Kylie Brightwell

Section A Channel-surfing - Changing frequently from one program to another on a television, watching each one for only a short time.  Commercial TV Channel - A channel funded through advertisements Convergence - Process of joining different technologies into one device. E.g. mobile phone. Franchise - License from company of a product to use format/show/ideas. Mainstream - Mass audience; the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional. PSB - Public Service Broadcasting; regulators demand channels fulfil certain requirements as part of their license.

High camera angle of Brighton  Nudest beach - police interfere  Non-diegetic rock music - Jake Vickers is rebellious  Positive race representation - the black main character isn't a criminal(police officer) 2015 - shows the social and political climate Juxtaposition of the lighting going from dark to light in the car park low angle medium-close up of the policemen to show that they are more powerful than the criminal Dark lighting of criminals house connotes good light vs evil Jo Moffat - bad representation of female characters  Positive representation of a gay male - doesn't follow the stereotypes "sexuality is invisible" - represented as an alpha male as he's a lawyer Life in 2015 - people of filming everything - surveillance society negative of our time era  Chief in charge - traditional male stereotype, not a pleasant human as he cheats on his wife who has caner, cares about himself (selfish) Jake Vickers represents...

Blumler and Katz gratification theory Entertainment - Escapes reality as you can take part of it as your favourite character Intertextuality - Tells you about the movie  Personal Identity - Can identify with the morals of the main characters Relationships - We find things we can share and discuss with others.  Television campaign Posters McDonalds Happy Meal Commercial Break Intertextuality Film is made out of Lego - Children Plot is from The Matrix Superheroes Starbucks Sci-fi lighting of blue and white lighting - Post-modernist snapshot of the past 20 years of popular culture. Lego TV Advertising Adverts for products/charity Selling the product quickly with less narrative 7'O Clock during dinner time to target older audiences 7.27pm 9th February 2014 - five days before the release of the movie - ITV broadcast a world first ad break made out of Lego Commercials made of Lego British Heart Foundation  Confused.com BT Infinity Premier In...

Analysing the Observer/Guardian Online (Official website/Facebook & Twitter Masthead -  The masthead "The Guardian" is in a bold text at the top of the website, showing that "The Guardian" is the one who is superior, giving us, the audience the information. Colour Pallet -  The colour pallet is in the primary colours (red, yellow and blue), showing that's a more formal magazine.  Imagery -  The imagery used on this website are images of politically orientated people such as Theresa May and Brexit. This is showing that a more of a mature and older audience would take interest in this as younger people tend not to be as much invested in politics.  Typography - The typography used on this website is in a black and red colours. They key topics are in red, which stimulates people to click on the red as the colour red represents power and it's vivid, which is naturally attractive to humans. Therefore, the audience is curiou...

Question 4) Describe what is by 'Public Service Broadcasting' (PSB). Use the BBC as an example in your answer. Public Service Broadcasting is television and radio programmes that are broadcast to provide information, advice, or entertainment to the public without trying to to make a profit.  All BBC public service television channels are PSB channels, only the main channels of each of the other public service broadcasters have this status. Question 5) The Avengers - Explain how social contexts influence television programmes. Refer to The Avengers from 1965 to support your answer.  The singing 60s was the decade of free love so people acted differently. The Avengers showed free love as Mrs Peel was acting very flirtatious to her boss, John Steed. This was because in the 1960s having sex outside marriage was common, and most likely they weren't caught. This was also the era of the first conception pill for women so women couldn't have sex without getting pregnant....

Magazine Analysis Case study 1: In this magazine it shows by the use of the tagline the 1960s were a decade of free love and they expressed that by making getting divorced legal. The use of the tag lines ,"so polite, this North Sea spy game" the use of the sibilance to describe the sea/storm of the 1960s shows that this is big news, and it has create a large impact of the people in the 1960s.  Case study 2: Case study 3:

Inventions that have changed the print industry  1450 - Printing press Quicker to print out newspaper 1867 - Type writer Clearer that writing for newspaper 1844 - Telegraph Long distance communication 1816 - First camera Capture images 1870 - Radio telephone company Sending information out to an audience 1927 - First TV  Watching things from a TV instead of going to a theatre  1946 - ENIAC (first computer) Learning new information and a huge advancement into history 1983 - The internet came out Communication, information and entertainment 

What is the purpose of news? Inform Educate Entertain Profit  Influence/Persuade  What is fake news? Fake news is images used put of context, edited videos, and news headlines.

