Reality television uses a wide variety of techniques to construct narratives, build characters and provoke an emotional response. Inherent to the genre is the challenge of having several hours of footage which must be condensed into one episode, leaving little time to address complexities of conflict and characters while adhering to the narrative format that provides a backbone for the series. Stories and people are carefully selected and shaped by the camera and editing choices, as shown in the video below. This is the focus of “Supernanny Deconstructed: Part 1,” created for The LAMP by Italian media educator and sociologist Enzo Corsetti, which uses the popular show to demonstrate how the sausage of reality television is made. Take a look, and keep an eye out for Part 2 coming soon: