Saturday 30 October 2010

halfterm media homework assignment.

for my homework i have to answer 7 questions about a tv drama. The tv drama i am answering the questions about is "House".

1. Who made the show?
the show has had many production companies in its 6/7 season run. the current producer is universal media studios (2007-present)

2. what channel is it on?
House has been on many channels, currently it is being shown on sky 1, universal channel (formally hallmark network), and living.

3.what time is it on?
On universal channel it is on at 8 pm monday - friday.

4.what is the sub genre?
the sub genre is medical fiction.

5. who is the target audience?
the target audience is 30+ as they are the most likely to watch tv drama's.

6.what was the narrative?
the narrative is about a doctor who survived a bike crash who is quite unfriendly yet is extremely good at diagnosing medical conditions and saving the lives of patients. it also details his staffs efforts to try and diagnose patients yet they always end up going back to "Doctor House" for advice.

7. what/who was being represented?
Doctors/medical staff at a hospital are being represented in the show along with patients.

Monday 18 October 2010

blog activity 1 ! (first!) andrew smith and jack ryan

conventions- THE FACULTY!!!

Firstly the album cover denotes that the primary genre of the film is sci-fi , we can also connote that the films subgenre is action and horror thriller as suggested by the synopsis.

Secondly people /places amd events are represented on the cover by being denoted in the centre of the front cover, along with small screenshots on the back side of the dvd cover. however we can connote from the synopsis that alot of bad events happen in the film as some of events are described.

Thirdly the institutions that are involved in the production, distribution and exhibition that we can donote are the advertising and the distibution as the film posters used as the front cover and it is distributed as a dvd however we can connote that the production company was involved as they created the film which is being sold.

Lastly the target audience are conoted as the film appeals to people who like the horror thriller genre of films. However the front cover denotes a action thriller.