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Beyoncé Music Videos

 Single Ladies: Beyoncé and two other dancers, dancing to the song. It is focused on the artist's performance rather than a narrative and focuses on her sexual attraction through Mulvey's male gaze. It portrays women as sexual objects due to them being in tight, revealing clothing. It is in black and white. Crazy in Love: Similar to single ladies it mostly shows of the artists performance and still has the male gaze but less. However it is more complex, there could be a very subtle narrative. The lighting is quite murky showing streets of an urban city.

Late Nights Woman's Hour

Late night edition of Woman's hour It started in 2015 with a one-month pilot run, scheduled twice-weekly on Thursday and Friday at 11 pm for one hour. Monthly podcast  which broadcasts on Radio 4 at 11 pm on the last Thursday of each month. Themes- The presenters for this first run were  Lauren Laverne  and  Jane Garvey  who led panels of five guests in discussion of a particular topic such as  fan fiction  or  lust .  The topics discussed in the first run included the dating app,  Tinder , and lying. The conversation was frank and adult, being broadcast late at night, rather than during the daytime. Content-  They bring in an array of guests and talk about things with the guest. Presenters- Lauren Laverne:  Lauren Cecilia Fisher  ( born 28 April 1978), known as  Lauren Laverne , is an English radio DJ, model, television presenter, author and singer. Jane Garvey:  Jane Susan Garvey   (born 23 June 1964) is a...

Independent Films

 Independant:  Genres - Mixture + Undefined, drama, offbeat comedy. Narrative - Social themes, messages, 'serious' content, Downbeat and open endings. Industry - Stars, production, budget, music, merchandise, Small budget, Unknown Stars, Low production value. Audience - Niche, small older active audience Reflection - Critically acclaimed Funding and production - Independent studios + Co-funding I, Daniel Blake: Funded by the BFI (British Film Industry) and national lottery (Co-funding). Unknown actors with a serious social theme addressing a problem.

Mainstream films

 TEXT GENRES and GENRE CONVENTIONS used in film and marketing materials such as trailers and posters ( mainstream aappeal e.g familiar and traditional conventions of key genres e.g action, scifi, superhero  )  NARRATIVE  AND THEMES ( straightforward and clear story with action elements, upbeat ending etc. or experimental structure and downbeat/sad ending , mainstream themes designed to appeal to the audience such as heroism, freedom etc.) AUDIENCE   As a mainstream film the audience is defined as mainstream rather than niche, large, often passive and usually younger . Traditionally a mainstream audience  would have been  largely defined as white and films aimed at a black or Asian audience  were automatically classed as niche. These boundaries may be starting to breakdown with the mainstream or crossover appeal of films such as  Parasite and Black Panther.   The job for the producers is to successfully targe...

Black Panther

Independant:  Genres - Mixture + Undefined, drama, offbeat comedy. Narrative - Social themes, messages, 'serious' content, Downbeat and open endings. Industry - Stars, production, budget, music, merchandise, Small budget, Unknown Stars, Low production value. Audience - Niche, small older active audience Reflection - Critically acclaimed Funding and production - Independent studios + Co-funding Mainstream: Genres - Action, superhero, sci fi, Franchise and sequels. Narrative - Escapist entertainment, upbeat endings. Industry - Stars, production, budget, music, merchandise, Big Budget, Big Stars, High production value. Audience - Large mass, passive audience, more younger. Reflection - Commercial success  Funding and production - Major studio Black Panther 1) It is an action, superhero, sci fi film. It had a big budget due to its major studio (Disney/marvel), High production value a number of big stars. However the main stars were not main Hollywood actors and were less know, it ...

Tide Audience

 Demographic audience: An audience profiled based on their class, occupation and income. In groups from A-E where people in A or B have the highest disposable income. Psychographic profiling: An audience based on there VALS (values, attitdudes and lifestyle). Mainstreamers: Make up 40% of the population. They prefer secure, tried and trusted brands and like to think they belong to a group of like minded people. They also prefer value of money and take less risks. Aspirers: This group want status and prefer brands that show their place in society. They will buy items such a designer clothes. They are stylish and dynamic and are typically persuaded by celebrity endorsement. Explorers: Like to discover new things. They are attracted by brands that offer new experiences and instant results. Succeeders: These are people that already have status and control and have nothing to prove. They prefer brands that are serious and reliable and that they believe deserve the best. Reformers: They ...

Assassins Creed IV Black Flag

Title Released Platform Assassin's Creed 2007 PlayStation 3 ,  Xbox 360 ,  Windows Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles 2008 Nintendo DS ,  Android ,  iOS ,  Symbian ,  webOS ,  Windows Phone Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines 2009 PlayStation Portable Assassin's Creed II 2009 PlayStation 3 ,  Xbox 360 ,  PlayStation 4 ,  Xbox One ,  OS X ,  Windows ,  Mac OS X ,  Symbian Assassin's Creed II: Discovery 2009 Nintendo DS ,  iOS Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 2010 PlayStation 3 ,  Xbox 360 ,  PlayStation 4 ,  Xbox One ,  OS X ,  Windows Assassin's Creed: Revelations 2011 PlayStation 3 ,  Xbox 360 ,  PlayStation 4 ,  Xbox One ,  Windows ,  Android ,  Symbian Assassin's Creed III 2012 PlayStation 3 ,  Xbox 360 ,  Wii U ,  PlayStation 4 ,  Xbox One ,  Windows ,  Nintendo Switch ,  Symbian Assassin's Creed III: Liberation [a] 2012 PlaySt...