Introduction to Science-fiction TV drama

 

1) How does Class meet the conventions of a TV drama series?

There is dramatic narrative as the is continuity across the episodes. There is a story line which is followed episode by episode.

2) What conventions of the science-fiction genre can you find in the Class trailer? List as many as you can and use NCIS to help you.

Narrative

• Alien invasion
• Good vs Evil
• Saving the world

Characters 

• Teacher 
• Students
• Doctor Who
• Aliens

Iconoghrapy

• School
• Bright Lights
• Font of Class
• Weapons 

Setting 

• School
• Space
• Portal

3) What other genres are suggested by the trailer (e.g. horror)? Is Class an example of a modern hybrid-genre show?

• Romance and comedy (Romcom)
• Horror
• Sci-fi

4) Class is a spin-off from Doctor Who. At what point does the character of the Doctor appear in the trailer?

The Doctor appears when all the characters are in a classroom studying as she is their teacher.

5) Who do you think the target audience for Class is? Is this a typical target audience for the science-fiction genre? Give reasons for your answer.

The target audience for class is mainstream as a female audience like romance and boys like sci-fi and horror. Mainly aged to an age group from 10+ because of all the horror and mainly because of the sci-fi as the younger generation like sci-fi films more as they are interested more into it than older generations.