December PPE - Paper 2 Learner response

 1) Type up your feedback in full - WWW & EBI. You do not have to write your mark and grade if you don't want to.

WWW:

Good understanding of narrative theories

made judgement on how successful doctor who was/is

EBI:

Revise Stuart Hall's reception theory

bring in examples from the CSP's more in a extended 20 mark question.

2) Write a definition for a preferred reading to make sure you know this terminology. The original blog post for Reception theory may help with this.

preferred reading is when consumers view the product the way intended by the producers of the product

3) Write a list of any narrative theories that you DIDN'T use for your answer to question 1.2. How could you have used these in the Doctor Who clip in the exam? 

one of the  narrative theories would be binary opposition of the old vs young between the doctor who is an elderly person and the teachers being younger and trying to get past the doctor this is Levi Strouss's thoery 

4) Write three ways in which a modern audience might respond differently to Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child compared to an audience at the time.

One way would be that they might not be able to respond to somethings that the old doctor who was made, another reason would be the editing of the video and how modern audiences are used to fast paced editing techniques, the third reason would be the different things that are said like things that wasn't considered too much of being racist compared to today, and how modern audiences can learn what the 1960's were like at the making of the show, it shows how TV has evolved throughout the years

5) Write a plan for question 2 in the assessment - the 20-mark essay on Doctor Who as a franchise. Use the mark scheme to help you and aim to plan an introduction, conclusion and at least three detailed paragraphs.

Open up with opinion and have a yes or no to show how successful the franchise was to the BBC and how the Class was a spin-off of doctor who and how it was axed after 1 series, and how doctor who was a global iconic TV show, the BBC remit of educate, entertain and inform, the fee that people have to pay for the TV license, talking about how social media is a competitor for class and compare the popularity of the shows at different times, so the representation would be how the doctors would be white dominant males that where the main character and usually seen as the main character to the audience,you could also talk about how things were less racist at the time but is now considered racist, another thing would be industry and how they saw doctor who to be one of their most successful shows, another thing would be the diversity that was represented by the doctor who like how they only made their 13th doctor a female and how in class there was members of the LGBTQ community along with black people and females to show a range of diversity, another thing would be the audience and how they usually have teenage audiences but the difference of the success because of the time they were made at the time.

6) What topics do you need to revise for future Paper 2 exams? List at least three topics, theories or CSPs.

 Revise Stuart Hall's reception theory,  Blumber and Katz theory and the 3 v's (Visceral pleasures Vicarious pleasures Voyeuristic pleasures)

Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Representation and Industry

 Representation

1) What political party does the Daily Mirror support?
The daily mirror supports Right wing party (Capitalism)

2) How does the Daily Mirror usually represent rich and powerful people?
They usually represent them as being powerful as they have money to do things and what ever they have done shows their success and how it has helped them

3) How are celebrities usually presented in tabloid newspapers like the Daily Mirror? Look at the 'New Bond stars are revealed' story on the front page of the Daily Mirror.

Celebrities are shown to be praised for being in a movie that has a well known series of their films

4) How are the royal family presented in the double-page spread 'Kate told Harry to make peace... then they all met up for tea'? 
The royal family are shown to have the most superior and most important role as they take up two whole pages in the paper, and anything that happens seems to be dramatised is shown and is made up in a way where they make it seem like a slogan

5) Why do you think the Daily Mirror represents the royal family as a 'normal' family? Why might this appeal to Daily Mirror readers?
Yes as if you read their paper them then they show that they use some sort of colloquial language and how make the name William "wills" so it shows some sort of casual life style some where in the family. 

Industries

1) What company owns the Daily Mirror?
The Daily mirror is owned by Reach PLC which used to known as trinity which also owns many other newspaper brands.

2) What is the Daily Mirror's circulation in 2020? How many papers did the Daily Mirror used to sell back in the 1990s?
in 1990 newspapers were more commonly used because phones and technology was less used at the time and then later in 2000's, technology was used more and with social media having the ability to show news then the newspaper slowly started to be used less.

3) Why has the newspaper industry struggled in the last 20 years?
The introduction of new advanced technology has allowed phones and social media being competitors of newspapers

4) How has the Daily Mirror reacted to the decline in print sales and the growth of the internet?

The daily mirror have moved their newspaper to online and they even have some sort of social media accounts that they post it on to have some sort of reliability and something to bond with their consumers

5) List five of Galtung & Ruge's News Values and explain how they link to the stories in our CSP edition of the Daily Mirror.

Frequency- royal family being talked about a lot

Familiarity-royal family being a part of British lives

Negativity-family having a row

Predictability- predicting how a fight would occur with the royal family

Balance  - how the two brothers were fighting and how Kate tried to reunite them in a dinner.

Grade 8/9 extension task

The Daily Mirror's owner, Reach (then Trinity Mirror) bought control of the Express and Daily Star newspapers in 2018. Read this Guardian feature on the deal. Why did Trinity Mirror buy the papers?

So that they can turn away from newspaper into digital media of being online and on social media, its more of a company buying a well know company and then making choices that they wouldn't have and made it more flexible for people who use social media and technology, another thing would be that their contribution to social media would be make them more well known and then they would slowly take over other companies that have not yet migrated their companies to social media which would give them the advantage,they bought their company to simply expand on their company, but buying the paper would allow them to promote more of their products as they have already bought something that is already well known so if they advertise it then they would have their messages and things spread around to everyone

TV assessment - Learner response

 1) Type up your feedback in full - WWW & EBI. You do not have to write your mark and grade if you don't want to.

WWW: Q2 was a decent attempt at the extended question, you managed to discuss some issues as to why Doctor who was more successful then Class e.g diversity across series e.g 13th female doctor.

EBI: You need to prepare better for Q1.2 and !1.3 questions, your responses need to analyse the clips is much more detail, make sure you are highlighting keywords in the question.

Revise key terminology e.g intertextuality.

2) Write a definition for intertextuality to make sure you know this terminology.

When a media text or product references another text to engage an audience further.

3) Write a list of narrative theories that you could have used for question 1.2. How do these relate to Class? You can refer to the extract or any other moment in episode 4 of Class.

Todorov's, Propp's, Barthes, theories and mise en scene to link theories towards it.

4) How do the four aspects of Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory apply to Class? Give specific examples from episode 4 of Class.

Identity: It is aimed at young adults and it tries to relate to them by using phones, cars and other objects to show the similar things that the audience has.

5) Write a plan for question 2 in the assessment - the 20-mark essay on social and cultural contexts. Use the mark scheme to help you and aim to plan an introduction, conclusion and at least three detailed paragraphs.

Viewpoints, whether you agree or disagree, commenting on The entire CSP episodes, applying LIAR, comparing the modern vs the older version compare issues show how diversity is used throughout, 

6) What topics do you need to revise for next week's PPE? List at least three topics, theories or CSPs.

Planning on TV possibly Doctor who or class, terminology based on the episodes/series, mise en scene, LIAR, Revise CSP's, theories.

Newspapers: Daily Mirror - Language and Audience

 Language

1) Write the definition of the following key language for newspaper front pages:

Masthead: The title of the newspaper
Pug:A sentence of line that will catch the reader's eye
Splash Head: A dominant line that is big in order to be read clearly along with it to show what it is 
Slogan:Sums up the ethos/purpose of the newspaper
Dateline:Shows the date that the newspaper was published
Kicker:The story at the top of the paper to catch the reader's eye

Byline:Gives the name of the article publisher
Standfirst: introductory  paragraph that is usually in bold

2) How much does a copy of the Daily Mirror cost?
80p
3) What are the main stories on the CSP edition of the Daily Mirror (see above)?
They are mostly about the royal family and some things about celebrities and some information about the world health problems
4) Why is the choice of news stories on the Mirror CSP front page typical of a tabloid newspaper?
To catch the eye of readers, because of the red top and tabloids don't usually contain lots of information at the bottom.
5) What is the balance on the Daily Mirror front page between images, headlines and text?
The Daily mirror is overflown by images and large titles in bold, they don't usually contain much but usually its used to catch the eye of the reader so they think that it is interesting for them to read.

