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  Audience 1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? The target audience are white / British middle class aged 12 to 65 years old. 2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who? Going to other worlds or space . New technology and science.  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 settings / pop music  Personal Relationships: cliffhanger during the end of the episode / terrified and worried for Barbara and Ian Diversion (Escapism): mysterious / new world / future / science fiction  Surveillance (Information / Facts): science / space / technology / new realms. 4) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020 audience? When the older new generation look back at this and think about their

Language and close-textual analysis Co-owner of a Lonely Heart 1) How is CLASS a hybrid (mix) of teenage drama and Science Fiction genre? It is obviously a teen drama because the characters are in relationships in high school also there is teen drama within the girls parents being over protective mother. for example april and ram, they are in a loving relationship. and the narrative features issues such as the black mother being strict for the girl talking to boys. It is obviously science fiction genre because there are props such as the alien monster and getting out of reality such as alien weapons metal robots. There are settings such as alien worlds shadow worlds and high school. There are characters such as Corakinus who is an evil shadow monster . 2) How does Todorov's theory of equilibrium apply to Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? the equilibrium is quite calm and peaceful. April and Ram both skips lessons as April is stressed. He then takes April back home as she need to be calme

  Industries 1) What was the point of BBC3 when it was launched? You can find the answer in the notes above.  it was supposed to provide new and unique programming to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old. it is more entertaining as it is for more young people. it also showed more diversity between the characters. 2) Why did BBC3 go online-only in February 2016? (consider how young people consume media and give a statistic from the notes to prove your answer) the BBC3 recognized that the younger people may watch TV at different times. 3) How does  Class  meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'? Use your own words and try to say how it is entertaining (with at least two examples from the episode) and how it is educational / informative (give at least two examples from the episode) class was made to entertain because you witness gory fight scenes , computer generated special effects and monsters with different planets and worlds

1} list the companies involving in the creation of doctor strange  Marvel studios and Walt Disney 2) What is conglomerate ownership and how does it link to Doctor Strange? Conglomerate ownership is when one major company owns subsidiary companies for example Disney owns Marvel 3) Who regulates the film industry in the UK? The British Board of Film Classifications are in charge of film ratings in the UK 4) What age rating was Doctor Strange given? Why? Doctor Strange was rated 12A because it had "moderate fantasy violence" but it wasn't too graphic. 5) How was Doctor Strange promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign. Marvel introduced a Doctor Strange character to their mobile and video games line-up. Walt Disney used traditional methods such as posters and teaser trailers on TV and in cinema. Social media profiles on Facebook and Twitter.    Marvel produced Twitter stickers Facebook Live event Snapchat lenses