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What is advertising?

Filmmakers would often use this technique for promotional (advertising) purposes. Whenever a new movie is coming out, studios will often upload a trailer onto YouTube. This is to get the audience interested in your movie and encourage them to go and see it. It will also give the audience few hints what the story is going to be. The Audience will also have a clear ideal what genre the movie is in. The Trailer will also give you a clear ideal when the movie is coming out.

What is promotional?

You can use this technique to adversities your product on the radio. On the Radio people can listen to your advertisement on the radio.

What is a documentary?

Whenever someone feels that they need to make a documentary to highlight an issue that is happing in the world. They can chose a verity of different topics such as end wars, funny, disturbing, shocking etc. They can use pictures, footage, voiceovers and music for their documentary.

What is news?

There is a verity of different TV news organisations in the world. Where the give you news reports that is happing in Russia, USA, North Korea, Germany etc. They also have news websites such as Independent where people can go in to them and see what happing in the world.

What is Hybrid? Hybrid programs are programs that combine more than one genre. For example ITV's show “Love and Marriage” has been defined as a hybrid drama because it is part documentary, part family drama and part sitcom. (http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/jun/04/americans-love-marriage-hybrid-genres)

Narrative. The narrative of the document or a drama means the central story that has been told. For example the TV series “Star Trek" is a series about the crew of the starship enterprise. Each week there are different challenges that the crew of the enterprise must overcome. But the central narrative or story of Star Trek is about what can be achieved by human beings when they worked together.

What is linear? Linear stories or programs follow a path from beginning, to middle and then to the end or resolution. They follow a chronological order.

At the Start

This is when a TV show will start at the opening credits. In a TV programme called House MD they would have shows title on screen. They would also use cutaways and show the viewer who’s in it.

In the middle

At the start of the show they will have someone get sick and they will be taken into Hospital. Where DR House and his team will have to find out what’s wrong with their patient.

The ending

This is when Dr House and his team has found out what’s wrong with patient and cure them; the patient will be set home. Then the end titles will appear on the screen.

What is non-linear?

This is when Studios will use non-linear for flashback scenes. A TV show called Lost did flashback scenes where they explain to the viewer what happen to the characters in the past.

Anti-realist

This is when TV producers will use this technique called anit-realist to advertise their product. This technique allows the TV producers have a lot more freedom to add things in their advertisement. They will also humour so that the audience will watch it and remember it. A TV producer did a used anit-realist for Cadbury where they had to kids used their eyebrows. There was also music as well. Sometimes the viewer might not understand the ad.

Realist

TV producers will use (realist) technique for documentary advertisement. They will often use real people, locations etc. This is to the audience a clear understanding what the documentary is about.

What is a series?

TV producers will often do a TV series to explain to the viewer about their story. An example would be the X files.

What is a single programme?

Sometimes TV channels will air a programme (one off) every year TV channels will air the Oscars where people can set down and watch the programme and see what movies and actors win an Oscars.

What is a Single Strand?

Whenever you are watching a TV programme that has a story. The main character or hero will be acting in a single plot story. There will be also being other characters in the TV show as well.

What is opened ended mean

Sometimes the producers will leave an open ending to their story. This is to get the viewers exited for the next episode it also gives the viewers a hint that the producers might bring back their TV show back on TV again. An example would be the X files.

Closed ending

Media producers will often end their TV programme or film. They explain everything to the viewer about their story. An example would be Lord of the Rings as Frodo had set out a journal (The fellowship of the ring) to destroy the one ring. The movies explain to the viewer everything such as the characters, war, Dark Lord etc. In the Return of the King Frodo had destroyed the ring and the Dark Lord was destroyed.

Is Multi-strand

What genre the TV shows is in

What is a hospital drama?

A show called House MD is a hospital programme on TV. Every episode they will get a new patient would come into the hospital to cure the symptoms.

What is a makeover?

A TV programme called Cowboy Builders will be a makeover programme. Owners had asked a builder to add in another room into their home. The builder did not do their job probably and there are health and safety issues. Channel 5 has a programme called Cowboy builders where they would fix the house for the owners.

