Assignment 1 Digital Friendly

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Assignment One

The main actors of thisshow are Serena Van DerWoodsen, Blair Waldorf,Chuck Bass, DanHumphre, and !ateArchi"ald#

$ele%ant Background &nformation' This show takes place inupper east side New York. It is based on the book “Gossip Girl”

written by Cecily von Ziegesar. Gossip Girl is about a group o privileged teens and the lives that they live. !ro" their love livesto the e#travagant trips they go on an anony"ous blogger tells itall. No one knows who this person is but this person is releasing

all their secrets. The i"portant places that take place in thesethree observations are The $"pire %otel& The 'an (er )oodsen*shouse& and the Cancer Treat"ent !acility. +s love& death& gossip&and disaster occur Gossip Girl records it all. $ach episode is very

intense and interesting& i you "iss one episode you areco"pletely lost,

Actors

Blair Waldorf' -lair and erena arebest riends. -lair is reerred to as“/ueen -”. In high school -lair hadher "inions who would do whatevershe said. $veryone at Constance& thehigh school the girls went too& wantedto be in with -lair. -lair is one o thebiggest sche"ers in this show.

Serena Van Der Woodsen' erena is the beautiul&blonde& bubbly& socialite. he is always in thespotlight and is Gossip Girl0s biggest target. hereturns ho"e ro" boarding school and tries to goback to her old lie but reali1es so "any things havechanged. erena used to be a party ani"al but shetries to straighten up.


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Artifacts

(ossip (irl#com2 This website issigniicant to all o our "ain characters

as well as everyone in the show. 3eople send in tips anony"ously to gossip girl and sheposts the". The website sends out blasts about certain people and everyone gets thenotiications at once. +s "ultiple people hack into gossip girl you never know whogossip girl really is until the very end.

)one* $veryone& e#cept (an& co"es ro" "oneyand they have well enough. 4oney plays ani"portant role in the show because it not onlyshows that to so"e "oney is everything& but alsothat everyone uses "oney to get out o things.

!ate Archi"ald' Nate is the nice guy o the group. +lthough he has a lot o girlriends throughout theseries he re"ains the nice guy that everyone likes.%e has never stabbed any o his riends in the backor sent in anony"ous tips to gossip girl. %e alwaysgoes above and beyond to try to win over girls.

Chuck Bass' In the irst couple seasonsChuck is the bad boy o his group o riends. +sthe show goes on Chuck starts to "ature andbeco"e "ore caring about his close group oriends. %e has had a rough lie. %is "otherdied when he was a child& or so we thought&and his ather never really truly showed hi"any attention. 5ater on his ather dies and poor Chuck is orphaned. Chuck is in love with -lairand they have an o again on again

relationship.

Dan Humphre6 (an is reerred to as“5onely -oy” throughout Gossip Girl. (anstarts o as a hu"ble boy ro" -rooklynwho doesn0t it in with the rest o4anhattan0s upper eastsiders. %e has alove interest in erena and throughout theshow they are o again on again. %e is awriter and writes a book about his lie andeveryone in it. (an has the biggesttransor"ation in the group. %e goes ro"

being the outsider that no one really knewor cared about to beco"ing riends with the"ost popular kids in school.


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O"ser%ations

O"ser%ation + (ossip (irl Season - episode - Cra., Cupid, /o%e

0'12 * It is 'alentine*s day and -lair is back ro" her honey"oon but she0s notalone. he has a royal "inder with her at all ti"es to "ake sure she doesn0t all

back into bad habits. 7uus is buying a dia"ond necklace or 5illy& (an ispicking up "ovies to bring to -lair& Chuck is walking his dog& and erena is

going to spend her day interviewing a 89 year old celibate wo"en. erena tells-lair that she hasn0t had a real 'alentine0s (ate since high school with (an.

:ust as she says this (an walks in and erena leaves. (an tells -lair the sa"ething& that he hasn0t been on a real date since erena& and -lair starts to plot.

