Television: Introduction to TV drama

1) How does this His Dark Materials trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? 

It features a range of characters, multiple narratives, multiple settings, dilemma and problems, heroes and villains, plot twists, cliff hangers, sounds and dramatic narratives usually linear.

2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this His Dark Materials trailer?

I think its more of a science-fiction genre with more action as there's a lot going on in different episodes

3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer?

We are introduced to the teachers and the child and then they meet the mysterious doctor who is also the child grandfather, as he is the doctor he should be the protagonist however he is featured in the first episode as an antagonist. 

4) What settings appear in the trailer?

At first they are seen in the school and in different classrooms and then in a car and then in the telephone box which leads to something bigger

5) Who do you think the target audience for His Dark Materials is? Give reasons for your answer.

The target audience are young adults and adults that enjoy a complex fantasy provoking narratives.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Denotation & Connotation blog tasks: advert analysis

Image
Denotation & Connotation blog tasks: advert analysis Create a   new  blogpost in your GCSE Media blog called ' Denotation and connotation '. 1) Write an analysis of the  WaterAid advert above  using denotation, connotation and analysis. What can you see? What are the deeper meanings in the advert? What does the advert communicate to the audience? How might an audience react after seeing the advert? Denotation: This printed advertisement consists of a young African boy stood in front of a rural suburban village (technical code). It also features a water aid logo (symbolic code) and a slogan (written code). Connotation: The slogan is deliberately written in bold and white to get people who are seeing this to notice what is going on and what they are struggling with. The connotations of placing the logo and slogan encourages people to help out those in need. They may feel guilty for just ignoring what they have seen. Analysis: The choice of the background could be s...
Read more

Demographics and Psychographics: blog tasks

  Create a new blogpost called ' Demographics and Psychographics'. 1) What information do media companies use to create a demographic profile of their audience? - Age/Gender - Race  - Location - Employment status 2) Why are media companies and advertisers increasingly using audience profiling and not just demographics? It makes it easier for you reach your target audience. 3) What are the seven different Psychographic groups?  - The aspirer  - The explorer - The reformer  - The succeeder - The resigned  - The struggler  - The mainstreamer  4) Write a brief summary of what each Psychographic group is seeking or motivated by. The aspirer: They seek status. The explorer: They seek discovery. The reformer: They seek enlightenment. The succeeder: They seek control. The resigned: They seek to survive.  The struggler: They seek escape. The mainstreamer: They seek security.  5) What psychographic group or groups do YOU belong in? Think...
Read more

Film Industry: Black Widow

Image
  1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow. You may wish to use   Black Widow's IMDB entry   to help with this -   see the company credits page   - but the answers can also be found in the notes above. 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? Most major media companies are conglomerates that own a range of smaller companies (called subsidiaries). An example of this is Disney owning Marvel. This links to Black widow because Disney owns marvel.  This means that they can afford to make more expensive films, market them around the world at great expense and ensure that they are hugely profitable.  3) Analyse the  film trailer  for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? Some features that tell us the film was made with a big budget blockbuster is by there being well-known actors and the protagonist Scarlett Johansson is also very well-known. There...
Read more