Sunday, 13 November 2016
Coursework Proposal
For my coursework last year I did a DVD cover and poster. This year I'm going to create a magazine cover and articles which will highlight how women are represented in magazine's and consist of clear magazine conventions. However, I think I'm not going to follow the hyper sexual images of women, instead I will create a magazine cover which focuses on the pure success of women. But I will still use things such as make-up and refer to "tips" for women so that it sticks to my research.
Weekly News
First ever Remembrance service held for fallen war horses
The first ever memorial service held to honour horses who had fallen during the First World War and every other battle since then, took place at the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Riding Stables in Plymouth on Sunday. "Eight million horses and countless mules and donkeys died in the First World War" as "they were used to transport ammunition and supplies", this wasn't just due to shellfire alone but also to the terrible conditions they were forced to live in.
A horse called Rocky wore a garland made of poppies and led a parade of five other horses from the stables where Royal Navy Lieutenants and young members of the RNRM Junior Saddle Club attended.
There was also a minute's silence and wreaths were laid down in the
Being an animal lover, I was very happy to see news like this. I feel as this is the first time I've seen news like this and therefore strongly believe that it should be a more publicised event as well as an annually one.
Since it's the month of remembrance, I think it's important to remember everything from the men and women to the animals, all who helped and fought in the wars and battles; as every single one of them made a difference.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/12/first-ever-remembrance-service-held-for-fallen-war-horses-6254514/
Sunday, 6 November 2016
Weekly News
Priest blames gays for earthquakes
Father Giovanni Cavalcoli believes that people in central Italy have suffered 'divine punishment' as a result of same-sex civil unions being allowed. The legislation allowing this in Italy only took effect last month, making it the last country in Western Europe to legally recognise same-sex relationships. This could suggest why the priest has such an unusual belief.
He made these comments on a radio station called Radio Maria, on the 30th of October, the day central Italy was struck by a 6.6-magnitude quake (the most powerful to hit the country in 36 years).
However Archbishop Angelo Becciu, number two in the Vatican's powerful Secretariat of State, said Cavalcoli's views are "offensive to believers and disgraceful for non-believers". He also asked for forgiveness from the earthquakes victims and reminded them of the "solidarity and support" of Pope Francis.
Seeing news like this might remind the audience of the somewhat old fashioned views of the Roman Catholic Church and other religions, and therefore creating a negative response towards religion. This is because a lot of people don't have a problem with homosexuality.
On the other hand, the Archbishops response implies that the church no longer holds such strong views against same-sex relationships, not to the extent where they'd be blamed for earthquakes anyway. This is likely to have been said so that there isn't any stigma held against the church by the public. Additionally to this the fact that he reminded society that Pope Francis offers them "support and solidarity" might encourage the people who were affected by the earthquake to turn to religion for a feeling of support and safety.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/06/priest-blames-gays-for-earthquakes-6239077/
http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/06/priest-blames-gays-for-earthquakes-6239077/
Friday, 4 November 2016
The Great British Bake Off
Great British Bake Off
Produced by: Love Productions
Broadcasted on: BBC (moving to Channel 4)
TEXT
Genre:
Baking – the TV show is primarily about
baking, it is also a game show as it consists of 12 contestants who go head to
head to win at the end of the show.
Narrative:
Bakers
attempt three challenges each week trying to impress the judges enough to go
through to the next round and eventually are crowned Britain's best amateur
baker.
Representation:
o
Middle class – the presenters are all
celebrities, meaning they’re middle class.
o
Lower class – Paul Hollywood was born
into a lower class background, this could be inspiring to lower class audiences
as it might encourage them to try harder to pursue a successful career.
o
Men – baking may stereotypically be known
as a feminine occupation, however this show makes it clear that it’s for both
genders, as men are as successful as females in it.
AUDIENCE
Appeal and targeting:
They target the audience through the
large amounts of advertising. The fact that it’s been running since 2010 means
it has a large fan base who follow it. The fact that it is the great BRITISH
bake off might appeal more to the English population.
