Blog tasks: The Times case study

Language                                                                               
1) The main stories on the front page are about Google not removing a video that speaks badly of Jews, Angelina Jolie visiting a school in London and a referendum in Scotland.

2) The main stories on the inside page are about a transgender killer, the golf club letting in women and a change in the owner of channel 4.

3) On the front page, there is more text than images and headlines.

4) We know that the times are aimed at wealthy educated middle-class people because firstly in uses a serif font which has connotations of sophistication and because the front page is covered in political views and beautiful expensive houses.

5) A close analysis of these stories suggests that they are pro-conservative as it shows labor in a bad light in the Google story.


Audience                                                                                
1) The target audience for the times is the Succeeder who is of the older generation and between classes ABC1.

2) The front page stories would appeal to an audience because it gives information about what is happening politically.

3) Most of the rich old white men who read this newspaper would have gone to golf clubs frequently and will disagree with the new rules which are why this would be interesting to them.

4) A reader might enjoy the times because not only does it reflect their own lives it gives them an insight on what is going on politically and allows a sense of entertainment in stories such as the
Angelina Jolie story.

5) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old as it is more of a tradition or habit for them to read as their families have been reading them for generations.

Representation                                                                      
1) The front cover of Times represents Great Britain as a union as everyone is against a part of it splitting off

2) The Times is a conservative newspaper that prefers when things remain the same and they are very traditional. They constantly used the word "allows" to show that it was an unwanted decision. They also say "273-year-old" referring to the tradition of not allowing women into the club and they seemed upset that such a long tradition had ended. There is also a smaller box highlighting clubs in London that are still gentlemen only to show that some clubs still stick to tradition. They also say they don't want 'an artificial female presence'.

3) The Times is a capitalist newspaper and therefore would view major corporations as significant and that's why they are both front-page stories. Since The Times is also pro-privatization, they are against public service broadcasters like Channel 4, so this is addressed in the stand-first of the Article. They present the head of Channel 4 leaving not being attached to any privatization as a bad thing because The Times is owned by Rupert Murdoch, owner of Sky TV.

4) The fact that Lauren is trans has nothing to do with the story which had to do with her killing an official. The fact that The Times highlighted this shows that they are not the most progressive concerning LGBTQ+ issues. In the sidebar, information is given about her estrogen hormones. This could show that they think that her hormones were connected to her aggressive behavior when they are completely unrelated. This shows the Times' traditionalism. It is also clear that they avoid using many feminine pronouns showcasing that they don't agree with it.

5) The Times showcases many traditional views which suggests that they are pro-conservative.



Industry                                                                                 
1) The Times is owned by News UK - a subsidiary of NewsCorporationn. It is mostly owned by Rupert Murdoch.

2) The Times circulation in 2018 was 430,000, down from over 800,000 in the 1990s

3) They created a social media strategy in a collaboration with the digital team in order to grow their Twitter and Facebook profiles. In 2018 they hit 500,000 subscribers on their online platform.

4) Immediacy to a degree because all the stories were recent at the time of circulation. Negativity because people are more likely to read negative stories since they are more shocking.

5) People can find news for free on the internet as soon as it happens so they see newspapers as redundant.

Blog tasks: Daily Mirror case study

Language                                                                    
1)
Masthead: the title of a newspaper or magazine at the head of the first or editorial page.
Incentive: a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment or to encourage the reader to buy  a copy.
Pug: something to catch the readers eye.
Splash Head: the lead story in bigger writing to entice the reader.
Slogan: a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.
Dateline: a line at the head of a dispatch or newspaper article showing the date and place of writing.
Kicker: headline at top of paper to draw interest in content.
Byline: a line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article.
Stand-first: a brief introductory summary of an article in a newspaper or on a website, typically appearing immediately after the headline and typographically distinct from the rest of the article.

2)70p

3) The main story in the CSP edition is about car park people giving out wrongly accused tickets to innocent people.

4) The promotion on the front page is a betting company, this would be good for the newspaper as it draws in the kind of audience they are aiming at.

5) There is more image than text.

Audience                                                                     
1) The target audience for Daily Mirror is men ages 30-68 who are working class.

2) The front page appeals to the target audience because many middle aged men like to bet and that is the main focus of the front page. It would appeal to the older audience because of the 'Car Park Vultures' title which is a big issue for older people. 

