Newspapers:
I don't actually read any newspapers but I do go online and see bits of news on yahoo homepage, I tend to read whatever is on there but mainly things to do with celebrities or crime. Even though I don't buy or read any newspapers my parents do sometimes get newspapers for interesting stories or shocking stories e.g. the royal wedding, death of a popular celebrity etc.
Magazines:
I don't read or buy magazines nowadays but when I was younger I use to read a magazine called "Game Master". I would usually buy them for the cheats on games or to read reviews on games which I would really want, sometimes I would look at the pages promoting the 'coming soon' games incase they had a game sequel I've been waiting for to come out, I would usually ignore the contest pages because I never won them and was never told if I won or lost when I was meant to be told.
Television:
Usually I would watch around 37hours of TV weekly, I'd watch TV before school (would watch daybreak) and straight after school I'd watch TV shows I've recorded or are on while I wait for my food to be cooked, sometimes I would also watch TV in the evening but that is just usually just shows I didn't have time to watch earlier on or are late night shows like Family Guy, American Dad, Medical Detectives, Unsolved Mysteries. I'd also watch shows like Derren Browns magic shows or comedy shows such as Citizen Khan, How I Met Your Mother and Rules Of Engagement and sometimes if Lie To Me is on TV I'd watch it even though it has been cancelled and all of the episodes are just re-runs. I do usually watch TV alone but sometimes I watch with my two brothers if it's a show we have common interest in, usually my older brother takes charge of the remote.
Radio:
Capital radio is my favourite as it plays the latest chart songs and sometimes do play a few old songs which I enjoyed listening to and I don't dislike any stations because my music taste is quite wide, if the music, bass line, voice, lyrics or anything sounds good in a song then I wouldn't mind listening to it, I don't mind if it isn't a genre I don't usually listen to. Due to technology improving I don't really listen to the radio anymore, if I'm in the car I would connect a USB and memory card full of my favourite songs and listen to them instead, but when I did listen to the radio I would usually be in the car on my way to school or on my way back home from school and I'd listen to it with my mother, younger brother and two cousins.
Cinema:
Recently I've watched the film 'Keith Lemon' (it was terrible) in cinema and on the TV I've watched the film exorcist (original). I usually watch films in the holidays with my family, cousins, uncles and aunts and usually it is the kids of the families who decide on the films.
Internet:
I access the internet almost all the time at home by going on my laptop and ps3, either playing online, talking on Facebook or whatsapp on my iPhone or I'd be on youtube listening to music or watching funny videos, reading news on yahoo and looking at interesting photos on instagram on iPhone or going through interesting blogs and photos on tumblr.
WWW: A good account of your media consumption. I'm happy to see that you watch TV and use the internet so extensively.
ReplyDeleteEBI: It is a shame that you do not read any magazines, especially since part of your coursework will involve creating a magazine or newspaper article.
LR: Please read a Film Magazine (we have plenty in the department) and list the conventions of film magazine articles.
Masthead – usually in the top-left corner and should be the largest text on the page. The style of the masthead should reflect the audience, for example ‘Little White Lies’ have a very arty style
ReplyDeleteImage – Usually a mid-shot, gives the audience an idea of what specific audience this is for e.g. a romance film magazine would most likely have more male heartthrobs possibly accompanied by their co-actress/actor who they are working in this romance film with.
Fonts – usually kept to a minimum of 3 different fonts. They vary in size, sometimes vary in colour.