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Being Human

The purpose of the TV program being human is to provide escapism as well as entertainment for its audiences; I came to this conclusion  after analysing the type of world our three main characters live in.  Using mythical monsters e.g. werewolves, ghost and vampires displays to the audience that the show is based on fan-fictions, fused with a hint of horror and comedy to balance it with the real world. By providing the viewers with mixed genres, encourages the TV show, with various ways to improve or even adapt to its targeted audience. Tully another werewolf befriends George and begins to take him under his wing; shown in season number one, episode number one and  aired On February 1, 2009. What I discovered while watching this TV show is how it displays drama with a realistic approach by giving the characters a dilemma to overcome in every  single episode; this can relate to the viewers, since they have to face that fact that life will challenge them in many ways from: Relationships, work , friends, family as well as society. Gradually the viewers can correlate comparisons between them as the 3 main chapters, whose purposes are to involve the audiences while relating to them; an example of this can be seen in

Season number: 1

Episode number: 2

Air date: February 1, 2009 ;  Another werewolf befriends George and begins to take him under his wing. This episodes purpose was to display loneliness and isolation as well as segregation. By playing on George's  emotion to come into terms with his inner-beast since he's unable to control his transformation; because of this he could not fully relate to the other main characters, who are also suffered from the same dilemma as him. In response to this problem he decided to trust the other werewolf, who was also suffering the same problems of “being different” and not “being human”  but mainly being lonely. Not soon after Tully the other werewolf finally befriends George, while influencing his personality, style and friendship, Causing him to fall other with his real friends in the process. To me the purpose of this episode was to connotes to the relationships between friends  as well as influences your life in the process, which was the purpose of this episode. Overall this TV show was purely made to create a world similar to ours but with supernatural twists intertwined  into it, to entertain the audiences as well as create escapism for them away from their world ; at the same time while adding different everyday dilemma at the start middle of the episode which they have to solve at the end of the episode .

 

Meaning

Audio Codes (Sound)

The sound used in the TV show being human is overly chill yet spooky; which goes with the story's narrative. Depending on the characters' emotions and conditions the soundtrack would change dramatically increased while synchronizing with the character action and state of mind. The sounds used in Being Human are often diegetic but that's solely based on the characters communicating using diegetic sounds or doing everyday activities like: washing  up, walking ,talking and more. Additionally diegetic sounds can be heard by both characters inside the scenes as well as audiences watch the scene on their screen, making it diegetic sounds. Moreover non-diegetic sounds is also a primal factor used in this show; after all this TV program is focused on supernatural, comedy and horror  making non-diegetic sounds more relevant as well as compose.

Visual Codes

Visually the show is well informed using dark shades of lighting, displaying the shows theme which is Supernatural and Horror fiction. By using darker shade it denotes to the viewers that the show is in the horror or even supernatural genre; like the scene where the moon was shown, it was used for the purposes to show the audiences moonlight turns one of the main characters into a werewolf, which was repeated thought out the whole season; every time the audiences see a moonlight scenes that connotes to them that Gorge the werewolf is about to transform  due to his exposure to moonlight which creates panic to both the  viewers as we as the characters in the TV show . Visually the show maintains its colour tone using dark lighting consistently in throughout the show.

Mise en scene

setting

The main setting for the TV show  Being Human is set in 2 main locations  Bristol General Hospital , UK and the home the 3 chapters live in; other times the location can change depending on the characters circumstances and situation; an example of this can be seen in episode 1,2 and 3 where George the werewolf ran into the forest to get away from civilization, so he couldn’t causes harm to any other humans.

Props

Props used in this TV show are basic everyday items and equipment's e.g. keys to get inside the house and more. However props is also used to connect the characters with their in human form.

Makeup and costumes

Makeup and costumes are also basic; for example the vampire called Mitchell, who likes to wear anything black e.g. black shirt, black sunglasses and more; linking to  vampire stereotype, which is they like wearing black;  where on the other hand the werewolf called George who doesn’t really care too much about what he wears, in the show has usually seen with hoods and plane shirts; and finally the ghost girl Annie, who only wore the same clothes that she died in.

