Haviyan's Media Blog

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform, Educate, Entertain 2) How is the BBC funded? They are funded by the TV licences that are collected by the government and given to the BBC. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse content (such as with its representations) To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 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?  OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content removed and/or be fined heavily.  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 ques...

  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 . The show is targeted at middle class british teenagers. This is because the locations in the series match locating in london such as oxford. 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: teenagers, oxford Personal Relationships: people who live in oxford can relate to some characters such as will and lyra Diversion (Escapism): the show is dramatic and exciting. 3) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to His Dark Materials? Refer to specific scenes or moments in the episode to explain your answer. Voyeristic pleasur...

  Language and close-textual analysis 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: the series uses diegetic and nondiegetic sounds in the episode through the types of music played in scenes and the sound effects of props in the show. Mise-en-scene: there are settings such as the city in ths sky, the submarine and the cave at the beginning of the episode.           Narrative and genre: they show that this series is a fantacy genre as there are characters such as              witches however the series is also steampunk shown through the technology. You can  access our notes from the...

  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: strong answers to Q3+Q4 so now we need add consistency to reach that level throughout. EBI: Revise Tatler design/layout, Evidence from the CSP ( particularly for Q5). 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:   4/6 Q4:  3/3 Q5:   3/6 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. Design-  • the denotation of one central image directly addressing the audience enables the audience  to see the aspirational Tatler reader – an upmarket, sophisticated woman  • the choice of white and black font/typography against the natural setting connotes that th...

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? The target audience for doctor who used to be teenage middle class white people. This has changed drastically as the fanbase is very diverse and average age of whovians has changed from teenagers to middle aged people. 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: Teenagers cam relate to the character of Susan Foreman.                                                                                               Personal Relationships: The audience is positioned to...

  Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class episode analysis. You can use your own notes from the screening in class.  Camerawork and sound: Low quality camerawork, however, great sound and visual effects. Mise-en-scene: casual 1960s clothing, sci-fi settings, use of various props. Narrative and genre: Susan's teachers are curious about what she does after school. They follow her and meet with her in the TARDIS. However, the Doctor doesn't like this and traps them with him.  2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:  They begin with equilibrium, where everything is balanced, progress as something comes along to disrupt that equilibrium, and finally reach a resolution, when a new equilibrium is restored.   Propp's character theory: The Doctor is the villain, and Susan seems to be the protagonist. Barthes's enigma and action codes:     Action Codes:  ...