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 Guardian News Advert

 

 

• Media Forms: What techniques does the ad use to persuade the audience to consume the Guardian?

At the beginning of this advert, non-diegetic sound is used. This helps to engage the audience, the sound is very mysterious which grabs the audience’s attention as they would want to find out what is going to happen. The 'Guardian' typography appears which alerts the audience that this advert is related to the Guardian newspaper.

• Representation: How is the news represented in the ad?

 The news represented in the advert shows that it is very important as news has become of high importance, the advert had the shock and realism factor due to the mise en scene and fast paced edits which encourages the audience to keep watching to see what is happening. It is a positive representation as the advert shows the audience how they communicate very fast. The characters in the advert also represent that the advert is trying to attract a certain audience, which is Guardian newspaper readers mostly.

• Media Institution: What issues of new technology does this ad raise and what does it tell us about the values of The Guardian?

 The media institutions raise new technology towards the audience informing them how technology has developed during the years for example the social networking sites and the use of networking sites have become a great advantage to advertise products viral and fast. The advert tells us that the Guardian newspaper is a good newspaper to receive all the best news quick and to make their audience know what is happening around the world. It is an advantage for Also, they need to have developed technology as a larger audience would get attracted. Also, in the advert it shows people viewing the news on The Guardian website and it shows a club broadcasted on YouTube which clearly conveys that new technology is becoming more popular with people

• Audience: On the basis of this ad, who does the Guardian brand appeal to?

 Lastly, the primary audience is white middle class individuals between ages 24-40 year olds  both genders which may suggest that the advert is likely appeal to the social demographic of A/B. which covers a range of issues such as politics, businesses, money, suggesting that the Guardian targets individuals who have a high income status as they are more likely to be aware of the information in the newspaper  as they would be interested in broadsheet newspapers that talk about the society, world, sports and etc. The psychographics for this target audience would be mainstreamers, resigned and explorers as they all seek for security, discovery, and survival which the Guardian newspaper would provide and inform.

Call Of Duty: video game trailer

 

Media Forms: What codes and conventions does the trailer use to establish the text’s genre?

The text establishes the genre of trailer by the mise en scene used, the colours, fast transitions are fast paced which relate to the male audience as they like fast, action/adventure games which appeal to them.

Media Representations: How is war represented in the trailer?

The representation portrayed about was is very clear by the animated characters in the trailer, the animated characters show props of guns, explosions, trucks etc. and the characters running around shooting enemies. It lets the audience create an image of how war can be and how horrible, negative it could be.

Media Institutions: In what ways is the trailer typical of the video game industry?

The trailer is typical of a video game industry through the graphics as normally in a trailer it would either be animations or filming actual people. Also, there are important information shown at the end of trailer which is common such as the release date for the game which allows the audience to know when the game will be available for them to buy.

Media Audiences: Who does this text appeal to and what pleasures does it offer?

The male audience would be much interested in a action/adventure genre as they would like to see lots of action and adventurous things. The trailer shows what the male audience would be able to do in the game which they would like to play in a game. 
 

Case study : Three plaforms

SKYFALL

Print, broadcast and E-media

Codes and conventions:  Each platform of media has different media products to promote the film. Some of these will link with each other in order to attract the same audiences and the rest will not in order attract different audiences. The audiences mainly attracted to e media products are generally younger and aged between 15-20. They will be attracted to fan pages on face book or twitter and websites. They will come from socio economic groups C2, D and E. This will allow them to generate more user generated content and spread awareness of the through friends online.

Broadcast media will allow the audience to understand more about the film through interviews from the cast. For print media the target audience would be a mix of a younger and older people. This is because some of the posters include a man in a tracksuit hanging around an estate holding a gun. This will attract a younger audience as it promotes a sense of violence. Whereas the bill board shows ben drew with the title and release date. This gives a more sensible representation and attracts older people who commute to work and can see the billboards easier. Over all the socio economic groups targeted for ill manors is A, B, D and E. They will have psychographic profiles, strugglers because they seek escape, they might relate to what the film is about, reformers because they might seek enlighten and explorers who seek discovery and will watch something new.

