NBC from 1994 to 2004. All shots were taken in Warner Bros Studios (California), with a live public. The series is about a group of friends who live in New York City (Manhattan), and their daily lives, more precisely their relationships, their work, their lovers, and their friends.
Friends was a great success and was aired in a lot of countries. Its last episode was an audience record. The sitcom was really a phenomenon, since it won seven Emmy prizes.
Throughout the entire series the main cast didn’t change, although some secondary characters changed between seasons.
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), is a rich spoilt woman who abandoned her boyfriend in the altar and went to live with her friend Monica. She started by serving at Central Perk (cafe were the main characters spent most of their daily time), which permitted her to become more mature and after had more significant jobs (like selling at Bloomingdale´s and Ralph Lauren). During the series she had some lovers but then she fell in love with Ross (Monica’s brother), and they had a daughter.
Monica Geller (Courtney Cox) is the mother hen of all the main characters, a lot of episodes and important moments were spent in her house. She was a cooking chef, had a