Title: Wii Mario party

What key conventions of print adverts can you find on the example you have chosen? Product name? Font? Slogan? Central image? Colour?

The print advert is very colourful mainly to attract the target audience whilst having an enlarge picture making it appeal to families and seem sociable.

Find three reviews for your game that were originally published in videogame magazines. Are they positive or negative about the game? Copy and paste one quote from each review.

"This game is amazing and it's very fun as you will experience hours of fun mini games" Positive

"Very enjoyable game to play!"positive

Yet another absolute insult from Nintendo to fans of videogames.  negative

Did your game feature on any videogame magazine front covers? Find examples and explain why a front cover feature is so successful in promoting a game to its target audience.

It was only promoted inside magazines  not on front covers.

E-media

Visit your chosen game's official website. How does it attract and maintain the interest of its target audience?

it keeps the website very colourful which attracts more viewers to visit the page more and has video of families playing it which makes the viewers want to buy it.

Does the game have a YouTube channel?

yes the game has a youtube channel to promote themself.

How many 'likes' has your chosen game's Facebook wall had?

17,575 likes.

What is your chosen game's Twitter hashtag?

#mariopartyout!

How did the campaign use Twitter to promote the game?

the campaign posted many pictures and tweets about the game which got it trending and began promoting their campaign

The House At The End Of The Street-

There are a number of theories of philosophers to certain media texts this enables us to appreciate how film producers create interest in their films when creating trailers. According to Propp's theory there's always a certain number of characters we always see. For example a protagonist which leads the narrative which in this case is Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence) who typically leads the narrative. in most trailers there's also most antagonist which is played by Ryan Jacobson showing how there is always a villain in most movie's. In this movie there is a mentor which is the mother and the close family cop which give advise to both Jennifer Lawrence and Ryan Jacobson.The herioine is Jennifer Lawrence herself as she rescue's herself and her mother at the part where Ryan is trying to kill her but her mother screams and grabs a gun and shoots the killer. 


Barthe- Enigma codes:

Who is Carrie Anne?
Is she still alive?
Is Ryan mentally stable?
Where did the girl from the cafe go, is she Carrie Anne now?
Why does everyone trust him who is he?
How did she escape?

Action codes:

"Ryan, who's tampons are these?" We automatically know there Carrie Anne's
"Yes mum i won't go to Ryan's house" She ends up going to Ryan's house
"Are you with ryan?" "no" We know she's with Ryan

FILM POSTER&TRAILER ANALYSIS.

The film trailer is a typical romance, murder, blood, trust,killer, girl and drama

• Men: The men in this movie which was 'Ryan Jacobson' was represented as a tough,violent,twisted person. This makes it seem as the normal stereotype was reinforced due to the fact that most men in movies are known for being tough. The trailer didn't show the cops but it shows how men have more dominion over women and how powerful they are.
• Women: Surprisingly women were represented as strong yet emotional people. In this trailer there was concerned mother towards the age of 40-50 which tend to be quiet emotional and worried about her child 
• Teenagers: This trailer has a quiet arrogant teenager who didn't listen and blamed everything on her mother and they were portrayed as rather ignorant person who were ready to lie and party all night long, although she was ignorant she was also portrayed as a strong individual who didn't rely on others and tried to help other people which didn't reinforce women it made them appear much strong and independent.
• 'Gang': There was a gang in this movie which were reinforced as a typical gang thinking they could do what they want and acting as if they were in charge and that everyone's world evolved around them.
• Villian: The villian was the lover boy 'Ryan Jacobson' who was repesented as a twisted person who cannot live with the burden on his chest so decides to destroy everyone else's life which was quiet typical involving killing,secrets,murder but wasn't as reinforced.

The trailer gets straight into the point telling the story within 2minutes without revealing too much but yet enough to leave you feeling mysterious. It has the typical white girl walking alone late at night after a smashing party and a guy trying to hit on her but she doesn't know that it a Ryan Jacobson the guy that everyone talks about. The scene of the trailer cuts quickly with suspense music building up too when she reveals something about him which may be hurtful, The trailer blacks out after every scene change making more suspension build up. During the first minute of the trailer it moves on to a very peculiar part so that it doesnt get boring. Towards the middle of the trailer it gets very mystical and threatening  making the audience feel engaged. 

