Revision session - April Fools

Revision session - April Fools - Newspaper

Comp 1 Section A - Unseen - Compare something new to something previously studied. - Set editions of daily mirror/times.

Comp 1 Section B - Newspapers in general - industry & audience

To what extent do representations in these newspapers make claims about realism? COMP 1 A

KNEE JERK - Great extent

both of these newspapers make explicit claims that representations of issues and events on their front covers are 'real'.

PLAN

Verisimilitude

Re-presentation - where a person, issue is shown again by the producer for ideological purposes. Every media product is bias in favour of the producer ideologies.

Representations however, can cause harm to the audience, and in particular the group who are being represented.

Context

Times - broadsheet - 10th Nov 2016 - News UK (subsidiary of News International)

Metro - Free Tabloid - DMG Media

Bias by selection
Bias by commission
Verisimilitude

Agenda
Fonts

D - Define key terms. representation and realism (verisimilitude)

A - Argument

C - Context

P - semiotic code of mise-en-scene of trump suggesting victory.
E -

Trump is a populist. He appeals to a lot of people.

Focus on knife crime

'KNIFEMAN'
MES of fist suggesting victory
"THE NEW WORLD"
Sans serif - metro
serif - times

Stereotypical tabloid mode of address

Its giving a relatable scenario to the audience to target the audience.

intertextuality to crime shows like CSI

both are right wing

False representations can damage a group of people (in London it is black teenagers) and cultivate ideologies which aren't true.

A newspaper demonstrates bias with an April fools construction.

Times

Symbolism of US flag constructs Trump as a nationalist which is combined with the iconography of his clenched fist which reinforces this ideology due to the connotations of victory.

Comments

Top 10 best selling games Amazon

What demographic do these games target? Include gender, age, social group and sexuality What genres do these games belong to? What age ratings do these games have? (remember: the age rating for a media product rarely tells us what demographic it is actually targeting, and this is especially true of videogames!) Who developed these games? How do these games target a local and international audience? Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Male audience children working class heterosexual Fantasy, Platformer, Online Fighter Game 12 PEGI Rating Nintendo and BANDAI Developed Super Mario Party Red dead Redemption 2 Mario Cart 8. Deluxe Marvel's Spider Man Super Mario Odyssey God of War The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu!

The Film Industry - Marketing Films

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 The website contains a graphical interface with characters from the film. It has many different links to different things related to the film. Each page has enough information to keep an audience interested but not too much information that they won't have to watch the film. Three audiences for this film may be young children aged 5+ both male and female, young teens, fans of science fiction. Young children are targeted by the use of the small smiling tree which makes it seem inviting. Young teens may want to see this film as there is use of comic book typography. The use of blues and metallic colours suggest science fiction and space travel which is a common theme in this film and may appeal to sci-fi fans.

Attitude Online - Wednesday 13th March

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