Television: His Dark Materials - Language and Representation
2) How does His Dark Materials fit the conventions of the fantasy TV genre ? It is set in a multi-world reality with action moving between worlds.That makes it a fantasy tv genre. 3) Applying Propp's character theory, what character roles do some of the main characters in His Dark Materials fit into? the hero and the false hero. 4) What enigma and action codes (Barthes) can you find in His Dark Materials? Make specific, detailed reference to the text using media terminology (e.g. media language - camera shots, diegetic/non-diegetic sound, mise-en-scene etc.) the film has a mystery and the audience needs to solve that mystery . 5) What examples of binary opposition (Levi-Strauss) can you find in His Dark Materials? How do these create narrative or drama for the audience? You can find reminder notes on all these narrative theories here - just scroll down to narrative. Good vs Evil-Blac...