JANUARY 2010

JANUARY 2010

Identify how other media products from your case study make links with other media platforms. What are the reasons for these links?

In your answer you should:

·         Provide a brief outline of your case study

·         Consider possible links such as targeting audiences, promotion and revenue generation

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms

Introduction:

·         Talk about Coldplay; give background knowledge and how they became big.

·         Introduce the 3 different media platforms such as E media, print media and moving image.

·         Talk about how Coldplay contribute to the three media platforms

·         Explain targeting audiences, promotion and revenue generation

Paragraph 1:

·         Talk about 1^st media platform such as E – media

·         Talk about different social networking sites such as twitter and facebook

·         Speak about the influences from YouTube and how it affects Coldplay

·         Speak about how all of these influence Coldplay and how Coldplay is promoted through the social networking sites and through YouTube.

·         Talk about how E - media links with print media and moving image and how they promote E – media

Paragraph 2:

·         Talk about 2^nd media product such as print

·         Talk about magazines that promote singers, talk about posters that show Coldplay and tell the audience what they are about.

·         Speak about the way they are promoted

·         Speak about how print media is promoted through the other 2.

Paragraph 3:

·         Talk about 3^rd media platform such as moving image

·         Talk about how different television stations such as MTV or ROCK promote Coldplay and release their songs

·         Also speak about the different radio stations such as kiss 100 or NEW ROCK or Graffiti radio promote Coldplay and speak about how it is mainly rock stations.

·         How do they get to know what radio station to listen to

·         Add information on how the other 2 promote moving image

Conclusion: 

·         Answer the question in detail

·         Speak about your own view.

·         Speak about how the 3 media platforms promote each other

·         Speak about how they all link up to make each other better and bigger.

All media text tells stories. In what ways is narrative used in the media products in your case study?

In your answer you should:

·         Provide a brief outline of your case study

·         Discuss the different ways narrative functions in the media products in your case study

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

Introduction:

·         Talk about Coldplay; give background knowledge and how they became big.

·         Introduce the 3 different media platforms such as E media, print media and moving image.

·         Talk about how Coldplay contribute to the three media platforms

·         Explain how there is narrative in Coldplay’s videos and commercials

Paragraph 1:

·         Talk about 1^st media platform such as E – media

·         Talk about different social networking sites such as twitter and facebook

·         Speak about the influences from YouTube and how it affects Coldplay

·         Speak about how all of these influence Coldplay and how Coldplay is promoted through the social networking sites and through YouTube.

·         Talk about how E - media has a narrative on most of Coldplay’s products such as adverts and videos

Paragraph 2:

·         Talk about 2^nd media product such as print

·         Talk about magazines that promote singers, talk about posters that show Coldplay and tell the audience what they are about.

·         Speak about the way they have got narrative such as the writer telling the audience about Coldplay more than Coldplay say themselves

Paragraph 3:

·         Talk about 3^rd media platform such as moving image

·         Talk about how different television stations such as MTV or ROCK promote Coldplay and release their songs

·         Also speak about the different radio stations such as kiss 100 or NEW ROCK or Graffiti radio promote Coldplay and speak about how it is mainly rock stations.

·         Speak about how there is always a narrator on adverts and commercials on the radio saying the price and why audiences should buy the album.

Conclusion: 

·         Answer the question in detail

·         Speak about your own view.

·         Speak about which one has a more affective narrator and how it is more affective.