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Explore the ways in which audiences can use and take pleasure from videogames. Make explicit reference to Assassin's Creed III: Liberation They get to kill people - take pleasure from what they cant do in real life and take pleasure from it. Part of a franchise High production values Soundtrack - appeals to niche audiences Escape from reality Explore Notre Dame cathedral - data being used to help rebuild the cathedral Allows audiences to identify and to play as a black woman Breaking the fourth wall: Simulation Information - historical information - architecture Social interaction and bragging rights Cultural capital of ownership - buy a special edition

Explore how ownership has shaped Assassins Creed III: Liberation (12) Distribution- How a product is sent to the audience Digital Technology - Media that is made using machinery Conglomeration - Companies but out competition in the same media field Plan: Ubisoft Montreal French ownership - French revolution style gameplay and traditional french style weapons PS Vita 2012 - was a massive flop re-released on the PS and xbox as they were much more popular consoles Pegi 18 Regulation of video game industry is not consistent Game is being remade for 2019 Undeperforming with very little copies sold High production values Franchise The front cover tries to hide the fact that she is a woman - she looks like a male assassins creed protagonist This video games target audience is aimed at a male audience The front cover is very straight forward for a mass market audience - it is a repetition of genre conventions The trailer has exceptionally high production values Use ...

Music Videos Revision - Component 1 Section A How do the representations in the product show the attitudes, beliefs and value s of the producer? Reference 'Formation by Beyonce' in your answer. Unseen Media - BLACKPINK - DDU DU DDU DU Representation - a re-presentation, where a group, issue or event is 'shown again' by the producer. By using media language to represent certain groups, the producer can both reinforce and challenge hegemonic norms. I shall argue that the video to formation by beyonce and the video to DDU DU DDU DU by BLACKPINK both reinforce and challenge the stereotypes of women. Plan: Fast paced editing Low angle shots Americanised Formation shot in California MES of the police car and authority is a representation of rebellion CU shots - Celebrity Fetishism of the Tanks and Weaponry (a possible intertextual reference to Post Malone) - could also be gang related, anchored with the aggressive dancing and gang signs...

How do The Times and The Daily Mirror attract and maintain their audiences both locally and globally ? Attract - to bring in an audience Maintain - To keep the audience (so they keep spending money and ensures financial success and brand loyalty) Both British newspapers naturally primarily target a British, local audience, with an international audience mainly as an afterthought. The Mirror: "How to make the most out of your GP appointment" practical yet ridiculously common sense life advice, providing the audience with the gratification of information. Online comments allows audiences to share own views and opinions which may be radically offensive: an excellent example of Shirky's Theory Puzzle solutions - the solution for the puzzle is published the next day: codebraker puzzle =£75 The Times: Consistent presentation of dominant ideology, broadly pro-brexit and supportive of May's government. they will change their ideology in order to ...

How do specific processes of production , distribution and circulation shape The Times and The Mirror ? In component 1b you just need to list facts, you don't need to analyse the text. The Times is owned by News UK a subsidiary of News International - a massive conglomerate Circulation 2019: 417,298 copies per day Owned by Rupert Murdock of whom is very right wing Long established, a British Institution est. 1785 Has a sister paper - The Sunday Times Compact format, easier to read Currently priced at £1.80 Daily newspaper A vertically integrated industry A middle class, older audience The Daily Mirror is owned by Reach PLC - Previously Trinity Mirror Founded in 1903 Circulation 2017: 587,803 Has a sister paper - Sunday Mirror Cover price 80p Tabloid newspaper Targeting a Working class audience Left Wing ideology The more important the story the more column inches it gets. Both newspapers have an extremely short ...

Newspapers - Component 1A The Mirror Double Page Spread (Seen), The Daily Mail Front Page (Unseen) How do these products make use of intertextuality and genre conventions in order to reflect the ideology of the producer? Knee Jerk Reaction: Bias Both newspapers are heavily influenced by their favoured political party. Daily Mirror - Left Wing Labour Party Daily Mail - Right Wing Conservative Party Intertextuality - when a media product refers to another media product in order to engage the audience Genre Conventions - the typical aspects of the genre of a media text - vital to the producer Ideology - the ideas of the producer and the way of allowing the audiences to relate to the producer and text Plan: Bias Genre conventions/Paradigms Intertextuality Codes and conventions - Roland Barthe Binary oppositions - Claude Levi Strauss Stuart Hall - Representation / Reception Pick and Mix - David Gauntlet Anchorage Both ...