TV SCHEDULING

BBC1 Sunday 9p.m. Strike

BBC1 Monday 9p.m. Rellik

BBC1 Tuesday 9p.m. Dr foster

BBC1 Wednesday 9p.m. How to stay young

BBC1 Thursday 9p.m.  Ambulance

BBC1 Friday 9p.m. Master chef

BBC1 Saturday 9p.m. Mrs browns boys

BBC1 Sunday 9p.m. Strike

Long form narrative seems to be a very popular form.

 

THE AVENGERS

In the avengers lots of values from the times emerge some still influence our society today.

-The show features lots of obviously over the top comedy scenes designed as a form of escapism for a modern person. For example, the scene when the man is shrunk in his car.

-The show also shows us a glimpse of feminism, this was a time in which women were not considered equal to men. Nowadays, there are many lead female actresses, such as Jennifer Laurence but in that time there were very few. We see a female lead along side the main character in the Avengers which at the time had not been seen or even considered before hand.

-The show features an upper class selective lifestyle shown through fancy parties, clothes and obviously the hats.

-Patrick is the lead and his classic, to the time quick thinking is ideal in many situations. Emma peel is a modern woman, fighting beside Patrick driving fast cars and living expensive lifestyles.

CUFFS

An opening sequence in a TV show  creates an atmosphere which makes the watcher want to continue on. It draws the audience in and leaves a  question in their minds, "what happens next?"

For example, the opening scene of the show where the people are fighting on the beach and when the police man tries to break them up, automatically we are left with the question, why were they fighting? Who is the police man? What comes next?

The opening sequence was very intense and the audience are deliberately left confused and intrigued to the plot.

In the title sequence, the naked people fighting on the beach show the class of the area and tell us instantly before the actual plot emerges that Brighton is quite a brutal place.

Different characters come out in different parts of the episode  and this helps draw in different people towards the show with different interests and different opinions about what they want to see on the internet. For example, the man who stabs the Indian man appeals to people who like violence on television.

I think that the idea of cuffs is quite adult and the themes of the show should mean that it is after the watershed, no child under the age of 12 should watch it.

Seb Hardy