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Doctor Who: Language and Representations

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:    Mise-en-scene:     Narrative and genre:       Todorov's Equilibrium: Propp's character theory: Barthes's enigma and action codes: Levi-Strauss's binary opposition:  Music - theme tune to Doctor Who. Very science-fiction - sets genre from beginning. Graphics on screen: title of show and episode. Simple text/font.  Slow, clunky camera movement (due to technology in 1960s).  Sound: hum of TARDIS (helps create science-fiction genre).   Susan - first introduced dancing and dressed as 1960s teenager (costume). Seems to be both typical teenager and alien. Costume and hair typical of 1960s. School - creates personal identity for audience.  Setting - junkyard. Lighting - dark/shadows. Creat...

Magazines and Music Video assessment: Learner response

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: Fajr, able to recall magazine conventions and identify some of the Blumler and katz uses and gratifications theory.  EBI: Not answering every Q in the paper. Very limited short and vague responses - could reflect lack of blog work?  2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1:  2/2 Q2:  2/8 Q3:  3/6 Q4:  2/3 Q5:  0/6 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 Tatler reader – an upmarket, sophisticated woman • the choice of white and black font/typography against the natural setti...

Television: Introduction to TV drama

1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series?  It features a range of characters, multiple narratives, multiple settings, dilemma and problems, heroes and villains, plot twists, cliff hangers, sounds and dramatic narratives usually linear. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? I think its more of a science-fiction genre with more action as there's a lot going on in different episodes 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? We are introduced to the teachers and the child and then they meet the mysterious doctor who is also the child grandfather, as he is the doctor he should be the protagonist however he is featured in the first episode as an antagonist.   4) What settings appear in the trailer? At first they are seen in the school and in different classrooms and then in a car and then in the telephone box which leads to something bigger ...

Music Video: Final index

  1)   Music Video: Introduction 2)  Music Video: BLACKPINK - How You Like That CSP 3)  Music Video: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor CSP

Tatler: case study blog tasks

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I ntroduction - Tatler Media pack 1) Look at the  Tatler Media Pack . Go to  page 2 : how does the editor introduce the magazine? ‘‘TATLER IS A FABULOUSLY TARGETED, SENSATIONALLY ACCURATE RIFLE SHOT TO THE VERY RICHEST READERS IN THE COUNTRY. THESE PEOPLE LIVE THE LIFE REFLECTED ON OUR PAGES, BOTH PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL. AND BOY, DO THEY LOVE TO SHOP” KATE REARDON EDITOR, TATLER 2) Now go to  page 4  of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine ( NOT  tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader? Circulation 80,035 Readership 163,000 Average HHI £261,572 Female 73% ABC1 83% AB 51% Average Age 41 London/SE 70% 3) Look at  page 6 . What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend? £843 MILLION SPENT ON FASHION IN THE PAST YEAR 96% OF TATLER READ...

Magazines: Final index

1 )   Magazines: Tatler magazine CSP 2)  Magazines: Heat magazine CSP  

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band? Arctic Monkeys' audience are likely to be predominantly white, middle class and reasonably young. Psychographic groups might include Reformers and Explorers. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? Audience pleasures would include diversion - the song is upbeat and fast-paced. Fans who followed the band from the early days might find a sense of personal relationship 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? The simple performance video subverts music video conventions that became steadily more complicated and narrative-based in the 1980s and 1990s. 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous b...