3) Many Daily Mirror readers are an older audience and so the 'Pray and Display' story would appeal to them because it is a big issue for them as they are seen as 'easy targets' for parking ticket companies.

4) Readers might enjoy Daily Mirror because, using Blumler and Katz, this newspapers gives audience pleasures such as: diversion with fluff stories like 'Mog Lights', information/ surveillance and personal identity with stories like 'Pray and Display' , and  personal relationships with stories like 'pathological liar claim in candy battle'.

5) Newspapers are generally read by older people as younger people prefer the internet while older people are still in the old habits of reading newspapers since it was a tradition from when they were younger.


Representation                                                           
1) The Daily Mirror presents the conservative party and it's MP's as spoiled and untrustworthy by showing that they are being investigated by police for 'overspending'.

2) The Daily Mirror represents the Golf Club by showing that they are finally accepting female members and showing that they have been formerly ignorant towards the female gender.

3) The Daily Mirror represents normal people as vulnerable by showing that they are being targeted by big companies and ticket people.

4) The Daily Mirror represents the older generation as vulnerable when it says about how the ticket givers lay in wait for unsuspecting drivers that are mainly older and less knowledgeable.

5) The Daily Mirror essentially mocks businesses and people with a lot of money with the story 'pathological liar claim in candy battle' by making fun of the fact that they had a case worth so much money for petty reasons.


Industries                                                                    
1) Daily Mirror is owned by its parent company Reach plc.

2) The circulation has dropped from over 3 million a day in 1990 to around 500,000 a day in 2019.

3) With the decline in print sales and the rise of the internet The Daily Mirror has become available online as well.

4) The Independent Press Standards Organisation(IPSO) is the independent regulator for the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK.

5) Some people want stronger regulation of newspapers in the UK because they believe that newspapers take advantage of their rights to express political views and basically forcing their opinions on readers.

TV: Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart blog tasks

Language and close-textual analysis

1)
Narrative:
In Co-owner of a Lonely Heart, there are multiple narratives. One includes the connection between April and Corikinus -  the king of the shadow kin. Another includes flower petals that feed off blood and multiply endlessly. In the Underneath, one of Corakinus' followers tries to cut the link between April and Corakinus but ends up making the bond stronger so he is killed by Corakinus.  April then realizes she can now summon swords like a shadow kin. April has an outburst in class and Ram finds her near her locker after she had broken it in anger.  He takes her home and they end up having sex in April's bedroom. Corakinus is linked to April and so also has sex with Kharrus, one of his subjects who is helping him. April's mum catches them and discusses what had just happened. Ram leaves and April is about to go after him but meets her father outside. Her father had just been let out of prison for nearly killing April and her mum in the car accident/ suicide attempt that had left her mother paralyzed. April becomes mad and two swords appear in her hands. She threatens her father with them in a fit of rage. Ram comes back to calm her down and she lets her father go. Corakinus and Aprils minds connect and she now knows where he is and goes on a quest to find him. The episode ends on an enigma as the audience is unsure whether or not she defeats Corakinus. Ram goes after her. The other narrative revolves more around Ms. Ames, Miss Quill, Charlie, and Matteusz. Charlie shows Mattuesz the 'cabinet of souls'. Later on, he reveals that it can wipe out an entire race and bring back an entire race in the hands of a hero. Miss Quill overhears this and becomes infuriated with Charlie because he was able to wipe out the shadow-kin this whole time. Ms Ames meets with Miss Quill and reveals that she knows her true identity and Charlie's and that she is able to remove the animal in Miss Quill's head that stops her from using a weapon and she warns her about the invasion of the flower petals that have come from a bum hole of space and time and have the capability of wiping out the human race.

Character: 
April is presented to be the hero character type because she goes to the Underneath to fight against Corakinus. Ram is made out to be a false hero as he follows her. Ram and April's romantic relationship is developed through Ram being there to comfort April and their sex scene. Charlie and Matteusz' relationship is tested when Charlie reveals the cabinet of souls to him as Matteusz questions Charlie's morality. April's relationship with her mother is the stereotypical relationship between a teenager and a parent shown in teen dramas. This is shown by April's mum telling her off for having sex with Ram. When April is enraged by her father though, she seems very protective of her mother, switching the traditional roles of a parent and a child. April's dad is presented as a villain in some scenes because he creates the disequilibrium in the episode when April reunites with him outside of Ram's car. However, it is later shown that he only had pure intentions.

