Creating a Media Product
For my A-S level media course I was assigned the task of creating a
Media product. First of all, I had to choose the people who would
participate in this work with me. With the advice that any group with
five plus members made organisation and distribution of tasks very
difficult it was agreed that the group I would work with would be a
group of four containing Myself, Thomas Homewood, Ben Weeks and Jack
Wicket-Padgham.
First of all the four of us began thinking of ideas and primarily what
type of product would be created. We took into consideration the pros
and cons of the two possibilities left on our short-list. They were
either a 30 second long Television advertisement, or a 15-20 minute
long documentary. A documentary, being up to 20 minutes long, would
allow a lot of analysis to be drawn up about the final created
product, but to make a documentary we would need to spend vast amounts
of time in the filming and editing sections of our work, personally I
found the idea of a documentary very appealing, but in a group of four
it was necessary that a group decision was required and that we had to
look into all of the possibilities. The other possibility was, of
course a 30 second long television commercial. An obvious reason for
opting to create a short advert was that it would obviously require
less filming and less editing, this would allow the product to be
perhaps vastly shorter than a documentary, but the short advert would
be, in theory paid much more attention to and when finished would be
far superior. An advert was ultimately decided as the activity
favoured by our group of four, mainly because of the above readings.
Now that the type of product had been decided, it was time for the
real planning and decisions about what type of product to base the
advertisement on, and once that had been decided, actually creating a
Picture board and story line for the advertisement.
How Pharr off is Mary Pharr on the significance of the novel about Harry Potter? I believe very far off. I think the argument Pharr makes is not connected to the educational benefits of Harry Potter. Rather she argues the morality presented throughout Harry Potter by saying this is what all readers crave. “In Medias Res” by Mary Pharr is a response to critics’ critical analysis of the Harry Potter (HP) series’ ability to educate readers. After thinking and reading Mary Pharr’s text about the ‘educational value’ has concluded with few, if any educational benefits through Harry Potter. Though these lessons exist they are typically taught by parents not school, not quantitative skills or tools that are typically taught in schools,
Firminger examines the ways these magazines represent young males and females. She reveals that these magazines talks about the physical appearance of young girls but also their sexuality, emotions, and love life. The author informs how the advice given by the magazines is negative. The author also argues that these magazines focus more on their social life than how their academic performance
In the late Seventies, America became shocked and outraged by the rape, mutilation, and murder of over a dozen young, beautiful girls. The man who committed these murders, Ted Bundy, was later apprehended and executed. During his detention in various penitentiaries, he was mentally probed and prodded by psychologist and psychoanalysts hoping to discover the root of his violent actions and sexual frustrations. Many theories arose in attempts to explain the motivational factors behind his murderous escapades. However, the strongest and most feasible of these theories came not from the psychologists, but from the man himself, "as a teenager, my buddies and I would all sneak around and watch porn. As I grew older, I became more and more interested and involved in it, [pornography] became an obsession. I got so involved in it, I wanted to incorporate [porn] into my life, but I couldn’t behave like that and maintain the success I had worked so hard for. I generated an alter-ego to fulfill my fantasies under-cover. Pornography was a means of unlocking the evil I had burried inside myself" (Leidholdt 47). Is it possible that pornography is acting as the key to unlocking the evil in more unstable minds?
The message in the Media Representation Trailer demonstrates and displays the negative representation of women and men in society today. The interviews and dialogue clearly state that women continue to be depicted as the weaker sex and viewed as a sex symbol. This is initially portrayed in the beginning of the film as a young woman erotically dances on car as well as images of woman proudly walking in lingerie. In addition to the influence media has on women there is also the influence on men. Men continue to be encouraged through movies and music to be the dominant sex. The messages conveyed throughout the trailer.
“Mass media transmit the ideas, values, norms, attitudes, and behaviors that socialize and construct the social reality of those who use them for a wide variety of reasons” (Lopez-Guimera, Levine, Sanchez-Carracedo, & Fauquet, 2010, p. 388). The world of mass media has a significant influence on its audience in terms of what is considered to be the ideal body type, pressuring society to look a certain way to receive public acceptance. This pressure creates a distorted perception that is not always a positive one, it can be detrimental to an individual’s mental and physical health. According to Marika Tiggemann (2014), body dissatisfaction results from exposure to skinny media images generating a harmful social comparison. An analysis covering the effects of media on body image shows that consumers are being deceived through edited images and can also be linked to eating disorders. However, can media really be that harmful to body image?
