28th April

 Humans Fact Whack

Component 2 is all seen and in-depth.

There will be 2 questions in the TV industry this year, 1 for Humans and1 for Les Revenant.

50 minutes on each industry.

Magazines will be a media language question.

15 marks per question.

25 minutes per question.

Humans- Audience 

Les Revenants- Representation

How can producers construct an audience?

How can audiences respond/interact/be fans of/ to Humans.

Humans is Sci-Fi.

Sci-Fi targets fans.

Robots and futuristic technology.

Themes- Humanity.

Cyborgs.

Speculative Ethics.

AI.

Synths.

Allegory- Metaphor

Humans Allegory;

Prostitution 

Rape

Consent 

Racism 

Slavery

Humans was produced by Channel 4 and AMC.

Channel4; Skins, Inbetweeners, Friday Night Dinner and Fresh Meat. 

Niche Shows

AMC: Mad Men, TWD, Preacher.

To what extent does Humans target a niche audience?

KJ: Yes high extent

Synthy music. 

Consumer Culture.

Capitalism.

Green eyes.

Robotic voice.

Objectification.

Voyeurism. 

Work.

Ascendant Music.

AI Vs Human.

'What is love?'

Domination/ humiliation

It preys on the sociological ideologies at the current time.

Electronic Music

Dark Mise-en-scene.

Hermeneutic code.

Meta-Narrative- Story about a story.

Use of dark humor.

"I hope she's pretty"

Pornography.

Complicated themes.

Gender Roles are sometimes switched.

Different representations of Synths.

A niche audience refers to a small targeted audience yet more enthusiastic and involved audience. In this essay, I will argue that Humans deliberately targets a niche audience in order to maximise profit and minimise risk. Humans is a science fiction TV show co produced by AMC and Channel 4 and first broadcast in 2015.





P- Use of science fiction conventions. 

E- Heavy use of electronic retro synth music makes intertextual reference to German synth artists Kraftwerk. Highly conventional for the sci-fi genre.

A- By using Sci-Fi conventions, it allows humans to effectively target a pre existing fan audience and guarantees profit.

P- Controversial themes including themes of sexual violence.

E- Panning shot of Niska being raped which positions the audience in an uncomfortable position. 

A- Anita is frequently sexualised (Van Zoonen) and her buttocks are emphasised through a close up as she's walking away. Highly uncomfortable shots of an attractive East Asian woman being bought by a middle class man

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