Question 4b - Audience Pleasures

For question 4b you will be writing about the pleasures of watching television comedy for their audience. You will either be asked to write about one programme or to compare two programmes. You will have to:

• identify the pleasures of watching a television situation comedy
• identify the pleasures of watching a television sketch show
• compare the pleasures of situation comedy and sketch shows

Question 4a - Scheduling

Question 4a you will focus on comparing a BBC comedy with a Channel 4 comedy, by looking at how the BBC is different to Channel 4. You will be expected to write about:

Insitutional factors including:

• Ethos and mission statement of the channel
• Brand identity of the channel
• How the channel is funded
• Which shows are the flagship for the channel
• Where the two comedy programmes come in the television schedules, looking at the time they are shown, which programmes are shown before and after, and what is being shown at the same time on other channels.
• Audience appeal - who is the target audience for both comedies and how to the channels aim to target these audiences

Revision Session Reminder

Don't forget about the revision session on the morning of the exam:
Revision sessoin: Monday 13th June @ 10.00am in room 320
Exam: Monday 13th June @ 1.15pm in room 333

Lesson 6 - Friday Night Dinner

Please watch episode 5 of Friday Night Dinner. Here is the link
Use the grid below to identify 5 audience pleasures that are unique to situation comedy - that are not share by sketch shows

Lesson 5

Grid for analysing Come Fly With Me (final episode of series 1)

Grid for Analysing visual pleasures of watching Come Fly With Me

Lesson 5

Handout outlining the various pleasures of watching television comedy.

Handout on the pleasures of watching television comedy

Lesson 4 - Friday Night Dinner handout

Handout on Friday Night Dinner

Lesson 4 - Thursday 24th March 2011 'Come Fly With Me' handout

Come Fly With Me handout

Lesson 3 - Thursday 17th March - Activity for analysing schedules

Answer the questions on this handout using the schedules below.

Exercise for Analysing Schedules

Lesson 3 - Thursday 17th March 2011 - Television Schedule

Schedules

Key definitions grid - Thursday 3rd March lesson

Definitions Grid (Television comedy)

Thursday 3rd March - Lesson Presentation

Press the play button below the presentation and then use the arrow keys to navigate around the presentation.

Friday Night Dinner

Link to Friday Night Dinner

This is one of our case studies. It is currently being shown on Channel 4 at 10pm on Friday evenings. You can also watch it on Catch-Up 4OD.

Unit overview

Unit Handout

Clips for analysing in Lesson 1

Armstrong and Miller:



Gavin and Stacey:



Would I Lie to You?



Alan Carr - Chatty Man:



Live at the Apollo:

What will be studying?

You can view, save or print off a copy of the scheme of work that we are going to be following below.Scheme of work

Channel 4's Mission Statement

Mission Statement for Channel 4

BBC Television's Mission Statement

Mission Statement for BBC Television

Case Study Situation Comedy

BBC 1's Come Fly With Me (clip from):

Case Study Situation Comedy

The IT Crowd: Channel 4 Situation Comedy.