Iconography: 
The flower petals on the dead squirrel and April's eyes glowing orange when Corakinus takes over. The flower petals emphasize the horror genre and April's eyes changing color are a convention of Sci-Fi.

setting:
The camera is constantly moving to catch the audience's attention at every moment even though in most scenes there was only a single shot instead of multiple. There is cross-cutting between April and Corakinus in their sex scenes to show the link between them and the effect of sharing a heart with April has on Corakinus.


2)The equilibrium is April sharing a heart with Corakinus because this is a normalized plot point by episode 4. The disruption is when April comes into contact with her father after he has been released from prison because he enrages her. It could also be Charlie introducing Matteusz to the cabinet of souls. It could also be when April's dad returns and she threatens him with swords. The recognition is when April doesn't hurt him. The new equilibrium is not shown but it will be in the second half of the two-parter.


3)Ms. Ames is the father figure character because she gives Miss Quill important information and offers to help her get the animal out of her head. (i wrote more about subversion and reinforcement in question 1).



4)Action codes are created using a variety of diegetic and non-diegetic sound. An example of an action code created by diegetic sound is when April says 'he knows where I am' an example of Action codes with non-diegetic sound would be the dramatic music that is used to increase the suspense and to build up to the next episode. Enigma codes are created by the episode's unanswered questions like whether or not April will get her heart back or if the petals will take over the earth.



5)There is binary opposition -humans v aliens- this is shown between the cross-cutting between April and Corakinus to show that although they share a heart, they are actually very different. Another example of binary opposition would be between adults v teenagers, this is shown when April and her mum are arguing about her relationship with Ram.


Representations
1)Ms. Ames subverts stereotypes as she is a knowledgeable head teacher who informs Miss Quill (who also subverts stereotypes as a strong fighting woman) about the dangers of the flowers and that she can get the animal out of her head. April goes on a quest to save her own heart with her newly obtained power of summoning swords on command without relying on the help of a man to help her therefore also subverting the general female stereotype. The stereotype of men is subverted by Ram and his dad's open and loving relationship.

2)The representation of adults in the media is reinforced by April's mum telling off her daughter for being irresponsible by having sex with Ram. The representation of teenagers is subverted because they are responsible, for example, April doesn't want revenge on her father when she threatens him with swords and fights Corakinus' influence.



3)The stereotypes of race are subverted because Ram's dad is an Indian Sikh man and he has a trusting relationship with his son. Matteusz is a Polish man and subverts stereotypes because he is against Charlie using violence to bring back the Rhodians.



4)Matteusz and Charlie are in a homosexual relationship which is regarded as completely ordinary by the other characters, this reflects the diverse nature of modern-day Britain. Also because Matteusz is gay and his family are overly Christian and do not accept him.


5)April's mum is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair but she is portrayed as a stereotypical parent when she is scolding April. This is also emphasized by her saying "Don't let this chair fool you, if you hurt her, I will kill you." This shows that her protective maternal instincts are still there although her disability hinders her slightly. Disabled people are under-represented and one of BBC3's mottos is to reflect modern-day Britain which is a diverse place so Class addresses this by having a disabled character.



Audience
1)Less than 5% of the TV audience watched Class when it aired. It did badly because it was created for an audience that doesn't exist. It is a Dr. Who spin-off, Dr. Who is aimed at a family audience so adults over 30 and children under 13. Class has explicit, violent and sexual content that Dr. Who's family audience could not watch. It aired at 11.30 pm on weekdays on BBCOne when their teenage audience would be asleep to prepare for school.

2)Reformers may enjoy Class because it has representations of groups that are often underrepresented or misrepresented in the media. 

3)
Personal Identity:
There are lockers that are a representation of American school lockers to appeal to the American audience. There is a normal school setting which the Whovians can relate to because the target audience is 15-22 so they are either still in school or have recently left it. 

Personal relationships:
More is revealed about April's background so the audience may gain an attachment to her character because they may empathize with having parents that are not together or having a bad relationship with one of their parents and so they may gain a relationship for her character. 

