Michaella's NEA

Audience Profile - My Audience Learning Objectives: K: about audience segmentation. U: how audience segmentation effects media products. BAT: conduct research and create an audience profile for your individual product. CO: Use media terminology throughout. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 2  -  Answer the following questions about audience profiling: Name 5 ways in which audiences can be categorised. 1) Age 2) Social class 3) Gender 4) Religion 5) Sexuality Why do you think it's important for media producers to categorise audiences? It is importantly  for media producers to categorise  audiences so they what they should be watching  according top this category . For example children aged 10 and under should not be watching sexual movies. What is the target audience as described in your chosen brief? The target audience is for 10-13 year old's. Give a short explanation ...

Media Theories-  MEDIA THEORIES RESEARCH TASK 2 - Write a short introduction of what you intend to achieve with this post. I'm going to use this post and apply it to my brief. This will help me as it will help me achieve the best possible magazine that I can create. This is way i can apply it to my work whilst learning about media theories at the same time. TASK 3 - Choose 3 different media texts... as long as they link to the brief you've chosen.  How is media theory used in these 3 media products and how these make the text appealing to an intended audience? A media theory that is being used here is Laura Mulvey's female gaze/ male gaze. This makes the text appealing to the male species to read their magazine. Therefore making the magazine more popular.  A media theory that is being used here would be  Richard Dyer   - "Media institutions with power make stereotypes of those will less power". This shown by the front cover of a psychology m...

Intertextuality Research -  INTERTEXTUALITY IN THE MEDIA TASK 2 - WRITE A SHORT INTRODUCTION EXPLAINING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN THIS TASK. What i'm going to do in this task is that I'm going get a deeper understanding of intertextuality. I'm also going to learn how I can apply this to my brief/magazine. This will help me as i'm going to use it in my cover lines. TASK 3   –  Choose 3 different media texts... as long as they link to the brief you've chosen.   How and why is intertextuality employed in 2 media products and what effect does this have in their intended audience? Kate Ross imitating  Marylin Monroe. Intertextuality is presented here between Kate Ross and Marylin Monroe. They did this because they want the audience to link the similarities between Kate Ross and Marylin Monroe. This also allows the reader to feel smart. Front Cover of GQ Magazine pays homage to  Marylin Monroe and Kennedy. ...

Media Language and Representations Analysis Task 1  –   How is  media language  used in 2 media products to create meaning through constructing  representations   and following  genre  conventions ? In the magazine 'Scoop', I think that they represent education as something fun. The 'Scoop' does not portray any stereotypes instead it presents information for kids in a fun and kid-friendly way.  They do this by the colours they use.  They use colours such as light blue and pink which are  stereotypical colours. Those colours are accepted by both genders. By photoshopping they have created a front cover that attracts children. The main characters are going to be of different races however I think that i'm going to mostly or all females. They are going to be presented positively because I want the children who are going to read my book to enjoy what I'm writing about. I'm going to use quotes form famous books and put them in...

NEA 30 hours - March 2019 LEARNING OBJECTIVES K: The requirements for each of the briefs set by OCR. U: How to approach the chosen brief, including writing the statement of intent. BAT: Choose a brief and start planning what to write in the statement of intent. CO: Use media terminology (all areas of the theoretical framework) in your written and verbal communication. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Task 1 - Read through the brief and select ONE... write a short paragraph as why you chose it.  Make sure you include the following information in your explanation as well: - What skills do you already have that can help you produce your chosen media texts? - What skills do you intend to develop whilst working on your media texts? I chose Brief 1 where you have to make a front cover and double page spread article for an educational magazine amide at 10-13 years old. I chose this Brief because I ...