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Audience and Industry: blog tasks

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Do you think it has changed since 1963? the target audience for Doctor Who would be around  10 and up. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child? 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. diversion is used in multiple instances: when the TARDIS takes off and the cliff hanger at the end which also links to personal relationships because we wonder what is going to happen to them. Surveillance is another one, for instance they are able to teach history in Doctor Who.  3) What additional Uses and Gratifications would this episode provide to a  modern  2020s audience? Surveillance (Information / Facts): this episode gives us insight on how 1960s television  looked . 4) Thinking of the 3 Vs audience pleasures (Visceral, Vicarious and Voyeuristic pleasures), which of these can be applied to An Unearthl

Magazines and Music Video assessment learner response: blog tasks

  1) Type up your  WWW/EBI feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  Total = 20 = grade 7 WWW- this is a seriously impressive assessment- well done! Top level across the board and up to 80% so it's just a case of adding a little to open up 8/9 EBI- the top grades are all about the depth, detail and sophistication you can offer. Consider different possible meanings      and the wider/ cultural or political contexts. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Write down the mark you achieved for each question:  Q1: 2/2 Q2: 6/8  Q3:4/6  Q4: 3/3 Q5: 5/6 3)  Look specifically at question 2. Use the indicative content in the mark scheme for question 2 to write  three  connotations of the design and layout of Tatler. serif font has connotations of being factual, old and reliable this reflects how Tatler is Britons oldest magazine san-serif font is used to look more up to date sleek. Furthermore, on the sides t

Introduction to TV drama: blog tasks

  1) How does this  His Dark Materials  trailer meet the conventions of a TV drama series? it is separated into episodes and seasons, it has several main characters and the setting is very distinct. 2) What genre (or genres) are suggested by this  His Dark Materials  trailer? fantasie , drama and sci-fi  3) What kind of characters and narratives are introduced in this trailer? from the trailer we can see that they are trying to introduce a plot where people  from " different  worlds" have to come along along and face the big bad but from the trailer we can see clear drama between the characters. 4) What settings appear in the trailer?  we can see in the trailer a almost church like setting  but for the majority we can see a theme of dark and broken places. 5) Who do you think the target audience for  His Dark Materials  is? Give reasons for your answer. in my opinion the target audience would be teenagers. I say this because the man cast of characters look mostly in their tee

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor: Blog tasks

  1) What do we know about the Arctic Monkeys audience? Think demographics, psychographics and how they got into the band. the main audience of arctic monkeys are young white British males who are indie rock fans. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor?   personal relationships: bands first music video. Older fans will recognise the 80s Tv music shows that it was based on. 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to Arctic Monkeys fans. Why did you choose those moments? 4) How did fans take a leading role in making Arctic Monkeys famous back in 2005? fans would upload music from the band onto the internet as well as talk about the band. 5) How are fans positioned to respond to the band? What does Arctic Monkeys want fans to think about their video? arctic monkeys want their older fans to remember the older feel and they do this with both the camera and the costumes. the

Introduction to Music Video: Blog tasks

  1) What are the key conventions of music video?  performance, narrative, sound   2) What is intertextuality? when one media outlet references another.  3) When did music videos first become a major part of the music industry? when MTV was first released in 1981 4) What launched in 1981 and why  were music videos an important part of the music industry in the 1980s and 1990s? MTV was released in 1981 and it became a large part of the music industry because it made physical records useless.    5) How are music videos distributed and watched in the digital age? in the digital age people now watch music videos via streaming.

BLACKPINK - How You Like That: Blog tasks

  1) What are BLACKPINK fans known as - and what would the demographics / psychographics be for the BLACKPINK audience? blackpink fans are known as "Blinks" and the majority of blackpinks fans are mostly white/Asian teenage girls. in terms of psycho graphics  they are a mix of main-streamers and explorers. 2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for How You Like That? diversion and personal identity. 3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to BLACKPINK fans. Why did you choose those moments?  0:43- the whole group is together and the friendship they show (out side of the music)  4) How was the How You Like That music video marketed and promoted to the audience? The video’s release was preceded by a series of teasers on the band’s social media accounts 5) Why is K-pop a global phenomenon and what has helped it to become so popular? the rise in K-pop can be attributed to the internet. being able to reac

Tatler: case study blog tasks

Introduction - Tatler Media pack 1) Look at the Tatler Media Pack. Go to page 2: how does the editor introduce the magazine? the editor tells us that the magazine is for the "VERY RICHEST READERS" and " LIVE THE LIFE REFLECTED ON OUR PAGES," obviously the magazine is targeted towards the upper class. 2) Now go to  page 4  of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine ( NOT  tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader? the demographic suggests that the average reader is 41 years old and their HHI is around £260,00 and they're middle class. 3) Look at  page 6 . What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend? according to the magazine £843 million was spent in the past year. in conclusion Tatler readers value their fashion very much. the magazine