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  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? act in the public interest serving all audiences through the provision of impartial high quality and distinctive output and services which inform, educate and entertain  2) How is the BBC funded? uk licence fee 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). educates and entertainment  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?  Setting standards  6) How do Doctor Who and His Dark Materials help the BBC to meet the  BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain ? offering a blend of entertaiment 

  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:   A range of different futuristic sounds and sci-fi music to emphasise the mysterious atmosphere in the junkyard and the TARDIS. Mise-en-scene:  Teenagers dressed like they are in the 60's.   Lighting in-between the episodes contrast calm and normal feeling when in school transitions to a dark and gloomy feeling when building up to the search for Susan and when inside the Junkyard. Props - The old antiques inside the junkyard is shown and the police box representing the Tardis 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ? Todorov's Equilibrium: The...

  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 . 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:  Devoted fans of the fantasy genre would enjoy His Dark Materials as it includes conventional aspects of fantasy TV, through the daemons, the witches, the tear in the sky, etc.  Personal Relationships:   Audiences could form parasocial relationships with any of the characters of the show, although it's more likely these relationships would be formed with the protagonists rather than the villains.  Diversion (Escapism):  Audiences can find diversion in essentially all aspects of the show, however, the most obvious example of t...

  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- you are picking up the marks for the terminology questions so now need to work on CSP questions. EBI- Learn/revise the CSP'S in more detail so you can refer to them in longer answers  2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2/2  Q2: 2/8 Q3: 2/6 Q4:3/3 Q5: 1/6 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 choice of white and black font/typography against the natural setting connotes that the  magazine is both fresh and modern but from a classy, traditional base. This is likely how the  Tatler audience would like to see themselves  - the fact cover star Emma Weymouth is mixed race sugges...

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? they use common Tv conventions  2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer?  fantasy, adventure, and drama genres.   3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? an alien time lord who travels through time and space in the TARDIS along with human companions who serve as audience surrogates  4) What settings appear in the trailer? ancient 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. family audience 

Audience   1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band.  likely to be predominantly white, middle class and reasonably young 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor?  the song is upbeat and fast-paced 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? 80s fans would like the fact that its set in a 80s TV Studio (nostalgic)  friendship they went to the same school and it male suggest true story  4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? They upload there music on My space apps and maybe fans will be interested in them. 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? They are positioned to like the band because indie/rock c...