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Representations

  Representations 1) How are  women  represented in His Dark Materials ? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted? Think about Lyra and Mrs Coulter here. Women are represented as witches and strong people in season2. 2)How are  men  and masculinity represented in His Dark Materials? Think about Will and Lee Scoresby here. Men in doctor who are represented to be good and evil with power to stop the witches. 3) How is  age  (e.g. teenagers; older people) represented in His Dark Materials ? Does the show reinforce or challenge stereotypes about young people? Think about Lyra and Will plus the abandoned children they meet. Also think about Mrs Coulter and other adults. Age shows to be bad because when they get to another world, the creatures will only attack adults 4) How is  race and ethnicity  represented in His Dark Materials ?  Are stereotypes reinforced or subverted? Race are not racist during today than in the 1900's. 5) How are...

Audience and Industry: blog tasks

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? teems, adults and elderly people because it based on science fiction  and the characters are teenagers, adults and old people. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? Apply Bumbler  and Katy's  Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity: teenagers,adults and elderly people Personal Relationships: The female teacher and the student  Diversion (Escapism): shows stuff about time travel and space about enigma codes Surveillance (Information / Facts):  3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020 audience? This episode provides to a modern 2020 audience is the colour of the show because when the first episode was released there wasn't colour until colour TV's  were invented. 4) Thinking of the 3 ...

Doctor Who: Language and Representation blog tasks

  1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class and we'll also post a Google document of class notes too (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound: they use theme tunes in doctor who episodes. The episodes have flashback, medium  shots, close-up scenes. As the time travel machine takes off (tardis), it goes to another time on the planet. Mise-en-scene: Susan introduced dancing and dresses as 1960's. The setting takes place at a abandoned junkyard.  Narrative and genre: doctor who is based on sci-fi and science fiction series .  2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  that there going to be cavemen people in the next episode. 3) In your opinion, what is the most important scene in the episode and why? The most important scene in unearthly child in doctor who is when the TARDIS takes off. It time travels in anot...