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Introduction to TV dram

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? Ensemble cast (characters with own storylines). Sometimes an episode will focus more on one character or another. Use of stereotypical ‘stock’ characters get storylines across quickly. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? TV drama from costume drama to fantasy or science-fiction. 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? Dramatic narrative,  linear 4) What settings appear in the trailer? the locations or time period used e.g. in Western movies, you will often see it located in American or Mexican deserts around 1800s. 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. Rated for 14+ by HBO due to some scenes that may be frightening to younger children. targeted at fans of the fantasy genre along with fans of the original books by Phili...

His Dark Materials - Audience and Industries

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 .  His Dark Materials series was watched by audiences of  7.2 million   As His Dark Materials was aimed at an international audience, the show features both British and American star names such as Brits Ruth Wilson and James McAvoy and American Lin-Manuel Miranda  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: friendship, engage protagonists Personal Relationships: struggle, will represent every character (normal) Diversion (Escapism): supernatural different worlds and talking animals 3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which o...

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: Mise-en-scene: Narrative and genre: 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium: Propp's character theory: Barthes's enigma and action codes: Levi-Strauss's binary opposition:  3) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? 4) What genre is  An Unearthly Child  and how can you tell? Make specific reference to aspects of the episode. 5) How does  An Unearthly Child  reflect the social and historical contexts of the 1960s? Representations 1) What stereotypes of men are reinforced and subverted in  Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child ? How? 2) What stereotypes of women/girls are reinforced and subver...

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). Anika some knowledge of the magazine CSPS + attempt at explaining a media theory.  2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1 Q2: 1 Q3: 2 Q4:2 Q5: 0 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. Good use of the theoretical framework that demonstrates an emerging and generally accurate understanding of how design and layout communicate meaning. 4) Now look at question 3 - Heat magazine.  Use the indicative content in the mark scheme to write  three  ways celebrities are represented in Heat magazine. Focuses on celebrities’ relationships – ‘double life’, ‘secretive star’, ‘baby daddy’, ‘Giovanna’s heartache’ etc. Sug...

Represent NHS Blood & Transplant campaign: blog tasks

  1) What is an advertising campaign? An advertising campaign is a coordinated series of promotional activities designed to achieve specific marketing objectives. It usually involves a mix of media channels and content that work together to promote a brand, product, service, or idea to a target audience. 2) What is the objective of the NHS Represent campaign?  The NHS Represent campaign, launched by the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, was aimed at encouraging young people, particularly from diverse and underrepresented communities, to consider careers in healthcare. The campaign's objective was multifaceted 3) What does this advert want people to do once they've seen it (the 'call to action')?  The call to action (CTA) in the NHS Represent campaign would have been focused on motivating viewers to take specific steps toward exploring and pursuing a career in healthcare with the NHS 4) Why is the advert called 'Represent'?  The advert is called ...

Black Widow: blog tasks

  1) List the companies involved in the creation of Black Widow. You may wish to use  Black Widow's IMDB entry  to help with this -  see the company credits page  - but the answers can also be found in the notes above. Role : Marvel Studios is the primary production company behind Black Widow . It is responsible for producing all films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) , including this one. Marvel Studios is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company . 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Black Widow? Conglomerate ownership refers to a large corporation that owns a diverse range of businesses or brands across different industries. These businesses often operate independently but are all controlled by the parent conglomerate 3) Analyse the  film trailer  for Black Widow. What aspects of the trailer tell you this is a big-budget blockbuster movie? To analyze the Black Widow trailer and identify the aspects that indicate it's a ...

Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks

  1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article? 23 films  2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) f ilms had made a total of $22 billion at the time of Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? arvel created the Avengers films as a strategic move to unite their growing roster of superheroes and maximize the potential of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Sony Pictures owns the rights to Spider-Man , a situation that dates back to the late 1990s when Sony acquired the film rights to the character. However, Spider-Man's appearance in Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films has come about due to a collaboration between Marvel Studios (owned by Disney) and Sony Pictures 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fa...