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  1)introduction to tv drama 2)doctor who : language and representation 3)doctor who : audience and industries 4)his dark materials : language and representation 5)his dark material : audience and industries 6)tv context 7)LR response

1) What is the BBC's mission statement? -Inform , educate and entertain  2) How is the BBC funded? -By tv licence funding .  3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse content (such as with its representations) To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. -It is run by OFCOM.  5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  -It produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily.  This includes what can be shown before the 9pm watershed and various other quality standards. 6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the ...

Audience 1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups. You can revise Psychographics here. -I think its aimed at teenagers and family because of the timing it plays on BBC normally older kids stay up around that time  2) What audience pleasures are offered by His Dark Materials - The City of Magpies? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: They are teenagers in the show so many kids would relate to it for example : Will and lyra  Personal Relationships: Get to see famous actors like Lin - Manuel Miranda  Diversion (Escapism):  The show is dramatic and exciting to watch like when the chase scene between the kids  3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer ...

  Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an analysis of the episode - using your notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) Camerawork, editing and sound: For sounds they use it mostly to create tension and suspense in the scene like for example : non-diegetic music to set atmosphere for opening scene .   Mise-en-scene: Costumes : different costume reflects what world character are from , Costume of the men create clear connotation of religion .   Narrative and genre: Narrative : " well isn't that something " _ enigma code . binary opposition- young + old . Fantasy genre : witches and daemons .  You can access our notes from the close-textual analysis in a previous class here - you'll need your Greenford Google login to open this. 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conv...

1) Type up your WWW/EBI feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  WWW: you clearly have knowledge of the CSP , but now need to develop the exam technique to maximise your mark .  EBI : Question focus : identify the words in the question then show laser focus on that ( e.g. design / layout or representation )  2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1 Q2: 3 Q3: 2 Q4:3 Q5: 2 3) Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write three connotations of the design and layout of Tatler. • the fact cover star Emma Weymouth is mixed race suggests that Tatler is moving with the times and responding to cultural changes in Britain around gender • the stylised serifed font of the masthead contrasts with the sans-serif fonts used elsewhere signifying a well-produced, easy-to-read product that has bee...

  Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? I think its teenagers and families and i think it has stayed the same .  2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: Susan is a teenager so kids relate to it while watching like when we first meet her we can see her fashion and her listening to pop music .  Personal Relationships: Audience positioned to b on Ian and Barbara's side .   Diversion (Escapism): The TARDIS wanting to know more , The mystery , and he binary opposition - conflict .   Surveillance (Information / Facts): Science , technology and space travel  3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020s audience? Diversion because people now know how TV ...