Audience

1) What is the target audience for the Daily Mirror?
Their target audience is people in a working class as they make the newspaper 80 p also it could be for younger adults as there is a website for them to go to so that they can go and then they can go to the website to find the latest news that the daily mirror puts out for them.
2) Why does the Mirror front page story appeal to the Daily Mirror audience?
The daily mirror audience of working class people as they usually enjoy forms of gossip or something to do with other people or things that they aspire to be, do or get.
3) Why might a reader enjoy the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. Because they include some sort of information to the reader and then they use mostly some sort of entertainment, some of the gossip stories could cause some sort of relationship or being the same with the reader.

4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences?
Because it is something that they are used to and then it's more convenient for them to use as newer technology may be more confusing towards them and then
5) How is the 'Wills and Harry royal rift' story on the double page spread constructed to appeal to Daily Mirror readers? 
Because of the title that covers most of the paper and the giant paparazzi shot of the royal family members, the size shows the importance of the picture/title also its news on the royal family so it has a better reason for it to take up the page.

Grade 8/9 extension tasks

Read this Guardian column on the Mirror's struggles with covering Brexit. How did the Mirror suggest people vote in the EU referendum and how did many of its working class audience actually vote?
They used creative jokes/ puns to show the public that they should chose a certain a side, they created pledges and reason on why they should, they tried to prove a point on how brexit is broken. They also use other stories and link them to a certain areas/ things.

Guardian Media critic Roy Greenslade writes about why tabloid newspapers like the Mirror are struggling to attract younger readers in this column. Make a note of some of the key statistics in this article and also what Greenslade thinks tabloids should do to stay relevant in the digital age. This column also has an excellent discussion of the Mirror's political stance which is ideal to grade 9 answers.

In order for the newspaper to stay relevant they must move their paper to digital, they need to add more intriguing news and not make it seem too much like fake news, relate more to their audience, they should have a social media accounts so that their ease of access for their audience would make them much more relevant.

Newspapers: Introduction

1) What type of news can you typically find in a tabloid newspaper? 

They include more smaller, shorter and concise  information with more basic information, They mostly contain gossip, showbiz, lifestyles and sports, They usually cover it with pictures and have some sort of emotive language to it.

2) What type of news can you typically find in a broadsheet newspaper?

They are bigger in size and have more advanced language which may require a higher reading age for their readers. Longer sentences and paragraphs, with a less emotive language feeling, more about politics, international culture, sport all for information purposes with less entertainment.

3) If someone is left-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?

Socialists, they would most likely read newspapers like the tabloid newspaper like daily mirror.

4) If someone is right-wing, which political party are they likely to support? Which newspaper would they be likely to read?

Conservatives, they would most likely read newspaper like the broadsheet newspaper like The Times.

5) Why has there been a decline in newspaper sales in the last 20 years?

The physical print copies of the newspaper have gone down in sales as more of the news has started to appear on the new technology like phones and computers, they can access their phones anywhere so it makes it more convenient for them. 

6) Why is a free press important in a democracy like the UK?

Because they can express any kind of things that they find or take pictures of, it shows a more diverse perspective also they can show the public the truth or the real meaning behind the picture and how it can affect the reader compared to how it would affect the person's reputation on them.

Extension: Read this BBC website report on the impact of coronavirus on the newspaper industry. 

Which newspapers have been worst hit by Covid-19? 

There are many different newspapers being affected as some of them are remaining on paper so the ones that haven't moved from paper to digital have been hit worst due to risk of infection as the physical touch or things they do could potentially spread the virus.