What is a Lifestyle programme?

What is reality TV?

A Lifestyle programme is when a TV producer will create a TV show. To show what people do in their lives such as jobs, family and holidays

What are sitcoms?

TV producers will sometimes do programme that is a comedy genre. An example would be a programme called Faultily Towers. The audience will set down and watch the programme. A programme called “Russell Howards Good news” will do his show with a live audience.

What is a consumer programme?

A consumer programme is where a company will give their product to a TV show. The TV show will have a host to talk about their product on screen and tell the viewer what the product does. As the viewer is watching it they may decide to phone in and buy their product. It’s also a great way to market their product.

What is a chat show programme?

An Example of a chat show programme is Stephen Nolan show. They invite people who work with the Government. It’s also where people can ask them questions and find out more information. It’s also where audience can find out debates that are happing in Northern Ireland.

What is a Crime Drama?

A crime drama is where the TV programme will have a lot of mystery. A TV shows called “Midsomer murder” where someone commits a crime where they would kill someone. In a TV drama there is verity of different types of characters such as officers, victims, weapon, suspects and criminals.

What is a Soap Opera?

TV shows like Coronation Street is where they would create storylines around their characters. This will include drinking, crime, relationships, family life etc. This is to get the viewer to like the characters.

Analytical Approaches.

There are many different approaches being taken to analyse the relationship between TV programme and the audience that watches it. Years ago the main method was to use Nielsen ratings. These ratings relied on relatively small numbers of people volunteering to record their viewing habits and this information was then gathered and put into reports that identified the most popular programmes on TV. Because of the presence of the Internet many programs are now viewed online as well as on TV. People frequently discuss programs online on Facebook or other social media and this allows media companies to analyse their audiences by seeing what people are talking about online. For example Bluefin Labs analyses thousands of hours of TV programming by researching millions of comments and discussions in online forums and on social media. This gives programme makers and much deeper understanding or analysis of the audience that is watching a program. (http://www.twcresearchprogram.com/pdf/TWC_Napoli.pdf)

What is Audience Profiling?

Before a media company brings out their product into the market they must do audience profiling first. The organisation must look at their target audience such as their age, gender, race, income and disposable income. They must also look what media interests they have and their buying habits. The media organisation will use a term called “demographics” This means it will look at the adult population and which employment they are in. They will also break the population into 6 groups. Media producers could use qualitative research this means that they will bring in their target audience (focus groups) and they ask them questions upfront about their TV programme. This is a great way for TV producers to find out what their target audience wants from them.

I have done by research on this website below.

http://www.slideshare.net/leannacatherina/audience-profiling-powerpoint

What are Codes and Conventions?

Whenever documentary producers are making a TV show about animals hunting there pray. They would often use footage and a voiceover of them telling the viewer what is happing on the screen. Sometimes they would put images on screen and text as well. They would often put music in the background so that the viewer can listen to. An example of a Documentary producer is David Attenborough.

What is Multi-Strand?

In a movie called Star Wars Empire Strikes Back there is a multi strand plot story. There were two main stories in the movie as a character called Luke was training. The second story is where the movie will go on to other characters and tell their side of the story. These two stories, to keep the audience more interested in the movie.

What is oppositional mean?

This is when two film companies such as Sony and Walt Disney. They would compete against each other and try to get more people to buy their movies. Disney would pick a release date for their movie Star Wars so that so that they can get more money at the box office. This is due because if they had picked a released date that Capitan America Civil War was in cinema, Disney could lose out in profit.

Types of readings 

This is when a character is expelling to the viewer about and an event is going to happen and the viewer will agree with them. In a movie called Tommrowland a character was explaining to the viewer what is going to happen in the future of our world such as World War 3, floods, doomsday etc. He also talked about the problem with Governments and the problem with people and how they will deal with it. This speech will get viewers to think and sometimes viewers will disagree with characters. I have provided a link (below) to the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sZnphH7L80