Abiha's media blog

  1) Why did Facebook buy Instagram for $1bn in 2012? Millions of people use instagram 2) What are the benefits for media companies of vertical integration? When one conglomerate owns different companies in the same chain of production 3) What are the benefits for media companies of horizontal integration? When one company buys other companies 4) What is a subsidiary? A company controlled by a holding company 6) Read this  BBC article on Disney buying 21st Century Fox . List 10 companies that are part of the Disney media empire. This graphic may help you:      Marvel 5) Give three examples of media companies that have used synergy to maximise the profit from a brand (there is one above to help you).  Harry potter ,marvel, disney     Sky     u TV     Hulu     Sphero     ESPN     Dreamworks      pixar 7) They announced the 71.3 billion dollars merger and its official

 Introduction to the subject and you   Key concepts (LIAR) and analysis of Film Poster Denotation and Connotation: Advert analyses (WaterAid)  Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things   Blog feedback and learner response   Camera shots photo storyboard (photos and captions)   Camerawork and editing blog tasks  October assessment – feedback and learner response  Reception theory – Harry Brown trailer analysis  Audience effects theory - Blue Planet analysis   Industries - Ownership and control (Facebook and Instagram)   Audience and Industry - impact of internet essay   Film Industry: Introduction to Marvel   Film Industry: Doctor Strange   Film Industry: I, Daniel Blake  Audience and Industry internet essay - feedback and learner response   Representation: Kidulthood film poster analysis   January assessment learner response

1) Look at the  Tatler Media Pack . Go to page 2: how does the editor introduce the magazine? The editor uses high vocabulary to make it sound posh and interesting for rich people to read. 2) Now go to page 4 of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine (NOT tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader? Circulation 80,035 Readership 163,000 Average HHI  261,000 Female 73%   ABC1 83% AB 51%       Average age  41 London/SE  70% 3) Look at page 6. What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend? Tatler reader straight away buy the product after they read the magazine. In addition, in the past year they spent 843 million pounds on fashion and the people who buy the fashion own designer fashion 4) Go to page 10. What are the special editions of Tatler that run t

They are a group of  teenagers shows bad influence to public(not true) shows how teenagers should grow up and how they should be free to people they think they will have weapons ,have bad habits and look like a gangsta however in reality they are normal human beings. 

1) What is independent cinema and how is it different to Hollywood blockbusters? Independent cinema is different to Hollywood as they are a smaller company,have less known actors and lower budget. 2) What is I, Daniel Blake about? Its about poverty and people struggling financially. 3) Who directed I, Daniel Blake and why is this important? Ken loach 4) How was I, Daniel Blake promoted to an audience? List at least three different methods used by the film's marketing campaign. projections on house of commons premeire #WeAreAllDanielBlake 5) What unusual or creative marketing methods were used to get audiences talking about the film? Guerrilla marketing 6) What was the estimated production budget for I, Daniel Blake and how much did it make at the box office? Box office  11m Budget 2m 7) How can independent films like I, Daniel Blake compete with Hollywood blockbusters like Doctor Strange? small budget and supported financially by public.  8) In your opinion, was

WWW: The most positive way we can view this is as a serious wake-up call.If we're aiming for a grade 7 we need to make some changes to the way we are working EBI; Ultimately, you haven't done the blog tasks and this has cost you.There is a crucial lesson here - Completing the work in the fist place and then revising properly is essential. -Revise reception theory. Q1:1/1 Q2:0/1 Q3:1/8 Q4: 0/2 Q5:2/2 Q6:4/20 3) Did you get any  media terminology  wrong in the assessment? Vertical integration is when one conglomerate owns different companies in the same chain of production. 4) Look specifically at  question 3  - did you successfully write about both the preferred and oppositional readings? Did your answers match any in the mark scheme? The preferred reading is that they want women for jobs and it shows bravery within the women and the oppositional reading is that its offending woman as classifying them as weak. 5) Now look at  question 4 . Write a definition of