Print

Through typical Codes and conventions of the Film poster/covers include a Name of the film on a bold font, the release date and the institution names, Hollywood movies also include star names. The film poster for Skyfall is that it consists of mainly dark colours which contrast white to show them juxtapose each other. The film poster also include the 007 logo in the poster which is a universal sign in terms of Bond films. We can see Daniel Craig (James bond) holding a gun and walking through what looks like a barrel of a gun this also suggest that the genre for Skyfall is action due to the iconography. This connotes violence, action and a sense of mystery to the character. We also know Daniel Craig is the protagonist as he is used in the main character in the central image in the film poster. In the image he gives direct  eye contact which draws the audience’s attention and keeps them focused on the poster. His facial Expression ehance he is waiting for something to happen. Daniel Craig is shown to be an agent as he is in a suit and holding a gun. The audience will automatically know he is James bond through previous films. The shadows casted on his face make him look very mysterious. Daniel Craig has adopted the persona of a brave, strong, mysterious character which means as an actor he will generally star in many action films.

The pyschographic group that this movie is appealed to the mainstreamers. This is because they are concerned with stability and security; mainly buying well-known brands. Aslo fits into the pyscograpgic group explorers, who want to get away from reality and just get lost in a big budget Hollywood movie.The demographic age of the audience for this film is between 15-35 year olds as everyone likes to watch action films males and females. however, male audience are more likely to be fans of these type of films in comparison to I'll manors film.

Broadcast : interview with James bond

This is an example of a broadcast media as its an interview. This is an interview with the main character James Bond ( the protagonist of the film).  I think this is a great way to promote because you-tube is very well known globally. This is a intelligent way of promoting as the channel has over one million subscribers, this channel gives the film makers a huge advantage with promoting.The interview tries to give and to sell his ideologies to the audience as they are very important because he has been the super-hero for everyone. Bond is given a very good stereotype because his ideologies are very good and mean a lot to the audience. 


E- media: Skyfall Facebook page 

This is an example of E-media Platform as its a social network site. The the reason why E-media is the most effective platform across all three platforms I think, is because E-media allows the audience to get involved with film. the other two platforms do not allow the audience to interact with the film, as E-media does. It allows the audience to like things about the film dislike things, it allows them to leave their views about the film, all of there views count.

Case Study 2

SKYFALL

1. Outline of Skyfall

Director - Sam Mandes
Producer- Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan.
Produced by EON Produtions
Starring- Danial Craig which plays the role of James Bond and Javier Bardem
Production/Distribution Companies-  Eon Productions, columbia picture, 20th century Fox home entertainment 
 Release Date(s) including Home Media 26 october 2012 (uk)
Running Time- 142 minutes 
 Budget- £200,000,000
Box Office takings- Opening Weekend: $88,364,714 (USA) (9 November 2012)
Gross: $304,295,238 (USA) (1 March 2013)
Certificate 12A 

Sex & Nudity: 5/10.Bond has sexual relations with an unnamed woman in the Caribbean as we briefly see their nude silhouettes as they passionately kiss and caress against a wall. They are seen lying in bed, critical nudity hidden by sheets and clothing.
Bond, shirtless, allows Eve to shave his face and neck, and they passionately caress briefly and kiss lightly.

Violence & Gore: 6/10 In the opening, a long chase ensues between two men. They chase each other by car, motorcycle, foot and on a train, causing chaos in a crowded marketplace and on a train. One of the men is shot in the shoulder and then shot, falling off of a bridge into a river (he lives).
A man is killed when he tries to shoot 007's own gun at him: the smart gun won't allow it, and the thug is bitten from behind by a Komodo dragon and dragged into darkness, where we hear screams.

Frightening/Intense Scenes: 7/10. Many of the action and chase scenes are very intense and suspenseful, some occurring in the middle of crowds of civilians.

2. Skyfall 

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes), the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris) - following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. 

Bond's mission is to keep a computer drive that has a list of British agents from being used against them. He chases the man who has it and they have a brawl on top of a train. Eve, an agent sent to assist Bond has them in her cross hairs but hesitates to take the shot because she might hit Bond but M orders her to take it. Which she does and hits Bond who falls into the river and is believed to be dead. A few months later, the British government is upset with MI6 for losing the list; specifically with M. She is told that she'll be allowed to retire but she refuses to leave till the while matter is resolved. So she returns to HQ to work on it but as she arrives, there's an explosion. In the meantime, Bond, who is not dead, has been laying low. When he learns of what happened, he returns. And M tasks him with finding the one who has the information. He eventually learns that the man who has it, is someone from M's past and who has it in for her. 

Daniel Craig is an English actor, best known for playing British secret agent James Bond since 2006. He plays the main role in Skyfall and is represented in a dominant male role, the idea that the man are in power, in charge of everything. The producers have used mis-en-scene through props to represent Bond as the dominant character as he’s always the one carrying the gun, the gun also is a typical genre convention as the genre of this film contains action. In most of the film Bond's represented in a suit, he’s always dressed smart which portrays him in a successful way. They've2 used mis-en-scene through make up to show his wealth and health, through most of the film he looks clean which shows he has the money to take care of himself, for example he isn't suffering financially. The location and Settings skyfall  primarily took place in the United Kingdom, China and Turkey. 

