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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 Representation 5)  His Dark Materials: Audience and Industries 6)  Industry contexts: the BBC and public service broadcasting

INTRODUCTION TO TV DRAMA 1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? The trailer shows the narrative arc as well as an ensemble cast which are the key conventions of  TV drama series. The trailer also included specific technical codes also referring to the previous season. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? His Dark Materials is a fantasy, mystery and adventure fiction TV drama series. 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? To follow a movie story is to turn the images and sounds into  characters , actions, events, causes, and the like 4) What settings appear in the trailer? Trailers consist of  a series of selected shots from the film being advertised 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. Although His Dark Materials has been marketed as young adult fiction, and the central characters are children, Pullma

  HIS DARK MATERIALS: AUDIENCE AND INDUSTRIES 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 Pyschographics here . The HBO audience rating is TV 14. Considering the show has mild violence,  I  believe the show is targeted  towards a family audience or slightly teenage. I think the psychographic group mainly towards middle class as upper class people would not agree the religious aspect of the show. 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: The audience may relate to Lyra's struggles about losing a friend. Personal Relationships: The audience may be fond with Lyra and Will's relationship and

  Audience 1)  The target audience for Doctor Who is a mainstream family audience, from ages 10-40+ and consists of a fairly equal amount of both male and female watchers. This is different from 1963 and traditionally, science-fiction fans were male. However, this has changed over time and from 1970-2010 the female science-fiction audience grew by 22%. 2)   Personal Identity : This means to personally relate to something, seeing your lifestyle projected on screen. Younger audiences could feel this through Susan, and older audiences could feel this through the teachers, Ian and Barbara, or even the Doctor himself. Personal Relationships : This means to care for the characters and wanting to find out what happens next to them. Audiences could feel this through Ian and Barbara, wanting to see where they end up next and how they escape, or Susan - where will she be taken to? Diversion (escapism) : This means escapism, to be fully immersed in a piece of media that it entertains you away fro

    Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an analysis of the episode.  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.) Camerawork, editing and sound:  Close-ups of Mrs Coulter - shows her power and dominance Low-angle shot of Lyra makes her look dominant and powerful. Low angle camera shots of Mrs Coulter; high angle looking down at witch. Shows power relationship between characters. Mise en scene: Settings - different worlds ‘The City in the Sky’, cave/rainforest, ocean. Far off or exotic fantasy locations. Also, recognisable locations - Oxford, Will’s world (police etc.) Narrative and genre: Fantasy genre - witches, different worlds. 2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the  fantasy TV genre ? fantasy is often set in imagined worlds or time periods 3)  Applying Propp's character theory, what  character roles  do some

  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: Music - theme tune to Doctor Who. Very science-fiction - sets genre from beginning. graphics on screen: title of show and episode. Simple text/font.  Slow clunky camera movement (due to technology in 1960s).  Sound: hum of TARDIS (helps create science-fiction genre). Mise-en-scene: Susan - first introduced dancing and dressed as 1960s teenager (costume). Seems to be both typical teenager and alien. Costume and hair typical of 1960s. School - creates personal identity for audience.  Narrative and genre: Opening title sequence like a rocket taking off - sci-fi genre and links to 1960s space race. Enigma codes: mystery of Susan’s home. French Revolution book - “I’ll have finished it” “That’s not right”... suggests time travel. 2) How can we apply narrative