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  Audience 1) What audience do you think His Dark Materials is aimed at and why? Think about demographic and psychographic groups.  You can  revise Pyschographics here . its for teenages that are interested in fantasy genre and also like a open world series  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: the audience can connect to lyra and build a connection  Personal Relationships: lyras and wills relationship grows  Diversion (Escapism): the fantasy world is a escape from the real world  3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer to specific scenes or moments in the episode to explain your answer.  4) How did fans react to Season...

  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.) Camerawork, editing and sound: many special sound effects with many different camera angles and shots also we see a lot computer generated images  Mise-en-scene : each character had many different costumes for there world or clan  Narrative and genre: the genre is fantasy and kind of steampunk as we see a coil powered submarine  2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ? it has many parts of fantasy as it has talking animals / demons as well as floating city / castle  3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what  character roles  do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  Mrs coulter - villain, lyra -...

  Introduction - Heat Media pack 1) Look at the  Heat Media Pack . Go to page 2: the Heat mission. Write three things that Heat offers its readers under 'print'. 2) Now go to page 3 of the Media Pack - celebrity focus. What does the page say that Heat offers readers? - - - 3) Now look at page 4 of the Heat Media Pack. What other content does Heat magazine offer its readers aside from celebrity news? 4) Look at page 5. What is Heat magazine's audience profile? Write all the key details of their audience here.  Media language 1) How are the cover lines written to make the audience want to buy the magazine? 2) What are the connotations of the  Heat  colour scheme on this particular front cover? 3)  How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. paparazzi images or aspects of mise-en-scene such props, costume, make-up, body position, facial expression etc.) 4) What differ...

  Audience and Industry: blog tasks 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? before it was target at young adults this is because it was the first sci fi show so it was interested in now it could of become a famile show 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: personally relating to something - seeing your lifestyle on screen. Think about how different audiences may identify with Susan, her teachers or the Doctor. Personal Relationships: caring about characters and wanting to find out what happens to them. This is the first episode of four - which characters do you think the audience will want to follow on their journey?  Diversion (Escapism): escapism and being entertained away from your normal life. Science Fiction...

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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:    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).     Mise-en-scene:     Susan - first introduced dancing and dressed as 1960s teenager (costume). Seems to be both typical teenager and alien. Costume and hair typical of 1960s. Setting - inside the TARDIS. Central control console, white walls with circle design, TARDIS much bigger on inside than out.    Lighting - TARDIS is bright white (sci-fi connotation). Also contrasts with shadows outside (binary opposition).      Narrative and genre:   Ope...