His Dark Materials: Industry and Audience blog tasks

 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?  

14 and 14+ look like the what hey are trying to target for his dark materials  sine there is no gore and mild violence and an not that much swearing. 

2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumer 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:  lyra being on her own connotates to teenagers who want to have freedom to do what they want and want to explore the world like lyra this could also link to diversion.

Personal Relationships:  lyra and will have a good relationship.

Diversion (Escapism):  the fantasy genre and the steam punk genre allows people to imagine a new world

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. 

VISCERAL PLEASURE: I think when the witch attacks the base  this an example of visceral pleasure as the stakes were high. 

VOYEURISTIC PLEASURE: I think the whole show can be used as voyeuristic  pleasure as most  of this doesn't exist in real life  so to witness   the story is the pleasure.

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. 

"It looks great, it's robustly made, and there are great actors everywhere, occupying well-built universes.

"But it doesn't inspire as much wonder as it ought to."

5) What might be some of the preferred and oppositional readings for His Dark Materials? Why did some fans love it? Why have other people criticised it?  the preferred reading  of his dark materials is that its a great fantasy genre adventure and  it has a great story  that fits the troupe of a fantasy genre and was able to adapt everything from the books 

the oppositional  reading would be that it failed to adapt the the books faithfully.

Industries

1) Which companies produced this His Dark Materials series?

it was co-commissioned for an international audience by the BBC and the

American television network HBO,

2) What were the UK viewing figures for A City of Magpies? How did this compare to season 1 of His Dark Materials?

The first episode of the first series of His Dark Materials series was watched by audiences of 7.2 million in the UK and 423,000 on HBO. The first broadcasts of the CSP episode had audiences of 4.4 million on BBC1 and 227,000 on HBO.

3) What was American network HBO's role in making His Dark Materials and why is this important? Look at the notes above for more on this.media product produced by two separate companies or institutions.

 His Dark Materials is a big-budget co-production between the BBC (from the UK) and HBO (from America).

4) What famous stars are in His Dark Materials and why do you think they were selected for the show? Watch the Comic Con panel video in the notes above to see the stars talking about the show.

As His Dark Materials was aimed at an international audience, the show features both British and American star names such as Brits Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy and American Lin-Manuel Miranda who wrote the smash hit musical Hamilton.

5) Who are Bad Wolf and what do they produce?

Bad Wolf was founded in 2015 to create ambitious, imaginative and relevant drama for the global TV marketplace.  From its headquarters in South Wales the company has built up an international reputation as one of the foremost independent production companies in the UK, producing over 50 hours of high-end drama for broadcasters and networks including HBO, BBC, AMC and Sky.

Comparison: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child and His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies

1) How are the technical conventions different between 1963 Doctor Who and 2020 His Dark Materials (e.g. camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene)?  the camerawork on doctor who was clunky but his dark materials was clear,

2) What similarities and differences are there between Doctor Who and His Dark Materials in terms of genre and narrative? 

they are both explore a non realistic genre  e.g his dark  materials a fantasy genre and doctor who which is sci fi.

3) How are representations of people, places and groups similar or different in the two shows?

 the people  are represented through the audience e.g doctor who the teachers who know nothing and are being told  through doctor who journey or will from his dark materials who doesn't know about demons