Which newspapers are trying to move their readers from print to digital? Why is the switch to digital attractive for newspaper companies?

The times as they have a fee of £1.80 for people who go on the website and £1.10 for their subscribers, this is a good move for them as technology develops more then it starts to get used more so not only do they still get money they still get people reading them on something they use most of the time.

Do you think newspapers will survive Covid-19? Why?

There may be a small chance but the whole covid, no physical with things or people would affect it the most, but they may still print it and then people may still want to read it.

Class: Audience and Industry

 Audience

1) What were the viewing figures for Class and why do you think it did so badly?
It did so badly because it was shown on BBC three which didn't have a large amount of people watching the channel, also as it was aimed at young adults, at the time of release they would have used their phone more to watch things and only a recorded amount of 250,000 people only went on BBC i Player.
2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Class?
 It would be mainly aimed at explorers because they are more encouraged to complete their quest and it includes lots of action for them which they enjoy and it creates a sense of being very prepared or some sort of adrenaline rush.
3) What audience pleasures are offered by Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? 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:April(student) playing an instrument, concerned parents of April, and Ram (protective over children)

Personal Relationships:Want to see what will happen to April or how she will succeed.

Diversion (Escapism):Shadow Realm(links to si-fi)

Surveillance (Information / Facts):discovers what April's father is back and shares a heart with Corakinus.

4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart?

Visceral pleasures: shadow realm (unknown location)

Vicarious pleasures: intrigued to see if April can defeat Corakinus

Voyeuristic pleasures: binary oppositions (earth and shadow realm (alien world) experiences aliens and their lives.

5) How did fans in the 'Whoniverse' (also known as 'Whovians') react to Class? Watch the fan reaction video (and read the YouTube comments) on the Class notes blogpost or check the comments in the extension articles below to help with this.

people's reaction to the show was a positive reaction as Class is a spin-off of doctor who so there are character and objects that may appear in the show, it also has a similar si-fi feel to it making it more interesting, but it is more modern meaning that there may be some things which don't fit too much into the si-fi genre and may spoil the experience for them, but overall they did enjoy Class.


Industries

1) What was the objective of BBC3 when it was launched?
It is to bring younger audiences to high quality public services.
2) Why did BBC3 go online-only in February 2016? 
Because it wasn't fit for TV as it included many different things that may violate some terms and services of the watershed hours and rules.
3) How does Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?

The entertain bit and some of educate as si-fi can include some sort of information also for the entertain the si-fi is already entertaining, also there are things in the series that are showing some sort of audience pleasures.

4) How did the distribution of Class contribute to the failure of the show with audiences?
The release got only 1 million people watching it, then they later started to decrease and they even struggled to get even half a million of people watching the later series.
5) What advertising and marketing was used to try and promote Class to an audience? Why do you think this wasn't very successful?
First it was only on BBC three (before it was taken to online-only) they even showed it on BBC one, this wasn't very successful as there weren't many younger audiences on BBC one and then the popularity of it started to drop down to where they couldn't recover from the damage.

Comparison: An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart

1) How are the technical conventions different between 1963 Doctor Who and 2016 Class (e.g. camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene)?
The Class VFX and SFX are more advanced in Class, in the 1963 Doctor Who they had it so that they didn't even have any effects.
2) What similarities and differences are there between An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart in terms of the science-fiction genre?

It has all kinds of things of being transported to alien worlds or places, the TARDIS is included in both of the shows, some differences would be that one is more modern than the other one having trouble with family and another with teachers.

3) What similarities and differences are there between An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart in terms of how they meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain?
It is mostly entertain and a bit of educate as, si-fi contains some sort of education as there is some sort of science happening and some realistic possibilities but it is mostly entertain as it is something that someone would watch in their spare time or something that they like.

