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  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? nform educate and entertain 2) How is the BBC funded? By OFCOM and the government 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). It must produce family friendly entertaining and or educational content 4) Who is the regulator for TV and Radio in the UK? You can find details on this in the notes above. OFCOM 5) How is TV and Radio regulated by Ofcom?  By handling complaints about TV and radio and acting appropriately depending on the consequences 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 .Doctor Who helps the bbc meet their remit by producing episodes of multiple storylines while also using the time travel aspect to educate the viewers about the history of different times and places. When it comes to informing it isnt as clear how...

  1) Read this  audience rating guide for His Dark Materials . Based on the screening and this article, who do you think the target audience is for His Dark Materials and why? What about psychographic groups?  You can  revise Pyschographics here . I think the target audience are families and early to mid teens as there are scenes that are adult but not too adult that kids cant watch i would say the psycographics are lower middle to middle class 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: They may have been in some form of performance in Hamilton and the writer of hamilton is in the show Personal Relationships:  They could feel related to will as hes from Oxford so it could be local for some people Diversion (Escapism): The world of Fantasy within the...

  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:  There was lots of non diagetic audio and close ups which help set the mood of each scene and the close ups show emotions of each characters   Mise-en-scene: The costumes  show the type of character they are for example the 2 girls lyra and will meet have clean clotheswhile lyra has dirty clothes Narrative and genre: There are heavy themes  of fantasy such as the talking animals and witches   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 fi...

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? MOST LIKELY EVERYONE BUT MAINLY 10 TO 30 YEAR OLDS 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: PEOPLE MAY RELATE TO SUSAN BEING AN OUTSIDER Personal Relationships:SOME PEOPLE ARE TEACHERS LIKE IAN AND BARBARA Diversion (Escapism): THE MYSTERY OF THE TARDIS Surveillance (Information / Facts):THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE DOCTOR AND SUSAN ARE FROM AND HOW THE TARDIS WORKS 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020s audience? THEY COULD LEARN HOW WOMEN WHERE TREATED COMPARED TO MEN IN THE 60s 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child? YOU WO...

  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: A futuristic theme song aswell as quick shots and handheld camera movements Mise-en-scene: Lots of futuristic aspects inside the TARDIS with junk from the junkyard and a car a school with 2 teachers a student and the Doctor Narrative and genre:Sci-Fi,suspense,mystery 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:the show ends when the problem starts Propp's character theory:The damsel is Susan the hero is Ian the sidekick is Barbara and the villain is the Doctor Barthes's enigma and action codes:The tardis is an enigma code so is the doctor Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: Old vs young in The Doctor and ians arguemnet and the same when Susan and The Doctor argue 3) In your ...

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? BY involving an ensemble cast alongside a narrative across all episodes in season 2 however we wont be able to see much more as it is only a trailer 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? Fantasy,action,and adventure 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? There is a young girl with multiple people looking for her because she is looking for something so there is a main group of characters and 2 possible narratives 4) What settings appear in the trailer? A few of the many fantasy worlds or dimensions but also probably the houses of the main characters 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. Late teens to early adults because of the story that doesn't seem to have any aspects that would appeal to children of a younger age aswell a...