The Television Industry / channel 4

How does this product use intertextuality:

Humans makes references to outnumbered the family television throughout the episode. one scene this is shown is when the father is on the phone and the house phone rings and he asks the children to get it and none of them move and they're all glued to their phones. therefore is like a family comedy drama through the use of the dynamics. 

Humans is a-typical to the sci-fi genres 
genre conventions are used to allow the audience to understand the media product 



Persona synthetics website:
marketing campaign- we know it worked because there is 3 uk series
allows audiences to explore the narrative of the show beyond the show 
the fact there is a returns label is a proairtetic code- when they go wrong e.g. when Anita trys to steal the little girl
the twitter adds to the emersion of the show

Channel 4 made Humans:
Statement of promises:

This states that Channel 4 should “foster the new and experimental in television.  It will encourage pluralism, provide a favoured place for the untried and encourage innovation in style content perspective and talent on and off screen”.

Our aim is to maintain the salience of Channel 4’s remit and values in the new media landscape of the digital age.  Channel 4 will increasingly grow its strengths from its core of terrestrial broadcasting to provide creative content across different media platforms.  Events as different from each other as “Kumbh Mela” and “Big Brother” have demonstrated the resonance of such multi-media events and we will build upon them.

the first film it ever showed was: "Le age d'or"

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority(IBA),^[1] the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,^[2] which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time.

The channel was established to provide a fourth television service to the United Kingdom in addition to the licence-funded BBC One and BBC Two, and the single commercial broadcasting network ITV.

Ideological perspectives
Funding- initially 100% funded b advertising, however channel four is also partially funded by public funding through a small proportion of the licence fee
Associated channels- channel 4, E4, film4, more 4- channel itself opened by then popular youth icon Ali G
Scheduling: makes use of the watershed, placing shows later at night, reputation for challenging programming
Notable releases- big brother, Hollyoaks, brookside, celebs go dating, googlebox, made in Chelsea, the Inbetweeners, misfits

Ownership: channel four television corporation 

- T.v shows aren't sold to advertisers, the audience are being sold

Possible question: how have ownership and economic factors shaped the TV programs you have studied?

• the conventions
• that its a remake
• that it was made by channel 4 

Humans target audience:

Age: 37

Gender: Male

Nationality: British

Location: Kent

Sexuality: Heterosexual
Occupation: Engineer
Hobbies:  Cycling 
Car: Vauxhall 
Socio-economic class: Lower middle class
Name: Gary

Breakfast scene:

• establishing shot of the kitchen and breakfast- slow pan to the Mise-En-Scene of the breakfast table, an easily identifiable scene for the middle class audience
• close up of Laura's face- establishes her dislike of Anita- a relatable situation for the target audience who may debate over if they should get a maid or cleaner
• low angle shot of tom makes him appear more authoritative
• mid shot of Anita laughing
• close up of Anita cleaning 
• establishing shot of nuclear family- creates aspirational audience for the 30 something year old male, middle class audience
• father (Joe): "this is what breakfast is supposed too be like"- low key dig at Laura that she is falling to provide and play to the role of mother
• provides a hyperreal fantasy/aspiration for the middle class audience (to all sit together at the breakfast table)
• Mise-en-scene of clothing- dressing gowns- conventional of the sitcom genre- unconventional of the sci-fi genre 
• Another way it attracts the target audience as it attracts debates