4) How are representations of people, places and groups similar or different in the two shows?
They show that both modern and people back in the time all had problems with family and teachers and how they deal with them or how they have people who are against them.
5) What similarities and differences can you find in terms of the audience pleasures for An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart?They both include parts of where the TARDIS is involved in both of the series, some characters like the doctor reappearing and the school is set in a more modern version of Unearthly Child's school: "Coal high school" in Class.


Grade 8/9 extension tasks and reading

Read this Digital Spy feature on why Class was cancelled after only one series. Do you agree with its criticisms regarding scheduling, audience and character development?
I think it is very accurate as we can see right now where and how Class is doing, it shows the failure of the series and then it talks about how they didn't even know their own target audience and how the series was shown in a way where it even surprised the director his own self.

This Guardian review of Class is much more positive - but the comments 'below the line' (BTL) are largely critical. Do you agree with the original review or the comments - and why?
I think that they go into depth of what the show is and how it failed, they show reasons and support them and give their opinion on how they think it did and what they could have done to do better, so in a way I would agree with their reasoning.

Read this Den of Geek fan review of Co-owner of a Lonely Heart. Do you agree with the praise and criticism in it and why?
Their logic and reasoning is sensible and can support things of how the episodes feel like "we skipped many episodes" only to be on the fourth episode and how it doesn't scare their viewers and how the lack of suspense is in the series.

Finally, read this Indiewire feature on Class. It contains plenty of references to other films and TV shows (intertextuality) - what popular culture references can you find in this article?

There are characters from other popular shows that have many viewers on them, (obviously) they have bits form Doctor Who and objects and things from the show into Class. They try to compare or fit in with their viewers by doing things that they like or usually do.

Class: Language and Representation

Language and close-textual analysis

1) Write an NCIS analysis for the episode - using notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)

Co-owner of a Lonely Heart

Narrative:It shows how April now has super power due to her sharing a heat with the shadow king. Her dad appears, but April tries to attack him and scares him away. April is taken home by Ram in his car and then they start to show their "feelings" towards each other, then April's mother catches them in "the act", later on they talk and then Ram leaves. The headteacher and Ms Quill are talking about the flowers, because whenever they cut someone or something then they start to clone, the head teacher makes a deal with Ms Quill, that if she finds out what the cause for them is then they will remove the thing that is controlling Ms Quill. Then it shows that April's father was waiting and trying to keep himself secret, so he ends up going to April's house then he confronts April's mother about April's superpowers, then April shows her super powers in front of her mother and then she is talking about how her father has ruined her life and her mother's life then cuts her dad with the swords, Ram then appears and then he calms April down and stops her from killing her father, she then spares her father and then Charlie, Mattheuz and Tanya appear and see what is going on, April then gives the heart to her mother and then her mother is able to walk again and is out of her wheelchair, then April rips into the space and creates a portal to the shadow realm and then she goes to hunt down the shadow king, Ram jumps into the portal last minute to go along with April

Character:April, Ram, Tanya, Charlie, Mattheuz, Ms Quill, Head teacher, Huw(April's father), Jackie(April's mother), Corakinus(Shadow king), Shadow kins, Ram's father.

Iconography:Phones , Cars, Pink petals, soul cabinet, swords, heart, digetic, non-digetic, fast-paced sound effects.

Setting:Shadow realm, April's house, school, classroom.

2) How does Todorov's theory of equilibrium apply to Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Try and use the expanded version of Todorov's theory: Equilibrium - Disruption - Recognition - Reparation - New equilibrium.

Equilibrium: April is the co-owner of Corakinus' heart

Disruption: April reveals her superpowers towards her father

Recognition: April's father confronts April's mother about her behaviour

Reparation: April is fighting with Corakinus to survive

New equilibrium: April travels to the shadow realm to defeat the king

3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do each of the main characters in Class fit into? Alternatively, you may wish to discuss how characters do not fit Propp's character types. The Hero(ine)s would be April, Ms Quill, Charlie as they are trying to stop Corakinus, Princess would be April, even though she is a hero she is also the damsel in distress as she is sharing a heart with Corakinus. The villain would be Corakinus, he is the one who is trying to destroy earth and is the aggressor. The Donor is Ms Quill as she is helping charlie and April in their quest.The false hero would be Ram, as he is assumed to be the hero but April is the main hero. The dispatcher would be Huw, (April's dad) as he is the one who informs April's mother about April's powers.

