this is an analysis of benefits street

1. Benefit street
By Aiden and Kishan

2. Audience
• Age – 16+
• Gender- male and female
• Social economic grouping

3. Technical codes
• Long shot
High angled shot to overlook the street to
Allows the viewer to the the whole street
• Close up
Show the houses /people.
• Extreme long shot, establishing shot

6. Audio codes
Non diegetic music
• Opening scenes, sets the mood
• Introduction to the documentary

7. Visual codes
• Expression: frustrated, Angry
• Colours: dull and dark colours show negativity
• Mise-en-scene

9. Preferred, opposed, negotiated
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• Preferred: working people, curious of people that are
unemployed
• Opposed: People from the E and D social class that may think
they’re being represented in a poor way.
• Negotiated: Unemployed people because they may disagree
with the way they’re being represented

10. Uses and gratifications
• Personal identity
• Social Integration - widely talked about
• Information – People that are curious about different life
style/ culture/ social class may watch the show

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