Doctor Who: Language and Representation blog tasks

1)

The narrative of  ' An unearthly child ' is that two teachers Mrs Wright and Mr chesterton talk about a student called Susan. They say she is weird and incredibly intelligent. Mrs Wright speaks about how she asked Susan for address and describes as an abandoned junkyard, she then proceeds to follow Susan home only to see that she does not have a real home. She goes into the place Susan has entered and stumbled upon a police box and enter inside to realise that it is space ship disguised as a police box.

Characters: Doctor Who, Susan, Mr chesterton and Mrs wright

Iconography: Space ships, time machine

Setting: space, mid 20th century 

2) 

 

Class: Language and Representation blog tasks

1) Narrative:

Corakinus killis one of his minions/slaves because they failed him.

Next we see the school with mis Quill is talking to the new headteacher and Ram and April's develop a relationship.

We then see Ram and April sitting in a car together. April's dad then appears out of nowhere and asks April for forgiveness from something that has happened in the past between them

Corakinus then tries to attempt to heal the heart problem using one of his minions anchor. This makes April then attack her dad as corakinus is trying to take over her. 

Corakinus's minion fails and he ends up killing due to her failure and his anger.

Characters:

Corankinus

Ram

April

Charlie

Tanya

Settings: its based in the school, garden and Corkinus's layer.

2) E - Starts with Ram and April talking to their parents. Nothing abnormal. 

D - A bit later on, Corankinus kills one of his minions as they fail to unlink his and April's heart.

R - April still feels her connection with Corakinus and starts acting weird in class.

R - April fights the feeling off and asks what she was talking about.

NE - Normal

3)April- princess/hero

Ram - hero/princess

Tanya- helper

Ms Quill - hero

Charlie - hero/princess

4)Ram and April together in April's room - Ram and April tend to be getting closer and closer and so we want to see what will happen to them.

Right at the end, where April opens the portal between the shadow world and earth - makes us question whether or not something will happen to her or Ram.

Representation:

1) Gender stereotypes are subverted as April is more of a hero then a damsel destress in most films the female is not the hero and Ram on the other hand can be the damsel in distress as he is at time needed to be rescued.

2) In class the teenagers are represented as the protectors and the knowledgeable and the adults and parents seem to be the ones in need to be filled in and misunderstanding what is happening.

3) There is not really a stereotypical/non - stereotypical  view of race and ethnicity but there is different races and ethnicity - Tanya (black African), Ram (Indian), April/Charlie/Ms Quill (all white), so this shows the different ethnicity in the cast.

4) Sexuality is represented positively as it shows that theirs no different or discrimination being gay,

5) They represent disability has something not to be ashamed of and they stand out for the right reasons and should be seen as a beauty not a flaw.