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His Dark Materials: LIAR blog tasks

  1) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre ? It fits the fantasy Genre because it has supernatural being soring through the sky and talking creatures 2) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into?  -Will fits into the helper category as he helps lyra throughout her journey -Lyra is the hero who drives the story -Ms. Coulter is the villain trying to seize Lyra -Pan is the donner providing Lyra with advise                                           3) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) 4) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials...

Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response

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  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: good memory of  b + k theory EBI: list specific terminology  2) Read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 0 Q2: 3 Q3: 0 Q4:3 Q5: 2 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 natural setting connotes that the magazine is both fresh and modern but from a classy, traditional base. This is likely how the Tatler audience would like to see themselves an upmarket, sophisticated woman 4) Now look at question 3 - Heat magazine. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme to write three ways celebrities are represented in Heat magazine. desirable, normal, important 5) Look at question 5 - Arctic Monkeys and audience identity. This is a real AQA p...