The movie is filmed in Canada but is a typical American Mystery horror film. The trailer has added some text towards the end of the trailer 'A new home' followed by the hero in the movie which is typically a guy but what makes this movie different is the hero is a girl known as Jennifer Lawrence which is clearly established. Another good thing about this trailer is the characters are shown different personalities and are shown clearly how they differ from each other and states all of the main actors in the movie. 

MOVIE POSTER

 This is the film poster of the movie, as you can see the main character 'Jennifer Lawrence' is giving eye contact to the viewers from this i can imply that she is terrified and something shocking is going to happen linking with the house which is viewed in the background. The colour scheme is fairly dark but has pops of color which is yellow used for both the title and the credits of the movie to make it stand out with a mysterious figure viewed in the window of the house making the viewers hint what the movie is going to be about.

Movie Pitch

The genre of my movie is going to be horror/psychological theme to it.

It's about these 2 beautiful girls called Ria and Alayna who have been best friends since childhood they have a love hate relationship meaning they can either love each other and be really good friends or be bitchy to one and other but nothing or none can separate their friendship until the day where the devil inside her room decides to show up. This is where they decide to go to college 2 best friends living the dream of their life's but when they find out their not each others roommates there dreams slowly shatter (just kidding). Ria gets a roommate that's really friendly but on the other hand Alayna gets a roommate that appears to be absolutely beautiful and friendly but she doesn't know that she's the devil inside the room. Slowly, the best friends that thought this was their dream drifted apart stuck on the other side of each other. Alainah slowly becomes overly obsessed with Alayna this is where the psychological twist comes in Alainah hasn't been taken her medicine lately has this affected her in any way till an extent and decides she wants her more than friends she wants to rip the soul out of her will Ria let this affect her friendship that's already drifted or will she help her best friend escape?

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18.11.13

Hey bloggers,
Today in class we got to watch 4-5 trailers which was really interesting as we looked at a variety of genres which were horror, romantic comedy, comedy and drama.My favorite movie trailer we watched was 'The Decent' because I loved how it had the typical horror movie scene with the killer,girls,screaming,blood and always that blonde girl that gets killed first. Horror movies  have that classical music that is tensing yet making it appear as something going to happen any second. The reaction on the characters faces are frightened, shocked and can tell that they are panicking.

A specific trailer i gave chosen to talk about is 'insidious 2'. The genre of the movie is horror/thriller. It is a very jumpy movie that gives you some suspense making you scared about what's going to happen next. 

iconography- i can see a family together happily till the devil comes back. i see an old man shouting alot of ghost wondering around choking Patrick Wilson following every movement of him. I also hear alot of screaming and crying.

characters: screaming, family,ghost,devil,doctors,love,hearbreak,tears

Setting:in a house in America Los Angeles in a house in Highland Park.

Current picture for magazine

         Just dance 4 Audience Profile.

Analysis.

The audience profile consists of varies of brands such as 'Dance spirit' which is a dance magazine. I have chosen this to add because it is all to do with the game based on dancing this also means ALOT of people who read or have heard about it from other people would probably have an idea of this game. I have also added some clothing brand such as Pineapple which sells dance clothing and would get inspiration from the game to wear clothes which are more fancy and elegant. I have put a camera there as people take pictures of dance so it was vital to put it into my audience profile as dance involves taking pictures sharing it with people around you. Just dance is available on the PS3 which a majority of people owe or if not also available of the Nintendo wii which 80-90% of people own that is why i have included it as it is also available on wii,Xbox and PlayStation  I have included knee high converses as converses adds a edgy affect to dancing/rock and seem realistic to wear as dancing as people see converses which a majority of people own or like they will see how it links to the game as for clothing. Phones and blackberry's 90% of people own one or another which is a fact that is why i have included it. Guitars is the base to just dance as it has the movements the music is around rock and hip hop so it seemed appealing to include a guitar.

I've included twitter page as many people own a twitter account and can follow just dance 4 on twitter to get more people to buy and play it. 'Game' is one of the stores you can purchase your just dance game which i thought i should include. i have included pictures of musical notes as just dance is going on music and most people love music so they will be attracted to it by looking at the colourful musical notes.

The final thing i have included is a just dance snaps briefly of what the game is about and will be attractive to people who would want to play the game.

Just Dance 4 Audience Profile.
Gender-80% Female 20% male.
Education-Further /Higher Education.
Social Class-ABC1
Race/Ethnicity-All
Job-Young professional/student.
Lives-Cities/towns.
Age-10-35