Conventions-To show the stereotypical conventions of a Sci-Fi teen show it uses dull lighting to connotes coming danger in addition to appeal to the teenage audience it uses teen characters as the main characters of the show. This allows the audience to connect with the teen characters, in addition they are usually portrayed "good guys" as it's what most teenagers would what to be portrayed as. It shows that the tv shows is meant for teenagers as there is a lot of use technology such as phones, this sort of technology would not be such an essential aspect of the older generation's life as it is ours. Therefore you can notice in T.V shows meant for adults there is less use of technology as it doesn't appeal to them as much. When looking into the mise-en-scene you can notice what the characters are wearing. You can notice they wear common casual outfits such as jeans, hoodies, trainers and t-shirts. This again allows the younger audience to connect with the characters as they would dress in a similar manure. Following that majority of the tv show is based in a school environment which would be common for teenagers who still attend school, but not as exiting for adults. It would allow then to feel at ease and comfortable which will change when actions with aliens, monsters and other alien, Sci-Fi characteristics come to appear. Multi-Strand NarrativeIn the tv show "Class" you can notice it follows a multi-strand Narrative looking into the story of April (the girls), Corakinus (the monster), New Headteacher, The flower invasion and the other teen characters. In the specific episode we watched there was a blend of all four listed above but most of the time was focused on April and Corakinus and hoe their stories intertwine. At time bits of the flower story was blended into April's narrative. I think the new headteacher and the gay guy couple had been built in previously because you can hear conversations of what had happened previously and during the episode their stories fade out and it starts focusing more on April. This episode set the scene for what to come next which i think will be a mix of April and Ram's story in the other dimension is addition to the story of what will happen with the flowers on earth, another dimension. HybridityIn the episode of Class we watched you can notice a hybridity between romance, drama, action and mystery. You can notice the romance is scenes between April and Ram especially when they are in Aprils room. Drama is used during the scene commonly shown in school. There was a sense of action when April was fighting of Corakinus's heart and nearly killed her dad. The Mystery aspect comes in as the flower petals as no one really knows why they are there and what they mean. The writers did this to involve different audiences, this way they can be interested in different aspects of the show thus bringing in a wider variety of audience. IntertextualityThe tv show Class is inter-textured with the popular tv show Doctor Who. In the first episode of Class you can notice the appearance of the original doctor from Doctor Who. This makes sure the audience realize that Class is indeed a spin-off of Dr. Who and would connect the iconic brand of Dr. Who and its fans to Class. In addition the school used in the tv shows Class was called 'Coal High'. The school name 'Coal High' also appeared in the first episode of Dr. Who 'An Unearthy Child'. Doctor Fans would like this insider knowledge. It's important to connect Class with Doctor Who as it makes Class instantly more popular before anyone even watches it. Representations of charactersThe Cast of Class was not picked randomly, it was picked specifically to gain a larger variety of audience. It has been proven that we are more likely to watch something that has people who look live ourselves in them to watch. Therefore it makes sense the cast has a large diversity to acknowledge different people.
Firstly they have the sweet nice white gay guy- Charlie. This would attract the gay community. Then we have the Tanya who is a girl of colour and is rather intelligent. This would attract the coloured community as well as more shy quite girls. Ram a more athletic, 'bad boy' would attract a lot of male attention but also female as they would consider him good looking. April is a Caucasian girl, quite normal caring. She would attract the female audience as many would connect to her but also the male audience as they would find her attractive.
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