Audience
1) Read this audience rating guide for His Dark Materials. Based on the screening and this article, who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups? You can revise Pyschographics here.
i think the target audience is 14 and above this is because it was said on the web that 14 and above will be fine to watch the series
2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas.
Personal Identity: an example of a group of people seeing themselves reflected is though the black witch.
Personal Relationships: one relationship is between will and lyra. As audience may be interested in how the relation will turn out.
Diversion (Escapism): the audience will escape all of their problem as they will be so interested in the show and will make them forget their problem.
3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer to specific scenes or moments in the episode to explain your answer.
VICARIOUS PLEASURE as you get to experiencing something through the characters e.g time travelling, flying.
4) How did fans react to Season 2 of His Dark Materials? What about critic reviews? You can find some possible answers for this in this BBC website article on the critical reception for His Dark Materials and watch the fan reaction video above.
season 2 did not receive as much love as season 1 which lead to the view of episode 1 of season 2 to be less compared to episode 1 season 1
5) What might be some of the preferred and opposition readings for His Dark Materials? Why did some fans love it? Why have other people criticised it?
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