His Dark Materials - Audience and Industries

Audience

1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups. You can revise Pyschographics here.

 His Dark Materials series was watched by audiences of 7.2 million As His Dark Materials was aimed at an international audience, the show features both British and American star names such as Brits Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy and American Lin-Manuel Miranda 

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: friendship, engage protagonists

Personal Relationships: struggle, will represent every character (normal)

Diversion (Escapism): supernatural different worlds and talking animals


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.



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.

The launch episode of the second season, titled The City of Magpies, was watched by an average of 4.4 million viewers on Sunday evening. Critics have heaped praise on the BBC's new adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, calling it "lavish", "epic" and "gorgeously realised"

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? 

They might criticise it because it might be complex for them and they don't understand the characters well.

People like the series because they can understand it better and see it visually,

People might like reading it because they feel like they are there as well, they might also like reading.


Industries

1) Which companies produced this His Dark Materials series?

bad wolf, new line cinema, bbc studios are the companies that have helped produced dark materials series. 

2) What were the UK viewing figures for A City of Magpies? How did this compare to season 1 of His Dark Materials?

it was 4.4m views. 

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.

HBO worked along side with the BBC. with the help of the BBC, it brought in budget and creative support. this allowed the show to reach many people across the globe. This helped the show to be high quality and successful. 


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

ruth wilson 

james mcavoy

mmanuel mirinda


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

producing over 50 hours of high-end drama for broadcasters and networks including HBO, BBC, AMC and Sky.


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