-'22* Nate calls 5ola and asks her out but she declines. Charlie is back in

town and tries to talk to 5illy but only 7uus is there. Georgina is gettingrustrated because she doesn0t have anything good to post on Gossip Girl. heco"es up with a plan to throw a party at The pectator ;where Nate works< and

she posts it or everyone to see. +t irst Nate tries to kill the idea but thenreali1es he can get 5ola to co"e by calling a caterer. erena and (an end upat the sa"e restaurant where they were supposed to "eet = other people buttheir dates cancel on the" and they are let sitting with each other. Chuck take

over Nate0s party and "oves it to the $"pire %otel so that 5ola will work it.)hen erena and (an continue to get these “on the house” deserts and drinks

they reali1e that -lair is trying to play Cupid.

32'-2 Georgina goes to 5illy0s and talks to Charlie& trying to get so"e sort o gossip out o her. (an tells Nate he won0t be attending his party but then

Gossip Girl black"ails hi" into bringing -lair. Georgina gets a copy o -lair0sprenup and reali1es that -lair will go bankrupt i she deaults in her "arriage.$veryone0s at Nate0s party and Charlie shows up. -lair0s royal "inder goesdownstairs to keep an eye on Chuck. The real Charlotte 7hodes ;5ola< runs

into Charlie;Ivy 4eadows& who0s pretending to be her< (an inds out thatGeorgina is working or Gossip Girl.

3-'22* (an and -lair kiss& erena sees it& and Georgina takes a picture o it or evidence. 5ola and Charlie are catching up and talking about old ti"es. -lair

leaves the party. Nate sits down ne#t to Charlie and 5ola and then Charlieleaves. Nate tells 5ola that her real na"e is Charlotte 7hodes and that her "o" "ade her go by the na"e Ivy (iggins. 5ola& the real Charlotte 7hodes& is

appalled.

14'22 (an inds Georgina in the elevator and tries to get the picture back.Georgina tells hi" that she0s actually Gossip Girl and i he outs her then it willruin -lair0s lie. he tells (an about the prenup and how i -lair deaults in her

"arriage then her whole a"ily will beco"e broke. Georgina leaves and showsChuck the picture o -lair and (an kissing. (an now knows -lair0s eelings or

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O"ser%ation +4 (ossip (irl Season - 5pisode 0

0'22* (an inished his book proposal and sent it o to +lessandra. -lair and erenaare ighting about (an again. (orota locks -lair and erena in the dining roo" so thatthey can work out their issues. 5ola stops by Nate0s and talks about Ivy& trying to get

so"e inor"ation on what she0s really doing trying to pretend to be her. Ivy isperor"ing (an0s book& Inside& and tells Nate to co"e by and watch.

0'22* 5ola takes Nate0s phone to call Ivy and asks why she0s using her na"e andpretending to be her. Chuck convinces +lessandra to sub"it (an0s proposal withoutreading it. Ivy>Charlie tells the caregiver to call the rest o CeCe0s a"ily so that theyknow about her condition. Carol is back in town ro" her silent yoga retreat and hastea with erena and 5ily. Nate calls out 5ola and asks why she0s using hi" to get toCharlie. -lair gives (an back his ('(0s and stays with hi" to watch his book get

"ocked.

44'22 * Charlotte is taking CeCe to the hospital& the rest o the a"ily is called and ontheir way there as well. -lair and (an kiss again and erena sees it. erena and -lair argue over (an once again. +lessandra "isses ? calls ro" :onathan Carp. It turns

out that (an0s proposal is plagiari1ed. -lair tries to talk to (an as a riend but (an tellsher that he wants to be with her and she reali1es that she "ight have eelings or (an

a little bit.

41'22* 5ola looks up what Gossip Girl is and is astonished at how "uch Gossip Girlknows about everyone. Gossip Girl sends a blast that Charlie is at the hospital. Nate

and 5ola go to ind out what0s going on. erena& 5ily& and CeCe are already at thehospital waiting to hear what0s going on with CeCe. They think there is a blood clot in

CeCe0s bloodstrea".

