December PPE Learner Response

WWW: Brilliant answer on narrative theory.

EBI:

Revise Stuart Hall's reception theory. Understand media terminlogy.

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.

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? 

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. 

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.

They might not be able to respond to somethings that the old doctor who was made, like the editing of the video and how modern audiences are used to fast paced editing techniques, 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.

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.

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