April, Ms Quill, Charlie are the hero(ine)s, they are trying to defeat the shadow king

4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)
The conversation between Mattheuz and Charile and how they talk about the cabinet of souls. April becoming Aggressive in her history lesson, which shares the personality of Corakinus. The mother regaining the ability to walk, shows the genre of si-fi, making something that may seem impossible possible.
5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience?
Light v dark: Planet earth (humans) and shadow realm (shadow kin)

Humans v aliens: Tanya, Mattehuz contrasted to Ms Quill, Charlie and Corakinus

Good v evil: Heros, dispatchers trying to defeat Corakinus and retrieve April's heart back(Restoration of normailty) 
Love v hate:April defending her mother, and attacks her father and then confronts her father

Representations

1) How is gender represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted?
I think Gender is subverted as it shows April (female character) as the main character and the main hero, it shows a sense of being a strong individual. 
2) How is age (e.g. teenagers; older people like teachers or parents) represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Does the show reinforce or challenge stereotypes about young people?
It is mostly younger people while reinforcing the stereotype of the teenagers and how they use their phones and the subject of school.
3) How is race and ethnicity represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Are  stereotypes reinforced or subverted?
There is a diversity of race and ethnicity, it is somewhat reinforced as Ram being Indian and his father and Ram for his passion for footbal, Tanya being African and her mother telling her about her studies.
4) How is sexuality represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? How does this reflect the BBC's remit to represent modern Britain?They have some sort of diversity as they have two homosexual characters; Charlie and Mattheuz so it shows that the BBC is becoming more diverse with more things as people and sexuality evolves.

5) How is disability represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Why are disabled people generally under-represented in the media and how does Class try to address this? It shows that April's mother ,who is also disabled, is in a wheelchair, she also has a regular appearance throughout the series as they may want to seem more diverse with their characters. Disabled characters are not usually shown as they couldn't  do much throughout the series so they are shown rarely.

Doctor Who: Industry and Audience blog tasks

 Audience

1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963?
Doctor who would appeal to 12-40 years old  but then after the reboot later gained younger fans towards the show
2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?
people who like si-fi, horror, action, mystery
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: How the girl: Susan is a student so that this will appeal to younger audiences  

Personal Relationships: Susan and her grandfather and her teachers

Diversion (Escapism): Si-fi, action, horror, mystery

Surveillance (Information / Facts): It is somewhat educational only a tiny bit though as it is si-fi and does include subjects such as science and maths

4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a modern 2020 audience?
More of including celebrities that may appeal to younger audiences.
5) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthly Child? Visceral as it is somewhat a hybrid of si-fi, action, horror and mystery


Industries

1) What was the television industry like in 1963? How many channels were there?
It included various different shows but there were from the BBC and broadcasted by them
2) Why is Doctor Who such an important franchise for the BBC? 
It became a very big thing as it blew up and many other series are being made and then they include different actors they even made the 13th doctor a female to show diversity
3) How does Doctor Who meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?
it meets entertain and somewhat educated as it is a si-fi and it is a show to entertain people of ages groups of 12-40.
4) How is the BBC funded?
Through TV licences 
5) Who regulates the BBC and what is the watershed?
OfCOM, they moderate the content being shown on the TV and are allowed to fine or ban certain shows that could be broadcasted.

Grade 8/9 extension tasks and reading

Read this New Statesman feature on Doctor Who as a global phenomenon. What does it suggest about Doctor Who fandom, British identity and the importance of the brand to the BBC? 