Diversion (Escapism):
The world of the Underneath, the Shadow Kin, the Rhodians, and the Quill and travel into space and time that is created in Class is a completely immersive world that can help the audience escape from the boredom of everyday life.


4)There are visceral pleasures created when April summons the shadow swords because it creates an action code (Barthes enigma and action codes).


5)The Whovians did not react well to Class because Dr. Who has on an episodic narrative that is ended at the end of the episode or the two-parter so even casual fans can enjoy an episode. This episode of Class, however, has a multi-strand narrative where some narratives take priority over others. The Cabinet of Souls and Matteusz questioning Charlie's morality and the killer flowers are all sidelined by April trying to win back her heart from Corakinus.



Industries
1)To inform, educate and entertain its young audience.


2)BBC3's target audience - 15-34-year-olds - do not watch live or traditional television anymore. They watch things on demand via streaming services like Netflix and Prime.


3)'Class' is a diverse programme, in episode 4, we learn more about April's mum's paralysis but we also learn that it doesn't change who she is which shows the audience about the lives of people with disabilities. 'Class' has little educational value but it does provide the audience pleasure of diversion or entertainment because the world of the underneath, killer flowers and the cabinet of souls are totally indoctrinating. 



5)The trailer pushed the link with the Whoniverse which did not feature heavily in Class (excluding the Doctor's appearance in the pilot and few references to the Doctor throughout the series). 

TV: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child blog tasks

Language and close-textual analysis

An Unearthly Child

Narrative:

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child, at the start, follows a police narrative enigma with flashbacks of unusual situations that the character of Susan gets into. There are repeated references to the police when the teachers, Ian and Barbara, meet the Doctor and believe that he has kidnapped their student Susan who had recently walked into the junkyard. When they all enter the TARDIS ( Time And Relative Dimensions In Space)there is a use of dialogue to create a division between the Doctor and Susan- who are aliens- and Ian and Barbara- who are humans- to show how Susan and the Doctor have a higher intelligence and understanding of life and the universe than Ian and Barbara. The episode ends on a cliffhanger possibly foreshadowing time-travel in the next episode.

Character:
There are only 4 named characters in this episode: Doctor Who, an alien scientist who looks like a human, Susan the alien scientist's granddaughter who also looks like a human, Ian a human scientist teacher and Barbara a human history teacher. In this episode Doctor Who seems to be the anti-hero as he is shown to deliberately harm the teacher and is thought by the teachers to have kidnapped Susan.

Iconography: At the beginning of the episode, during the title sequence, there is a series of robotic synthesized sounds for the intro song. As the episode goes along there are many references to time and space such as when they walk into the TARDIS and the shiny silver outfit that Susan is wearing that is associated with space and the future.

Setting: The beginning of the episode is set in a normal school but then moves into a junkyard as this is possibly a reference to the horror genre. Most of the scenes in the school were set in the science lab which is a feature of sci-fi. The TARDIS is then the next location which defies physics as it's bigger on the inside and has a lot of new looking technology which are features of the sci-fi genre. We finally end up in a new deserted setting possibly foreshadowing time-travel in the next episode. 


2) Equilibrium- In school normality is evident with normal teachers and a brilliant student

Disruption- When the teachers the Doctor and it seems as though Susan has been kidnapped

Recognition-When the teachers realize that Susan is in the TARDIS in the junkyard

Reparation-When the teachers enter the TARDIS and realize it is not a kidnapping

New Equilibrium- There is no new equilibrium.



3) In this episode, the Doctor is an anti-hero character because he is made unlikable by not co-operating with Ian and Barbara and looks down on everyone as though they were inferior. Susan is the princess character as she seems as though she needs to be saved from the Doctor when the teachers think that she is being kidnapped. Barbara is the helper/ sidekick character as she is sidelined by the Doctor but does assist Ian in saving Susan, this plays into the stereotypical gender roles of the 60s. Ian is the hero character as he is the one who wants to save Susan.  


4) Susan has a shiny silver vest and trousers, this shows that she is from the future as she is wearing a stereotypically male costume in a time with very traditional gender expectations (girls wear only skirts and dresses while boys wear trousers). When the doctor is introduced, there are low angled shots to make him seem more powerful.

