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Our first television Close-Study Product is  Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child  from 1963. This is an in-depth study which means we need to analyse the product in terms of media language, industries, audience and representation. In addition, this CSP will be examined in Paper 2 with a short clip to analyse. This means we need to put in extra work on this media topic to ensure we are confident analysing clips in detail.  Notes from the lessons Narrative theories 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 we...

  Audience Reminder: demographics and psychographics Demographics:  The audience classified through ‘fixed’ characteristics such as: age, gender, race/ethnicity, where you live, job. Psychographics:  The audience classified through beliefs, values, hobbies and interests such as: Strugglers, Reformers, Aspirers and Mainstreamers.  General audience notes: Mainstream family audience – broad appeal as millions of people watch the BBC. Long-running which shows it appeals to mainstream audience (age 10-40+).  An Unearthly Child given PG certificate – parental guidance. Demographics: A-E class as some complex plot points but also action that is easy to understand. Gender: split down middle (although traditional science fiction fans were male, this has changed over time. From 1970-2010 the female sci-fi audience grew by 22%). Audience pleasures We can apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory when analysing the audience pleasures offered by Doctor Who: An ...

  1) Type up your  WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  www: clear understanding & knowledge of uses & gratifications theory. ebi: some careless mistakes on media terminology e.g coverlines, masthead. More specific examples from csp for Q5. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  grade 6 Q1: 2/2 Q2: 5/8 Q3: 4/6 Q4:3/3 Q5:3/6 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 use of slang words suggest the content is  low brow which connotates the magazine is aimed at lower middle class people, the bright pink and yellow colour scheme connotates the magazine is aimed at women that are in their twenties hence the use of vibrant colours. 4) Now look at question 3 - Heat ...