Unit 21 - P1: Existing Dramas

Game Of Thrones 

Personal Relationships - GoT has a lot of relationships in the program from family to loving relationships. Families play a big part in GoT as it is the families (houses) that are all working towards the iron throne. The viewers can use the relationships in GoT to relate to their real world situations because even though they are fictional they share issues from the real world. GoT is a very long series and one of the main points is that it goes deeply into the characters and creates a lot of depth and this could allow the viewers to use the characters as a substitute for companionship.

Personal Identity - GoT will help many people with Personal Identity. 2 of the most powerful characters in GoT are female leads: Daenerys Targaryen and Cersei Lannister and this displays a strong female in a male dominant world. GoT also displays conflict between the north and the south of westeros which can be related to England where there is also this conflict.

Diversion - GoT offers a lot of diversion in the show offering entertainment from Intense violence, Gore and sexual scenes. the show is very intense and the episodes are immersive which helps to bring the audience away from there day to day life and escape any problems that they may be experiencing.

Surveillance - GoT offers surveillance in many ways, on way is though the class system. GoT displays very high class lords and ladies but also shows the lowest of the low classes and displays how different there lives are and allows the audience to see how the other side of life is lived.

Peaky Blinders

Personal Relationships - Peaky Blinders displays a large amount of personal relations as the plot
revolves around one family "The Shelbys" and shows how they work together as a family and the struggles they face in the different relationships. This allows the audience to relate to the characters and there problems because they may experience the same issues.

Personal Identity - I think the audience will be able to gain personal identity from peaky blinders due to the people that are represented although the show has many male protagonists it also has some very strong female characters. 

Diversion - PB offers alot of diversion/entertainment away from the audiences day to day life, the violent nature offers alot of entertainment, the show also goes deeply into character development and this means that the audience can get to know the character and feel as if they are part of the plot.

Surveillance - Peaky blinders is a transgressive drama that follows the lives of the shelby family and there gang, the peaky blinders. This offers surveillance because the audience will have never seen or experienced gang culture and activity first hand.

Breaking Bad

Personal Relationships - The relationships shown in breaking bad are all relationships that the
audience will have experience; Family, Father & Son, Husband & Wife, Romantic Relationships and more, common issues are share with the shows relationships and will most likely share the same issues that the audience will experience in there lives, the relationships in BB feature the break down of a marriage, the struggle for a father to bond with his son and the issues a young male has with his girlfriend.

Personal Identity - The personal identity in BB can be found through sharing issues that the character have however most of the characters are drug users and criminals meaning that the audience may not be able to relate to the characters as most of them will not lead the same lifestyle as them.

Diversion - The diversion factor for BB is drug use and violence, this helps to divert the audience from there life and offer entertainment because it is transgressive and audiences enjoy that, the series also has a very immersive plot which pulls in the viewers and offers them a diversion from life.

Surveillance - BB offers surveillance because of its use of drugs, gangs and violence which is something an average audience will never experience in there life and it allows them to understand how the world works and how an innocent party can be pulled into the world of crime to deal with their problems.