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Doctor Who: Audience and Industry blog tasks

 Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? the target audience is for all the family from ages 12 to 40. it has changed as there was only two channels and now we have catch up and most people watch it on YouTube  2) What audience psycho-graphic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who? people who are interested in science fiction and people who are professors and historians and people who are interested in space  3) What audience pleasures are offered by An Unearthly Child?  Personal Identity:  the episode might be relatable to some people as it shows two teachers who teach history and chemistry and might be interested in space Personal Relationships: the audience want to see how Susan,Ian and Barbara are and what happens to them Diversion (Escapism): it gives the audience a different thing to watch then such as the news or boring TV dramas  Surveillance (Information / Facts): you gain knowledge on stuff such as space travel, science and histor

Doctor Who: Language and Representation blog tasks

 1) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the social and historical contexts of the 1960s?  An Unearthly Child reflects the social and historical contexts of the 1960s because when the episode was aired in 1963 and England looked up to the USA and also at the time the space race was happening between Russia and the USA and at the time JFK got assassinated and at the time there was only 2 channels which were ITV  and BBC one  2) How might audiences have felt towards science fiction in the 1960s? they might have felt intrigued  as at the time people were wanting to watch this tv show as people wanted to see a flying spaceship as back then on TV it mostly about the News and you had a couple of dramas  Language and close-textual analysis 1) Choose three key moments in the episode and write an NCIS analysis for those clips. An Unearthly Child scene analysis Narrative:Policeman wanders around the junkyard. mystery of Susan address. Susan thinks she is smarter then her history and science teach

Advertising and Magazines assessment learner response

  Q1: 0 Q2: 1 Q3: 1 Q4: 0 Q5: 2 2) What does CONVENTION mean? How are the conventions of magazines and adverts different?  convention means typical features. the conventions of magazines and adverts are different because on magazines you get cover lines and on adverts you get a picture of the product  3 ) Look at the 'Unseen' text (Grazia magazine picture) and Question 2 and complete the following paragraph: Kate Middleton is a member of the Royal family so she is rich and important but the magazine also wants her to be seen as relatable and similar to their readership target audience. They do this by using a medium camera shot, showing her body position as she is casual and her facial expression as happy. She is making eye contact with the readers which gives them the feeling that she is smiling. Her hair and make-up are fashionable which reinforces the idea that members of the Royal family or celebrities are people who dress to impress. The colour green of her dress connotes