In this assignment I will be studying the ways bodies regulate the media. Media regulation is the regulation of the media, such as enforcing rules and regulations and how they deal with the breakers of these rules.
A Comparison of Two Advertisements Introduction Advertising and media are part of everybody’s everyday life, with or without them realizing. Each day we see adverts on the television showing us new lifestyles that look glamorous, we hear adverts on the radio, we see slogans emblazoned on people’s clothes, on the side of buses, on billboards, everywhere!! Big companies know that they need to make their product appeal to as many ‘niche markets’ as possible and they do this by ‘audience segmentation’. This is when companies make an advert so that it would appeal to one type of person, and then another advert for the same product but for a different type of person. Although it is hard to know exactly when there target audience will be watching, companies will spend lots of money researching.
Stereotypes is a big issue within the media industry. Representation within the media is to show someone or something, using a process of depicting, descripting and symbolization. Stereotypes, as described by Stuart Hall, is the “production of the meaning of the concepts in our minds through language which enables us to refer to either the ‘real’ world of objects, people or events, or indeed to imaginary worlds of fictional objects, people and events”. In his research Hall has suggested that there is two systems of representation, the first system regarding direct associations of events, people and objects that have certain mental representations and concepts that people have in their minds. Meaning is therefore
Creating a creative advertisement that stands out from the crowd is essential for any company’s growth. A common communication strategy is for companies to break through competitive clutter in order to shape consumers attitude and intentions. A creative ad is able to catch the attention of onlookers with the added wow factor. Interest in an ad is influenced by surprise, information and benefits. Comforts fabric softener ad (See appendix 1), is a great example of this as the ad displays a perfect visual for their product with an added touch of humor to draw potential customers attention to the ad. Their ad clearly conveys the message of their product without the need of a
The first Physical Theatre Practitioner I will be looking at is Commedia Dell’Arte and the methods involved with it.
The movie Invictus brings up several key points about the media in everyday life. One of the most prominent points brought up in the film is that sports have the power to bring people together and unite them with a common goal. Sports are an enormous part of the media and cultures all over the world. Whether it be the Super-bowl, World Cup, or Olympics, millions of people continue to unite and cheer for the teams they support. The reason in which sports often unites people is that it gives people something in common with one another. No matter what race, age, or gender, people of all types enjoy watching and supporting sports teams which is why it is such a powerful means to unite people.
they are using it, it will be a good product. Sex appeal and use of
The evolution of media, from old media to new media, has transformed the way we understand the world around us. New media is interactive and is user-generated while old media is a more traditional way of communicating through television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books, etc (Lecture Notes. January 12, 2011). New media gives us a new perspective by allowing us to interact with one another through the Internet. Media has become much more personal and diverse as user-generated content becomes more prominent in our lives (Lecture Notes. January 24, 2011). We are exposed to various viewpoints shape our understanding and knowledge of the social world, but does the form of media actually affect the way we understand the content which is presented to us? For my paper, I will determine whether or not the medium is the message by analyzing two different types of media sources and how they affect our understanding of the content. For my old media source I have chosen a news clip from the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric that deals with the ongoing Egyptian uprising. For my new media source I have chosen a video blog, or ‘vlog’, by an Egyptian man named Omar who discusses the crisis in Egypt from a personal point of view. Both media sources deal with the same topic, but result in different understandings of the crisis.
Every generation has its differences that sets them apart from one another, they vary from war to economic turmoil; for the current generations’ media is the end all be all. Technology has advanced the most throughout generations, with the advancements in technology people have more mediums to access media. Smartphones are the biggest technological advancement. The more recent generation, Generation Z, has grown up with access to smartphones, carrying around the media with them throughout the day. The growth in technology has made the media a central part of our generation, controlling a larger portion of our personal lives. This can be a bad thing because our generation is becoming more addicted to the media, and dependent on technology. It is important that we become media literate and control the amount of media that we intake and how often; which, in this day in age, is harder to do, even elementary students have iPhones and social media webpages. I will cover what defines each generation, and the media effects and influence on technology, family dynamics in the current generation.