Uses and gratification:
o
Information – people who enjoy baking
might watch the show for tips and ideas or to generally receive more knowledge
on baking.
o
Entertainment – for some it might offer
an escape from their everyday life and possibly relieve stress.
o
Social interaction – because it’s such a
popular show some may start watching it to be able to join in with peoples
discussions about the show. Over 10 million people follow the show.
Other literal responses:
o
Preferred response – the audience love
the show, watch it every week, encourage others to watch it, might also watch
‘an extra slice’.
o
Oppositional response – some people may
dislike the fact that the show is taking over newspapers, TV and social media.
They may not find baking interesting.
o
Negotiated response – some may like the
baking concept of the show, but not like the presenters or contestants.
INDUSTRY
Marketing:
o
Merchandise – the great British beak off
is clearly very popular as they have merchandise for all the fans of the show.
o
Press coverage – after every new episode,
there are articles released about it in Britain’s top newspapers.
Importance for the BBC:
In 2014, the telegraph released an
article titled, “BBC's Bake Off draws greater audience than World Cup
final”
This shows that the show was important for the BBC as it
was giving outstanding numbers of viewers.
10.4 million people were watching this year’s first
episode, becoming the most-watched series opener in the show’s history.
However, the BBC has recently lost the
contract to broadcast The Great British Bake Off, which will now be shown on
Channel 4. This is due to a falling out between Love Productions and the BBC.
Channel 4 offered more money for the show (supposedly £25 million).
“The BBC earlier said it hoped Love Productions
would change its mind and that Bake Off was a "quintessentially BBC
programme".” – this shows that the BBC is aware of how important the show
was for them.
Gogglebox
Gogglebox
Produced
by: Studio Lambert
Format
distributor: All3Media International
Broadcasted
on: Channel 4 at 9pm on Fridays (watershed)
TEXT
Genre: Reality-TV
- Channel
4 groups the text under the genre of documentary, but there is plenty of
evidence of hybridity e.g. TV Review show.
- Mainly
seems to use aspects of the following documentary sub-genres:
observational documentary, fly on the wall and reality television.
·
Contains
signifiers of a television review show.
Narrative:
Some of
Britain's most opinionated and avid TV viewers comment freely on the best and
worst television shows of the past week, from the comfort of their sofas.
o
There
is no plot, but a narrative is constructed for the audience through a range of
techniques.
o
One
device is the deliberate selection of the voiceover narrator (Caroline Aherne).
The ‘narrative’ arises from the situation: sitting in the living room talking
about what they are watching.
o
The
narrative structure of the show is created through the use of montage: a
selection of shots edited together selected to create the impression that the
groups are watching at the same time. Same structure is repeated each episode.
o
It
is possible to argue that the participants are constructed as characters
through the selection and use of mise en scene.
Representation:
o
National
Identity - provides a representation of ‘contemporary’ Britain that shows we
are united by the shared pleasure we receive from watching television
(preferred reading). Oppositional readings might be that it presents a highly
mediated, partial, over-‐simplified representation that reflects
ideological assumptions about identity. For example, the balance of age,
gender, ethnicity and relationship types could be seen as unrealistic because
it is too constructed. A negotiated reading might be that the show provides
some insight into how Britain is changing: sitting in front of the television
is a valid selection for providing insight into our behaviour. TV continues to
have a big impact on British culture, but the ritual of sitting in front of the
television has changed over the past 20 years with the growth of technologies.
This is suggested partly through such denotations as participants using their
smart phone whilst watching.
o
Gender
& Ethnicity – channel 4 openly select a range of contributors partly based
on these factors; this is deliberate, and the preferred reading might be that
it serves to offer a snapshot of modern Britain.
AUDIENCE
Started
off with roughly 732,000 viewers yet by the time the second series landed in September 2013
the audience had grown to 1.3 million viewers, with the fifth series' début
netting 3.3 million viewers in February 2015.
Appeal and
targeting:
It
is constructed to appeal to the British audiences primarily through the
selection and construction of the show.