32'22* +lessandra goes to (an and asks hi" what0s going on with his book proposal.(an igures out that Chuck is "essing with hi". -lair is peror"ing the Inside book atthe co"edy troupe. -lair reali1es that (an has wanted to be with her or so long andinds out he was there or her when no one else was. 5ola shows up at the hospital

and sees her "o" and serena& lily& ruus& and charlotte. The whole a"ily is conusedas to what is going on when they ind out that 5ola is Carol0s daughter.

3-'22* $verything is getting unolded. Ivy>Charlie tells everyone that Carol hired her topretend to be her daughter to get ahold o her trust und. (an conronts Chuck and

asks why he switched the proposals. erena tells o Charlie and tells her to leave her a"ily alone. 5ola tells her "o" that she wants nothing to do with her when she ound

out she hid an entire a"ily ro" her and hired so"eone she knew to pretend to beher and get her "oney.


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O"ser%ation +3 Season - 5pisode 6

4'22 * Cyrus "ay have ound a loophole in -lair0s prenup. 5ily is having a )akeor CeCe and Georgina and Charlie are showing up together. )hen erena and5ily get back up to their apart"ent the )ake is in session and it is an Irish )ake. +s Georgina goes out with Charlie she leaves 3hillip in charge o Gossip Girl.-ut when 3hilip tries to post so"ething he accidentally outs it that Chuck -ass

sent in the tip. 7eali1ing that 5ily doesn0t know anyone at the wake 7uus points

out that it0s all the people that were involved in CeCe0s lie. e#. her butcher&driver& ireighter& gardener& etc.

0'22* 5ola and Nate co"e up to erena0s thinking that it0s @ust her there butinstead see all o the people and try to leave. Carol stops the" and has a talk

with 5ola. Georgina sees that 3hilip has "essed up and tells (an. -lair conronts Chuck about the GG -last and Chuck tells her that it0s the truth. )hen(an sees -lair0s disgust he tries to apologi1e. $sty shows up at the )ake andtells -lair she knows she0s trying to get out o her prenup. $sty tells -lair that

Cyrus0s plan will not work but she co"es up with a plan that will.

41'22* )illia"& erena0s dad& shows up at the )ake and Georgina tells 5ola thattalk to hi" "ay be her best shot at iguring out what0s really going on. It turns out

)illia" is the $#ecutor o her $state. Chuck posts a picture o (an and -lair kissing on Gossip Girl ro" (an0s phone which leads to -lair getting into serious

trouble. The Gri"aldi0s call Cyrus and ask hi" to pay the (owry in ull.

40'22* )illia" is reading CeCe0s will in ront o erena& 5ily& Carol& and Ivy.CeCe leaves Ivy with everything. -lair conronts (an and (an outs Georgina asGossip Girl. -lair begs $sty to ind out i there is anyway to salvage the deal but

inds out that there was no deal to begin with. $sty and Georgina "ade it uptogether.

32'22* (an inds Chuck and tells hi" what a "ess he has @ust "ade. %e tellsChuck that the (owry is enough to cause the )aldor*s to beco"e bankrupt.

Chuck is shocked when he inds out it was that "uch. 5ily and Carol think thatIvy had so"ething to do with the will seeing as she was let with everything. Ivy

reassures the" that CeCe knew everything& all her secrets and all o theirs.

3-'22* Carol tells )illia" that he0s the ather o her child. Georgina co"es to-lair0s and apologi1es to her but tells her that she "ay know o a way to get her out o her "arriage in return or a avor later on. 5ily inor"s Chuck that when he

was in the hospital and needed a blood transusion& :ack was the one who did itor hi". Chuck is co"pletely taken back by this news.


