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His Dark Materials: Language and Representation

  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:  low angle shot of lyra to show she is important and powerful   Mise-en-scene: they are wearing clothes that are for being outdoors   Narrative and genre:  fantasy  fighting back against evil   You can  access our notes from the close-textual analysis in a previous class here  - you'll need your Greenford Google login to open this. 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ? topics about space ,different world and talking and shapeshifting animals 3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what  character role...

audience and industry

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? families yes i think its more for a younger audience 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:  we can relate to susan as she is a young person who goes to school Personal Relationships: we want to make sure that the teachers are safe  Diversion (Escapism): we go to different time periods and places Surveillance (Information / Facts):  we learn about space  3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020s audience? personal identity because we still have parents who tell us what we can and cant do  4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to...

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Introduction to TV drama

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series?  it talks about series  2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? science ficton  horror 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? main charcters and villans and the helper 4) What settings appear in the trailer? a town ,a island, a  rainforest and a church 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. 14-27 because there are some scary scenes and a lot of difficult topics to understand 

Introduction to Music Video

  1) What are the key conventions of music video? a narrative and editing style 2) What is intertextuality?  a refe   rence to another piece of media  3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry?  In the 1980s and 1990s big budgets were spent on producing innovative and creative music videos such as Michael Jackson’s Thriller that had a film narrative, a well known director and featured intertextuality 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV  . Programs such as BBC show Top of The Pops also showcased music videos from the charts alongside ‘live’ stage performances.  5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? social media

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

  1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? authenticity relateability  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? 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? that it is authentic   Arctic Monkeys: Industry 1) How did the Arctic Monkeys first achieve success and build up their fanbase? live performances and their songs were shared on my space and other platforms 2) Why was P2P file sharing and MySpace an unexpected aspect to Arctic Monkeys' early success? fans were able to sharer their music 3) How does the rise of Arctic Monkeys diffe...

BLACKPINK - How You Like That

  1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics / psychographics be for the BLACKPINK audience? blink teenage girls  2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? Personal relationships: Fan interaction online through social media 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to BLACKPINK fans. Why did you choose those moments?  4) How was the How You Like That music video marketed and promoted to the audience? teaser trailers dance moves posted to social media 5) Why is K-pop a global phenomenon and what has helped it to become so popular? popularity across social media  Industry 1) How were BLACKPINK formed and what records have they broken? The video broke many YouTube records, including most-watched premiere (1.66 million concurrent viewers), most views within 24 hours for a music video (86 million views) and fastest video to achieve 100, 200 and 600 mil...