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His Dark Materials: Industry and Audience blog tasks

Industry  1) What famous stars are in His Dark Materials and why do you think they were selected for the show?  Will-Amir Wilson Lyra-Dafne keen 2) How does His Dark Materials meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?  His Dark materials meets the BBCs statement to inform educate and entertain. the aspects of entertain as there are hero's and villains such as Mrs Couther and there are also aspects of terror and fear. There  is also inform as it tells us about the world famous oxford University and aspects of normal British Life. 3) What was American network HBO's role in making His Dark Materials and why is this important? HBO's role was important because it made the show more global and can introduce new foreign audiences such as American and this made the show have a bigger budget and can introduce new technology and CGI. 4) Why are streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime bad news for the BBC?   It is bad news for the BBC bec

Television CSP- His Dark Materials - Language and Representation

Language 1) Costume - what is Lyra wearing in the photo below? What does this costume suggest she is doing / she is like as a character? The costume that Lyra is wearing a Dungaree and a backpack which suggests that she is a traveller. She is wearing a backpack which suggests that she is looking for a place to survive. 2) Costume: Mrs Coulter is always very smart and formal with red lips and styled hair. What does this suggest about the type of villain she is / her character? This suggests that she is aggressive and violent as she presents herself as a  controlling person and that she is a person who wants to be respected and she is also motionless 3) Lighting- What do you notice about the setting for where Mrs Coulter is torturing the witch? The Setting is dark which represents that there is a dark thing   happening which symbolises the low key lighting which  Mrs Coulter is using to torture the witch. The setting is a dark environment and she is punishing the witches.  4) Actor’s pos