Media blog 1 - exam - Mr Pall

  1) How is audience defined in the Factsheet? The audience is the general term for all the individual people  who consume a media product. 2) What does the infographic for Gen Z in the age of Covid-19 suggest about the media Gen Z consumes?  online videos  3) How do media companies target and measure their audience in the digital age? algorithms and data  4) What did the NRS used to do and what does PAMCO do now?  used to collect demographic information about the audiences of newspapers. collates information on traditional newspapers and magazines in print form but also their digital presence, producing some complex data about who consumes them. 5) How are demographics and psychographics defined in the factsheet? Demographics might involve very simple information, such  as age or gender, Psychographics, sometimes called lifestyle profiling,

  1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  Harry Potter 2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a  clip  on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot. 1. How could you show that the scene was taking place early in the morning? Show the sun rising or people eating breakfast  2. How would you show your film was set in London? Show London landmark's  3. What methods could you use to make it clear the text is set in the 1960s? Old fashioned clothing  4. How could you make it clear one of the characters is a married policeman?  A man with a ring with a policeman costume on   5. What could you do to show the audience they are watching a thriller? suspenseful music  3) Provide...

  Read  Media Factsheet 03 - Genre: Categorising texts  and answer the following questions: 1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? mise en  scene of the deep space indicates sci fi  2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? genres are recognisable by repeated conventions  3) What are the different ways films can be categorised according to Bordwell?  country , star , technical , style , series , Audience   4) List three ways genre is used by audiences. use of prior knowledge , compare text , rejection of a text  5) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers. attract a audience , marketing texts , production Read  Media Factsheet 126 - Superheroes: A Genre Case Study  and answer the following questions: 1) List five films the factsheet discusses with regards to the Superhero genre. X Men , Avengers , Spiderman , Guardians of the Galaxy , ...