Shameless

Class - I believe that the audience of shameless fit into the C1 demographic. I think those in the A and B categories would not be able to relate or understand the humour and themes of the show and crazy lifestyle the the characters live.

Gender - I believe that the audience of Shameless are both genders because the representation of both sexes is strong in the show

Lifestyle - I believe most of the audience of Shameless have at some point come from a working class background or know of someone so have experienced or witnessed some of the themes presented in the show.

Age - I believe that the audience of Shameless fit into the 17-25 age group. I think the language and sexual content that the show contains makes it not suitable for the younger audience. Although some of the characters in the show are young.

Ethnicity - I believe that the audience of Shameless fit into various ethnic categories. The show has people who are White, black, mixed race and Asian but the main family who the show is based on are white. It is a realistic representation of the multi cultural country, we live in.

In the show, the children are portrayed in an unpleasant manner, as one of the children hits their own father and knocks to the floor and the children seem quite amused by, showing the children are disrespectful. The clothes, the children are wearing can be considered to be chavy to build on the working class image.

The shot where the children are surrounded in a circle looking over at their dad who is drunk and lying on the floor can be seen to show, how close they are as siblings and with the shot being high angle, suggest the children are in charge which is different from what we expect in a family.

From the environment and the building, you can tell they live in a council estate as there is a park which is in between houses. This is another representation of working class lifestyle and surroundings. The next scene with the fire and police intervening of what seems like a gathering of the community, once again can be seen as a negative representation of working class.