The doctor is very iconic and so it his tool that he uses, there have been many instances of the doctor but the most iconic was the 13th doctor as they made the doctor the first ever female character, they included more characters and even added black, gays, etc, to make it more controversial. 

Read this Guardian feature on the representations of race and ethnicity in Doctor Who over the last 55 years. How has the programme changed in its representations of race and how does this fit the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain? 

BBC have been broadcasting a variety of different shows like documentaries and kids shows or news channels, they all have a form of informing, educating and entertaining, some of the kids shows have some form a education and entertainment so do the other channels being broadcasted throughout the whole BBC.

Media assessment - Learner response

 Create a new blogpost on your Media blog called 'Media assessment learner response':

1) Type up your feedback in full - WWW & EBI. You do not have to write your mark and grade if you don't want to.
WWW:Mostly secure knowledge  of narrative theories

EBI: Need to work on your textual analysis of unseen media products, remember denotation and connotation (CLAMPS), also revise; social cultural and historical contexts of CSP's, remember that 1 paragraph is equal to 4 marks so 12 mark question will need 3 paragraphs

2) Look at Question 3 in the assessment - the media analysis of the Under Armour advert.

Use CLAMPS to revise mise-en-scene and write about each element of CLAMPS for the Under Armour advert.

C - Costume: The player is wearing red and black rugby kit which has connotations of anger strength and darkness

L - Lighting: The stadium floodlights shows how it it focused on the rugby player and only him so it may show how this will get some attention to the people who wear this product.l

A - Actor placement and movement: The rugby player is struggling to move the tyre, so his face shows that he is struggling as he is closing his eyes and grinding his teeth.

M - Make up: The player's face is shining under the lights which makes it look like he is sweating a lot which shows the hard work he has done to lift the tyre up

P - Props: The tyre is significant because it is big which isn't always normal so it shows that the tyre is some sort of obstacle that the rugby player has finally got around 

S - Setting: the stadium setting suggests to the audience that the product that he is wearing will be seen for sure during the matches being played in the stadium.

3) Look at Question 4. What is Todorov's theory of equilibrium? How does it link to the Audrey Hepburn Galaxy advert?  The equilibrium is that everything is fine and normal, no disruption to anyone. The disequilibrium theory is that something has appeared and disrupted something or causing a problem to the people. The new equilibrium is that there is something or a problem has been solved and or there is no problem anymore.

4) What social class is Reveal aimed at? (Extension - what do the cover lines on Reveal suggest about what working class people are interested in?) it is aimed at working class as it is cheap due to the price tag shown in the corner the 99p tag which shows how cheap the product really is. The cover lines show some sort of gossip title or something that will hook the audience from towards the magazine so the producers of the magazine are showing or saying that working class people are into gossip.

5) Pick three cover lines from Tatler that reflect upper class British culture and society. Explain what they suggest about the lifestyle and beliefs of upper class British people.

1.The one month gap year.(you wont sleep much but it will be fun)

2.James Corden's La life (with his Aristo (yes, really) buddies

3.Oops all my clothes fell off (which is fine because all you need are the new accessories]

Number 1 shows that it is showing that they want student to do a gap year and do what the magazine says to do

Number 2 shows a name of a British celeb James Corden, so this is a link to the British life style and how he has Aristo friends.

Number 3 This shows that the magazines want them to buy their products and that it is directed to the reader.

Television: Introduction to Science-fiction TV drama

1) How does Class meet the conventions of a TV drama series?
It's a spin off of the doctor who series
2) What conventions of the science-fiction genre can you find in the Class trailer? List as many as you can and use NCIS to help you. Aliens, futuristic places, actions, science fiction, robots, doctor who's, mystery.

