Archie's GCSE media blog

  Audience 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 Psychographics'  here . I think the target audience is fantasy fans and teens to early 20s as the characters are young and lyra and her mum (mrs coulter) are completely different and have the characteristics of a normal teen going against her mum in a way. 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: relatable scenes - family Personal Relationships: famous actors Diversion (Escapism): chase scene with lyra and will   3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of...

 LANGUAGE 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.) technical codes: fast pace camera work in chase scene] mise-en-scene: setting- cave, forest, city in the sky narrative & genre: fantasy genre- witches, prophecy, rift, daemons  representations: diverse- American character to show this. 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? It perfectly demonstrates the conventions of a fantasy genre as it consists of witches, prophecy, rift, daemon talking animals. 3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  Propp character Mrs Coulter is presented as villain Costume and make-up on Mrs Coulter (red). ...

  Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? When the show first launched it was aimed at a white middle classed audience as these were the only characters included in the show however now it is more inclusive with a range of different characters of different ethnicities and backgrounds 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumer 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:  School - creates personal identity for audience as its audience was mainly made up of teenagers who were most likely in education at school at the time Personal Relationships:  The show is very popular as  the Doctor always travels with one or more companions creating a sense of relationship between the doctor and other humans which allows them to further enjoy the tv show Diversion (Escapism): ...

  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- this is a big step forward from your last assessment (up 20%) and back at the level of your previous assessments. You are writing plenty so now its about working on exam technique to maximise your marks. EBI- Question focus: on each of the longer mark questions you needed more focus onn what it was asking you to do (meanings created / representations etc.). Have a close read of the mark scheme on the blog to see example questions. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 1/2 Q2: 2/8 Q3: 2/6 Q4:2/3 Q5: 2/6 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. 1. left / right of the frame suggesting its an easy read 2.  t...