How 'my boy Jack' appeals to audiences

My boy Jack appeals to different audiences in very different ways. Firstly, it appeals to the older generation, this could be called its main target audience. This is because many of these will have been around while the war was happening and therefore they would like to see another story about a part of history they were involved in. It also appeals to the older generation because its a TV Drama. Many historical TV dramas are aimed at the older generations because of the time they were set in and the fact older people enjoy TV dramas more than some of the younger people of the U.K.
However, My Boy Jack also appeals to the younger generations. This is done with the casting of Daniel Radcliffe. Just about all of the teenagers will know of Daniel Radcliffe from Harry Potter. He is a huge star in the film world and this can then be called a high production value for the one part drama. This brings in the teenage audience.
This may also appeal to people who are just interested in the war. As the whole story line is around the war and how it effected all of us. They may be interested in watching this drama just to gain another view or take on what occurred in the war.

My Boy Jack Notes

Mise on Scene

Setting: Countryside - Open spaces, freedom. Bright colours show mood of happiness and freedom which was very unusual for many normal class people in wartimes. Shows man is upper class.
Manor House - Upper class, darkness in rooms shows mood of the boys, sad/nervous

Props: All very upper class, like the fancy watch. All very realistic for time period.

Lighting/shadow: Bright sunny day outside, represents freedom/happiness. This is in contrast to in the manor house wheres its dark and gloomy, represents the sad/nervous mood of the mood.

Colour: Bright, full of colour outside, again representing mood. Inside, walls are all grey, no light. Represents the dark mood of the boys again.

Clothing: All relevent to the time period they are trying to portray. All in very neat clothing. One man obviously higher than the others from his medals and suit.

Dialogue
Short and formal conversation talk. Poshly spoken, relates to their clothing, obviously wealthy people. Last name terms shows weak relationships or lack of power to other member of conversation.

Audience
A primary older audience because war time appeals to them more. Big star actors give high production values, this creates a bigger audience.

Sound
Diegetic clocks. Sunny weather and upbeat music shows mood again. Non diegetic music in the manor relates to the nervous mood of the boys.

TV Drama/Genre
Historical drama. Costumes and props show the time period. Daniel Radcliffe makes it appeal to a younger audience.

Charecters and performance
Dan Radcliffe - famous and popular. Well educated people, shows wealth of the boys at the time portrayed. Class conflict between parents jobs is shown through snobbery when the boys family are not in the navy. They say Jack is less important because his dad is a writer.

Narrative
Clocks show the importance of the time passing - Someone racing against it
Allows us to see the time from the point of view of Jacks dad and the king
High production values - Daniel Radcliffe
Clock appears twice to show real time
One off production

Back story
WW1 england, 1914
Speech is upper class, represents wealth at that time.

Camera
First shot - wide shot, establishes scene
Close up of driver - Shows mood
Midshots show realism
Long shots used to show distance and space

Editing
Close ups of clocks show history
Cars show history
parraell editing between boy and dad show relationship but two different lives