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Doctor Who: Audience and Industries blog

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? The target audience for doctor who were family people, and kids and teenagers.  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:  seeing your lifestyle on screen. Think about how different audiences may identify with Susan, her teachers or the Doctor Personal Relationships:   caring about characters and wanting to find out what happens to them. This is the first episode of four - which characters do you think the audience will want to follow on their journey?  Diversion (Escapism):   escapism and being entertained away from your normal life. Science Fiction is a classic genre for escapism 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020 audience? The camera work and quality w

Doctor Who: Language and Representation blog tasks

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 and we'll also post a Google document of class notes too (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: The music she was listening to was scary and had dramatic sounds. graphics and screen time title of show and theres a need for improvement on the camera work.  Mise-en-scene: sussan was first introduced as dancing and dressed as 1960s typical teenager   Narrative and genre: engima code - mystery of susan's home french revealing book. "i'll have it finished it" suggest time travel.  2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:   Todorov suggested that all narratives follow a three part structure. 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 equil

Television: Introduction to TV drama

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? It meets the conventions as it has dramatic narrative. It has episodes that will also have a final season. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? It has action, fantasy, hybrid and family. 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? there are two villains they are both in two different worlds, and a girl is in danger. 4) What settings appear in the trailer? you can see a forest.  5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. I think the target audience is for young teenagers and could be a family movie as the main two characters themselves are kids. It could also be kids friendly.