Spooks

Spooks- who is the audience?

Demographics-
Audience is both men and women but is mostly targeted at men as there is lots of action.
The targeted age would be adults from 25 to 40.
Middle class, fairly well educated people.
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Psychographics-
Main audience would probably be action fans and maybe quite aggressive people.
They would have to be quite politically intelligent people as there is political views involved.
They would also have to be quite opinionated and good debaters.
Other programmes or films they may watch would include; CSI, programmes with numbers and James Bond- programmes to make you think.

How does spooks draw in it's audience?

The first shot is an aerial shot of the British countryside from an helicopter. It then goes on to show a large English mannor so it's drawing in it's audience by showing British at it's best. It glamorises the situation whith the helicopter, high-tech equipment and a secluded area where they are unlikely to be found. It makes the show seem more exciting and high profile to the viewer. It shows a shot of a nice car which suggests that there is high profile people with money which is associated with glamour. There is alot of action as a few people got killed, the fight scenes are filmed with a shakey hand held camera to make it seem like the viewer is involved. There is also a shot where the gun is pointed at the screen as a character gets shot at to make the viewer seem involved. The first five minutes shows a key factor which lets you know what the rest of the programme will be about. The ending scene is a shot of the gun pointing at Harry; one of the main characters, and the gun is shot but you don't actually see the bullet or Harry so you don't know wether he really did get shot. This draws the viewer in and wants to make them watch more. There is attractive young actors which look smart and well off which can also appeal to women to watch the show. The beggining is slow and intriguing to build tension within the viewer. It then picks up and becomes an action scene which intensifys with dramatic music.

textual analysis of tv drama title sequences

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A TITLE SEQUENCE?

• Gives information about the setting and characters
• Tells us the genre and gives the programme a recognisable identity.
• Alerts you that it is about to start
• Sets the tone/style of the show/film.

MISE-EN-SCENE

This French term literally means "everything in the frame" and includes:

• Props
• Setting
• Lighting
• Make-up
• Performance
• Facial expression
• Costume
  
  

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Otherwise known as camerawork, this refers to anything done with the camera: shots, angles and movements.

Camera movements:

SOUND

Sound adds an extra demension to films or t.v dramas. Some technical terms for sound include:

• diegetic sound: sound that appears to come from within the frame (the narrative world)
• non diegetic sound: sound that is not of the narrative world
• sound bridge: sound bridges can lead in or out of the scene and can stress the connection between both scenes since their mood (suggested by the music) is still the same.
• Dialogue
• Voiceover: when a voice, often that of a character in the film, is heard while we see and image of a space and time in which that character is not actually speaking.
• Parallel sound: complements what we see.
• Contrapuntal sound: is at a counterpoint to what we see, what we see and hear doesn't match.

EDITING

Editing helps the audience understand the narrative it can help move the story on, keep pace within the sequence or show the passing of time.

• Straight cut.
• Jump cut: an elliptical cut that appears to be an interruption of a single shot.
• Fade
• Wipe: a transition between shots in which a line passes across the screen, eliminating the first shot as it goes and replacing it with the next one.
• Dissolve: a transition between two shots during which the first image gradually disappears while the second image gradually appears.
• Graphic match: two successive shots joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements.
• Elliptical editing: shot transitions that omit parts of an event, causing an ellipses in plot and story duration
• superimposition: the exposure of more than one image on the same film strip.

DEXTER TITLE SEQUENCE

In the title sequence of dexter, it shows dexter waking up and doing a every morning routine. The use of close- ups and extreme close- ups makes everything look very uncomfortable for the audience. The actions that are used are actually murdering methods but shown with everyday objects. The lighting is quite dark mostly throughout with dark coloured objects- mostly red which connotates as blood. One shot is an image of dexter close-up, but the lighting is used to show two sides of his face; one dark, one light which may connotate as a split personality or he has two sides to his personalities. high contrast lighting possibly for a scary effect to the audience. Dexters face is not shown full till the third shot, where he pulls his head through a top which could possibly connotate as him revealing himself. the last shot is of him leaving his house wearing white and its sunny which could connotate as him displaying himself as innocent to everyone else. the setting looks to be set in a sunny tropical place somewhere in the U.S but the setting is only shown in one shot.