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KISS FM Breakfast show CSP

  Look at   the KISS media pack carefully . This will give you a brilliant background to the brand and how they target their audience (important note: it features the old Breakfast presenting team).  Answer the following questions: 1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission? KISS FM's mission is to target a young audience, reaching them wherever, whenever, however they want. They want to create a constant stream of content to allow their audiences to hear, see, share and discover. 2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what  psychographic groups  would fit the KISS audience too. The target audience for KISS FM is aged 15 - 34. They have a 60 / 40 female to male split, and are united by their love for music. Tech especially is what excites them. Their audience is predominantly urban, but increasingly national with 65% now living outside London. They heavily enjoy social...

End of Year 1 exam: Learner Response

  1) Type up any feedback from your teacher in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). 2) Look at the mark scheme document linked above. Question 1.1 asks about mise-en-scene. What do we use to remember mise-en-scene? Give one example answer from the clip too - you'll find example answers in the mark scheme. 3) Question 1.2 asks about narrative features in the extract. Look at the mark scheme to pick out  three  possible answers for this question.  4) Now focus on Question 2 - the 20 mark essay. Use the mark scheme to pick out  one  way Doctor Who reflects 1963 and  one  way His Dark Materials reflects 2020.  5) Reflect on your overall work and exam performance this year. What  three  things do you need to work on or revise in Media for Year 11? 

Radio 1 Launch CSP

  Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? BBC radio home   BBC radio light    BBC third 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? they changed all radio stations and brought new people to work on the radios and they added radio 1 radio 2 radio 3 radio 4   3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? it was radio that were casted on boats and they played pop music because the BBC didn't  4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? because the BBC added needle time and made it illegal for people to listen to pirate radios  5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? they brought a man called Tony Blackburn a former DJ on pirate radio and they asked him to design the studio to grab that young, pirate radio audience. 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem fo...

Television: Final index

  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

TV industry contexts

  Read the notes above and  this BBC website article about the TV licence fee . Note that since it was published the cost of a TV licence has increased to £174.50.  Complete the following questions on the BBC and industry contexts using the notes above the article you have read: 1) What is the BBC's mission statement? 2) How is the BBC funded? 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the  BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain ? Answer this question in at least 150 words.

His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries

  1) Who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups? You can revise Psychographics here. I think the target audience for His Dark Materials would be fans of the fantasy genre, as the show uses many conventions of fantasy TV, such as the daemons and witches. Fans of coming-of-age, young adult books similar to the original His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman would most likely also enjoy the show. With Psychographics, I think that the target audience is most likely the Explorers, since the show is based on Lyra's quest and adventures in new worlds. Potentially, fans could also be Reformers, as the cast is quite diverse. Moreover, as the show has some political commentary on religion and the patriarchy through the Magisterium, it's possible that Reformers would agree with their representation of those groups and hence, enjoy watching the show. On the other hand, this would likely make the Resigned not fans of the show,...

His Dark Materials

  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.) You can currently  watch His Dark Materials on BBC iPlayer here . Camerawork, editing and sound:  The episode uses epic, non-diegetic music to set the atmosphere for the opening scene, an establishing shot of the "city in the sky". Suspenseful music is then used alongside a low-angle shot of Mrs Coulter to reflect her superiority and dominance. The daemon is then introduced for the first time in the episode, and is made using CGI. During the chase scene, suspenseful music is once again used to reflect the excitement of the scene, with a variety of drone shots and handheld camera movement alongside fast-paced editing. A low-angle shot is used again when L...