TV Comedy

Friends

Friends is an American TV Comedy that is broadcasted in the UK on Channel 4 and Comedy Central.

        Friends was shown in the evening on Thursday at 8:30 when it was originally on and as it now over two decades old it shown in the day time. The series ran for ten years and 10 series.

         The target audience is 20-34 years old male and females because that is how old the characters are. This is the shows main target audience however Friends appeals to a lot of age groups so has a very wide audience.

       People watch Friends because it is funny and relatable. They can relate to all the different problems and scenarios that the characters go through and the characters are very easily likeable. The storylines are interesting and because people are fond of the characters they keep watching to find out what happens to them. 

    Mrs Browns Boys

Mrs Browns Boys is a comedy sitcom that is about an Irish family living their day to day life. It is broadcasted on BBC1.
Mrs Browns Boys is shown on a Saturday Night at any time past 9:45. There have been 3 series and 9 specials all shown on BCC1.
Mrs Browns Boys is aimed 35+ and mainly women. The main character is a very strong Irish mother and likes to interfere with her children's lives, meaning the target audience age is wide because both parents and children can relate.
People watch Mrs Browns Boys because as the characters are different ages, different ages viewers will be able relate. Everyone can relate to the different roles in the family that are shown in this programme. The characters are also very likeable.   

The Inbetweeners

The Inbetweeners is comedy sitcom about four, middleclass teenage boys, all the teenage drama's they face and everything in-between. It was broadcasted on ITV4.
The Inbetweeners started in 2008 and finished in 2009. There have been three series all shown on ITV4. It is now shown randomly on a Sunday on ITV4. It was shown on a Thursday at 10PM.
The Intbetweeners is aimed at 16-25 year olds, mainly males. All the main characters are 16-18 during the three series all they are all male, which attracts an male audience and can discourage a female audience.
People watch The Inbetweeners because it is funny and 16-18 years will find it especially relatable as there are times that is very accurate to real life. The characters are very relatable and easy to understand. Everyone either know a Will, Simon, Jay or Neil (making it easy for females to relate too) or are (/were if the audience is older) a Will, Simon, Jay or Neil.   

Miranda
Miranda is a comedy sitcom about a 30 women going through her life, trying to find love, her relationship with her mother and friends, and how she finds and copes in awkward situations. It was broadcasted on BCC1. 
Miranda started in 2009 and finished in 2015 after running three series and two finale episodes. It was shown on a Friday at 8:45. It is regularly repeated on BCC1.
Miranda's target audience is very wide as it is 15-45 male and females. A more precise target audience would be 30-45 year old women as that is the age of the main character.
People watch Miranda as it very easy to relate too, as all the situations she finds are herself are quite normal and could happen to anyone. There is such a wide age range as the humour can be quite childish and innocent meaning many people can enjoy it. Finally Miranda herself is a very loveable character and audiences can't help but care for her.  

Open All Hours/Still Open All Hours 
Open All Hours is a very British comedy sitcom about Arkwright and his nephew Granville running the local village shop. It is broadcasted on BCC1.
Open All Hours started in 1976 and finished in 1985. Still Open All Hours a sequel that started in 2013 and still runs today. It is shown on a Sunday evening.
The target audience is quite literally anyone for this show. It appeals to everyone from the young to the old and too both genders.
People watch this show as it good old fashioned British humour and entertainment. The characters are very likeable and typically British so audiences enjoy watching them. 
 

Magazine Evaluation

Evaluation

I set out to make a cover page, contents page and double page spread for a film magazine targeted at males 15-25 more but also females. I picked this target audience as that is the common age range for these magazines and it would easy to gather target research.

For the research I looked at different film magazines and annotated them, labelling the key conventions. This helped me to see what is on a film magazine and what I need to include on mine. I did this annotation in a lot of depth so I could understand why this convention needed to be included. I also did a 10 question questionnaire aimed at my target audience so I could learn some more specific needs.

I think my research was quite effective as I gathered a lot of information that was very useful to me throughout the task. From my target research I leant what my target audience wanted from what they would want to see on the cover to what articles they want to feature in the magazine. I learnt what actors they would like interviewed and what features not to include. This shaped my magazine as I knew what to include and what features the target market would like to see. It helped with my colour scheme, layout and what fonts to use.

To help with the making of my magazine I learnt about representation. This is where the magazine appeals to the target audience because they aspire to be like the people in the magazine. The magazine helps give them a social identity as they will find the magazine relatable. 

I had to make lots of different creative decisions throughout making the magazine. I made the decision to change my contents page so that it had two columns rather than just one. I did this so that the contents page would appeal and because it was a key convention. I used black and red as main colours because they appeal to the target audience and work well together. They are bright and bold meaning it would interest the reader I used the font Empire Straight for all of my titles on every page as it was black, bold and suited the film magazine genre. For the text of the main article I used Tennessee Heavy SF as it works well with Empire Straight and appeals to the target audience. Another creative decision I made was to have a lot of photos on the contents and double page spread. I did this because I did not like the way one key image looked and thought the pictures fitted the article and tone better. I liked the way it looked on the page with the white space and it also meant I could write the article in little chunks which appealed to the reader.

I think my magazine follows the forms and conventions quite well as I included many of them. I based my magazine off the Total Film magazine as I liked the way it looked and knew that my target market also liked that style. I tried to use as many of the conventions that I could as I knew this would help my magazine look professional and will help it appeal to the target audience.

I think my finished magazine is vaguely successful. I am not a hundred percent happy with my title page as I feel it’s not the best. I think it could be a lot better so it looks more professional. This is the magazine weakness. However I did try to include a lot of conventions and kept with the same colour scheme and font for the rest of the magazine, meaning that there is house style. I am happier with my contents page and double page spread. All three features have my own images on but I am happier with my images on the contents and double page spread. I am happy with the layout of both these features. The strengths of this magazine are the use of conventions, the house style and the tone as I believe that the tone suits the magazine.          

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