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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...