Lara media exam blog

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW . Good arguments preferred, especially for Zendaya  EBI ; a more substantial and detailed answer needed for q2 including making consistant reference to hesmondhalgh.  14/34 D  2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify  three  specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Google Home advert) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of image, framing and focus, colour, text etc.) Dominant or preferred readings: Google represented as unthreatening, safe and a natural part of middle-class family life. Oppositional or counter-hegemonic readings: • Reinforces white, western, middle-class representation of family life to the exclusion of other backgrounds (race/ethnicity, sexuality, age, class). Presents the white, western ‘2.4 children’ average as desirable, aspirational lifestyle – some audiences will reject this. Negotiate

  Audience 1) What game information is provided on this page? Pick out three elements you think are important in terms of making the game appeal to an audience. Play in real time and control your virtual world! Life can be altered for each of your Sims as they progress over time. Choose their paths through love, romance, relationships and marriage. Build up your town with Sim virtual families and watch as they grow and develop from babies to seniors. Create to complete goals, earn Simoleons and pick up rewards. Design fun and fulfilling life paths for your Sims, then watch them thrive! Create Their Story: - Customize every aspect of your Sims’ lives - Choose what careers your Sims will have, and watch as they succeed - Life simulations from babies to seniors lets you watch every stage of their virtual lives - Love, romance, relationships and marriage; watch your Sims live through it all! Real Life Connect: - Virtual towns meet real-life friends! - Choose to visit your friends’ Sim Town

  Language / Gameplay analysis The Sims: Free Play trailer  1) What elements of gameplay are shown? The three in-game currencies— Simoleans, Lifestyle Points, and Social Points —can be earned by players controlling their Sims to fulfil their desires and by letting them engage in various activities. Real time is used in the game, and actions must be finished in real time. 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? I  believe that its aimed at the young audience by giving them the opportunity to experience freedom that they might not otherwise have, the game's freedoms could be a way to target this demographic. The ideas of going clubs, building houses, finding "love", among other younger-oriented lifestyle practises, are reflections of youth culture. 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? personal identity- The lives and ideals of the Sims player are reflected in them, so the player will recognise themselves in the characters they have created. personal r