Reviews for skyfall seems to all be very positive


3.  the main similarities/differences between Skyfall and 'Ill Manors'

We can see a major difference between the qualities of both movies. We can see very clearly where the budget was used on sky fall which was through cast, promotion, locations, stunts etc. the where more well-known actors who will automatically attract a large audience. There was a range of locations used to film which lead to multi stranded narratives. The stunts would require professional’s to replace the actors and a lot of money spent on props to make it more realistic. The movie was very well promoted through a range of the 3 platforms (print, broadcast and e media). Ill manors also had well-known actors but who are still trying to break through the industry. There were not many scenes which would require any extra costs on stunts. The similarities between the two would be on synergy. Both films use synergy as a method of promotion. Violence is another similarity which could attract a younger male audience.

4. The official website of Skyfall.  http://www.skyfall-movie.com/site/  

E-Media...

The Skyfall website is quite basic and easy to navigate through due to the navigation bar at the top. Also, the colours used contrast/juxtapose each other therefore making it easy for the users to read the text on screen.


5. Skyfall Trailer

Broadcast..

The beginning of the Skyfall trailer starts by showing James bond face in a very dark place then the camera zooms only to his eyes suggesting that he is focusing on something; by this it’s creating a tense atmosphere. The music used for the trailer contributes to the action, the action links to the music. It raises so many questions hence this trailer is so successful because it creates suspense. The trailer then short shots of action scenes which would attract many people who like all that action with the music which creates all the suspense.


Throughout the trailer, shows close up shots of James Bond, close up's are really effective as it shows the facial expressions and in this case James looks worried, panicked which attracts the audience as they'd want to know what's about to happen. Also towards the end of the trailer, a woman is shown that walks towards james bond. This shows that whatever the men are capable of, the women can handle to which would attract a female audience as they'd want to be like the women, dominant.


Additionally, the montage editing is used effectively in this trailer as it shows the audience that it’s a non-linear narrative in terms of the shots and fast pace and this is effective in generating excitement for the audience. Also, the different action shots are effective in creating a thrilling atmosphere which would keep the audience engaged and links to the genre. The fact that actors and actresses who are starring in the film are well known is effective as more people are likely to watch the film as they maybe fans of them.


The fact that the title of the film is shown at the end of the trailer is effective as it keeps the audience engaged. Moreover, important information such as the realse date is also shown at the end as well after the title of the film, this would make the audience aware of when the film will be coming out in cinemas however they have only shown the month that it will be released. This is also effective as it engages the audience in and makes them want to find out more about the film.

Prezi Presentation- I'II Manors

http://prezi.com/9oj5rqzs22o0/present/?auth_key=rlqwt20&follow=t6gy3fswfumw

MEST1: case study

Who are the key institutions involved in promoting the film and how are they involved?
The key institutions involved in promoting the film is the director Ben Drew, the studios who helped Ben Drew create the film 'BBC Films', 'Film London Microwave', and 'Aimimage', the distributor by 'Revolver Entertainment'. These institutions helped Ben Drew promote the film, as it was small budget film therefore it was signed onto Revolver Entertainment a film distribution company which promoted the film to 191 cinemas in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The 'Ill Manors' trailer was first introduced on 'The Guardian's website on May 3 2012, however the poster was published for the first time by 'Empire' magazine's website on May 8 2012, these promoted the film by airing on to famous media's which are intended to different target audiences. Furthermore the demographic audience for 'The Guardian' newspaper would be classes ABC1 audience as they are upper/lower middle class audience and would rather read broadsheet newspaper than a tabloid magazine. The psychographics audience would be intended to mainstreamer and succeeders mostly, moreover the film is getting a wider target audience which makes the film more recognizable. On the other hand and 'Empire' magazine I think would appeal to a younger audience who are film fanatics, who are interested in the film media side, as the magazine would have lots of images, quotes and less text than a 'Guardian' newspaper. The demographics and psychographics of a 'Empire' magazine would be I think C1C2D class audience as the upper working class audience would be more interested into business/money, and news. In addition the the 'Ill Manors' trailer, music video, behind the scenes videos, interviews etc. are mostly promoted and published through 'YouTube', synergy is used here to cross promote the product and attracting a wider audience as 'YouTube' is a world wide social network accessible nearly to everyone. Lastly the film is also promoted by social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook  MySpace etc. also to attract a wide audience and to inform the audience about the film.

