Shante Sharpe Media Blog

Report  Hello, my name is Shante Sharpe and my report is about my film magazine that I have created. Outline of my film magazine and its purpose  My film magazine is based around horror films and the latest horror films that have come out. The purpose is to inform my readers about the latest horror movies and it included interviews and quizzes Who's the target audience? My target audience is mostly young adults/teens because that us the audience that is most interested in horror films and are most likely to go and watch them in the cinema. I did decide this from my initial research because I am part of that age bracket, therefore I thought it would be easier to know what that target audience would want to see. Where would you market your magazine/distribute it I would sell my magazine in corner shops in the magazine section. I would sell it here because people buy magazines and newspapers from here often and if they see mine they may be intrigued and want to bu...

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising (part 2) Q1, List three purposes of Commercial Radio 1. To inform listeners about things 2. To make money 3. Seasonal awareness Q2. Name two regulators and specify what they do 1. ASA- Advertising Standard Authority  The Advertising Standards Authority is the self-regulatory organisation of the advertising industry in the United Kingdom. The ASA is a non-statutory organisation and so cannot interpret or enforce legislation. However, its code of advertising practice broadly reflects legislation in many instances 2. OffCom  The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the UK government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms and postal sectors. Watershed- Show movies, TV Shows and adverts that may contain explicit content after 9pm  Intertextuality-...

What is a regulatory body? Regulatory bodies are legal bodies that govern telecommunications in different countries and for the United Kingdom that is OfCom. They control what is appropriate for television and radio adverts and they have laws and codes that they have to abide by. Regulations 1.Age restrictions e.g post watershed, a certain time they show programmes for adults 2.Offensive Language 3.Abusive language 4.discrimination. Things to consider when making my radio advert? what time of day is it going to be aired what station is it going to be on must not mislead 3 main rules of advertising 1 To inform 2. To persuade 3. to sell What makes a good and effective radio ad? 1.Good script, play on words 2. Exciting and intriguing voice 3. The message has to be clear 4. Background music has to be good Persuasive tools 1. Emotional Language 2. child character-empathy 3.information