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  1) Type up your  WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  16/25 grade 5 www-this is an excellent response and almost 25% up on your last assessment! good knowledge and question focus ebi- revise the music video CSPs so you can give specific evidence from the videos themselves  2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2/2 Q2: 5/8 Q3: 3/6 Q4:3/3 Q5:3/6 3)  Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write  three  connotations of the design and layout of Tatler. -  a conventional women’s magazine layout with a combination of main image and cover lines.  It is a busy front cover suggesting the magazine is packed with content, but the cover lines  are quite neatly presented in two distinct columns and are grouped around the cen...

  Audience 1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band.  The arctic monkeys audience are mainly white, middle class and young. psychographic groups might include reformers and explorers. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor? The Arctic Monkeys primarily target fans of indie rock and alternative music, appealing to both younger and older audiences. 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? nostalgic  old-school 80s fans would like the fact that its set in an 80s tv studio. close-up of instruments because it makes them seem authentic. how everyone is singing together and they went to school together and might relate to fans  4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? as they were up...

  Language and contexts 1) Write a summary of the notes from our in-class analysis of the episode. You can use your own notes from the screening in class or  this Google document of class notes  (you'll need your GHS Google login).  Camerawork and sound:  slow and clunky camera movement and the sounds commonly have a futuristic theme and feel. Mise-en-scene: The actor placement and acting are quite bad and shows that the budget was low using todays standards. Narrative and genre: Many sci-fi themes like the control panel, the TARDIS, the junkyard holding a huge mystery and the VFX when the TARDIS is taking off. 2) How can we apply narrative theories to this episode of   Doctor Who ?  Todorov's Equilibrium:  It starts with Ian and Barbara wanting to know who Suzan's grandpa was and what was wrong with her. We get to see the doctor but we aren't too sure who he is and what he does. At the end of the episode, we find out who he was and what was ...