Monday 23 January 2017

Car share

Audience Pleasures - Peter Kay's car share

  • People knowing him and recognizing his work.
  • British comedy 
  • crude language
  • dark humor
  • immature behavior
  • puns
  • snowballing (arguments)
  • two main characters 
  • same setting each time (continuity)
  • private jokes that other characters don't understand
  • transgressive jokes 
  • morbid subjects turned quite humorous
  • one way phone calls
  • continuity with the reconstructed music video
  • old music used each episode 
  • advertisements are weird to set up for the characters to mock. 





Tuesday 10 January 2017

Peter Kay's Car Share - research 

Who is the writer of the show?

The writers are Paul Coleman, Peter KaySian Gibson and Tim Reid

When is the show broadcast?
All of the episodes are scheduled to broadcast after 11 pm because of the rude language used and the suggestiveness in the scenes. 

What are the codes and conventions of situation comedy?


What are the viewing figures ?







Friday 6 January 2017

The type of audience pleasures you need to write about in the exam include:

narrative pleasures such as those of narrative resolution,
character identification, snowballing narrative, suspense, comedy, and so on
pleasures of recognition, familiarity and anticipation
pleasures of difference-within-repetition
performance unpredictability and spontaneity
transgressive pleasures
specific pleasures associated with performers or personalities.

Thursday 5 January 2017

Walliams and friends research


Who commissioned the programme?
The programme was commissioned by Shane Allen and Gregor Sharp 


Who produced the programme?
Jo Sargent and Gregor Sharp


What audience is it aimed at? and why?
The target audience for Walliams and friends is for people with a dark sense of humor and with a large amount of crude language used throughout. The way it is performed by using stereo typical characters like teenagers acting like chavs, married couples fighting and older men talking to strangers. This used to ensure the programme is relatable to the viewers which are usually teenagers.    





Tuesday 13 December 2016

What are the codes and conventions of TV comedy?

  • Dark humor 
  • Each episode is 30 minutes long
  • Wit and wordplay
  • Slapstick
  • Usually represented as idiotic 
  • Catchphrases 
  • Parodies