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  Language and contexts 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 or  this Google document of class notes  (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound:  Music - theme tune to Doctor Who. Very science-fiction - sets genre from beginning. Graphics on screen: title of show and episode. Simple text/font.  Sound: hum of TARDIS (helps create science-fiction genre). Mise-en-scene:   Susan - first introduced dancing and dressed as 1960s teenager (costume). Seems to be both typical teenager and alien. Costume and hair typical of 1960s.   Narrative and genre:   Opening title sequence like a rocket taking off - sci-fi genre and links to 1960s space race. Enigma codes: mystery of Susan’s home. French Revolution book - “I’ll have finished it” “That’s not right”... suggests time travel. 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of  ...

1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? A TV drama series is a set of connected TV episodes that run under the same title e.g.  His Dark Materials . This conventions are met when  an episode will focus more on one character or another. ( Ensemble cast ) 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? Adventerous, action and drama 3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? We are introduced to Lyra who is apart of a prophecy as she makes her way through the world (which she isn't apart of) that she entered. 4) What settings appear in the trailer? Realistic lighting and editing for social dramas to keep it gritty. Common use of flashback, point of view shots, dialogue and voice over, enigma and action codes throughout. 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. Teenagers to the age...

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