Question: In what ways can the television industry uniquely convey issues, events and representations? Make reference to Humans in your answer

Question: In what ways can the television industry uniquely convey issues, events and representations? Make reference to Humans  in your answer


uniquely- how is it specialised?

  • lots of genre
  • digital convergence- channel 4 and all 4, website and tv, Netflix, prime, now tv
  • binge series, don't have to wait 
  • 24/7 content- endless content and channels- very large audience, have lots of choice 
  • niche product for niche audience- specialised genre and shows to always meet someones needs 
  • funding- subscription, public funding, adverts
  • tv have more money to make tv shows to due to funding from multiple ways 
  • large audience- variety, tailors to all needs 
  • time regulations- water shed 
  • heavy regulation- age eg. 18, 15, 12, PG, U 

How are Humans and Les Revenants distributed to their target audiences?
  • Humans- Channel 4, advert funded, All4 - wide audience 
  • humans- co produced, AMC, channel 4- widens audience, broadcast USA- larger audience  
  • les revenants- smaller audience 

Could these shows be considered to be successful? Explain your answer
  • humans- high budget, well known cast, 3-4 seasons 
  • les r.- successful as it reached the audience it wanted, however, had less profit and power 

How did the makers of Humans ensure it's success? (think cast, genre, iconography, soundtrack, marketing, etc!)
  • genre hybridity- multiple genres have a larger audience 
  • well known actors- recognisable to audience, attract them 
  • middle class family relatable hyperreality- large uk audience 


representations
  • white middle aged middle class man- Joe, generic average uk family
  • corrupt police- white middle class family- relatable, 
  • white middle class family- relatable, establishes uk audience
  • AI- sci-fans, technology possibilities 
  • elderly- value drama and losing loved ones, feeling redundant in high tech world 
  • asian women- 'other', fetishisation- white male heterosexual audience, male gaze 
  • sex workers- heterosexual men: male gaze, empowerment- women, feminism

Key scene analysis- breakfast scene 
  • hyperreality- perfect family breakfast, doesn't exist, no one all sits together with slippers and has breakfast 
  • nuclear family- conform to hegemonic stereotypical roles within a family construct- moody teenager, innocent child girl, confrontational teenage relationships between siblings, aggressive dominant mother fighting for peace. 
  • breakfast uniform- slippers, dressing gowns, themed clothing for the occasion- not what actually happens
  • In the scene, the older daughter refers to Anita as a "slave", yet the mother corrects her, and says she is not. This could be allegorical for the treatment of workers, and the attitudes towards those who work for us.
  • The mise-en-scene of the bright/high-key lighting connotes happiness and brightness, which subverts the stereotypical mood of just waking up in the morning.
  • Anita's movements are robotic, and contrast the naturalistic acting of the other actors, which constructs her to be a cyborg and "other"
  • Mise-en-scene of child's drawings on the wall, innocent family life, cereal, placemats, matching plate sets etc.
  • Stereotypical, conventional middle-class home, representative of stereotypical middle class family and could appeal to that audience.
  • The family is confronted with hyperreality within the narrative when Anita continues to laugh, as a construction of how she feels like she is supposed to react.
  • Anita's continuation of laughter is hyperreal, as this is a construction of how she feels like she is supposed to react.
  •  Their reaction reflects that of the target audience's to canned laughter in the construction of emotion within media. 










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