5) Young and old is an example of binary opposition in Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child. This is shown with Susan and the Doctor. Susan is only worried about whether or not she will still be able to attend school however the doctor is concerned about Ian and Barbara spreading their identities. Another example of this is gender. Male and female are shown by Barbara and Ian, while Ian is physically confronting the issue the way a stereotypical man would, Barbara goes inside the TARDIS to look for Susan.



Representation

 1) Men are presented as brave and strong through the character of Ian, who is desperately trying to save Susan. Men are also presented as intelligent, this is evident when the Doctor states that Ian and Barbara could never understand the wonders of space and time. It is also evident when we find out that Ian is a science teacher.

2) The characters of Barbara and Susan are treated as though they were ignorant and inferior. The Doctor only refers to Ian, using the term 'young man' to show that he didn't even consider Barbara as being any sort of threat to him at all. At the beginning of the episode, Susan seems to be the focus of the narrative but later on, she is being told off by her grandfather and made to look powerless. When explaining space and time, the doctor seemed to be the main fountain of knowledge and Susan was only his underling. However, from the short flashbacks, it is clear to see that Susan is really intelligent which subverts female stereotypes of that time alongside Barabara being a History teacher.


3) The stereotype of young people at the time was that they were interested in current trends which are reinforced by Susan's character as she is fashion-forward, wearing trousers in some scenes and is listening to pop music in the classroom. However, the stereotypes of old people of that time were that they were wise and insightful while being angry and hostile. This is reinforced through the character of the Doctor.


4) All of the actors in An Unearthly Child are white, this is not surprising as there were not many acting opportunities for people of a diverse background in the 60s. Gender roles are very binary as Ian is the main hero and Barbara just helps him and is sidelined in most exchanges with the Doctor through the repeated phrase of 'Young man' used by Hartnell.


5) Education is an important middle-class value, the fact that Susan dreams of an education when her grandfather tries to stop her from going. Her teachers also admire her genius and are willing to help her so that she can make something of herself which is also an important middle-class value - to get a future through education rather than labour work.



Audience

1) I believe that the target audience for Doctor Who was and always will be a mainstream family audience. In 1963, there were only 2 channels available, the BBC and ITV so Doctor Who had to attend to a wide audience. Nowadays, although some episodes have elements of the horror genre, there is no explicit sexual content in Doctor Who or gory violence so viewing times for Doctor Who are before the watershed and so children can watch it along with their parents.


2) Mainstreamers, as it can be watched by the entire family and explorers because in the 60s Science Fiction was a relatively new genre and may not have gone down well initially by everyone because people are often standoffish when it comes to change.

3) Personal Identity: A normal school setting is used because everyone is either experiencing or has experienced school life.

Personal Relationships: The Doctor is made to be an unlikable character so the audience may love to hate him, Susan is an innocent child who is being mistreated by her grandfather so the audience may feel sympathy and keep watching to see what happens to her.

Diversion (Escapism): Living in a fictional world with the TARDIS and time travel is far more interesting than the normality and routine nature of everyday life.

Surveillance (Information / Facts): The decimal system is mentioned along with other historical developments. Barbara is also a history teacher and time travel is hinted at by the cliffhanger at the end.

4) Nostalgia could be part of the uses and Gratifications as our parents or grandparents may remember the initial release of this episode.

5) Vicarious pleasures can be applied to Doctor Who because the audience (Whovians) can imagine that they are travelling through space in time through the characters of the Doctor and Susan.

Industries

1) There were only 2 TV channels in England in 63 which were ITV and the BBC.


2) Doctor Who brings together different kinds of BBC fans, different ages because it is a long-running family show so both younger and older people would have an attachment to it and different demographic groups because it is aimed at a mainstream audience.


3)  When the Doctor and his companions travel back in time, they educate the audience about the past. Doctor Who is an entertaining franchise because it gives the audience pleasure of diversion as living in a world of the TARDIS and travel in space and time is something people use to escape their everyday lives.

4) The BBC is funded by the annual TV license in which every TV owner has to pay for the right to watch TV in England without being fined or imprisoned.



5) The BBC was self-regulated until 2017 when OffCom started regulating it. The watershed is that, after 9:00pm, there can be more uncensored and sexually explicit content to protect children when they are channel surfing.

