His Dark Materials : Audience And Industry

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Audience

1) Read this audience rating guide for His Dark Materials. Based on the screening and this article, who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups? You can revise Pyschographics here.

  • Aimed at a contemporary family audience for the BBC Sunday night broadcast slot (8.10pm)
  • Targeted at fans of the fantasy genre along with fans of the original books by Philip Pullman.
  • Diverse representations of gender and race may appeal to a younger audience.
  • Rated for 14+ by HBO due to some scenes that may be frightening to younger children.
  • The UK DVD release of His Dark Materials season 2 is rated 12 by the BBFC.

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: iscolation/loss, friendship, teenage protagonist

Personal Relationships: will represents evrryman charecter (normal)

Diversion (Escapism): 75) 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? 


Industries

1) Which companies produced this His Dark Materials series?

His Dark Materials is a fantasy drama television series based on the trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. It is produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions, for BBC One and HBO, with the latter handling international distribution.

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


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 got international distribution on what is essentially a BBC One production. This is from Philip Pullman's website: It's been a constant source of pleasure to me to see my Dark Materials trilogy adapted to different forms

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.

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 who wrote the smash hit musical Hamilton


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

Bad Wolf Ltd. is a television production company founded by Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter in 2015 based in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. The company is responsible for the television series The Night Of, Beddgelert, A Discovery of Witches, His Dark Materials and the current era of Doctor Who

Comparison: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child and His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies

1) How are the technical conventions different between 1963 Doctor Who and 2020 His Dark Materials (e.g. camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene)?

2) What similarities and differences are there between Doctor Who and His Dark Materials in terms of genre and narrative?

In His Dark Materials Mary constructs the Amber Spyglass to see Dust, and Lord Asriel has his photochromatic slides. In both Doctor Who and in His Dark Materials the opening of a way between worlds has caused damage and trouble.In His Dark Materials Mary constructs the Amber Spyglass to see Dust, and Lord Asriel has his photochromatic slides. In both Doctor Who and in His Dark Materials the opening of a way between worlds has caused damage and trouble.

3) How are representations of people, places and groups similar or different in the two shows?

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