Encourages
viewers to join in the conversation using the #Gogglebox and features a feed on
the website.
There
have been spin-off versions with celebrities, this is done to attract a wider
audience.
Uses and
gratification:
Social
interaction – as gogglebox has such a large audience, people watch it to be
able to talk about it with their friends and colleagues.
Surveillance
– since the show is about what’s been on the TV in the past week, people watch
it to get a quicker overview on what’s been happening.
INDUSTRY
Marketing: There has been a
lot of press coverage on the show, which is likely to have generated more
viewers.
Importance for
Channel 4:
The
show is highlighted as one of Channel 4’s main success stories and part of the
channel’s attempt to mix documentary and comedy.
Scheduling
Scheduling is the decisions made by channels regarding where to place programmes in terms of what day and what time. It consists of analysing ratings and demographics in order to successfully organise the TV schedule. The aim of the schedule is to secure the highest ratings for the channel and the show/programme. It needs to be planned carefully to attract the largest audience possible.
Broadcasters want to attract as many viewers as they can for the media texts they produce and transmit. For commercial stations this helps attract more advertising revenue which helps fund new content. Scheduling choices are therefore an important factor in securing audiences for content.
There are a range of techniques used to keep the audience watching the same channel:
Broadcasters want to attract as many viewers as they can for the media texts they produce and transmit. For commercial stations this helps attract more advertising revenue which helps fund new content. Scheduling choices are therefore an important factor in securing audiences for content.
There are a range of techniques used to keep the audience watching the same channel:
- Inheritance - scheduling a new programme after a popular programme in the hope it inherits some of its audience.
- Hammocking - scheduling a programme in between two popular programmes so that it can receive potential viewers from both.
- Pre-echo - scheduling a less popular programme before a popular one in hope of catching viewers who may watch it earlier.
- Stripping - broadcasting a programme at the same time every day/week to ensure that the audience becomes familiar with the scheduling time and know when to watch it.
- Zoning - where programmes with a similar genre are broadcasted one after the other with the assumption that the fans of the genre will stay with that channel.
- Offensive scheduling - this is where a channel is confident that their programme will gain higher ratings than another programme on a rival channel. Therefore, they broadcast it at the same time in order to lure the 'live' audience.
- Defensive scheduling - when a channel is aware that a programme on a rival channel will receive higher audience figures so they may decide to schedule a programme of minority appeal at this time.
It could be argued that scheduling isn't as important as it used to be simply because of the advanced technology that is widely available. For example, online (including via pirated downloads), online channels such as BBC iPlayer and All 4. This is due to peoples busy lifestyles where they don't have time to watch TV and are likely to watch it on catch up through their laptop, phone or tablet.
Brief History of The Television - Timeline
1831 - The era of electronic inventions: Scientists began working with electronics to make life better. However they knew very little about electricity and how it worked.
1862 - A still picture in transferred: Abbe Giovanna Caselli invented the Pantelegraph. It could transfer an image through wires.
1873 - The transfer of pictures to signals.
1876 - George Carey dreams of a machine that people would use to view pictures.
1880 - Invention of the photophone.
1884 - Paul Nipkow figured out how to send multiple pictures through wires.
1900 - The first "television" was seen at the World Fair in Paris.
1924 - The moving picture is developed by John Baird.
1925 - Television is tested publically.
1928 - First TV station is born "W3XK" owned by Charles Jenkins.
1937 - The first major television network was CBS.
1950 - Colour TV is released to the public.
1956 - Wireless remote.
1969 - The whole world saw Neil Armstrong step onto the moon through their television sets.
1972 - Home Box Office (HBO) became the first pay-tv network in the USA.
1995 to 1997 - DVD.
1997 - The flat screen takes over.
1998 - 2000 - HDTV.
2006 - The UK switch-off of all analogue terrestrial TV broadcasts is scheduled to begin in 2008. And a UK Terrestrial replacement (Freeview) enables analogue television sets to receive programmes.
2010 - 3D TV.
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