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 1) television : introduction to tv drama  2) doctor who language and representation   3) doctor who audience and industries   4) his dark materials language and representations   5) his dark materials audience and industries   6) industry contexts the BBC and public service broadcasting 

  Historical, social and cultural contexts 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? 2) How was BBC radio reorganised in September 1967? What were the new stations that launched? 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? 5) How did the BBC attract young audiences to Radio 1 after pirate radio stations were closed down? 6) What was 'needle time' and why was it a problem for BBC Radio? 7) How did BBC Radio 1 offer different content to previous BBC radio stations? 8) Who was the first presenter for BBC Radio 1 and why did these new Radio 1 DJs cause upset initially at the traditional BBC? 9) Listen to excerpts from the Tony Blackburn's first 1967 broadcast - how might it have appealed to young listeners? 10) How was Tony Blackburn's radio show more like pirate radio rather than traditional BBC radio content? Audience and industry 1) What was the target audience for BBC Radio 1 in 1967? 2) Why did R...

 public service broadcasting ) What is the BBC's mission statement? The BBC's mission statement is to inform, educate and entertain. This means: to provide information; to support learning for people of all ages; to produce creative output; to have diverse content, and to reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and value to the world.  2) How is the BBC funded? The BBC is funded by the TV licence fee. Currently, the licence fee is currently £174.50 (subject to change) a year, which is around £15 a month.  3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes above). To meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities, the BBC (according to its  Royal Charter ), must: provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them; support learning for people of all ages; show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and ...

  Audience 1) 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 for His Dark Materials would be fans of the fantasy genre, as the show uses many conventions of fantasy TV, such as the daemons and witches. Fans of coming-of-age, young adult books similar to the original His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman would most likely also enjoy the show. With Psychographics, I think that the target audience is most likely the Explorers, since the show is based on Lyra's quest and adventures in new worlds.    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...

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? The target audience for Doctor Who (An Unearthly Child), according to Demographics and Psychographics, would be most likely White British and middle-class (considering the representation in the actual episode consisting only of this), and primarily teenagers. However, since 1963, this has definitely changed - female viewership of Doctor Who has increased, and gendered genres have become more relaxed.     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: Susan could provide a sense of personal identity to teenagers, especially from the 1960s, as she wears and listens to time-appropriate fashion and music.  Personal Relationships: The audience is positioned to form a relationship with Susan...

 intoduction to tv  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? It introduces an ensemble cast and lays the foundation for the narrative, alongside introducing multiple settings and important parts of the plot  2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? The main genres suggested by the trailer are a hybrid of fantasy and science-fiction 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? An ensemble cast is introduced (comprised of the young girl, boy and older man) that makes up the heroes of the story, with the rest presumably being less major characters or stock characters. The main villain of the story may be the lady in red, and the older man is most likely a parental figure to the protagonist ("I swore to keep her safe"). 4) What settings appear in the trailer? Many different settings appear, such as forests, laboratories and cities.  5...

 language and representations  1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or  this Google document of class notes  (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound:lots of over the shoulder talking scenes Mise-en-scene:setting is omnious and dark Narrative and genre:enigma code - where susan lives. 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:narrative follows 3 part structure Propp's character theory:seven basic roles which are - villian , hero , princess , father , donor , sidekick , false hero Barthes's enigma and action codes:mystery and questions. Levi-Strauss's binary opposition: doctor who episode e.g. good v evil , young v old , human v alien etc . 3) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? The most important scene for me is at the very end where they are in an...

  his dark materials 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: longshot handheld pan Mise-en-scene:mrs coulter wearing red lipstick and red dress shows how she is evil Narrative and genre:  2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ?             personal identity - teenagers , oxford      personal relationships - will and lyra      diversion - dramatic , exciting  3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what  character roles  do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?       ...