Waterloo Road!
Narrative:
The Narrative was very intense and followed the conventions of a teen drama because it had a lot of suspense an a lot off narrative hooks. For example a pupil having a crush on a teacher because it is not something that happens very often but you identify with the character because she was upset. Also, there were two narratives colliding which meant you had more to watch and so you were always guaranteed action and therefore you won't get bored.
Character:
The characters were school children but mainly older teenagers (6th formers) which made the drama easier to relate to as we are around people of that age everyday and therefore it makes the drama more realistic and down to earth for school children because they can see some elements of the same situations even if they are not as exaggerated in real life.
Setting and Audience:
The drama is set in a high school which means it is aimed at 11 year old teens to 18 year old students because older adults and students might find it a bit childish and uneasy to relate since they don't face that sort of drama, however, even though the primary audience might be 11-17, there is still a secondary audience of perhaps parents, older students and sometimes even adults.
Iconography:
We can tell this is a teen drama because a teen drama usually has a lot of music and Waterloo road had a piece of music in the background for every important part of the episode. Also, we saw young actors and we heard slang which usually only occurs in a teen drama because that is stereotypical to how teenagers speak. Also, the fact that they wore uniforms as costume and some wore make-up and some didn't made it seem like a real school because those are the circumstances in a real school as well. Also, it was daytime which just added to the realistic feel of it all.
WWW: You understand the principles of NCIS and how these appeal to a primary audience. I like that you also identified a secondary audience.
ReplyDeleteEBI: If you had analysed how the NCIS appealed to this secondary audience.
LR: Analyse how the programme might appeal to a secondary adult audience. How is this different to the primary audience and how do the programme makers ensure there is something for the secondary audience too.