P1: Audience pleasures

Peaky Blinders

Release - 12 September 2013
Seasons - 5
Episode length - 55 - 59 minutes
Production company - BBC Studios
                                  - Caryn Mandabach Productions
                                  - Tiger Aspect Productions
                                  - Screen Yorkshire
Broadcaster - BBC Two (Series 1 - 4)
                      - BBC One  (Series 5)      
Budget - Between £1 million and £1.5 Million

Audience Pleasures:

- Audience Relationships
  - Relationships between family
  - Relationships between crime and law
  - Relationships between North and South
  - Relationships between working class and government/state

- Personal Identity
  - People will identify with working class
  - People will identify with strong female characters
  - People will identify with dominant aggressive males

- Diversion
  - People will be able to divert away from there everyday lives through peaky blinders
  - Violent nature that people may not be used to
  - Deep character development, to allow the audience to feel apart of the plot

-Surveillance
 - Peaky Blinders is a transgressive drama that allows others to gain an insight into a world different       to their own
 - Peaky Blinders offers surveillence as people may never of had an insight into violence and gang         culture


Breaking Bad

Release - 20th January 2008
Seasons - 5
Episode Length - Between 43 - 59 Minutes
Production Company - High Bridge Entertainment
                                 - Gran Via Productions
                                 - Sony Pictures Television
Distributor - Sony Pictures Television
Budget - £2.3 Million

Audience Pleasures:

- Audience Relationships
  - Relationships between family
  - Relationships between crime and law
  - Relationships between family and drugs
  - Relationships between money , family and drugs
  - Relationships between drugs and young romance

- Personal Identity
  - People will identify with financial struggle
  - People will identify with illness and what they may be going through or have been through.
  - People will identify with maybe a surprise financial gain, that they don't know how to deal with

- Diversion
 - Diversion factors such as heavy drug use and production are prominent in the series.
 - Diversion factor such as violence to help divert the audience attention from their everyday life.
 - Immersive plot that attracts viewers away from normal life

-Surveillance
 - Transgressive plot which gives an insight into the drug culture which normal everyday working           class people may not have ever experienced.
 - Gives an insight into violence and gang culture
 - Provides an insight into a 'undercover' world of crime and drugs


Game Of Thrones

Release - 17 April 2011
Seasons - 8 Seasons
Episode Length - Average length of 68 minutes
Production Companies - Home Box Office (HBO)
                                        - Television 360
                                        - Grok! Studio
                                        - Generator Entertainment
                                        - Bighead Littlehead
Distributor - Warner Bros. Televison
Budget - $15 Million

Audience Pleasures: 

- Audience Relationships
 - Relationships between family
 - Relationships between north and south
 - Relationships between family and feud

- Personal Identity
 - People will identify with string female leads and actors
 - People will identify with conflict within their countries (North vs South)
 - People will identify with male dominated world

- Diversion
 - Diversion is shown through intense violence
 - Diversion is shown through a fantasy world and characters
 - Diversion is shown through an immersive plot which drags viewers away from their everyday life

- Surveillance
 - Surveillance is shown in GoT through a class system
 - Surveillance is shown through living in a fantasy world compared to a normal world

P1: Interpreting The Brief

Who are the BBC?

The BBC is the British Broadcasting Corporation, who were found in 1922 but started broadcasting television in 1936. The BBC was created to make content that the public could watch as long a they paid a TV license. It is now known as a public service organisation who aim to inform, educate and entertain. The first director that led the way for the BBC was John Reith who's goal was to use television to educate the masses.

What is BBC3?

The BBC3 channel was launched in 2003 it was launched to create innovative programming to a target audience of 16 - 34. BBC3 became known for having a fully automated channel, this led to the popularity of a show called '60 seconds' where they gave a news bulletin of the day within 60 seconds meaning they cut out the complications with live and varied length news shows. BBC3 was soon cut from regular TV in 2014 and was made an online channel, this came with lots of backlash with many celebrities saying that they are killing the channel and how it is only bad for the comedy section on BBC. But by moving to an online channel it allowed BBC to make BBC3 a channel with more varied genres of shows. BBC3 now tackle concepts such a sex, drugs and convicted killers, all which fit in to the crime genre. This specific genre is popular with older teens and younger adults as they are more exposed to these topics so the attraction to these shows are high. The channel is known for producing transgressive content which other channels may not touch to protect there corporation and reputation.

Since moving to an online platform the estimated weekly viewing figures for BBC3 for the ages 16 - 34 is around 11.2 million a week. This has increased from there estimated 6.5 million weekly estimated views when they were a broadcasted channel. This increase in viewership is most likely down to it being an online channel in which more younger people have access to or are more likely to watch as online platforms are seemingly way more popular than broadcasted TV.

What is the definition of a television drama?

A television drama is a show where a series of real life situations are exaggerated but still relatable, through the use of themes, settings, issues and narratives. All for the audiences entertainment. examples of TV dramas by the BBC are Downton abbey, Doctor Who, and Eastenders.

Who are the competitors for BBC3 and teen TV?

The main competitors against BBC3 are channels such as E4 , Channel 4 as well as a few channels from UKTV such as 'Dave'. All these channels have a target audience which is similar to that of BBC3 which is between the ages of 16 - 34.They all broadcast shows which cater to this audience by showing transgressive content which intrigues older teens and young adults.

What are the main conventions of a television drama?

- To have a dramatic narrative
- Ensemble cast , each character has their own storyline
- Expressive Lighting
- High production value sound
- Exaggerated representations of characters.

Popular Drama series with a young audience
- Peaky Blinders
- Breaking Bad
- Game of  Thrones

Popular Genres with a young audience.
- Sci-Fi
- Crime
- Fantasy
- Action / Adventure