Television: Introduction to Science-fiction TV drama

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

- The class meets the convention of a drama TV series because it consists of things like Aliens, space, technology, species, planets etc.

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.
- The class trailer has many genres such as horror, mystery, sci-fi (and a bit of romance). It's setting/based in a school, home, office... 
It has characters of Teenagers/schoolkids, teachers, monsters, vampires and demons... The trailer shows the young adults fighting these monsters, or enemies with a bit of drama shown in it. By drama i mean it had relationships and a bit of romance. These teenagers are seen to be fighting off enemies and monsters. The ensemble cast has many high-tech weapons, which can really help add more suspense and action.

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

- Class is an example of modern hybrid-genre show because other genres are  suggested in the trailer which is horror and romantic.

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

- The character of Doctor Who appears at the end of the trailer to attract suspense and to attract the Doctor Who fans.

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 mainly for teenagers/ younger adults, because its based in a high school with a cast of people who are portrayed as 'teenagers', however becuase of the sexual content that is sometimes included it's mostly for older teenagers/ 18-25

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