NCIS
Homework
The Teen drama
that I analysed was Waterloo Road.
Narrative-
I think that Waterloo Road will include storylines to do with
issues raised in schools such as teenage relationships, studying, family
problems and teacher and pupil relationships. This programme attracts teenagers
because they can relate to some of the issues in the programme and they can
relate to the lives of the characters as they are teenagers. There are some hybrids
in this programme such as action and romance.
Characters-
In this teen drama, you meet secondary school pupils. You
also meet teachers, parents and people from the local community. You meet a range of characters in the
programme, some who are calm, some troublemakers and some who are going through
family problems or have personal issues. The central characters are introduced
at the beginning of the series and they all have different personalities. The
central characters are introduced whilst the programme and storyline is going
on. There are some stereotypical characters in this team drama, for example
there is a boy and girl going through relationship problems. There are teenage
troublemakers and girls who are obsessed with fashion. They have these
stereotypical characters so that people can recognise and relate to them.
Setting-
The setting of the programme is a large secondary school in
Scotland. This tells us that it is a school drama and it will be based around
the pupils, teachers and local community. This appeals to the primary audience
as they know what it feels like to be in a secondary school and it is
realistic. The school looks like an average secondary school so this means that
lots of people can relate.
Iconography-
You can see that the pupils are all wearing school uniform;
this shows that it is a teen drama that is set in a school. You can hear lots
of young people talking in slang this shows the teenage audience that they are
like them. The audience it is aimed at is teenagers in secondary school.
Students bring in knives and weapons so this could be from horror or action as well.
There are also some things that relate to romance.
Audience-
The programme appeals to teenagers who are in secondary
school and may be going through troubled times. I think that parents and
teachers would be a secondary audience because they are also a part of the
lives of teenagers and they might want to know what goes on in schools.
Primary audience profile-
Age- 11-18
All ethnicities because it is a multi cultural school.
Both girls and boys.
It I for both sexuality because there are some gay and lesbian
pupils in the school.
WWW: This is an excellent piece of H/W that analyses the NCIS and the audience appeal effectively. It is well written and you use media language. Well done.
ReplyDeleteEBI: I would like you to be even more specific at how the iconography (signs and symbols) appeal to the target audience.
LR: To practise your textual analysis skills further and to analyse the iconography, please take a freeze frame from any part of the programme and analyse the mise-en-scene using C.L.A.M.P.S: i.e. how the Costumes, Lighting, Actors, Make-up, Props and Setting appeal to the target audience and create genre expectations.
You will need to attach the image as a new post and write a paragraph for each element of C.L.A.M.P.S.