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Uses of Audience Pleasures in Peter Kay's Carshare For the exam you need to be able to explain at least two different types of audience pleasures in detail. These examples of each from different episodes will help you. Narrative Resolution Episode 3 - When Kayleigh and John drive away from Ray as he chases after them (creates as sense of relief after John calls him "Psycho"). Episode 5 - There have been hints of Kayleigh and John getting together throughout series but in this episode it shows Kayleigh being jealous of Rachel who is hitting on John and John who is jealous of the trolley wrangler that Kayleigh likes. This suggests that they might soon get together (the resolution). Identifying with Characters Episode 2 - John is unable to control is hysterical laugh after Kayleigh talks to her neighbour about "dogging" not knowing what it really means. Episode 3 - Kayleigh is hung-over and creating lots of noise so a neighbour stands by their w...

TV Comedy Through The Keyhole Through the Keyhole is a British TV comedy panel show hosted by Keith Lemmon (Leigh Francis). The panel show, shows Keith Lemmon going through celebrity homes and involves the guest panel having to guess who the house belongs to. This show is a hybrid of a quiz and panel show and was adapted from the old 1980s mainstream 'through the keyhole' that was less comedic and more serious. By mocking the old show, Keith Lemmon brings in a bigger audience demographic and makes the programme appeal more to a modern audience. Who commissioned the programme? It was commissioned by ITV in 2013. ITV is a British television channel that stands for 'Independent television' that covers the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Who Produced it? It was produced by the commercial station, ITV. The producers where Meriel Beale, Arron Ferster, Isabel Forte, Aaron Morgan, Juliet Morrish, Mark Boutros, Daniel Baldwin, Leon Wil...

TV Comedy Celebrity Juice Who Commissioned the Programme? It was commissioned by ITV in 2008. ITV is a British television channel that stands for 'Independent television' that covers the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Who produced it? Celebrity Juice was produced by Talkback Thames for the first seven series. Talkback Thames was a division of FremantleMedia and was a British television production company that was formed by the merger of Talkback Productions and Thames Television. After series seven it was then produced by Talkback. Talkback is a British television production company that was established in 1981. What audience is it aimed at? Why? Celebrity Juice is aimed at a 18-35 year old target audience. This is due to the explicit and adult humour which is unsuitable for younger audiences. Furthermore, this humour is based around an energetic and enthusiastic panel show which wouldn't appeal to an audience older than 35. Al...

Katz' Uses and Gratification Theory What is it? The uses and gratification theory explains why audiences are driven  to consume most media product. Most media theorists agree it is because they need to fulfil certain needs. Katz' uses and gratification theory explains these needs by splitting them into four different categories. These include: personal identification , personal relationship , inform and educate and diversion . The Theory Personal Identification - Where the audience can relate to a character or their situation Personal Relationship - Where the audience builds a close bond with a character or group of characters Inform and Educate - Where the audience learn something from consuming the text Diversion - Where the audience can escape from their reality and immerse themselves in the text

TV Comedy Narrative Pleasures: A narrative is a spoken or written account of connected events with a beginning, middle and end. The Narrative Abstract- It is the initial summary of the story, typically in the title of the text and at times in an opening section. It provides the first decision point for the audience about continuing to watch the programme. The Narrative Orientation- It establishes time and place, social context of the narrative. The Narrative Complication- Represents an issue that the characters at the climax of the narrative. The Narrative Resolution- Will provide an answer to the complication. The Narrative Coda- Refers to the end of the narrative The Narrative Evaluation- Is where the audience establishes an opinion on the narrative. Transgressive Pleasures : Used to describe texts which offer representations which cross the boundaries of accepted texts; they are those derived from media texts which woul...

TV Comedy Peter Kay's Car Share The day time and channel of the programme. Tuesdays at 9pm on BBC One. Who produced the programme? It was produced by the BBC. BBC is a broadcasting corporation and is a British public service broadcaster. It focuses on breaking news, sport, TV and radio. It's purpose is to inform, educate and entertain. Who commissioned the programme? It was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, director of BBC content. The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and is based at the broadcasting house in London. What audience is it aimed at? Why? It is aimed at a young adult/adult audience in the audience demographic categories of: B, C1, C2 and D. This is because of the narrative pleasures within the programme that would only appeal to a  working and middle class audience. It is not aimed at a young audience because it is on after the watershed, meaning that some of the content/humour is inappropriate for a young audi...

Audience Demographic: What is an audience demographic? A way of 'dividing' a population into different groups; for example: age, gender ethnicity, income, education, class etc.   What are the audience Demographic Categories? A    - Higher management, bankers, lawyers, doctors and other professionals B    - Middle management, teachers, creative and media people, e.g. Graphic designer etc. C1 - Office supervisors, junior managers, nurses, specialists clerical staff - white collar. C2 - Skilled manual workers, plumbers, builders - blue collar. D   - Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers E    - unemployed, students, pensioners, casual workers.