His dark materials

 1) Read this audience rating guide for His Dark Materials. Based on the screening and this article, who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups? You can revise Pyschographics here.

I think the target audience are families and early to mid teens as there are scenes that are adult but not too adult that kids cant watch i would say the psycographics are lower middle to middle class

2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas.

Personal Identity: They may have been in some form of performance in Hamilton and the writer of hamilton is in the show

Personal Relationships: They could feel related to will as hes from Oxford so it could be local for some people

Diversion (Escapism): The world of Fantasy within the show can provide a sense of immersion and entertainment

3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer to specific scenes or moments in the episode to explain your answer. 

Voyueristic pleasure because you wouldnt normally see the process of the higher ups making decisions that could change something very important

4) How did fans react to Season 2 of His Dark Materials? What about critic reviews? You can find some possible answers for this in this BBC website article on the critical reception for His Dark Materials and watch the fan reaction video above.

Fans reacted very excited with high anticipation and hope that it will be good critics thought it was very good 

5) What might be some of the preferred and oppositional readings for His Dark Materials? Why did some fans love it? Why have other people criticised it? Some loved it because of the continuous drama and carrying over the story from the first season.

Industries

1) Which companies produced this His Dark Materials series? BBC and HBO

2) What were the UK viewing figures for A City of Magpies? How did this compare to season 1 of His Dark Materials? It has 4.4 million viewers and this is significantly less than the first season with 7.7 million

3) What was American network HBO's role in making His Dark Materials and why is this important? Look at the notes above for more on this it helped fund the show for bad wolf 

4) What famous stars are in His Dark Materials and why do you think they were selected for the show? Watch the Comic Con panel video in the notes above to see the stars talking about the show. Lin Manuel Miranda was in the show to add star appeal and a name both american and English people would know

5) Who are Bad Wolf and what do they produce?

They are the production company who produced His Dark Materials which was funded by BBC and HBO

Comparison: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child and His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies

1) How are the technical conventions different between 1963 Doctor Who and 2020 His Dark Materials (e.g. camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene)? Doctor Who js in black and white while his dark Materials is in full colour and Doctor which was very clunky whereas his Dark Materials was smooth

2) What similarities and differences are there between Doctor Who and His Dark Materials in terms of genre and narrative?One similarities is the main group of people in the group having similar qualities. One difference is the role reversal of children in power

3) How are representations of people, places and groups similar or different in the two shows?In Doctor Who the men are represented as powerful and much more important than women where the Doctor pulls Ian to the side and ignores Barbara whereas in His Dark Materials it shows the woman overpowering the man and body slamming