humans revision

Question: In what ways can the television industry uniquely convey issues, events and representations? Make reference to Humans  in your answer

representations:

• women
• men
• sex workers
• synths/ robots
• nomads (leo and co)
• east asians 
• black people
• british family
• elderly

key scene analysis

• binary oppositions by young and old 
• hyperreality of supermarket, perfectly stacked and aligned, nothing seems out of place, looks more like how it should be than the reality.
• humans and synths alike get fixed, makes us seem more like them, we empathise with odie as he seems more innocent, not accountable for his actions.
• costume- relatable as it is simple and can relate to the time period it was created in, seems less like its in the future and more an alternate reality.
• represents families in an unconventional way, can be seen to referance or represent adoptive families, odie is not George's birth son and is not even human like him but he accepts him and loves him as his son. polysemic
• ominous music grows, non diegetic.
• apricot jam connotes blood, genre hybridity with crime.

poster prep

fandom. theory- henry jenkins

Fandom theory states that fandoms are motivated audiences that identify and are active participants in the franchise. fans read and appropriate the media products and choose to identify with it strongly and read them in ways that may not be intended by the producer. rather than just watching the products 

humans is a british tv show, created by AMC and channel four, the show has a niche small fandom.