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  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 ...

Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or this Google document of class notes (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: The camera work was over the shoulder mainly when Ian and Barbara or the doctor and Ian were talking and There were establishing shots of the school and the TARDIS . For sound it was mainly mysterious music like when Ian and Barbara were entering the junkyard and futuristic music when entering the TARDIS .  Mise-en-scene: The props in the TARDIS making is look sci-fi and the props in the junkyard to make it look eerie . the settings were the TARDIS , the school and the car .  Narrative and genre: Narrative there were enigma codes like at the end who was the person at the like the shadow figure ? or how has Susan already finished the french revolution book when she got it the first time ?  For narrative there was the open...