Media products, industries

"It is essential for a TV programme to simultaneously target both mass and specialised audiences" Explore this statement with reference to  Les Revenants Reception Theory, Cult TV, Preferred Reading, Negotiated Reading, Oppositional Reading. Answer: The TV show 'Les Revenants' , which was broadcasted to the French TV channel Canal+ in 2012, targets mainly specialised audiences throughout the first episode. I will discuss the ideas of reception theory and how the producer wanted the audience to receive the show. 'Les Revenants' targets a specialised audience through the use of location. For Example, in the first scene with Camille and the bus crash, it is shown to be set in the alps. The use of this location in first scene shows the audience the producer is targeting is from France as they will instantly know where this is set. However, an audience member from another country may have to do a little digging around to find out where the Alps is an...

"It is essential for a TV programme to simultaneously target both mass and specialised audiences" Explore this statement with reference to  Les Revenants Knee jerk reaction:  Yes!  Les Revenants  expertly targets both 'casual' and 'devoted' audiences, by providing the audience with a range of polysemic readings Key theory: Stuart Hall's reception theory MICHAEL'S TOP TIP - how useful is this theory really? Does  Les Revenants  even have a preferred reading? Surely it lacks one, instead focusing on confusing the audience as much as possible with a range of hermeneutic codes and complex use of intertextuality? Do TV shows target mass audiences anymore? There is more of a diverse variety of TV nowadays so they don't need to target a mass audience. Channel 4 started in 1982, until fairly recently we havent had that many channels but now we do, there are so many different shows. Moved from broadcasting to narrowcasting, the introd...

Representation- the way a certain group of people are presented i a media product over and over again. Based off the producers ideological approach, so people will take the views of the producers. Producers are bias for some representations. 1.     The group, place or issue on which a media product is focusing. 2.     The media language the media product uses in order to present these groups or issues. 3.     The ideological perspective about the group or issue being created within the product. 4.     The impact of this ideological perspective on the target audience. Representations are not real and they are a construction of reality. Representations constructs reality. Julie Meyers She represents middle aged possibly slightly attractive, she is quite smart as she is wearing a collar with a sweater so this could suggest that she doesn't dress up for anyone. Facial expressions are quite blank, s...

Les Revenants Exam Structure  Basic structure for a paragraph- Point, Evidence, Explanation Introduction-  Definition- Define the key terms of the question. For example, Binary Oppositions  Argument- Argue one way and stick to it throughout. However paragraph towards the end, but conclusion states how you are right. Context- Facts, for example Les Revenants was released in 2012, on Canal+ was released in 2014 on channel 4 so they would be the distributor  Paragraphs- Point Evidence- Media Language from specific scenes. Argument- How the evidence links to the introduction argument. Stereotype will come up in a question about representation. Big Five Media Words Hegemony- Conforms to social standards, Rules and Restrictions that people follow with consent. Ideology- The viewpoint of the producer, Hegemonic Patriarchal Ideology Intertextuality- When a media product references another media product.  Polysemy- multi...