a useful link:

We were given this link in class by our teacher, i had a proper look at it over half term and its full of really helpful links! http://www.petesmediablog.blogspot.com/ 

Audiences (2)

The most important thing in the media is probably the audience. It is the audience who reads, shares, pays for and supports the media so it is very important that we understand the audience. We looked at Audience engagement, expectations, foreknowledge and identification which explain how an audience reacts to a peice of media, whatever it is.  

Photography

I find this section of the course quite interesting, i've never done any photography other than messing around at gigs photographing a few bands when i wasnt playing so learning about it in more detail was really fun. We looked at all kinds of different camera shots that make the image look different such as high and low angle shots. We also looked at a few basic editing techniques like cropping, exposure, lighting, filters and focal points. I learned that lighting is a massive part of photography and can make or break a photo. It is used to create shadow, highlight features and many other jobs besides.

Basic Audience Profiling:

Basic Audience Profiling-
This is a massive part of the media, it detirmins the price, subject and language of the magazine depending on the social status of the individual. There are 6 classes ranging from A (Upper Middle Class) right down to E (Those at lowest level of substance.) We also looked at 'Magazine Suicide' which is a study of different aspects of a magazine that would completely destroy its sales and reputation such as:
- Crude Language
- Too many adverts
- Un-professional design

Another aspect of audience profiling we looked at was the two different types of audiences (Niche Audience- specialist magazines e.g. 'Carpworld') and (Mass Audience- general magazines e.g. 'Cosmopolitan')