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Fashionistas over and out!
Genre Questions
Q- How useful is the notion of genre for explaining the full range of modern media texts?
A- Genre is really helpful and important as it helps viewers to identify with the various media formats. Genre allows the audience to understand what they are seeing. It’s also a big help for producers and the media industries – however if media can be categorised into familiar groups which allows them to repeat the production of the genres that are more popular, by using the same key players involved through out the production process to create a bigger profit. Without genre the audience would struggle to understand what media format they are watching. Critics are able to use the conventions of genre to establish the hierarchies of value.
Q- Which types of cultural production appear to be the most generic and why? Which appear to be the least generic and why? How do these reflections tie into the work you are doing on your optional modules?
A- It is no surprise that the main genres out there is ‘Horror’, ‘Comedy’, ‘Action’ etc are the productions which appear to be the most generic. These genres are well known and cover a broad range of formats. Genres are relied on so much by the media industries to attract a large number of audiences, big Hollywood films for example rely on genre to gain a large audience in order to make a large profit. Films and programmes which are produced often B movies, which do not have a particular target audience. They do not need the repetition that bigger industries use to make their money and gain their audiences. However, user generated content does not need a genre nor a purpose.
I personally think that the most generic production is game shows for example ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’, ‘The million pound drop’ etc. The reason to why I think these game shows are the most generic at this moment is because any members of the public can join the show which allows the viewers to be able to relate to the contestants on screen, and can even feel the suspense of the game which keeps the viewers drawn in. There is a range of game shows in the mainstream already since the audience are interested in them a lot, so the tradition of all this has continued which therefore encourages the producers to create more programmes with the same genre but with a different aim to the game each time. To the audience it seems as if it is different which does relate to the theory of genre’s which are characterised by ‘sameness and repetition’ but also different this was by Steve Neale.
The least generic has to be print media and this is has to be because of the technological development as well as personal preferences. Magazines which relate to home and lifestyle such as DIY men’s magazines, this has decreased as over the past few years the public have become lazier whereas during the previous years the public did everything for them selves. So therefore since the public have become lazier which makes it a lot more easier for them to search for user-generated content which can be found on line like YouTube.
Since I am currently studying Format Production I have to say that genre does play a huge part for the construction of the quiz shows which we have created ourselves in a team. The quiz show which we are creating needs to be repeatable for example the same props, music, sound, set etc. The use of genre allows us to repeat the show over and over again. It is definitely important to be able to create a show which works more than once as it increases the profit, genre also attracts an audience.
Q- Does the notion of genre aid our understanding of newer forms of cultural production such as online production? Does Adorno’s thesis still hold true given the ‘democratic’ nature of the internet?
Personally I think we are able to recognise and categorise for ourselves which on-line production falls into which type of genre although it isn’t that obvious as it is with films.
09/11/2010 Radio Quiz Recording + Reflection
Today was THE DAY!
Today we went in to record our radio quiz show which actually went pretty well. Even though yesterday we had a problem with the sound we managed today to get it done perfectly of course not from the first go but you know what they say third time is the lucky time. The first take to be honest was my fault as I was in charge of the desk and I forgot to raise the volume for the guests microphones when they were talking, However, luckily it was only the first two minutes so it was not a problem after that everything started to go smoothly.
The roles were met to the best of the members knowledge, and it was good fun as this was something new and interesting. There wasn’t really any negative points for today except for one of our contestants failed to show up and we did not have a back up contestant which we have all learned to have it especially since we will be starting TV soon.
The winner of our radio quiz show was Beatrice and she won a shopping spree at TopShop worth of £8.00 so congratulations to our lucky winner.
Reflection on meeting 08/11/2010
Today the group and I booked out the radio studio at 4:00pm to get some practice before the final recording. We have decided to choose Rosie to be the presenter for our show as she sounded the best on the microphone and seemed more comfortable.
Everything went great today Rosie, Jaz and me practised on the computer trying to set everything up and imported sound clips which Rosie came up with. After we finished playing about with everything and was happy and got everything working correctly we then did a practice record of our quiz it all went smoothly however, the down fall to this was the fact that the volume was too low and you could not hear anything. We did try to look for Paul but we could not find him so we tried to fix the issue ourselves but couldn’t so we are hoping tomorrow everything goes smoothly and perfectly.
We are excited and of course nervous but it is the first time we create our own radio show so it is quite fun. We have learned a lot but I guess the one thing we agree on is being organised and by that I mean knowing how to fix any technical difficulties we may come up against but other than that I am pleased with my group as everyone has done their part and nothing has been a hassle.
Here are images I took today during our radio time.
Radio Quiz
Our group is called the Fashionistas and our quiz is going to consist of –
Introduction – where the presenter will greet the listeners, then go on to talk about the quiz and explain each round.
Round 1 how many beeps? The audience have to guess how many beeps they hear from the audio that gets played.
Round 2 Finish the quote- Depending on the quote some can either finish off the quote or when being told the quote they need to give the name of who said that quote,
Round 3 and the final round – The audience must call out what ever amount of money we mention and it’s their luck if they get £5 or £20. Which ever contestant wins they will recieve the cash prize of how ever much money they banked and get to go on a shopping spree to TopShop with a gift card that we would be giving out.
So as you can see our quiz is quite simple but fun and mind challenging which is great. It starts out with three contestants then one with the less amount of points in round 1 will be disqualified whereas the other two will go through to round 2 and from there again the contestant with the least amount of point will be disqualified and the one remaining will be the winner.
Final script copy
Here is the official script.
Hello and welcome to THE FASHIONISTA SHOW!
