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Idea 1 - The structure of TV dramas and 'series' lead to 'unique relationships' with audiences.

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Idea 1 - The structure of TV dramas and 'series' lead to 'unique relationships' with audiences.

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- lots of mid-shots are used to invite the audience to form individual relationships with the characters.

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Played by Alex Lawther, James is a 17-year-old who believes he is a psychopath. He is a loner and becomes the disturbed love interest of Alyssa.

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Kate Ogborn has also produced film, 'This Is England'.

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Played by Jessica Barden, Alyssa is a careless, rebellious 17-year-old who is initially James' intended victim but later becomes his love interest.

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Played by Wunmi Mosaku & Gemma Whelan, DC Teri and Eunice are police partners, assigned to James' and Alyssa's case.

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Played by Steve Oram, Phil is James' caring father.

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Played by Barry Ward, Leslie is Alyssa'd estranged drug-dealing father.

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Played by Christine Bottomley, Gwen is Alyssa's mum.

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Charlie Covell has also written UK TV Drama, 'Banana' (2015) and black comedy film, 'Burn Burn Burn' (2015)

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Played by Navin Chowdhry, Tony is Alyssa's abusive stepdad.

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Channel 4's target audience is 16-34 year olds and their wider audience extends to include families

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The series was based on the graphic novel by American author, Charles S. Forsman which was published in 2011

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The programme was first aired by Channel 4 on 24th October 2017. It was later released on 'All4' (Channel 4's catch-up platform).

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The shows is a co-production with Netflix who released the series on 5th January 2018.

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He has also written other books which feature young characters and similar themes to TEOTFW

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However, this particular TV drama has an age restriction of 18+ due to the content of the series.

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In this sequence Alyssa is portrayed as being standoffish, disrespectful and rude by saying things such as:
"Your car smells like feet"
"This guy's a prick"
"Jack looks like a potato"
"You guys are so f***ing boring"

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James, however, tries to be polite by engaging in small conversation with the man, and apologising for Alyssa's behaviour.

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Both James and Alyssa are wearing very simple clothing which would be considered atypical (especially James') of people their age. However, context has been provided for this as the scene starts with James topless - he is then given a jumper by the older man - hence explaining the differing style.

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Alyssa and James are both very cautious in this scene and don't do or say much. However, Alyssa makes her attitude clear through doing things such as laughing at a photo of the man's children and then storming out of the room.

James is very reserved and is rapidly losing his patience with Alyssa.

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The only other person James and Alyssa interact with in this scene is a white, older man. Neither of the overly-interact with him but for different reasons; as discussed before, Alyssa is very rude towards him, whilst James tries to be polite.

The older man is represented as kind and generous. However, Alyssa's behaviour towards and thoughts about him may give some audience members a reason to believe there is more to him than that.

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Idea 2 - The representation of characters is complex. Audiences respond to characters differently depending on appearance and character type, how relatable their performance is and the social values they represent.

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Idea 2 - The representation of characters is complex. Audiences respond to characters differently depending on appearance and character type, how relatable their performance is and the social values they represent.

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- Audiences will respond differently to James than they will to Alyssa due to their differing behaviour in this scene.

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Idea 3 - Audiences are invited to see characters as 'real' and to be similar to people they know or know in real life.

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Idea 3 - Audiences are invited to see characters as 'real' and to be similar to people they know or know in real life.

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- James and Alyssa are not in school, but as context has been provided for this, it is a more realistic representation.
- James and Alyssa are not happy with their lives which is a relatable representation.

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Idea 4 - Audiences are polysemic; they are made up of different demographics with different values and experiences so will respond to the same characters and episodes differently.

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Idea 4 - Audiences are polysemic; they are made up of different demographics with different values and experiences so will respond to the same characters and episodes differently.

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Idea 5 - The viewer negotiates the characters and will 'implicate' themselves with a preferred character depending on the audiences own value systems and viewing needs.

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Idea 5 - The viewer negotiates the characters and will 'implicate' themselves with a preferred character depending on the audiences own value systems and viewing needs.

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The representation of youth doesn't differ too much to those of youth seen in other media forms as they are still shown as rebellious and disrespectful to adults. However, I believe THEOTFW shows that there the relationship between youth and adults is far more complex than that show in other media forms.

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Unlike some other media forms, the youth characters (James and Alyssa) are not represented as being all the same as they are shown to have differing approaches to situations - even if their values are shared.

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In general, the representation of youth in TV drama is much more realistic than in other media texts. However, characters profiles are still very much built and rely upon stereotypical representations.