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HUMANS and Audience

HUMANS and Audience

Demographic:
Age - 25-35
Gender - Male
Location - London / East of England
Nationality - White British
Sexuality -  Heterosexual
Psychographic - 
Socio-economic class - Middle class / upper working class 
Occupation - Middle class - teacher, admin, mother, journalism? University educated.
Hobbies - 


TV channels/producers sell audiences. 

Show has a complicated narrative. Going for a broadly educated white middle class audience.


In what ways does this scene target and maintain audiences?
Scene: Hawkins at breakfast

- Mise-en-scene, fluffy dressing gowns (comfortable), intertextual reference to British sitcoms stereotypical waking up scene but relaxed e.g. Outnumbered  is always frantic breakfasts trying to get kids ready etc- Anita causes less stress. 
- set breakfast table "is it a party" "no this is what breakfast is meant to be like" implying they don't have a perfect breakfast usually - relatable. Hyperreal breakfast like an advertisement. Aspirational middle class dream. 
- Sci-fi but doesn't shove it down your throat (Anita exact repetitive laugh immediately stopping). Creepy. 
- Maddy "thats exactly what she is" reminds us they own Anita
- Editing on the character talking and reaction shots of the creepiness with close ups being freaked out by Anita's life. 
- Polysemic reading simultaneously comedic and creep
- Soft but high key lighting, grey and british. Also could show a middle ground for the scene funny (white) and creepy (black) with it treading the line. Connotations of wealth and comfort.


Fans and Fandom
A fan is someone who is devoted to the things. They continue to discuss the thing, create fan-art, fanfiction and have an engagement with other fans. They are different than a normal audience member because of this. 

Often shows with fans have a 'Cult' following. This can ben seen often with sci-fi, fantasy and history.

An advantage of being a fan is to connect with other fans. You can discuss theories, share art and meet people with the same passion as you.

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