Monday, 17 November 2014

Identifying an audience

 Identifying an audience                                                                               17.11.14

Uses and gratification theory = people use media texts to gratify certain needs.

·       Why would you watch a horror? - to see how scary it is? To frighten your friends. Exploring to see how people deal with fear.

‘Fear of the other’ – fear other things that aren't you. Other genders, ethnicity's, race's.

Audiences reception
Audiences read things differently.
Stuart Halls eboding theory
·         Preferred reading is the reading the director wants you to take
·         The opposite reading is the opposite
·         Negotiated reading is understanding the meaning but then arguing your own interpretation
·         Aberrant reading is totally wrong

HG Wells War of the worlds
-          Panic caused by mass media
-          Media being radio- people thought we was being invaded by aliens

Panorama BBC-Spaghetti growing on trees
-          Construct
-          Would work better in 1957 because people had nothing else to go on and people were not used to being tricked by telly.
-          People believed what they saw in the media.

Hyperdermic needle theory
-          People believe everything they hear in the media
-          Audiences are active, they interact with media texts and not just listen to them

Viral advertising
-          Share it
-          Have you seen this?
-          Telly adverts,

T-Mobile advert
Preferred advert – to suit any ages, ethnicity, any types of people, famous- ironic public people
Opposite reading – the real wedding, confusion, wouldn't understand it
Aberrant reading – wouldn't know who royal family or T-mobile are, don’t have cultural knowledge

Negotiated reading – could be offensive to over 60’s

In relation to my film the audiences we talked about are specific to my film. However my opening sequence will be different to a normal film opening because it is just the opening sequence that will be shown, therefore more of the story needs to be shown.







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