Makeup was used very well an example of this can be shown where George was transformed into a werewolf; fake hair was attached to a leather wolf suit, additionally a bit of the transformation was also animated giving it more reason more realism.

Body language

Body language Is used to show the relationships between characters, from hugging to kissing and crying body language this are used to show closeness and emotional connection towards other characters.  

Genre

The genre for Being human is Comedy, Drama, Fantasy and Horror. The audiences denotation for these genres is to see a lot of violence and blood; while displaying fictional characters interacting with the human world. The fact that the show mixed both comedy and horror together ,shows that they want to have a light-hearted TV series yet maintain seriousness needed to keep the audiences interested and engaged.

Gender

The TV show primarily Focuses on the female gender. It does this by focusing on emotional aspects more than physical ; the fundamental base for the show is drama making it more appealing to the female audiences. The primary target audience are females and the genre also contains drama; giving them something to discuss in workplaces with others who are also interested in the show as well.

Age

The tragedy age group for this TV show is ultimately 18 to 30,reason being can be seen in the show, by the content it displays .The show primarily focuses on middle class characters who try to live their lives as close to humans as possible .Following the social economy scale our the characters fall into the” D working class” meaning they are semi and unskilled ,manual workers with basic household needs, which provide them safety.

style & content

Narrative structure  

The way every episodes is laid out in this TV show always seems to have different message directed at the viewers. An example of this can be seen in episode one titled Flotsam and Jetsam

Season number: 1

Episode number: 1

Air date: 25 January 2009 where Mitchell struggles with his growing lust for blood when he's asked out on a date, while Annie has a harder time dealing with her emotions then she came  face to face with someone from her past. George has nowhere to transform.

The equilibrium starts of with both George, Mitchell  moving into their rented apartment, where one of the other character called Annie, who's a ghost reside; this is where everything was balanced and normal even though our characters weren’t .Everyone was happy and at peace with the world even though they were focused to live as humans, they also had to adapt with their  situation; Despite their situation, this is the equilibrium, our characters actually wanted for them as well as  others like them, to live among human in peace.

However all this was disrupted; when George accidentally discovered one of Mitchell's ex after she attending to feed from him. This came to a shock to both the viewers as well as George since she was presumed dead ,as well as announced Dead by the police. After George discovered that, she's not only alive but was also transformed into a Vampire by his best friend Mitchell . Disappointed in Mitchell George decide to confront him about his  uncontrollable lust for blood; which also went against their code of conduct not to harm another human being in cold blood, which Mitchell violated. This is what disrupted their  equilibrium in episode 1.

Despite their issues they were able to resolve it, by having an Intervention with Mitchell.

How long is this programmer and why is it this length ?	The TV programmer runs for 58 minutes . The reason why it’s this long can be seen in every episode, where every episode brings new and different objection and message to the watchers e.g. the first episode show them struggling with their differences.
How often is the programmed aired? once or weekly	Being human is always aired on Sunday meaning every 7 days weekly  it' aired in BBC 3 .
Is the programmed repeated	No its not being repeated on TV or on BBC i player.
On what day and time is the show scheduled	It's showed on Sunday on BBC 3 at
How many series or episode ?	It's  aired on BBC 3 at 10pm every weekend
How often is the programmer scheduled	Every week
What programmes are on before and after it ?	It changes since it's  aired at 10pm  meaning it past watershed; this is where more adult content come up on most channels BBC 3 is one of them. BBC 3 watershed starts at 8pm after shows like  Snog Marry Avoid will then be allowed to air.

Production process

The production process for the script is well made thanks to  Being Human writer and creator, Toby Whithouse ; Toby described his idea as just a quick layout of three characters a werewolf ,vampire and a ghost just sharing a house together;but later on he decided to expand on the story. Cosmetics was used in one of the very first scene where George transformed into a werewolf, additionally computer generated images also mixed which complimented the cosmetic makeup very well, displaying a more smooth so what  realistic transformation.Being Human Youtube Textual analysis

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