Discuss the audience appeal of our 3 main texts

The three texts which I have studied are Lost, Mad Men and Peaky Blinders. Each show attracts different types of audiences. Sky ones Lost is an American serial drama which follows the lives of survivors of a plane crash. Losts director is called JJ Abrams. Mad Men is a period drama produced by Matthew Weiner. The drama is shown on AMC and focuses on an advertising business in the 1960s. Finally the BBC2 drama Peaky Blinders, produced by Steven Knight is a drama set in Post-war Birmingham and follows a criminal organisation of former soldiers.

Lost mainly attracts a mainstream and passive audience type. One convention which is used in Lost to appeal to a mainstream and passive audience is the use of stereotypical character roles.

Uses and gratifications of my chosen texts.

Peaky Blinders-

• Finding out about relevant events in society and the world - Peaky Blinders informs us about a lot of events which were occurring in 1919, this is evident when tommy is confronting CI Chester Campbell and mentions 'The IRA' who were a terrorist group which was well known at the time. This enables the audience to learn about how society use to be and informs them about events which were occurring then.
• Gaining insight to circumstances of others - Peaky Blinders follows Tommy Shelby who lives in Post-World war Birmingham. The audience therefore sees how life was for people in Birmingham at that time. In one scene Tommy is shown taking heroin on his own in a dark room, this allows the audience to see the dark and deprived state society was after the war. This also helps the audience see how life as a soldier coming back from war was as Tommy was taking heroin so that he could forget his miserable and gruesome past of the war.
• Finding reinforcement for personal values - Peaky Blinders 

Peaky Blinders- Audience Targeting

Peaky Blinders - Episode 2

Peaky Blinders is a BBC two crime drama set in post-world war 1 Birmingham. The programme follows a group of former soldiers who have returned home and formed a criminal gang. BBC two screening targets arts, culture, drama and some comedies. The channel aims to appeal to those who are not already served by the more popular BBC one. Over the first 30 or so years, the channel developed a reputation of screening highly praised and prestigious 'High Brow' drama series. As Peaky Blinders was shown on this channel it helped attract its intended 'High Brow' audience.

As Peaky Blinders has very complex character roles and a high quality script, The show is able to attract well known actors and actresses. This is because their reputation can be increased by critical acclaim. Cillian Murphy is very well known actor who had appeared in films such as Batman, he plays the role of the main character Tom Shelby. Another popular actor who appears in Peaky Blinders is Sam Neil who played a role in the well known film Jurassic Park. By the show having well known film stars playing roles with in the text,