Girl Of The Sun Statement of intent improved

Introduction
Girl of The Sun will be a teen sci-fi series about a young 15-year-old girl who discovers that she has strange powers. During this period of time she gets followed home and decides to confront this person; in doing so she unintentionally unlocks her powers potential and knocks her stalker unconscious. I will put a wide shot to show as she is being followed. She returns home to her mother and her mother explains to her that she is from a planet that was destroyed and that her family sent her to earth to survive. In this series, the main character goes on finding out about herself and experiences many emotionally tormenting events including finding out her best friend Zed is a Galactian spy. My 2-minute extract is in the opening scene of episode 7, the previously on part of the episode showing key feature of past episodes. This is because in episode 7 the story will continue en-media-res during the fight between Alisa and her Best friend Zed.


Media Language 
I intend to have 4 locations in which I will film 3 main characters plus 11 extras. There will be both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds in this production. I intend to use a non-diegetic soundtrack within the whole of the 2-minute extract and I will overlay the sound with some diegetic sound, the explanation given by Alisa's mother. I intend to use a wide shot to show the tension between Alisa and her best friend during the fight scene. The locations I have chosen will be a field to represent her home planet, the school drama room to look like the house, an alleyway near the canal to give off a creepy atmosphere as she is being followed and outside D block to show where she and her best friend confront each other. I will use an over the shoulder shot from the front of Alisa to show both of their facial expressions to allow the audience to understand the emotion at the end of the explanation scene between Alisa and her mother. In post-production, I have added grey-scale to parts of my sequence to show it is a flashback. 


Representation
The main character Alisa will subvert female stereotypes as she has been created to be the hero of her own story along with being a strong person she challenges the ongoing female stereotype of being weak and having to be saved. I intend to reinforce male stereotypes by using a white male as the kidnapper as women are never shown to be kidnappers. I will deliberately show scenes in which my main character will come up against male villains who appear to be stronger but will very clearly win. I will also deliberately present Alisa's mum as a single mother so as to subvert normal stereotypes of women as she is strong and doesn't need a man.


Audience
The target audience for this series is families of the working class. I believe that my series can create nostalgia as it is filmed mainly in the streets of London and in an archetypal school as this will help to connect with working-class families from ages 10+ as everyone will know what a school looks like. If people like watching Small Ville- a series about Superman- or marvels gifted I believe they will like this series as it will give audience pleasures such as identification- as it is in a familiar living area- diversion- as it is quite entertaining and has an intriguing story- and relationships as the story allows you to truly connect and empathize with Alisa and her story. By allowing Alisa to win against many male villains, I believe that this will gain a large female audience.

Girl Of The Sun script

TEXT ON SCREEN
Previously On Earth...
   OPENING SCENE
 normal eye closing to blackout.

  Jump to EXPLANATION SCENE
 ALISA sitting with EARTH MUM as she explains the terrible news to her.

                                       MUM
   I’m so sorry Alisa. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier; you’re not from here.

  Jump to GLIESE SCENE
While KING AND QUEEN are solemnly holding
 each other and embracing death as the last 2 glisians lie dead
     on the floor, GLISIAN KING AND QUEEN
          look down at the baby carriage holding
                             BABY ALISA.

  Back to ALISA and EARTH MUM.

                                        MUM
Alisa, You’re from a planet called Gliese, it’s a planet much like earth but it’s different!

 Jump cut to KIDNAPPER SCENE
ALISA is being followed by KIDNAPPER and
 this scene is a montage of ALISA discovering her 
      powers and an unconscious KIDNAPPER.
                             
  Back to ALISA EARTH MUM.

                                                                                 
                                         MUM
The powers you have are because you are royalty on Gliese, the princess to be Exact. When     the Galactians destroyed Gliese your parents sent you to earth so That your bloodline could continue.

Jump to POWERS SCENE
ALISA is staring at her hands for a moment and suddenly runs away.

Back to ALISA and EARTH MUM.

                                                           
                                         ALISA
so my real parents are… are dead? How could you do this? Not tell me? I’m a Freak! An Alien!

 ALISA jumps up kicking the chair back now shouting at EARTH MUM

                                                           
                                            ALISA
You should have declined! Why didn’t you? You had no relation to me! My family! so why?                                                         
EARTH MUM is now pleading with ALISA trying to explain her actions
 however, she can. she is desperate
                                                             
                                             MUM
You were just a baby Alisa! Now that your powers have developed you must train them! Trust no one.