3) What other genres are suggested by the trailer (e.g. horror)? Is Class an example of a modern hybrid-genre show?
action and mystery
4) Class is a spin-off from Doctor Who. At what point does the character of the Doctor appear in the trailer?
he appears near the end of the trailer with the light up blue wand.
5) Who do you think the target audience for Class is? Is this a typical target audience for the science-fiction genre? Give reasons for your answer.
I think it could be for people who like science fiction and horror and a mix of a crossover with the doctor who series as it has that things doctor who has even the actor for him, this would go to an age group of teenager, young adults or even adults as it not entirely meant for kids.
Grade 8/9 Extension tasks:

Aside from the appearance of the Doctor, what other references or allusions are made to the Doctor Who universe?
I think the portal that opens in the trailer might be a reference of the doctor coming to the universe of the class series 

Read this IndieWire feature on the best Science-fiction TV shows of the 21st century. What science-fiction conventions can you find in the feature? Are there any shows that particularly catch your eye for watching in future?

I don't find any particular show that interests me but I think the science-fiction conventions found is that they all include something to do with some futuristic things, they like to include things like a horror scenes or bit in them, scenes that shows some sort of suspense to the viewers.

Year 1 reflection - blog tasks

 Work through the following tasks to reflect on Year 1 and make sure you are ready for Year 2:

1) Look at your tracker for Year 1 blogposts (this will have been emailed to you by your teacher either before the summer or this week). Make a list of any CSPs you haven't completed. We will cover these in lessons later in the year but you WILL need to complete the blog tasks before you take any exams.

2) Which CSPs from Year 1 are you most confident on? I think it was the Photoshop cropping task as it was quite an easy task

3) Which CSPs from Year 1 are you least confident on? i think the magazines were a bit confusing at first

4) Your upcoming assessment will only be on CSPs from the first half of the year leading up to lockdown. Write a brief summary of the following CSPs to start your revision (Reveal magazine is done for you as ):

Doctor Strange:Doctor strange was a movie that was made by marvel, they had a budget  of $165 million which made is very successful so many people would have watched it and there were many good reviews of the movie.

I, Daniel Blake: I Daniel Blake was an independent movie, this movie was known as the movie being displayed at the house of parliament, this is known as guerrilla advertising

Magazines - Reveal: a celebrity magazine aimed mainly at working-class women focusing on gossip, celebrity and motherhood for just 99p. Offers quite a traditional, stereotypical representation of women.

Magazines - Tatler: This was a magazine which was based on beauty products and models, it also included gossip stories and many other things about how people lived their lives and what happens and how you can also live a similar life. 

Advertising: OMO: OMO was a cleaning product  which had many different advertisements, some had some sexist or stereotypical opinions about women about how they should get OMO for women as they have to clean but this was in a older time.

Advertising: NHS Represent: This was an advertisement that would encourage black and Asian ethnicity to  donate blood as they had more rarer and more variety of blood types, they made this into a rap so that it would fit in a more modern genere

Advertising: Galaxy chocolate: This was an advertisement for the chocolate galaxy, this was an advertisement showing a woman enjoying her chocolate bar in a man car, their slogan was why have cotton when you have silk, this shows that they are producing somewhat high quality chocolate.

5) List five things (e.g. CSPs/topics/terminology) that you will revise before your upcoming assessment.

magazine CSP,  CLAMPS, Mise en scene, doctor who, doctor strange

Grade 8/9 extension tasks:

Our next topic is TV where we'll be studying the first episode of Doctor Who from 1963 and recent Doctor Who spin-off Class. Read this history of Doctor Who from the Guardian - published just before Jodie Whittaker made her debut as the first female doctor. What does the article suggest about representations and audience for Doctor Who?

It shows that they are being more diverse with their audience and members, this shows that women are becoming more prioritised in everything ranging from movies, games, shows, etc. this shows that they are doing more script writing to show a more fair side and diverse, they also gain more money and views from the audience as they may use more recognisable actors as they might have a big fan base and audience loyalty so when they find out that they are participating in the show or movie they are then praised for being in the production.