Katz and Blumler's Use and Gratifications Theory attempts to understand the reasons people choose to watch pieces of media and what needs it satisfies for them. The theory states that all pieces of media fall into at least one of the four categories:
Entertain - the media you watch should give you enjoyment and some form of escapism so as to temporarily lose yourself in the media and forget about your real world worries.
Educate - the media should in some way give you information, knowledge or understanding.
Identify - being able to see yourself or norms/ideals you associate with reflected in the media, perhaps through role models who share similar values, or aspirations to be someone else.
Social Interaction - the media product should be able to spark conversation or debate between other people.
Our video would likely fit into three of these categories. One being to entertain, as we would hope our end product is good enough for the viewer to lose themselves in and enjoy watching. Second being to identify, as some people should be able watch the video and see parts of themselves in the protagonist. And third being social interaction, as our video will create the possibility for people to have conversations possibly about the ambiguous ending of the video, where the character's fate is left open, or the place that religion holds in people's lives.
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