Jump to the scene of ALISA texting BESTIE about her powers.

Back to ALISA and EARTH MUM

                                                             
                                              MUM
Galactians can beam to you now they are coming for you and you must fight to survive! Alisa, you are the last of the Glisians!

 Jump to FIGHT SCENE
 ALISA and BESTIE are running at full speed toward each other angrily.

 BACK to ALISA and EARTH MUM

                                                             
                                              MUM
 Please train Princess you are the last hope! They will destroy our planet!

ENDING SCENE
the eye opens as a different colour possibly red

CUTS to TITLE SCREEN


                                                                  Girl Of The Sun
                                                                            By
                                                                  Lola-Mae Heath
                                                            Episode 7 26 June 2019
                                                                         Series 1

NCIS

Doctor Who-
Narrative
 The equilibrium of this clip is when young Amy enters the museum and everything is fine. The disequilibrium is when the Dalek shows up as it is sent to kill them. The new equilibrium is when the doctor turns up and runs away with both Amys.
The storyline is communicated through the character Amy Pond and how she touches the alien object and her future self is inside. I think that next the doctor will get them out of the situation in some way or another and probably by using his sonic screwdriver.

Character
By being Scottish, both Amys appeal to the UK audience as they are like everyday people you will see on the street unlike other tv dramas such as Brooklyn 99 which is filmed in America and is not as relatable to a UK audience. In this clip when Propp's theory is applied we see that the doctor is the hero, Amy is the sidekick/ helper, young Amy is the heroine/princess and the Dalek is the villain. In some ways, they reinforce stereotypes as it is still a male hero and a female heroine; however, they also subvert stereotypes as there is a female sidekick which is unusual for most dramas or storylines.

Iconography
Both the Amys and the doctor are dressed in casual clothing and nothing is out of the ordinary; however, when the alien machine opens a bright light comes out which is common in many sci-fi. The Dalek is also much like any common robot found in many sci-fi movies and series. The setting of a museum is unusual for sci-fi as it tends to focus on the future and not the past.

Setting
This will provide audience pleasures such as diversion as it is entertaining and relationships as you emotionally connect to all characters and identification as it is made in England which many viewers will find familiar. The setting contrasts to the plot as the setting is, in reality, quite normal and unlike other sci-fi series, the museum setting focuses on history instead of future. This is unusual as most sci-fi series' are about technological advancements.



Humans
Narrative
The series follows a storyline where there is a mass production of synthetic humans that people begin to buy for themselves and their families. This takes place around a few years into our future. The equilibrium is when the families buy their synthetics and the disequilibrium is when the synthetics begin o rebel against their owners and go against protocol. However, in this clip, there is no new equilibrium as it is just a trailer it ends on a cliffhanger where the people are in dismay to allow the viewer to want to watch more. 

Character
The characters are appealing to a UK audience because they look like ordinary everyday people even though many of them are synthetics and this allows people to have a sense of familiarity when watching. In this clip, the characters both reinforce and subvert stereotypes as you see women who are acting as the hero, however, the males are also acting as the hero in this clip.

Iconography
In this series, the costume, props, lighting, and setting are all made to seem normal as this is set only a few years into our future with only a few technological advancements. However, as for makeup, actors cast for the synthetics are all made to wear green contacts and matted make so as to seem plastic.

Setting
The setting is unusual for a sci-fi drama as it looks like a normal everyday world however, the subtle advancmets in technology such as factories and more advanced televisions are what make the series seem as though it is a sci-fi drama.

Girl Of The Sun: Statement of intent

Introduction:
Girl Of The Sun will be a teen sci-fi series about a young 15 year old girl who discovers that she has strange powers. During this period of time she gets followed home and decides to confront this person; in doing so the unintentionally unlocks her powers potential and knocks her stalker unconscious. She returns home to her mother and her mother explains to her that she is from a planet that was destroyed and that her family sent her to earth to survive. In this series the main character goes on finding out about herself and experiences many emotionally tormenting events. My 2 minute extract will play at the very beginning of episode 7.

