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Language and Representation

  Language and contexts 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: Mise-en-scene: Narrative and genre: 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov: 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 equilibrium is restored. Equilibrium > Disequilibrium > New equilibrium This can be applied to most media narratives. Propp: character types Vladimir Propp stated that there were seven basic character roles when he analysed classic fairy tales and that these were present in most narratives. Media products still use these recognisable character types today: Hero, Villai

Introduction to TV drama

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? it has a plot and a type of problem that's has happened that need to be resolved at the end just like TV drama series and it has characters and a narrative and a setting. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this His Dark Materials trailer? mystery, action and thriller  3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? Villain, Hero, friends, business men and women, workers, priests   4) What settings appear in the trailer? Jungle, Forest, Street, Shed, Office, Lab, Beach/Sea, Church, Prison, Mountains 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, Pullman wrote with no target audience in mind. The  fantasy  elements include witches and armoured polar bears; the trilogy also alludes to concepts from physi

Music Video: Final index

  1)   Music Video: Introduction 2)  Music Video: BLACKPINK - How You Like That CSP 3)   Music Video: Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor CSP