TV programme genres
Following on from the research into E4s demographic it
appears that many of the programmes featured on E4 are in the comedy genre are
have comedy aspects like 'My mad fat diary' and 'Some girls'.
These are fictional programmes that present fictional
characters that are realistic enough to be believable and often feature them in
real life situations or present the complete opposite and have characters in
made up situations to add effect, in this genre a comedic effect could be
created or a dramatic effect in a drama.
This channel also features reality programmes such as Made
in Chelsea. Reality programmes generally portray, through film, real life
people in real life situations to create a sense of empathy with the people
'characters' shown. It is often entertaining to see how other people live and
react to certain things, so promising the view of different life styles can
entice a viewer to watch as show.
My film clip genre
The main genre(s) I'd like to create is a crime drama, to
make this drama appeal more to the audience of 15-35 I could create a drama featuring
a mid range of 20-somthing year olds (to focus on the youg adult age barcket). An example that I am going to review is the show 'Glue' it was premiered
on E4, In particular I am going to focus on the TV
advertisements. I personally was enticed into watching Glue as I felt the
adverts for it looked quite promising as it looked as if it featured fairly relatable
characters who were all within the age bracket of the demographic the channel
aims for.
Another genre I'd like to feature in my 2 minute film clip
would be comedy, l am a fan of this genre and have watched many comedic programmes
over the years like 'The big bang theory' and 'friends'. I am also aware that
comedy is difficult to write and everyone’s sense of humour is different
therefore my solution ( if I choose to
add comedy aspects) would be to interject hints of it into my film clip, this
could be achieved by contrasting serious, intimidating moments with comedy to
create an enjoyable show to watch. A popular example that contrasts serious
moments with humour is 'Sherlock' this programme is featured on BBC however it
takes in a large audience (of all ages, including the 15-35 demographic)
Another idea that mainly focuses of the comedy genre and
provides a spoof of a crime drama would be the film 'Clue', this is one of my
favourite films as it spoofs the crime drama, by creating funny memorable
characters and a somewhat silly plot. I could take ideas from this film of
using spoof aspects as they can create a funny twist on a crime drama, yet I
could tone it down and make the film clip still seem dramatic.
If I am able to interject comedy into my film clip I'd very
much like to use it however, as previously mentioned, it can be difficult as humour
varies from viewer to viewer. Overall I'd like to focus on the crime/mystery genre.