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Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Can construct house, begin a family - control Sim - making an ideal way of life (U+G). - Aspiration (preoccupation) or idealism.  Characters: modify your sim, life occasions: house, family, pets yet very little genuine ongoing interaction - generally cutscenes.  Point of view of fondness - kissing, proposition, marriage - high edge, over the shoulder of the principle - so you can see the female viewpoint - so went for female - media language decisions. 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? Colours -- emphasises femininity. Diverse characters generated -- aimed at everyone but go clubbing -- adventures 12-30. Broad target audience 12-30/40 or 50+. Sensationalism -- do different things -- 'Limitless' as said in trailer. 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Can build house, start a family -

Language 1) How does the cover communicate the genre of the game? The gun symbolises that there will be violence which is a common prop and covention of the action genre. The armor signifies they it is there to give some sort of protection. 2) What does the cover suggest regarding gameplay and audience  pleasures? It will be primarily based on the war and actual fighting. 3) Does the cover sexualise the character of Samus Aran? Why/why not? No, I think the primary age demographic for videogames was primarily male, but to attract females a character that isn't oversexualised or obvious to be male would attract more female gamers and expand the market. Trailer analysis Watch the trailer for the game: 1) What do you notice about genre? Heavy focus on fights - gunfire and sci-fi aspects of dimensions. 2) How is the character introduced? Is Samus Aran obviously female? They are introduced as a hero returning. They are not seen as obviously female. But the small waist compared

1) What is the definition of a fan? Fans do more than just like or even love a particular media text, ‘true fans’ have a devotion that goes beyond simply consuming media texts, and is, as Matt Hills argues, part of a person’s identity in much the same way as gender, class and age define who we are. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore Fans  -  Hard core fans identify themselves as the ‘insiders’ within any given fandom and consider themselves to be aficionados of their chosen media text. They spend a lot of time and often money in becoming hard core fans. They take pride in how long they have been a fan and also the quantity and quality of the knowledge they have amassed whilst being a fan. Newbie Fans  -  Newbies, as the name suggests, are new fans of any given text and do not have the longevity of devotion or depth of knowledge that hard core fans have and are initially viewed as the ‘outgroup’ within fandoms. Anti-Fans -  Those which identif

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog task 2) OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis 3) OSP: Teen Vogue - audience and representation 4) Newspapers: Assessment learner response 5) OSP: Teen Vogue - industry and social media 6) OSP: Hall and Gilroy - media theory 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study 8) OSP: Assessment LR

Language and Audience Analyse the game cover for Tomb Raider Anniversary (above). 1) How does the cover communicate the genre of the game? The Genre is conveyed through the mise en scene like the lighting, garments, propps and performing artist this is exhibited through the weapons the female character is holding influencing her to appear to be set to continue chasing or some wort of experience. There is further fortification through he knapsack and the lighting is dark coloured and gold featuring the old picture and influencing it to appear as though she is being set to go on a journey.  2) How does the pose and costume of the character appeal to primarily male audiences ? This interests to male gatherings of people as it sets out the male look as Laura Mulvey fortifies making her look all the more explicitly engaging and is featured through uncovering of tissue. She is set to give sensual joy through he garments of her wearing 'hot jeans' to awe guys. Her bosom