The show where you need to know your Primark from you Prada
Your from Clarks your Carvela
and most importantly you need to have passion for fashion!
Today we have three lovely LOVELY contestants …
We have [ ] from [ ] hi [ ]
We have [ ] from [ ] hi [ ]
We have [ ] from [ ] hi [ ]
So lets get started, we have three EXTREMELY difficult rounds for you lovely ladies to claw your fake nails through, are you ready?
I said are you ready {wanting a louder response}?
OK, better. this first round is called: ‘Guess the Beeps’ you need to get through this initial round to be in with a chance to win some cash to spend on some very luxurious high class clothes.
well okay they’re Topshop vouchers, but what do you expect? we’re all students here.
In this round a certain amount of beeps will be played, varying in length. you will have a guess at how MANY you think there was. You will all get a guess and the two of you with the closest answers to the correct answer will go through to the next round. shout your name to answer first.
so here we go … [plays beep recording]
and [ ] what is your guess?
and [ ] ?
and [ ] ?
and we have a clear loserrrrrr.
SEE YOU LATER [ ]!
no seriously well done, but you are the first to go, bye!
Now the second round has the ever so mysterious name of ‘Finish the fashion quote’.
i wonder what this could be about?
Basically I’m gonna start a famous quote and YOU have to finish it to go through to the next round.
The first person to finish the quote goes through to the next round.
again shout your name in order to answer.
If you’re both too silly and neither know what i’m on about i will move onto another quote.
got it? brilliant.
[quote game]
sorry [ ] so close yet so far.
on the other hand [ ] you are in the final!
Now final round is called ‘Beat the Bomb’.
Its game of chicken, and also greed.
Random amount’s of money will be called out in a variety of amounts, NOT in an ascending or descending order.
that means that it will not go straight up and or straight down for you silly people
for example …… 1p, £4, 58p, £1, £8, 90p…… get the idea?
At any point after an amount has been said the contest can shout ‘stop the game’
[ ] let me hear you shout stop the game
so if you do that you will receive the amount of money that has just been called out.
However, you didn’t think we’d make it that easy did you?
whilst the number are being called out, a bomb is ticking away. no one knows how long before the bomb explodes. if the bomb explodes before you have stopped the game and taken the money, you are out and will go home with nothing.
The object is to stop the game before the bomb explodes and take an amount of money.
if you are Greedy and hang on for large amounts of money you risk getting knocked out with nothing,
or if you are ‘chicken’ you will not get the highest amounts of money.
understand my little fashionista??
lets play beat the bomb!
[Bomb recording]
[either wins or loses!]
how do you feel?
and that’s all we have time for today! see you again soon!
thanks for listening to the Fashionista Show!
List !
Here are all the fashion quotes I found.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Yves Saint Laurent
Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.
Christian Dior
I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.
Coco Chanel
A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
Yves Saint Laurent
I don’t design clothes. I design dreams.
Ralph Lauren
Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.
Coco Chanel
In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.
Elsa Schiaparelli
Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
Coco Chanel
Meeting with Paul and Shelly !
During our workshop session today Shelly and Paul were helping the group and me as we had good ideas but had no ‘hook’ for our quiz nor did we have a name. We needed a more direct target audience with a reason for anyone to listen in on our radio quiz show, we needed to draw them in.
So after our long discussion we decided our target audience will be individuals between 16-25, with a gender bias of female. We then needed a general theme that would go smoothly with our quiz so we decided since the show is bias female we will make it about fashion. Of course our second round became of finishing fashion quotes and our final round the cash prize is towards a shopping spree at TopShop worth £20.
Since we now have a hook which was going to be fashion we had to think of a name for our show and we were all mind blocked luckily the name Fashionista hit me and when I presented that name Shelly and the group loved it. Now it is called The Fashionista Show which works perfectly with our quiz show it all makes sense now.
Unfortunately poor Rosie has to change the script.
CVTV Project
Once being informed about Johnny and his project I was instantly interested in the idea and signed up to be apart of Johnny Rickard’s show. There was a meeting later that Thursday which I made sure to attend and this was Johnny informing us on what his aims were and what this project is really about.
Johnny wanted media students to help him film and edit a show which he has organised to carry out with the inclusion of celebrity guests as well as a live audience at the Herbert Art Gallery. This is going to be apart of his show reel which he is going to send to UK TV companies and also give to his agent. He does not have any experience
with the production side of media so he has left it up to us media producers to organise it for him which we are thrilled about as it is also work experience for us and helps us think and act professionally.
We have began to sort out production roles for each individual such as lighting coordinators and camera operators which were filled out quickly. Yasmin has been in charge of sorting out our roles and any problems we might have as if we all e-mail Johnny he will receive numerous e-mails and it would be over whelming for him. Personally, I am glad that Yasmin is in charge of things as I trust in her with this responsibility. She has also set up a facebook group where everyone has been invited and everyone has informed her on the roles that they would like to do. Below is a print screen of the facebook group created.
Improving your CV
As I was searching on the internet for websites which could help to improve your CV and grant you a higher level of job interviews, I came across a few websites which could help. Here is a list to the sites I found.
http://www.alec.co.uk/
http://www.bradleycvs.co.uk/
https://sites.google.com/a/hs.np.edu.sg/school-of-health-science-alumni-ngee-ann-polytechnic/career-coaching
If you are looking to improve your CV all you have to do is go on the internet and start going through the websites that catch your attention, or you can simply go on to http://www.profilingforsuccess.com/main/flash.php . This website allows you to take a psychometric test which is good as it forces you to work at a professional level and at the end shows you your results and tells you how you work.
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