Sami GCSE Media

  1) How do media companies classify (groups) potential audiences for their products? C – Class (Socio-economic grade): Media industries group people from  A to E based on their job and income. A/B are high-earning professionals (like doctors or lawyers) who buy luxury products. C1/C2 are middle-income/skilled workers. D/E are low-income workers, students, or the unemployed. Advertisers look at this to see who can afford their products. A – Age: Media products target specific age brackets. For example, Hollyoaks targets teens and young adults, while BBC Breakfast targets an older demographic. G – Gender: Products are often marketed towards specific genders (e.g., Vogue magazine traditionally targets women; Men's Health targets men), though modern media is becoming more gender-neutral. E – Ethnicity: Content is often tailored to reflect different cultural backgrounds, languages, or shared experiences (e.g., BBC Asian Network). 2) What are the names of the seven di...

  WWW: A promising start to GCSE Media Studies – you are almost up-to-date on your blog tasks and you are developing your analytical skills in your responses. Your photoshop parrot shows particular originality of thought. EBI: You are missing a couple of tasks such as the Mise-en-scene Stranger Things analysis and you need to write a detailed paragraph about your chosen KFC advert (which I note is not an appropriate image you have uploaded). Reflect on your first month of Media. What do you feel is your strongest piece of work so far? What is your weakest? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?  I feel the first month has  been very positive, i feel my strongest piece of work was the parrot and weakest mise-en-scene. I feel i need to develop my analysis skills.