RobinGCSEMedia

  1) What information do media companies use to create a demographic profile of their audience? They use Age, Gender, Education, Social class, Race, Home, and profession. 2) Why are media companies and advertisers increasingly using audience profiling and not just demographics? They use audience profiling because that way they can get enough information like their hobbies and likes. 3) What are the seven different Psychographic groups?  The Aspirer Explorer Reformer Mainstreamer Succeeded Struggler Resigned 4) Write a brief summary of what each Psychographic group is seeking or motivated by. The Aspirer- Seeker of status Explorer- Seeker of discovery Reformer- Seeker of enlightenment Mainstreamer- Seeker of security Succeeded- Seeker of control Struggler- Seeker of escape Resigned- Seeker of survival 5) What psychographic group or groups do YOU belong in? Think about your own interests and lifestyle and explain your decision. Remember, you may fit into two or three d...

  WWW: It’s great that your blog is set up and you have some work posted already. Your fruit bowl shows technical skills in Photoshop and I think you’ve captured the ‘Pastel’ palette really well. I also like your first 10 questions blogpost with some honest evaluation of your screen time! We now need to make sure we match your technical skill on Photoshop with ensuring all homework, blog work and analytical tasks are fully completed.    EBI: Unfinished work. Your blog is missing some work, including most of the homework I have set so far. You have not posted Denotation and Connotation which was set for homework. You have the same issue for the Mise-en-scene Stranger Things work which is unfinished. Original tasks on the blog: LR: Create a new blogpost on your Media blog called ‘Blog feedback and Learner Response’. Copy and paste this WWW/EBI feedback into your blogpost then complete the LR tasks/questions below.   Complete the missing/unfinished work.    DO...

  1)   Crane was used to show the dramatic attempted escape of the captain who was said to be the next murderer by his own invention. The crane further induces dramatic entrance and shows that the police are not dealing with some ordinary man. The use of Pan also further shows that the captain is really quick with his movements even tricking the camera man. Lastly handheld camera were used to show realism and the urgency of the situation making you believe this is all real!! 2) The use of pace in the editing shows how the captain is quick and sharp with his movements further demonstrating his hierarchy among his fellow colleagues. Lastly, the use of dissolve shows that he already know they are after him and is running away causing more tension to build and also a lot more excitement. 3) 2 camera angles were used in the scene which were long shot and extreme close up. Long shot communicated to the audience that he was surrounded by the police and had nowhere to go and the extre...

  1)  I can see a boy clearly sad looking into the camera. I can also see houses behind and the sun shining brightly on the boy.I can also see a run down and destroyed/ corroding wall next to the boy.   2) I can infer that the boy is water-deprived and is clearly distressed. Also i can see he is sad and evidently needs something. Also the run down wall further shows his need for urgent help from other people and really needs some aid as soon as possible 3) Overall, this advert helps communicate to the audience of how severe of a situation they are in and clearly are in distress and need urgent help. 1) I can see a coca cola bottle and a glass of coca cola filled to  the top and splashing around. I can see light/sunshine and i can also see ice cubes inside of the cup. 2) The advert builds up on the slogan Coca cola is the best. The connotation of the splashing coca cola implies how tasty/delectable coca cola is giving the user the best time of their life. Also the sun...

 1) First blog task - 10 questions 2) Denotation and Connotation 3) Introduction to Photoshop: fruit bowls 4) Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things 5) Camerawork: shots and angles 6) Camera movement and editing 7) Blog feedback and learner response

 Doctor Who scene HW/ Class task: 1 ) Close shot: The characters shoulder and face shown to emphasise/define their expressions. This is shown in the beginning when they were all on a call defining their expressions more boldly and making the audience more aware of what will possibly happen next. Establishing shot:   The surrounding landscape is shown to make the audience more aware of the setting and where the movie is being set. This will make the audience intrigued as they will want to know more about the surrounding zone they are in. Long Shot:  A shot taken at a great distance from the subject from head to toe to show their relation to the surrounding environment.