Class: Co-owner of a Lonely Heart blog tasks
Work through the following tasks and questions to demonstrate your comprehensive knowledge of Class: Co-owner of a Lonely Heart.
Language and close-textual analysis
1) Write an NCIS analysis for the episode - using notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)
Co-owner of a Lonely Heart
Narrative: April and Corikinous both share a heart and they are trying to fight back and April is trying to get her heart back. Ram and April got caught having sex by April's mum. Then April met her dad and used her power and threatened her dad with swords. Then April used her power and healed her mum and she found out where Corikinous is and she goes to fight him.
Character: April, Ram, April's mum and dad, Corikinous and his servants, Miss Quin, The new head teacher and Tanya
Iconography: Petal, sword, school bell, dead squirrel, Ram's car
Setting: April's room and outside and out of space.
2) How does Todorov's theory of equilibrium apply to Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Try and use the expanded version of Todorov's theory: Equilibrium - Disruption - Recognition - Reparation - New equilibrium.
Equilibrium is that Shadow Kin tries to find a solution to separate Corikinous heart from April but it backfires and makes April more stronger. Disruption is April has problems within school. The Reparation is April's dad tries to reconnect with April again. New Equilibrium is April and Ram enters Shawdow Kin planet to get April's heart back.
3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do each of the main characters in Class fit into? Alternatively, you may wish to discuss how characters do not fit Propp's character types.
Ram-hero+helper(on a mission with April and also helping her)
April-heroine(on a mission as well but with a help of Ram)
4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)
Is April going to get her heart back?
Why is the new headteacher here?
What is Corikinous going to do?
5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience?
Light vs Dark
Good vs Evil
Representations
1) How is gender represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted?
Tanya is from the BAME community and back in the days women weren't acting in the episode but now they are the heroine and the hero.2) How is age (e.g. teenagers; older people like teachers or parents) represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Does the show reinforce or challenge stereotypes about young people?
Teenagers are acting as well as old people.3) How is race and ethnicity represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Are stereotypes reinforced or subverted?
4) How is sexuality represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? How does this reflect the BBC's remit to represent modern Britain?
5) How is disability represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Why are disabled people generally under-represented in the media and how does Class try to address this?
Audience
1) What were the viewing figures for Class and why do you think it did so badly?
2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Class?
3) What audience pleasures are offered by Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas.
Personal Identity:
Personal Relationships:
Diversion (Escapism):
Surveillance (Information / Facts):
4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart?
5) How did fans in the 'Whoniverse' (also known as 'Whovians') react to Class? Watch the fan reaction video (and read the YouTube comments) on the Class notes blogpost or check the comments in the extension articles below to help with this.
Industries
1) What was the objective of BBC3 when it was launched?
• Talkability: compulsively shareable content that gets people talking
• Timeliness: things that impact young people’s lives here and now
• Originality: our content can’t be derivative, only innovative
2) Why did BBC3 go online-only in February 2013?
3) How does Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?
Because they involve all the mission statement through all scene.4) How did the distribution of Class contribute to the failure of the show with audiences?
5) What advertising and marketing was used to try and promote Class to an audience? Why do you think this wasn't very successful?
Interview with the cast
Comparison: An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart
1) How are the technical conventions different between 1963 Doctor Who and 2016 Class (e.g. camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene)?
Doctor who was in black and white whereas Class was in colour.2) What similarities and differences are there between An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart in terms of the science-fiction genre?
They are both sci fi.3) What similarities and differences are there between An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart in terms of how they meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain?
They both educate us and teaches us what relationship is.4) How are representations of people, places and groups similar or different in the two shows?
BAME community people are used.5) What similarities and differences can you find in terms of the audience pleasures for An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart?
Language and close-textual analysis
1) Write an NCIS analysis for the episode - using notes from the screening in class. Make specific, detailed reference to moments in the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots and movement, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)
Co-owner of a Lonely Heart
Narrative: April and Corikinous both share a heart and they are trying to fight back and April is trying to get her heart back. Ram and April got caught having sex by April's mum. Then April met her dad and used her power and threatened her dad with swords. Then April used her power and healed her mum and she found out where Corikinous is and she goes to fight him.
Character: April, Ram, April's mum and dad, Corikinous and his servants, Miss Quin, The new head teacher and Tanya
Iconography: Petal, sword, school bell, dead squirrel, Ram's car
Setting: April's room and outside and out of space.
2) How does Todorov's theory of equilibrium apply to Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Try and use the expanded version of Todorov's theory: Equilibrium - Disruption - Recognition - Reparation - New equilibrium.
Equilibrium is that Shadow Kin tries to find a solution to separate Corikinous heart from April but it backfires and makes April more stronger. Disruption is April has problems within school. The Reparation is April's dad tries to reconnect with April again. New Equilibrium is April and Ram enters Shawdow Kin planet to get April's heart back.
3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do each of the main characters in Class fit into? Alternatively, you may wish to discuss how characters do not fit Propp's character types.
Ram-hero+helper(on a mission with April and also helping her)
April-heroine(on a mission as well but with a help of Ram)
4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.)
Is April going to get her heart back?
Why is the new headteacher here?
What is Corikinous going to do?
5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience?
Light vs Dark
Good vs Evil
Representations
1) How is gender represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Are gender stereotypes reinforced or subverted?
Tanya is from the BAME community and back in the days women weren't acting in the episode but now they are the heroine and the hero.2) How is age (e.g. teenagers; older people like teachers or parents) represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Does the show reinforce or challenge stereotypes about young people?
Teenagers are acting as well as old people.3) How is race and ethnicity represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Are stereotypes reinforced or subverted?
4) How is sexuality represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? How does this reflect the BBC's remit to represent modern Britain?
5) How is disability represented in Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Why are disabled people generally under-represented in the media and how does Class try to address this?
1) What were the viewing figures for Class and why do you think it did so badly?
2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Class?
3) What audience pleasures are offered by Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas.
Personal Relationships:
Diversion (Escapism):
Surveillance (Information / Facts):
4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart?
5) How did fans in the 'Whoniverse' (also known as 'Whovians') react to Class? Watch the fan reaction video (and read the YouTube comments) on the Class notes blogpost or check the comments in the extension articles below to help with this.
Industries
1) What was the objective of BBC3 when it was launched?
• Relevance: the ideas and themes that matter to our audience
• Talkability: compulsively shareable content that gets people talking
• Timeliness: things that impact young people’s lives here and now
• Originality: our content can’t be derivative, only innovative
2) Why did BBC3 go online-only in February 2013?
3) How does Class - Co-owner of a Lonely Heart meet the BBC's mission statement to 'inform, educate and entertain'?
Because they involve all the mission statement through all scene.4) How did the distribution of Class contribute to the failure of the show with audiences?
5) What advertising and marketing was used to try and promote Class to an audience? Why do you think this wasn't very successful?
Interview with the cast
Comparison: An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart
1) How are the technical conventions different between 1963 Doctor Who and 2016 Class (e.g. camerawork, editing, sound and mise-en-scene)?
Doctor who was in black and white whereas Class was in colour.2) What similarities and differences are there between An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart in terms of the science-fiction genre?
They are both sci fi.3) What similarities and differences are there between An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart in terms of how they meet the BBC's remit to inform, educate and entertain?
They both educate us and teaches us what relationship is.4) How are representations of people, places and groups similar or different in the two shows?
BAME community people are used.5) What similarities and differences can you find in terms of the audience pleasures for An Unearthly Child and Co-owner of a Lonely Heart?
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