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Audience are positioned by the introduction to the issues made by presenter Trevor McDonald. The dark and dreary setting of the prison connotes the seriousness of the situation. The Daily Mail website comment page opens up the debate of the Death Penalty to a worldwide audience.
Audience are positioned by the introduction to the issues made by presenter Trevor McDonald. The dark and dreary setting of the prison connotes the seriousness of the situation. The Daily Mail website comment page opens up the debate of the Death Penalty to a worldwide audience.
Audience are positioned by the introduction to the issues made by presenter Trevor McDonald. The dark and dreary setting of the prison connotes the seriousness of the situation. The Daily Mail website comment page opens up the debate of the Death Penalty to a worldwide audience.
To what extent does your Cross Media area offer audiences a
wide range of pleasures and interests?
In Inside Death Row (ITV Plum Pictures) the audience are positioned by the introduction to the issues (narrative convention) made by the presenter Trevor McDonald. In episode 1, Trevor McDonald explains, An hours drive south of Chicago in the state of Indiana is one of Americas oldest and most notorious maximum-security prisons (verbal code). His voice of God narration secures the interest of the audience, and is further enhanced by the establishing shot (technical code) of Indiana State prison which positions the audience to completely trust McDonald and gain interest as he is being allowed inside such a dangerous and secure place. The dark and dreary setting of the prison connotes the seriousness of the situation as the inmates are waiting in the isolated prison waiting to die. Audiences may identify (Katz) with this on a human level, and may encourage audiences to develop relationships by debating this contentious issue of whether the death penalty is the right punishment for all prisoners with friends and family. However, The Daily Mail website comment page (online) opens up the debate of the death penalty to a worldwide audience. This platform is readily available which demands discussion (Katz) about the themes and issues of death row and elicits opinions on the dominant/preferred/oppositional readings that are decoded from the documentary (Hall). One comment on the website states that I struggle with the Death Penalty, I know it is a fact that our justice system has put innocent men to death and this cannot happen, not even once. A reply to this statement showed complete disagreement with a member of the audience stating Oh boohoo. These evil men committed heinous crimes against humanity and they are too dangerous to live with the rest of society (verbal codes). These codes imply a growing interest from audiences and connotes that the audience are gaining pleasures from being given the opportunity to debate the issue. The Daily Mail gives audiences a platform to interact on, on a global scare with the controversial issue of the death penalty. Celebrity Big Brother (Channel 5) represents an extremely broad genre with hybrids of reality and documentary emerging, thus gaining recognition from wider audiences. In Celebrity Big Brother the audience are positioned to engage in the character functions (narrative convention Propp) within housemates. In season 14 episode 10, Katie Hopkins is represented as the hero and Perez Hilton as the villain by fellow housemates. These particular character functions cause conflict and secure the interest of the audience. In the episode, fellow housemate Michelle Visage says Perez no-one gives a **** about what youre saying, listen to Katie she knows what she is talking about. The conflict and
controversy provides entertainment for the audience, and therefore allows
audiences to identify (Katz) with the housemates on a personal level. The different character functions may also encourage audiences to develop other relationships by discussing the housemates personalities with others that also watch the programme, seeing if they agree with the character types of the particular housemates. However, The Guardian website comments page (online) opens the debate on the Perez and Katie situation to a much wider audience, enabling more to get involved and express their own opinions on the matter. One comment states, OMG Katies little followers are turning on her a little bit now after they have realized that they may of backed the wrong horse haha! Good, she is evil. This comment disagrees with the views that have been put across, branding Katie Hopkins as the evil housemate. Another comment received in disagreement was 37 years of age and he has to act like this? He is a total prat and makes my skin crawl (verbal codes). These comments all connote growing interest from the audience as they are replying to each others comments with their own personal opinions that may differ. The audience will be pleasured beyond the documentary itself as they are given the opportunity to debate in different ways. Channel 4s Supersize vs Superskinny audiences are positioned to engage in the goal orientation (narrative) part of the documentary. In episode season 6 episode 10, Dr Christian states, 3,500 calories per day, that is basically an extra 5 days of eating per week. I know that you can tell that this is bad and you need to do something about this otherwise your life will be cut short (verbal code). This statement connotes the seriousness of the situation as their life will be cut short if they continue eating this amount. Towards the end of the programme Dr Christian then informs the patient, 2 and a half stone! Look at how much weight you have lost, I can see that you really have understood that what you were doing was bad to your body and the change you have made is just phenomenal (verbal code). Audiences can identify with the patients (Katz) on a human level as they see their struggles at the beginning and can also gain pleasures in seeing the patient achieve their goal that they wanted. The YouTube comment box (online) provides allows the debate of eating to be opened up to a national audience. This platform is readily available for discussion and allows audiences to give their own opinions. One comment states, We have to give her credit, you can tell she worked hard. Another member of the audience sends praise to the patient saying keep it up, you are doing very well (verbal codes), suggesting that the audience dont only want to voice their opinions but also want to get involved on a personal level and try and influence them to keep on going with their diet. These codes suggest growing interest and interaction from global audiences watching the documentary.