Friday, 27 January 2017

(Research) Assign 15: Film Billing

1. We will look at an example in class (Juno)

2. Fill in the sheet of 2nd film (____________) and take a pic and upload it on the blog.

3. Include the hyperlink to the OTS in the post underneath the sheet of the film billing details.



Tuesday, 24 January 2017

(Research) Assign 14: Mainstream vs Independent Horror Film and their Audiences

DUE MON

(complete as a prezi presentation - INCLUDE LOTS OF PICTURES

A mainstream film means……..
An example of a mainstream horror films is….
It is mainstream because…..
It’s target audience would be…..

An independent film means……
An example of an independent film is…. 
It is independent because….
It’s target audience would be….



Optional extension as individuals (just do as a blog post short paragraph):  
I enjoy     mainstream/independent    type of films the most because…… 

Blog Feedback

WWW:
  • mostly correct blog titles 
  • embedded powerpoints
  • embedded videos
  • mostly correct tagging
  • mostly correct dates (so work is sequential) but not everyone did this

EBI
  • GET WORK DONE ON TIME!
  • do not tag non-group members (old groups)
  • presentation of text - be consistent throughout the blog
  • presentation of text - be concise; use bullet points/bold/spacing to help presentation (not huge bulky paragraphs that will not be read
  • group work should be joint powerpoints
  • title page on all presentations including assign #, assign name and your names 

Average level = L2.

Monday, 23 January 2017

(Research) Assign 13: Mass vs Niche audiences

DUE FRI
(complete as a blog post or online presentation) (date as Jan 26 on blog)



Copy and complete the following statements below:

A mass audience is…….

A niche audience is……

Most horror films are niche audiences because……..

Give examples of different 3 subgenres of horror and identify their niche audiences and explain why they have those types of audiences…..HAVE PICTURES IN YOUR PRESENTATION/POST!



this presentation is useful to read!

i.e. 
Subgenre: ACTION HORROR
Film examples: Resident Evil, Blade, From Duck till Dawn

Age: 15-25  (young people like the thrill (esp in their teenage years and 20's) and won't be put off violence/horror)

Gender: Male  (again, thrill seekers and entertained by the action and violence - more associated with masculinity)

Class: Working Class (C1, C2, D, E) (thrills at a cheap price, fast and instant form of entertainment) 

Groups: Either first date (comfort or film can create conversations to have together) or group of 'the lads' (find similar interests and can relate to/identify with themes or characters in the film)

(Research: Assign 12: Horror film target audiences

DUE TUES

Create using the presentation of your choice  (could try emaze = https://www.emaze.com/)


a) Screen shot from pearl & dean (of any horror film) http://business.pearlanddean.com/audience_profile 

b) Screen shot from yougov profiler (of any horror film) https://yougov.co.uk/profileslite#/ 

c) Explain the target audience (including demographics and psychographics) for 1 horror film each (each person do a different horror film from a different subgenre)


Person 1: __________________

Person 2: __________________

Person 3: __________________

Person 4: __________________

(Research Assign 11: What is a target audience

DUE TUES

Create using the presentation program 'slides': http://slides.com/ 



Include the following in the presentation:

a) Definition of target audience
b) Definition of secondary audience
c) Explain demographics
d) Explain psychographics




Make sure you have visuals in your presentation (not all text)

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Blog checklist (Assign 1-10)

All these tasks must be on blog by Monday 23 Jan

Incomplete = 1 hour