Sheldon Gcse media blog

 1) What is the BBC's mission statement? Inform, Educate and Entertain 2) How is the BBC funded?t's paid for by the TV licence and produces a huge amount of content for the whole of Britain - TV, radio, BBC website, iPlayer and more. The BBC still follows its original mission statement from 1927: The licence fee is currently £159 a year and must be paid by any household that wants to watch live broadcast TV or iPlayer. 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points above  )To provide information (that is supposed to be balanced) To support learning for people of all ages To produce creative output To have diverse content (such as with its representations) To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world 4) What is regulation and how is the BBC regulated? You can find details on this in the notes above.  TV is regulated in the UK to ensure that rules are followed and inappropriate content is not

 Language and close-textual analysis 1) Write an analysis of the episode - using your notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, editing, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) Camerawork, editing and sound: Non-diegetic sound at beginning of recap: music and voiceover to set scene .CGI and effects. Witch flying in storm. Technology behind TV in 2020.  Low angle camera shots of Mrs Coulter; high angle looking down at witch. Shows power relationship between characters Mise-en-scene: Settings -  different worlds ‘The City in the Sky’, cave/rainforest, ocean. Far off or exotic fantasy locations. Also, recognisable locations - Oxford, Will’s world (police etc.) Props - mix between fantasy world and modern, recognisable objects (mobile phone). Submarine - ‘Steampunk’ genre. Industrial machines, settings, props. Narrative and genre:  2) How does His Dark Materi