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  1)   Television: 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 Materials: Audience and Industries 6)  Industry contexts: the BBC and public service broadcasting

1) What is the BBC's mission statement? the BBC's mission statement is that they want to provide information support learning for people of all ages to produce creative output top have diveersr4 content and to reflect the UK its culture and values to the world.  2) How is the BBC funded? funded by the tv license fee which is currently £173.50  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. Ofcom 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom? setting standards for content, issuing broadcasting licenses and handling complaints   6) How ...

  1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups.  You can  revise Pyschographics here . I think their target audience is elder adults and old teenagers because they run they show at 8:10 pm on a Sunday where mostly adults and teenagers would be awake at that time and they have not targeted a ethnicity as there is a mix of different characters of races in the show   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:   Personal Relationships :   The episode showcases the strong relationships between characters, allowing viewers to identify with their emotions and motivations, fostering a sense of community and shared experience.   Diversion (Escapism):  3) Thinki...

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..) You can currently  watch His Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer here . Camerawork, editing and sound: camerawork- angles (low angle of Lyra) make her seem powerful. editing-animals setting (unearthly child backdrop). Mise-en-scene: sound-epic orchestral music helps to set genre and atmosphere. settings- 'city in the sky' reinforces genre cave ocean waterfall. Narrative and genre: narrative- prophecy= equilibrium enigma and action codes.  fantasy genre- daemon animals (can speak) witches prophecy (supernatural events). 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...

  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: fairly secure attempt at analysing both magazine CSP's. able to recall key media-terminology e.g. magazine connotations and theory uses and gratifications. EBI: depth and detail for top marks see LR lesson/mark scheme for suggestions. LR: see blog 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2 marks Q2: 5 marks  Q3: 4 marks Q4: 3 marks Q5: 3 marks 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 the cover star obscures the title of the magazine reflects how well established the Tatler brand is – Britain’s oldest magazine is recognisable to its audience even with some of the masthead behind the cover model. T  h...

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? Originally I think the target audience for Doctor who was male young adults but since 1963 I think this has changed to middle aged people and older of any age this is because the newest doctor is female for a 2019 audience and because of long time fans. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumer 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: This  is shown in all the scenes where Susan is in school as a lot of these are relatable Personal Relationships: Diversion (Escapism): This is shown when they enter the TARDIS and are taken to another planet. Surveillance (Information / Facts): This is shown in the scenes where Susan is in class and is being informed about the 5th dimension and in history were they talk about money. 3) What additiona...