Watch a Teen Drama this week.
Analyse it in terms of how the Narrative, Character, Iconography and Settings appeal to and attract a specific teenage target audience.
You may find the following prompt questions helpful:
Narrative:
1. What types of narratives (storylines) do
you think this Teen Drama may include and how do you know?
2. What are the narrative hooks (what is it
that draws the audience in and stops them from turning over)?
3. Can you identify any narratives that would
be typical of other genres (hybrid)?
Characters:
1. What types of characters do you meet in
this Teen Drama?
2. What other types of characters do you
expect to meet in this drama and why?
3. How are the central characters introduced
and what does this tell you?
4. Are there any stereotypical characters?
Why?
Settings:
1. What types of settings (locations) are used
in the drama?
2. What clues does this give you about the
style of the drama (types of narratives, characters etc)?
3. How does this setting appeal to the primary
audience (teenagers)?
4. Can you identify any setting that could be
typical of other genres?
Iconography:
1. What can we see and how does that tell us
this is a Teen Drama (visual codes)?
2. What can we hear and how does that tell us
this is a Teen Drama (sound codes)?
3. What specific type of audience are these
codes aiming to appeal to?
4. Can you identify any iconography from other
genres?
Audience:
1. What types of teens do the themes,
characters and settings appeal to?
2. Create a primary audience profile
(ethnicity, gender, age, interests, sexuality etc) using evidence from the
opening sequence.
3. What might the secondary audience be and
why?
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