MEST1: case study

Now look at what values and ideologies are communicated within these representations: Think about the people/places/ideas that are used/communicated, How and why they are presented to the audience in this way?, How is the audience represented? Do they get a chance to represent themselves? E.g. Twitter.
In the film Ben Drew tries to get a message across toward the audience about young youths and society and how they ignore the ones brought up in less wealthy areas such as council estates, no education bad parenting etc. All the representations above the ideologies are represented throughout the film and interviews by Ben Drew as he explains why he has created this film and purpose for his beliefs. He explains why he has done this project to show a difference in society as he feels young youths are treated and represented unequally. This is Ben Drew's first project which relates to society which suggests the audience that Drew is a successful role model to teenagers as he was brought up in a council estate too, therefore he would understand the victims and try help them get the message across to change society. There are many young youths who live in council estates who are discriminated which lead to negative behaviour  making the audience stereotype them.

Now think of how the film communicates with audiences across the 3 platforms are there differences or similarities in the representations of: The actors/stars (their star persona), People (race, gender, age etc), Places (countries, regions, etc), Values and ideologies (class, politics, religion, lifestyle, beliefs etc).
Ben drew communicates with the audience through the three platforms by the differences in the representation/ideologies in the film and three platforms. He associates the characters of how young youths are represented in real life and communicates with the audience about how they are stereotyped  moreover these characters who are portrayed in the film are from low profile backgrounds, Ben Drew has chosen these characters as he wanted the audience to relate to them as one of the working class audiences not as a famous blockbuster character.

MEST1: case study

How do audiences access the text across the 3 platforms?


Who are the film’s target audience(s) and how do you know?How is the film promoted to its target audience(s) through: Print? Broadcasting (TV/Radio/DVD)? E-Media?

The target audience for Ill Manors would be targeted at mainly males than females as the film contains lots of violence and strong language (action/crime/urban genre) the age group would be around 18-36 year olds, as there are some sexual scenes and contents of a 18 certificate film. Furthermore the film also has a different type of audience which was witnessed in the TEDx lecture from Ben Drew where there was middle class, working audience mostly to be journalists and people who are interested in the film and purpose of the making.
The film is promoted to it's target audience through the three platforms print, E-media and broadcast. The print article I found below (link) shows a article from 'The Observer' magazine about the film Ill Manors, this magazine I think is targeted to a secondary audience such as the audience seen on the TEDx observer. This article gives the audience a chance to read and understand the narrative of the film, which informs them about the genre, characters etc in the film which is useful for them as it attracts them to watch the film. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jun/07/ill-manors-review

This video from YouTube is the premiere of the film where the host interviews a couple of the characters about the film and their roles in the film. It allows the audience to know a bit more about the characters interviewed and know who they are and know who they would be portrayed as in the film. This is an example of E-media as it is interactive and the audience are able to recognize the characters. Moreover the website makes the audience amused and to let them explore the options listed to make it more interactive so the audience do not get bored. The trailer, this is the Ill Manors trailer which is from ‘YouTube’ shown to the audience, I think this is useful to the audience as some of them do not know what the film is about therefore this would be significant to them as they could create an idea of what the film would be about exploring the genre, characters, music etc of the film. The use of synergy has been used as ‘YouTube’ is helping promote the film more worldwide to attract a wider audience. YouTube is a very popular website to watch any sorts of videos for entertainment, music, programmes etc therefore promoting the film trailer on ‘YouTube’ is an advantage for the film as it would get popular with audiences opinions about the trailer.

Now think of how the producers are communicating with audiences across the 3 platforms: What are the differences?
The producers are communicating with the audience across the three platforms print E-media and broadcast, by informing, entertaining and for social networking. Print is targeted to the audience by informing, entertaining, escapism and social interactions, broadcast would be also to inform the audience, entertain and escapism and lastly E-media is also to entertain, informing, escapism and to attract social interaction.

Audience theories you could research and apply to your film case study:
The social demographics for the film Ill Manors would be targeted towards Classes C1,C2,D and E audience which is targeted towards the working class audience, the age intended would be 18-34 year olds because of the sexual content, violence, and strong language in the film, moreover the certificate of the film is 18 rated, also there would be more male attraction than female hence the genre of the film urban/crime, and the narrative. The psycho-graphics group would be strugglers and reformers, who are not very successful in life which relates to the film.