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His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries blog tasks

Audience 1.teenagers and onwards.Due to the characters being mostly teenagers it would relate to some of the audience.Also before the series a 3 books were released in the 1990s this would also intrigue the older audience.  2. Personal Identity:  characters and the famous  actors e.g.  Personal Relationships:  lyla and Coulter   is a mother and daughter relationship Diversion (Escapism):  3.chasing scene and the witches which is the  genre fantasy  visceral  pleasure:In the series there other worlds and exotic location vicarious  pleasure:The scene where Mrs   Coulter  rips out stems out of the witch. 4.many said    "It looks great, it's robustly made, and there are great actors everywhere, occupying well-built universes. Also very intriguing  and amazing. 5.Some people have different  preferences and some are to old for the fantasy. Industries 1. the BBC and the American television network HBO 2.T...

His Dark Materials: Language and Representation blog tasks

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.) 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ?   The  fantasy  elements include witches and armoured polar bears ; the trilogy also alludes to concepts from physics, philosophy, and theology. 3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what  character roles  do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?   4) What  enigma and action codes  (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) there is a lot of non diegetic sound over the top of the film so the characters...

Audience and Industry: blog tasks

 1.  The target audience for "Doctor Who" has evolved over the years, but it has generally remained a family-oriented show with broad appeal. When it first premiered in 1963, it was intended as a program for children, with educational elements woven into its science fiction adventures. However, as the show progressed, it began to attract a wider audience, including teenagers and adults, due to its increasingly complex story lines, imaginative concepts, and witty dialogue. Throughout its many seasons, "Doctor Who" has continued to appeal to a diverse audience, with fans spanning multiple generations. While it still retains its family-friendly elements, the show has also tackled more mature themes and narratives, appealing to older viewers as well. In recent years, with the show's revival in 2005 and subsequent seasons, there has been a deliberate effort to cater to a broader demographic while still retaining the essence of what makes "Doctor Who" unique...

Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response: blog tasks

  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 so disappointing ebi:go back to basics 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1:  Q2: Q3:  Q4: Q5:  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 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 soft focus also draws the eye to the image, in particular the model’s gaze, which connotes equality between the model and the reader, given the model’s body language