DIRT Question 1 - Analyse how sound is used in the extract to create meaning. Refer to at least two examples from the extract in your answer Sound is used to create tension and suspense in this crime drama. Firstly, the use of diegetic sound of the first scene of the lawyer picking up the telephone, creating tension to the audience and lawyer as the non-diegetic sound of the music is sow and deep, and this creates tension to the audience. The ambient diegetic sound of the police radio calling for backup for assistance with a robbery creates a sense of tension for the police officers and audience as they have a sense of worry. Furthermore, the use of the diegetic sound of Jake Vickers stuttering, "hi guys this is Jake- uh um kilo..uh...windmill", this shows that Jake Vickers is nervous as he isn't experienced as it's his first time working, creating tension for PC Ryan Draper.  Finally,  the use of non-diegetic sound that connotes danger and a ...

As this article shows, the role of audience has changed with the internet. The use of surveillance shows capitalism.  

Music for crime drama - quick beat non-diegetic music  sirens  cars Audience appeal - Attractive main characters - to attract bored people  Clothing -  Police uniform Theory review: Blumler and Katz - theorists from the 91970s researched how audiences consume a media product with the aim of getting a particular pleasure from the product, They identify 4 pleasures: Entertainment; Surveillance; Self-identity; Social identity. What do the opening scene and credits suggest/tell us about the genre, narrative and characters? Consider: Media language: sound editing, graphics, mise-en-scene, theme music, locations Representations of characters and place Tone of the show The opening scene has grunge-like music, targeting the younger audience. The use of the bright colours like yellow show that it's going to be upbeat, same with the music. The genre is breaking stereotypes as it's showing a lot of graffiti but it also doesn't as it's showing that...

Conventions of crime drama: What are the audience expectations of a TV Crime Drama? Uses of gratification theory - Information and education - The viewer want information, knowledge and understanding by watching the show. Entertainment - Watch TV Crime Dramas for enjoyment  Personal Identity - Viewers can recognise a person or product, role models that reflect similar values to themselves and mimic or copy some of their characteristics.  Integration and social interaction - The ability for the media products to produce a topic of conversation between people. What narrative ideas do they expect to find? A crime would happen and the police would have to chase after the person, then arrest them. What kinds of characters? Good cop vs bad cop The criminals/drug dealer What locations? At a police station   Well know city What representations would they expect? Racist representations Alpha male, police officer ...

Why was the pre-watershed scheduling of 8-pm significant in terms of the representation they could offer? The pre-watershed scheduling of cuffs being on at 8pm is significant in terms of the representation as children won't be watching it past that time so it's more suitable for adults. Due to the homosexuality, nudity, drug use and violence parents might think it's a sensitive to some viewers and children, so the showing on the show could be questionable. How were the following areas represented in the episode: Ethnicity Gender Sexuality Cuffs was written and presented in 2015 and represents gender, ethnicity and sexuality in ways that reflect the social political and cultural attitudes of society in the 2010s. Cuffs shows a positive ethnicity as the main policeman as PC Ryan Draper, is black and that shows that anyone who has the will power and determination could become a policeman. This has shown society and crime drama has come a long way from t...

Main Characters PC Ryan Draper - Male, macho, takes control, representing race, dad to a daughter and son. PC Jake Vickers - Not very experienced, 22, gay Chief Robert Vickers, DS Jo Moffat, DI  Felix Kane, Drug Addict - Nathan, Simon Reddington  DS Jo Moffat - single, lonely, loves her dog storylines: episodic and individual/overarching Beach, police station, hospital,  Setting Brighton, beach, pier Overall tone/appeal Serious at times, but sometimes comes across as quite jokey. Narrative Opens with a stag party antagonising people on a nudist beach, one of them punches PC Ryan Draper in the face. Jake Vickers becomes a police officer. Ryan and Jake are partnered up ad sent out to a mentally ill drug addicts house (Nathan Rickman) Jake doesn't deal with the situation very well. DC Jo Moffat discusses the release of a racist man with her colleagues. Within a few hours of being released the rac...

L/O: Research the 2010s (UK) in terms of social, cultural and political climate of the decade, research TV usage in 2015 2015 Key Events Attack in Paris Stereotype for young people - chavs Prime Minister - David Cameron First prime minister in history to legalise gay marriage in 2014 Pesident Barack Obama  In March Jeremy Clarkson was suspended by the BBC after he attacked producer Oisin Tymon over a steak sandwich. Princess Charlotte was born The 51,000-tonne Hoegh Osaka ran aground in the Solent on 3 January and spent 19 days listing at 52 degrees. There was roughly £60m of machinery and cars. Started paying for your own bags Bruce Jenner became Caitlyn Jenner Ireland legalised gay marriage - Catholic religion  i-phone Rap music Video game obsession streaming Which political party was in power in 2015? Who was PM? What was the relevance of UKIP being so popular ? The political party in 2015 was The Green Party, and the Prime Minister at ...