Joshua GCSE Media

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement? The BBC's mission statement is to broadcast out to the public and to also educate the masses also to  inform them what going on in the world threw the news. 2) How is the BBC funded? The way the BBC is funded is by £156 licence fee payed by the thousands of people who own it. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points above) The BBC must  provide information (that is supposed to be balanced),   support learning for people of all ages, produce creative output, have diverse content (such as with its representations) and  reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world. 4) What is regulation and how is the BBC regulated? The BBC is regulated by OfCOM (the Office of Communications). OfCOM oversees all media channels and produces a code of conduct that all media channels must follow or have their licence to make content remov...

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? the target audience of doctor who are people interested in sifi shows and and like historty# 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: personally relating to something - 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 - what examples of this could be found in the episode? Surveillance (Informatio...

1) Write an analysis of the episode - using 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: -camera angles:high angle shots of Lyra to make  her look vulnerable and innocent   -Editing:fast pace to cover lots of narrative and creates excitement  -sound:non-digetic lonely voice audience can hear music and over  Mise-en-scene: -settings:different worlds/city in the sky,cave,rain forest,ocean and far off exotic location   Narrative and genre: -fantasy genre:whiches,super natural(demon animals) revel emotions of characters  2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre? His dark malarial  is A fantasy with drama as there floating ...