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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...

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: This is a brilliant step forward from your last assessment - up 31%! Good knowledge shows of the topics EBI: Now you need to back up that excellent knowledge with detailed evidence from the CSPs 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1 Q2: 5 Q3: 2 Q4:3 Q5: 3 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 natural setting connotes that the magazine is both fresh and modern, but from a classy, traditional base. - The model’s gaze, which connotes equality between the model and the reader, given the model’s body language, the cover star Emma Weymouth wearing a ball gown in the gardens of a stately home,  ...

Audience and Industry: Doctor Who

  Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? Mainstream family audience, and also to both males and females. As it is mainstream and made for families, the age can range from 10- 40+ 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:  Susan can give teenagers identity as she is a teenager herself, and she wears casual clothes that a 1960s teen would wear. Ian and Barbara could give identity to teachers as they also care about what is going on in their students' lives. Personal Relationships:  Audience members could form relations with Ian and Barbara, as they seem like the heroes for the majority of the episode. Diversion (Escapism):  The genre is science fiction, and this offers diversion as it is different from reality, an...

Doctor Who: Language and Representation

  Language and contexts 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:  overall slow and clunky camera movement and the sounds commonly have a futuristic theme and feel. Also a lot of the sounds create mystery and are enigma codes  Mise-en-scene:  The actor placement and acting are quite bad and shows that the budget was low using todays standards. Also the costumes play into what the character is like, Susan wears casual teenage clothing, the Doctor wears unusual clothing perhaps in an attempt to fit in, Ian and Barbra both wear formal and normal clothing. Lastly, the random props and objects add onto the mystery  Narrative and genre:  Many sci-fi themes like the control panel, the TARDIS, the junkyard holding a huge mystery and the VFX when the TARDIS is takin...

Introduction to TV drama

1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? It has a lot of characters and seems to include a lot of storylines and narratives. There were a lot of settings. It seemed to have typical characters. It included visual effects. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? Drama Action 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? Villain  Hero Helper 4) What settings appear in the trailer? streets prison like setting plane shops offices court like setting forest lab/ computer room 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. Young adult males - because it includes action which is stereotypically a genre men like. It seems that it would appeal to teenagers and also seems like it would have a higher age rating either 12 or 15.

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

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

  Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. Recent global success pushed the band into bigger psychographic groups such as Mainstreamers. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? Diversion - Performance Personal relationship - fan interaction online Personal identity - fandom, copying the look of band members Surveillance - knowledge of the members 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? 0:02 - they introduce themseleves which fans could like 0:11 - you see the whole band so you will be able to see your favourite member 0:53 - that is the chorus which is iconic and probably loved by fans 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? As they were authentic fans played a huge part by shari...