TV assessment - Learner Response

 1) Type up your feedback in full - WWW & EBI. You do not have to write your mark and grade if you don't want to.

WW - in 1.3 and Q2 you show you do have knowledge of the CSPs but currently are not picking up marks due to the exam technique. I'm confident if you practice and revise this paper 2 format you will make progress

EBI - Learn intertextuality and revise the narrative theories : this immediately 

2) Write a definition for intertextuality to make sure you know this terminology.

The relationship between texts, especially literary ones.

3) Write a list of narrative theories that you could have used for question 1.2. How do these relate to Class? You can refer to the extract or any other moment in episode 4 of Class.
  • Todorov
  • Propp
  • Levi-Strauss
  • Barthes
Todorov - disequilibrium - problem between April and her Father

Propp - character types - April: hero/villain/anti-hero
                                    - Corakinus: villain 
                                       = Conflict/drama/suspense
Levi-Strauss - Binary opposition -Shadow kin planet
                                                      - Earth

Barthes - Action/enigma codes

Action codes
-Swords (prop): fight/death/danger 

Enigma codes
-Will April kill her father?
- Will heart storyline be resolved 

4) How do the four aspects of Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory apply to Class? Give specific examples from episode 4 of Class.

Personal relationships - Character : April & Ram
                                                        April - Conflict
                                                                  - heart

Personal identity : Family conflict + arguments with parents 
                              - Ram and April's relationship

Diversion/Entertainment
-Fantasy/Sci-fi genre elements - shadow kin world, costume
- violence - swords - visceral pleasure 
- April and Ram : conventionally attractive actors

5) Write a plan for question 2 in the assessment - the 20-mark essay on social and cultural contexts. Use the mark scheme to help you and aim to plan an introduction, conclusion and at least three detailed paragraphs.
Intro : answer to the Q.

Para 1 : Doctor Who 1963

- Production values/technical construction
- Slow not much camera movement 
- Mise-en-scene: props, fashion
- Gender stereotypes : Men superior - teachers
- Class : Middle class 
- Ethnicity : White - racist "savages"
- Space race

Para 2 : Class 2016

- Production : Shots, camera movement, pace of editing, colours, effects
- Mise-en-scene: aliens, costume and make-up
- Gender: powerful female characters - April 
- Race/Ethnicity : diversity - subverts stereotypes/ Ms Quill
                             -Ram & Tanya 

6) What topics do you need to revise for next week's PPE? List at least three topics, theories or CSPs.

The topics I need to revise on is:
- Terminology
- Narrative theories
- Social, cultural and historical context


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