RishiGCSE Media Blog

  1) Who is the target audience for Doctor Who? Has it changed since 1963? The target audience for doctor who is for people who are 12-40 but  over the years they have gained a younger audience  2) What audience psychographic groups might particularly enjoy Doctor Who?    The psychographic groups for doctor who is people who are interested in space and technology    3) What audience pleasures are offered by An Unearthly Child? Apply Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory to the episode. Make sure you provide specific examples from the episode to support your ideas. Personal Identity the audience might relate to Susan this is because she is a teenager and Doctor who target audience is teenagers  Personal Relationships: People would like to follow Susan because she is an alien  Diversion (Escapism): An unearthly child is takes you away from the world because it is interesting  Surveillance (Information / Facts): It giv...

  1) How does An Unearthly Child reflect the social and historical contexts of the 1960s? An Unearthly Child tells us about  social and historical contexts in 1960s that men were treated with more respect and women were treated with less respect it also tells us that people in the 1960s are fascinated with space and technology because the first man in space was in 1961 and the first man who landed on the moon was in 1969 2) How might audiences have felt towards  science fiction in the 1960s The audience felt fascinated by science fiction because they want to know whats going on because in 1961 the first man was in space then a few years later first man on the moon 1) Choose  three  key moments in the episode and write an  NCIS  analysis for those clips. You can use your notes from the screening in class or use this Google document of our class notes combined (you'll need your GHS Google login). Make specific, detailed references using me...

  1) What does BAME stand for? Bame stands for Black, Asian and  2) Why is there a need for blood in the BAME community?  Because there are a little bit of people in the BAME community giving blood and they needed more 3) What does this advert want people to do once they've seen it (the 'call to action')? they want people to donate  blood 4) Why is the advert called 'Represent'? To make people represent there community   5) Why have the producers chosen famous BAME celebrities to feature in the advert? Give an example of three well-known people who appear in the advert and why they are famous - make sure you write their names and spell them accurately. Lady lushurr is a famous English  rapper  6) What are the connotations of the slow-paced long shot of empty chairs at the end of the advert? that they need members  of the blame community  to sit in that chair and donate blood 7) How does the advert match the key conventions of a typical u...

  1) What year was the advert produced? 1955 2) How were women represented in most adverts in the 1950s? Most women where represented in most adverts in 1950s as glamours  3) How does the heading message ('OMO makes whites bright') and typography promote the product? It tells the audience that OMO is the bomb because it is in upper case 4) Analyse the mise-en-scene in the advert (CLAMPS): how is costume, make-up and placement of the model used to suggest women's role in society? Make up is used on the women to make her stand out and look pretty 5) Why is a picture of the product added to the bottom right of the advert? To show the audience what they have to offer  6) What are the connotations of the chosen colours in this advert - red, white and blue? white is a chosen colours for the omo advert to show how pure and clean the product is 7) How does the anchorage text use persuasive language to encourage the audience to buy the product? Give examples.  This will shake...

  1) What key conventions of print adverts can you find and what are the   connotations  or deeper meanings of each convention? The key conventions of prints adverts is the  Logo Pictures background slogan and the colour scheme 2) For each convention, write about how it might appeal to a target audience.  The logo might appeal to the audience because it is big and eye catching The pictures might appeal to the audience because it reminds us about the product The background might appeal to the audience because it has light blue to show us that the product is out of this world because the colour blue represents the sky The slogan might appeal to the audience because if it catchy they will want the product The colours scheme might appeal to the audience because it will make they stop and look 3) What is the USP (unique selling point) for Skittles and how do you know?    The unique selling point for skittles are taste the rainbow because the product has a c...

1 ) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal? List them with specific reference to the convention on the CSP edition of Reveal. Cover lines to show the audience that this is a gossip magazine 2)  What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote? Here's  a blog to help you with this  as we haven't been able to complete the Photoshop typography lesson yet due to Covid-19. Revel uses sans serif to show they aren't important and they can relate to people and they are normal. 3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience? The cover lines appeal to the reveal target audience because they can relate to the magazine as ordinary people.   4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover? The colour scheme of reveal is red which suggest people to stop and look at the magazine. 5)  How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find th...

  1) What different examples of typography can you find on the cover of Tatler? What are the connotations of the serif and sans serif fonts? Here's   a blog to help you with this   as we haven't been able to complete the Photoshop typography lesson yet due to Covid-19. The title for tatler uses serif fonts to show that they are the oldest magazine in Britain and they use  sans serfi fonts to show that they are friendly.  2) How do the cover lines appeal to the Tatler target audience? The cover lines appeal to the Tatler target audience for example she looks good in pearls  and tatler target audience is wealthy people 3) What are the connotations of the Tatler colour scheme on this particular front cover? Pink has the connotations of glamours and pretty Gold has the connotations of wealth and luxury  Green signify's calm and energy     4)  How is the central image designed to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons f...

  1)Write down the mark you achieved for each question: Q1: 2 Q2: 2 Q3: 2 Q4: 0 Q5: 4 2) What does CONVENTION mean? How are the conventions of magazines and adverts different?  Convention means typical feature  3) Look at the 'Unseen' text (Grazia magazine picture) and Question 2 and complete the following paragraph: Kate Middleton is a member of the Royal family so she is rich and important but the magazine also wants her to be seen as relatable and similar to their readership target audience. They do this by using a             camera shot, showing her body position as walking and her facial expression as happy. She is making eye contact with the readers which gives them the feeling that she is feeling normal. Her hair and make-up are done perfectly which reinforces the idea that members of the Royal family or celebrities are normal. The colour green of her dress connotes natural and fresh. Grazia is a fashion and lifestyle magazine ai...