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  Language and close-textual analysis 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 ...

  1 ) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? The programme's broad appeal attracts audiences of   children and families as well as science fiction fans 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child?  Apply Blumer 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: curiosity about space Personal Relationships: worried about teacher Diversion (Escapism):time travel Surveillance (Information / Facts):space 3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020s audience? The Uses and Gratifications this episode provides is Surveillance as it tells us about TV in 1960s. 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child?  Voyeuristic pleasures as the audien...