Orkena's Media GCSE Blog

 Industries 1) What was the objective of BBC3 when it was launched? You can find the answer in the notes above. To produce a good tv show for young adults to watch and be entertained and also for whovians to watch. 2) Why did BBC3 go online-only in February 2016?  The budget was cut by £100 million and had to be cut as a channel and turned into an online streaming service. 3) How does Class meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'? Class definitely meets the statement to entertain but not so much the other two, it meets the entertain part because its a horror sci fi teen genre show that is entertaining but it doesn't have any lessons or education parts. 4) How did the distribution of Class contribute to the failure of the show with audiences? The first teaser for the show had a lot of doctor who in it which may of lead the audience to think it was another show with doctor who in it whereas the show only has a few scenes with doctor who. 5) Wha

Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? 12-65 year olds, in 1963 males were more of a target audience however now the woman audience has grown by 22% 2) What audience psycho-graphic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who? Main streamers , reformers and explorers because of the sci-fi 3) What audience pleasures are offered by An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: High school setting, pop music, rebellion in the TARDIS. Personal Relationships: Cliffhanger, worried about the teachers, doctor seems like the villian. Diversion (Escapism): Sci-fi genre, mystery, crime, future. Surveillance (Information / Facts): Space, technology, science and history  4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience? Teach us about history too and personal identi

    Language and close-textual analysis 1) Choose three key moments in the episode and write an NCIS analysis for those clips. You can use your notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed references using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) An Unearthly Child scene analysis Narrative:  From 10 mins to 13 the episode includes sound effects and music that connotes something bad will happen during the clip/ rest of the episode. Character:  In the same scene i stated on the narrative section the Doctor seems very mysterious as he doesnt allow Barbara and Ian into the phone box and he also mutters to himself that the teachers were not the police which suggests he may be a criminal or is wanted by the police. Iconography:  During the same scene Ian says that the police box is alive which connotes sci-fi  also the use of gender representation in the episode shows that women were still not ackn

WWW: Your unseen analysis (Q2) is strong but otherwise this is probably most useful as a lesson in exam technique and avoiding basic errors. EBI:   Revise/ practice social and cultural contexts                                                                                                               MARK: 16  GRADE: 5    - see the mark scheme for more   -OMO was 1955   - LR see blog Q1: 1/2 Q2: 8/12 Q3: 2/8 Q4: 2/2 Q5: 3/12 4) photographic codes , non verbal codes, use of language 5) Coming out of post-war shortages/rations etc. readily available items such as washing powder were beginning to make things easier. • Encouraging women to have a competitive ‘winning’ approach to washing ‘whiteness alone won’t do’. • Notions of what a ‘real woman’ was – somebody who looks after the home. • Encouraging women to have a competitive ‘winning’ approach to washing ‘whiteness alone won’t do’. • Notions of what a ‘real woman’ was – somebody who looks after the home.