Tuesday 31 March 2020

Dirt 2B Industry and audience



Improvements for next assessment:

Include more information such as social media, Disney's relationship with their audience and the streaming services.
Include the information in my plan.
structure my answer better

Wednesday 25 March 2020

The Big issue

Magazine: The big issue
Social, cultural, political context

The big issue is a niche magazine outside the commercial mainstream that learners may not normally engage with. It provides a contrasting example of how the elements of the theoretical framwork for media language can be used o construct alternative representations that appeal to particular audiences.

Learners must study 2 front covers of The Big Issue, from Sep 2018.
- alternative to the mainstream
- national significance

CLIFT

CLAMPS
FAM

Key terms:

- Circulation - No. of copies a magazines sells
- Readership - not just who buys a magazines but the total number of people likely to read it
- Mass Audience - readership on a very large scale
- Niche Audience - narrow group of readers with a particular interest
- Subscription - where a reader pays for a set number of copies of a magazines in advance at a lower price and receives them by post

Intertexuality


Key Terms:

- Masthead
- Plug
- Puff
- Cover Star
- Anchorage Text
- Banner
- Skyline

                 Producer

   Audience.           Advertiser

Advertising accounts for 70% of magazine income

Small circulation is more dependant on advertising

100,000 big issues sold per week

2000 big issue vendors in Britain
Vendors buys copies for £1.25
Made more than £5M
120 countries involved

Big Issue Analysis

The Big Issue Analysis


Q. What messages/values are being communicated?
A. The message being communicated is about how cooking is good your mental and physical health and, how its raised the country's popularity for cooking

Q. Any reference to political context?
A. No

Q. Cultural context?
A. The culture the front cover promotes is how it promotes British cooking, which is what the Big Issue likes to do (Promote everything to do with Britain)

Q. Is the brand identity established?
A. The brand identity established is referring to gathering together as a family as the show attracts a wide range/variety audience. People of different backgrounds and age all watch the show and the main four cast are people who can interact with with anyone


Tuesday 10 March 2020

Minecraft Histroy

Jungle Book, Minecraft, Radio 1 essay Q

Their will be two of the three- Jungle Book, Minecraft and Radio 1
10 or 15 marks
25 mins per Q

Jungle Book:
Industry

Minecraft:
Industry
Audience

Radio 1:
Industry
Audience