How does complying with the law affect the production of your text?
Institutional Factors – 1 making a profit
Remember both of your case studies are shown on commercial stations. Apart from the profits which Lime Studios (Hollyoaks) and Syco (X Factor) make for their owners, what does the channel(Channel 4/ITV) do to ensure that they make a profit too?
Consider:
- ad breaks
- schedulling
- station identifiers (Logos)
- live-tweet blogging
- programme trailers
- leaking stories to the press/celebrity style magazines to generate interest
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Here’s an excellent resource for Hollyoaks with a full general deconstruction. (Interestingly compared with a constructed reality show – Made In Chelsea)
http://Deconstruction of Soap Operas (Kitchen sink dramas)
Here is a fairly good deconstruction of the space introduction in the opening sequence of X factor
Motion graphics used for intro to X Factor
Homework – Wednesday
In your media text, how was representation used to convey meaning?
In your answer you should consider at least two of the following:
- Images of particular groups
- Images of particular places
- Images of particular events
- Possible alternative representations; representation and stereotyping
- Representation linked to genre
- Representations linked to audience
Homework – Tuesday
Think of a media text you know well. To what extent does it follow the conventions of its genre?
http://www.slideshare.net/ablt/soap-opera-conventions-16473569
http://quizlet.com/11325739/x-factor-genre-narrative-and-representation-flash-cards/
Monday’s question – artificial construct
How is what we see on screen carefully planned, storyboarded, scripted, choreographed and blocked to make it appear realistic to the audience at home?
Nat 5 Homework question number 2
How were camera images, angles, movements and cut-aways used to convey meaning to the audience?
Holiday, holiday, holiday – err no. Exam revision Nat 5
Remember to come in on the Thursday (10th) between 9 and 12 for revision. Bring your own snacks and drinks.
The cake does not have to be a lie!
Meanwhile – for every day I will set a homework task for you to think about.
Ready?
Get Set: Thinking about a media text you know well, how did this media text try to influence a change in the way the audience thought or acted?
Go!
