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Television: Industry contexts - Public Service Broadcasting

  1) What is the BBC's mission statement?   The BBC's mission is to serve the public interest by providing impartial, high-quality content that informs, educates, and entertains 2) How is the BBC funded? BBC is funded by something called a Television License (£174.5 a year) 3) What must the BBC do to meet its public service broadcasting responsibilities? (Look at the five bullet points in the notes 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                                                                                              ...

End of Year 1 Exam Learner Response

1) Feedback: You have to actively try and answer all questions - revision is key! 2) We use CLAMPS to remember mise en scene, Will’s costume – makes him look like he is from our world 3) narrative features communicate meanings is mostly effective although lacks clarity in places,  narrative features communicate meanings is largely absent due to description rather than analysis. Narrative theory: Propp – character types. 4)In the 1960s, representations were largely of British, white-middle class people. Over time, TV drama has developed to be more inclusive and to show a much wider range of representations. In His Dark Materials, there are people of different ethnicities and backgrounds. 5) I need to focus on completing all questions, Revising, and paying more attention in class.