Media Language and Representation
I intend to have 4 locations in which i will film 14 different characters including extras. I will use at least 15 camera shots with a variety of angles and there will be both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds in this production. I intend to use a non-diegetic sound track within the entirety of the 2 minute extract and i shall overlay the sound with some diegetic sound being the explanation given by Alisa's mother. The main character Alisa will subvert female stereotypes as she has been created to be the hero of her own story along with being a strong person she challenges the ongoing female stereotype of being weak and having to be saved.

Audience
The target audience for this series is families of the working class. I believe that my series can created familiarity as it is filmed mainly in the streets of London and this will help to connect with working class families from ages 8-50. If people likes watching Smallville- a series about superman- or marvels gifted/ marvels Inhumans i believe they will like this series as it will give audience pleasures such as identification- as it is in a familiar living area- diversion- as it is quite entertaining and has an intriguing story- and relationships as the story allows you to truly connect and empathise with Alisa and her story.

Girl Of The Sun Post production plan

CAST LIST-

ALISA- Lola Heath

EARTH MUM- Miss Barrett

BESTIE- Karan Juneja

KIDNAPPER- Jamie Ryan

GLISIAN KING- Ray Heath

GLISIAN QUEEN- Jenny Heath

EXTRAS- 

Jamie Ryan

Ethan Joseph

Otmane ElGhailani

Owen Francis

Savannah Charles

Dolly DeSouza
Kacey Jo Wagon Horrix
Igor Wojtera

CAMERAMAN- Octavian Frasina

EDITOR- Lola Heath

SCRIPTWRITER- Lola Heath

DIRECTOR- Lola Heath

PRODUCER- Lola Heath

SHOTLIST-

Earth mum scene:
Longshot is used to show the whole scene of Alisa and her mum sitting together in a dark room.
Close up is used when Alisa realizes the truth.
Medium close up is used to show both characters during the explanation.
Low angle shot is used when Alisa kicks over the chair.
Medium shot of both characters during explanation showing tension.

Power scene-
Longshot to show Alisa being followed.
big close up to show Alisas eyes
panned unusual angle to show unconscious man
medium shot to show confused Alisa

Bestie scene-
Close up of the phone to show the conversation
Establishing shot to show where the fight is gonna happen
medium close up to show both characters faces
long shot of both characters running

Gliese scene-
long shot to show glisian queen tending to nature
establishing shot to see glieses final moments

Mise-En-Scene
Costume- I intend to have the glisian queen wearing an ethereal type dress and the glisian king shall have tattoos that symbolize the stories of the long-lived planet this should convey the differences between humans and glisians. I also intend to have the kidnapper to wear dark clothes so as to show the evilness of his character.

Props- I created a makeshift baby sized space ship out of an old chicken feeder and part of an old car engine along with some tubes to make it looks as though all of the new technology has already been destroyed and the last of the technology on the planet was old and run down so they were at their last resorts.

Setting- I will film the glisian scene in the middle of an old field that has been burned down to create an effect of destruction and dismay. I will film the kidnapper scene in a forest pathway possibly near the canal to show that it is a very familiar place to many people who watch the show and will give a sense of familiarity.

Lighting- During editing, I intend to play around with the lighting making the glisian scene darker along with the kidnapper scene and I will make the explanation scene lighter along with the best friend scene to display the contrast between the emotions of the scenes.

End of Year 1 exam: Learner response

Total = 51   Grade = 6

WWW- You've clearly engaged with the issues and debates in media, particularly in Q9. Good use of theory too!

EBI- Section A is holding you back: you don't write enough in 8 or 12 marked questions (2 short paragraphs are not enough)

LR

Q.1) 1/1
Q.2) 1/1
Q.3) 5/12
Q.4) 5/8
Q.5) 6/12
Q.6) 2/2
Q.7) 3/6
Q.8) 2/2
Q.9) 14/20
Q.10) 12/20

Q9-5
Q10-4

Q9)Lara Croft showcases conventional hero features such as skill,intelligence and courage; she also takes the traditionally male role as 'hero' and wears necessary equipment for action such a a utility belt. However, she is feminine in appearance and reinforces the commonly used female stereotype of being thin and attractive. She is often sexualised by er figure and he skimp clothing she used to wear. On the other hand, one could argue that she is empowering for women as she shows that women can do most anything that man can do.