Tuesday 9 December 2014

Bad Education & Miranda

Miranda





GenreSitcom
Created byMiranda Hart
Written byMiranda Hart
Directed byJuliet May (2009-2013)
Mandie Fletcher (2014-2015)

  • Who commissioned the programmes?
The first two series of Miranda were broadcast on BBC Two. In February 2011, it was announced that for the third series, the show would be moving to BBC One.
  • Who produced Miranda?
Producer(s)
Nerys Evans (2009)

Emma Strain (2010-2013)
Sarah Fraser (2014-2015)
  • What audience is it aimed at? Why?
Because the audience is 30+ the type of comedy has sexual references, so has to be aired after the water shed, and the actors/ comedians are of that age range so the audience can relate to the situations, and settings.





Pleasures


The TV comedy Miranda offers the audience pleasures such as a regular time slot, (which is after the water shed), that the audience feels superior. These are just some of the examples of pleasures that Miranda contribute to the audience, with these features the TV show is a success and consequently the target audience can relate to the characters, situation and everyday setting of the set.
Recognition and familiarity of Miranda’s main character is a key aspect, as the audience feel like they know her personally, like a friend, as she talks to the camera front on so the direct personal approach works well. The way the character is represented of that of a hopeless, stupid and socially inept individual, therefore the audience feels superior to Miranda, as she somehow messes things up and says/ acts all in the wrong ways against social convention and expectation.
The humour type in Miranda is that of a mature nature, as sexual innuendos are present. The target audience for Miranda is for the 28+ age range, so the comedy type works well. There is  Farse/ slapstick comedy type, where Miranda falls over the coat stand repeatedly throughout  different examples of episodes in that series, which gives it a predictability pleasure as the audience feel like they know and understand Miranda’s actions and behaviours, which also links back up to the point about knowing her personally like that of a friend.
The setting of the TV comedy gives the audience recognition of a familiar setting, so they can relate to the characters and everyday setting. Furthermore pleasures such as social and family issues makes the audience relate to all the characters situations.  

Narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution
 Is how the show ends

Character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
Character identification: When you identify yourself a as character.
Snowballing: Where the joke gets bigger and bigger until something concludes the joke, in bad education something bad happens.
Suspense: waiting for the next joke to happen

Pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
Recognises the characters, story and setting
Pleasures of difference-within-repetition
Waiting for certain characters to say there jokes
Knowing what the characters are like, so knowing what sort of jokes they will say.

Performance unpredictability and spontaneity
Unexpected events happen
Transgressive pleasures
Jokes that are insulting, racist, sexist ect
Specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

You can recognise the actors


Tuesday 4 November 2014

The BBC and ITV

The BBC



The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a public broadcaster in the UK and one of the largest broadcasting organisation in the world. The BBC is funded by the TV licence fee that is paid by UK households and business that have televisions.



These are some of the examples of BBC TV programs that i personally watch;

BBC Sherlock -9pm
Doctor who -8:30
Being human -7pm
In the flesh -9pm
Family Guy -11pm+
American Dad -12+
Russell Howard’s good news -8pm
Merlin -7/8pm




BBC Three is a mixed genre channel for young audiences.
They have two key priorities:
  • The channel needs to be disciplined about focusing on the young - its centre of gravity will be 16-34 year-olds: people who are young in spirit and mind set.
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  • BBC Three should provide an environment for the development of new ideas and talent and for existing talent to take risks, becoming a genuine laboratory for BBC One and BBC Two.




TV licence

The cost of the TV licence in the UK is £145.50 a year for colour. Everyone in the UK who watches or records BBC programs would of had to pay the licence fee. You can watch it on a tablet, phone, iplayer and television.
ITV



ITV stands for Independant Television.ITV are obliged to provide tv shows for a wide range of audience.



These are some of the examples of ITV TV programs that i personally watch;

-Celebrity Juice
-Demons -7pm+
-Dancing on ice-6pm
-Downton abbey-9pm
-Grime fighters daytime t-v
-X factor 7-8pm
-Harry Hills t-v burp 6pm
-I’m a celebrity… get me out of here! 9-10pm



Tuesday 7 October 2014

The ITCrowd

Codes and Conventions of a t.v sitcom

  • Opening credits: These often give the audience a flavor of the show to come by showing the characters and/or the locations. In the case of the IT crowd, the opening credits are in the style of an old gaming format, which relates to computers so relates to the program. 
  • Theme tunes: often sung and invariably catchy and hummable. The theme tune in this case sounds like an old video gaming tune, which is catchy, and easy to remember.