Yr 12C1/C2 Easter Homework - Exam Preparation

Media Audiences:

The audience of the opening sequence of Spooks has a very large and wide target audience. the reason for this is because in the opening there is a child shown skipping and playing, there is also shown a conversation with two adults. The target audience is wide and would appeal to people of all ages. People who are intrested in horror and suspence would be intrested in this type of clips and would watch these sequences. I feel that the main target audience of the sequence is male. this is because it is more about suspence and action. the audience could however also be females as there is a girl and a woman shown in the openg sequence.

Media Institutions:

The only time when the institutions are mentioned is in the begining of the se4quence, this is when the first scene of the girl, is skipping is introduced. this shows the viewers that they ncould watch this series of SPOOKS on BBC. BBC is a large television Broadcasting network and is very well knwon, therefore most people would know about it when the logo would appear on the screen. by it showing the BBc logo it shows and gived the audiience an idea of what type of ssequence the opening is made for. The institution BBC broadcasts many dfifferent sequences which inform their audience and the also show a variety of different things such as news, soaps.

Media Forms:

The codes and conventions which are shown in the sequence are that it builds up tension and suspence. This is because the girl is firstly introduced, then the institution is introduced. There is no sound in the sequence of voices in the first few secongs. this is when suspence and tension is build up by the viewer of the sequence. However this is not something unusual, many sequences are shown like this to fulfil what they are there to do, this clip is there to build up suspence and make the view think and be eager to see what is going to hapen in the clip next. The sequence makes the audience also think later on in the sequence that who the girl is as she is not introduced in person. the main peopple in the sequence who are introduced are the male and female in the kitchen and the people who are watching and listening to them from the car.

Media Representation:

The people in the kitchen are represented as husand and wife or boyfriend or girlfriend. They are represented as innocent people as they are minding their own business. the people in the car who are spying on the couple are represented as trouble makers and people who dodgy possibly. The clip mainly shows us what they are talking about but does not tell us what the people in the car are up to but we can see that they are spying on the couple and reporting what they are doing and where they are. the three scenes which are takin in the clip are in the car and street, in the kitchen and in the garden where the girl is. the place which is seen as the safest place is the kitchen but the fact that they are spying on her makes it unsafe. the girl near the car looks like she is also in danger but she does not know about this.