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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 . 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...

  1) Look at the  Heat Media Pack . Go to  page 2 : the Heat mission. Write  three  things that Heat offers its readers under 'print'. -unique - quality  - experience  2) Now go to  page 3  of the Media Pack - celebrity focus. What does the page say that Heat offers readers? We help celebrities to talk about their biggest secrets and find where its funny instead of hiding it                3) Now look at  page 4  of the Heat Media Pack. What other content does Heat magazine offer its readers aside from celebrity news? -life hacks -lifestyle -fashion  4) Look at  page 5 . What is Heat magazine's audience profile? Write all the key details of their audience here.  female mostly (90%) average age (37+) age profile (52%-15/37) segment ( 50% ABC1) marital status (57% married) 1) How are the cover lines written to make the audience want to buy the magazine? - They make the writing sta...

  1) Look at the  Tatler Media Pack . Go to  page 2 : how does the editor introduce the magazine? how Tatler is fabulous and the richest 2) Now go to  page 4  of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine ( NOT  tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader? Page Impressions 3.4m Average HHI £247,168 Female 89% ABC1 90% AB 33% Average Age 29 London/SE 57% 3) Look at  page 6 . What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend? £843 MILLION SPENT ON FASHION IN THE PAST YEAR 4) Go to  page 10 . What are the special editions of Tatler that run throughout the year? What does this suggest about the Tatler audience? What about the  pyschographic audience group  that best fits Tatler? each pictures fits in with the months and t...