Doctor Who: Language and Representation blog tasks

 


1) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the social and historical contexts of the 1960s?
Read the notes below and answer this question in your own words:
Social and historical context
 the show in the 1960s has a historical context as new because no one has gone into space this shows new "world" never seen be others in that time this shows evidence and exploring new things in the world we are living in and out this shows they are fear of change and difference in the 1960s since not a lot has been explored or viewed .How ever there is huge amount of interest even though there wasn't electronics to show it it was word of mouth because the first person to land on the moon was in 1961 so there was a lot of excitement surrounding Science fiction. 

First episode: Saturday, November 23rd,  1963 on the BBC. The plot was a narrative arc (a story over several episodes) involving the Doctor and his companions voyaging 100,000 years into Earth’s past to help some cavemen discover fire. 


William Hartnell was the first Doctor, as an anti-hero who frequently put his companions in jeopardy for his own curiosity. Daleks made an appearance in the first series, as the arch enemies of the Doctor.


Jodie Whittaker took over the role as the Thirteenth Doctor in 2018 and is the first woman to be cast as the character. 


1960s Britain


1961- First man in space
1963- American President J.F. Kennedy assassinated
1963- Martin Luther King gives his “I have a dream” speech
1964- Beatlemania takes over America
1965- The introduction of the mini skirt in a fashion show
1966- England wins the football world cup
1968- Martin Luther King assassinated
1969- First Man on the moon
1969- Concorde is flown for the first time
The ‘hippy’ sixties as they are often called, had a shift in culture. There was more freedom for young people and a breakaway from traditions.



2) How might audiences have felt towards science fiction in the 1960s?
Use the notes above you to help form your audience
audience will feel more interested bin science fiction because the first man in space in 1961 so this would provedfacts about space that were never proved that they were real also that there wasnt alot of people with tvs and even if they did it was limited and in black and white and wast repayable if missed the audience  will not be able to watch again and it is mainstream (for all ages)

Language and close-textual analysis

1) Choose three key moments in the episode and write an NCIS analysis for those clips. You can use your notes from the screening in class or use this Google document of our class notes combined (you'll need your GHS Google login). Make specific, detailed references using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)

An Unearthly Child scene analysis

Narrative: alien girl too smart even smarter than teachers she has a weird attitude and  dont know how many chillings in a pound so the teachers follow her home to find out more

Character: Ian (middle aged male teacher) babra(middle aged women teacher)

Iconography: bussing noises,

Setting:classroom, space, police call 

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