First 10 questions

  1) Read this  audience rating guide for His Dark Materials . Based on the screening and this article, who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups?  You can  revise Pyschographics here Young Adults :   The series is particularly popular among young adult readers due to its coming-of-age themes, strong protagonists like Lyra Belacqua, and exploration of complex moral issues. 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:  In “His Dark Materials,” Philip Pullman masterfully weaves together themes of personal identity through the lens of dæmons, character development, and existential exploration. Personal Relationships:  One of the most prominent relationships in the trilogy is that bet...

  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,  Low angle shots of Mrs Coulter emphasise her power; witch shown from high angle to show weakness. Mise-en-scene: Storm/rain - connotations of danger but also reminding audiences her friend Roger died in season 1. Narrative and genre:  “The witches will want us to fight” - narrative device. Suggests future conflict (action code).   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 conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ? His Dark Materials adheres to the fantasy T...

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? when “Doctor Who” first aired in 1963, it was primarily aimed at a family audience, with a focus on providing entertainment for children while also engaging adults with its imaginative storytelling and science fiction elements.  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: meet Susan  - movie,costume,dancing Personal Relationships: Susan lant barbara -what will happen to them Diversion (Escapism):TARDIS -takes off and clliffhanger- visceral,vicarious Surveillance (Information / Facts): 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020s audience? Escapism Entertainment Inspiration 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicario...

  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 are identifying all the right things but now need to add the connotations (deeper meanings) to take it to the next level EBI: for example, on  the tattler  cover you need to say   what   Boris's  brother max is communicating to the audience-for example that tattler  supports bores   Johnson  and is interested  in power in  Britain 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1 Q2: `1 Q3: 1 Q4:2 Q5:0  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 denotation of one central image directly addressing the audience enables the audience to see the aspirational Tatle...