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Interviewee: Madison

Popoff

This is m "est friend )adison 7opoff# &chose m to inter%iew her "ecause she8s

the one who introduced me to the show(ossip (irl# & had heard a"out (ossip

(irl "ut & had ne%er watched the show mself#& was interested in it "ut & ne%er had the

time to reall sit down and watch theshow# &t wasn8t until & decided to watch

the show until she had made a reference to

the show " comparing some "os house toit# When & told her & had ne%er watched itshe was shocked and told me & had to start it#She has seen e%er episode at least 3 timesand e%en re*watched the series with me# &

was ha%ing difficulties tring to figureout what & was going to research "ut

)adison8s answer to the last 9uestionhelped me determine what & wanted to

do# & am so glad that )adison sat down andwatched the show with me "ecause &

ended up reall en:oing the show andnow & can sa that it is definitel mfa%orite#


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Interview Questions

# Who is our fa%orite character; Wh;erena because she0s the "ost "ature out o all o the characters in the show& shedoesn0t do as "uch "anipulative things as the others& thinks o others beore hersel&she0s not as spiteul.

4# &f ou could "e an character who would it "e;Chuck -ass because he0s so rich& he truly& deeply cares or one person. $ven thoughhe always "esses up he gets his lie together and tries to "ake things right.

3# Bos' !ate, Chuck, or Dan; Who would ou pick;(an because he has a good heart& he is a lover not a ighter and I0ve had "y air shareo ighters and I really need a dierent type o guy in "y lie.

1# Who did ou think (ossip (irl was; Were ou shocked when ou found outwho it was;I thought (orota was Gossip Girl. I was kind o shocked but not really because I kind oput it together at the end o the show. -ecause (an is an aspiring writer and hi"creating gossip girl could be a pro@ect. %e also didn0t get e#posed as "uch as theothers.

-# Who do ou relate to the most;erena because she is un and really easygoing.

0# &f ou had to pick, what was our fa%orite part of the show;4y avorite part was watching erena and (an all or each other over and over again&especially because o the social class status issues. he had "oney and he didn0t andeven though everyone was against the" they still "ade it work. $ven through all thebad things that happened they always "anaged to co"e back to each other.


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Analysis A.

The show Gossip Girl takes place in New York in the upper east side area. )ith "illionso dollars and no priorities our characters have ti"e to obsess over who is dating whoand who is getting into trouble. In co"parison with our world& anyone with internetaccess can go on to the internet and post so"ething about so"eone& but not like this.The rules and conventions are a little ar etched ro" reality. -ribing so"eone is wrongin our world but people still do it. %owever& not like our avorite upper eastsiders. -ribingis deinitely a big part in the rules and conventions. In this show @ust about everyonebribes their way out o things or into getting so"e @uicy inor"ation. In high schooleveryone knows everyone*s dra"a& that0s true in both our world and in Gossip Girl. Inthis world it is co"pletely acceptable to obsess and plot against one another. $veryone

is running around with their phones out taking pictures& recording videos& and giving tipsas to what is going on in the lives o one another. It is also acceptable or the boys tosleep around with everyone& have prostitutes& and go to secret "en0s clubs.

+s it would be odd or so"e rando" person in everyday lie to have their very ownprivate investigator it is pretty ordinary or @ust about everyone to have one in GossipGirl& or at least use the" a ew ti"es. In one o the seasons erena0s "o"& 5ily& orgesher daughters signature and puts an innocent "an in @ail or years. ince the'anderwoodsen0s are so well known and rich 5ily is si"ply put on house arrest insteado thrown in prison. +s ar as our teens go& they0re getting into drugs and alcohol&throwing huge& elaborate parties costing tens o thousands o dollars all at the age oAB>A8. I one was throwing parties or at least attending then they were a nobody& which

one would never want to be. )hen they get into trouble "oney i#es everything. +nother rule and convention would be clothing. I one wasn0t wearing couture then they "ay aswell be dirt poor.The appropriate behavior in this show is to be catty towards riends butalso to try to be "ature and unbothered by the tabloids.

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Analysis B.

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