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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.) Camerawork, editing and sound: They use non-diegetic music a lot during the episode to create tension or mystery.  There are close-up shots of Mrs Coulter to show her dominance and power   Mise-en-scene: Their costumes are quite simple and plain to show how they're either from the same world or just normal human (like will). Mrs Coulter usually wears red and has a red lip, the colour red has connotations of power, dominance and high position.   Narrative and genre: The genre is fantasy. Its made clear because during the episode there are multiple scenes of the witches and of lyras daemon. They use enigma codes and binary opposition a lot.  2) H...

  Magazines and Music Video assessment learner  WWW: This is a strong assessment with good depth to your answers and the potential to score even higher. Well done!  EBI: Exam technique: question focus. Identify the key words in the question and then focus totally on them  (e.g. design/layout) Q1: 2/2 Q2: 3/8 Q3: 3/6 Q4: 3/3 Q5: 4/6 Total: 15/25 Grade: 5 3)  Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write three connotations of the design and layout of Tatler. -the denotation of one central image directly addressing the audience enables the audience to see the aspirational Tatler reader – an upmarket, sophisticated woman - cover star Emma Weymouth is mixed race suggests that Tatler is moving with the times and responding to cultural changes in Britain around gender - cover star Emma Weymouth is mixed race suggests that Tatler is moving with the times and responding to cultural changes in Britain aro...

  Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode.  Camerawork and sound: the camerawork is mostly over the shoulder when there are conversations happening. There are some close up shots as the directors wanted the audience to connect with the characters and be able to see all the emotion on their faces .  Mise-en-scene: Susan is represented as a typical 1960s teenager who listens to pop music and wears casual clothes. She also has a "tantrum" close to the end where she is trying to get her grandfather to let her teachers go. The junkyard is seen as dark and has a lot of weird strange objects scattered around within it. Narrative and genre: The genre is SCI-FI. This is clear because Susan often mentions space and we also see the TARDIS. There are uses of an enigma code throughout most of the scenes. 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium: at the beginnin...

  Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. Arctic monkeys appeal mostly to lower/working class white people. They were friends from school and formed as a band in 2002. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? the audience get to know their favourite band and see them performing. 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? 0:02-0:08. I picked this scene because the band introduces themselves as Arctic Monkeys, this gives the audience a personal connection with the band as they're being directly addressed.  0:08-0:12. I picked this scene because it shows the lead singer going to the drummer. This gives their fan an idea of how close and friendly the name is with each other. 2:31. I picked this scene because it the camera ...

  1) What are the key conventions of music video? editing, mise-en-scene 2) What is intertextuality? conventions of one genre seen in another 3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? early 1980s 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV launched, a 24-hour cable music video channel and MVs became an essential marketing tool for artists. 5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? social media and youtube.

1)  Music Video: Introduction 2) Music Video: BLANKPINK- How you like that CSP 3) Music Video: Arctic Monkeys- I bet you look good on the dancefloor.