1. GENRE RESEARCH
BY TOM ROALFE AND
L I L LY T H O M A S A N D
JOE DE
CAESTECKER
2. ANALYSING MEDIA TEXTS
• 1) We will consider how media language choices have
been made by looking into who our audience are.
C.R.A.G.S.
• 2) We believe this point to mean that we should adapt
our idea to suit Todorov’s Equilibrium theory and
contain verisimilitude to show representations of real
life happenings.
• 3) We think this point is to do with our selves more than
anything. As we will be creating the idea as we go
along in the planning stage we will fully understand
what is happening. But we must ensure the audience is
obtaining the exact message we are trying to portray.
• 4) We have thought about this carefully and we believe
that it means different institutions which are supporting
you will only accept certain material. As in the decisions
we make will be influenced by the institutions behind
us as they will decide in the end whether they will to
distribute our product, so they must agree with ever
piece of content.
3. AUDIENCE
• As the text says women may also view the
production due to the representations of
reproduction and infertility we believe that
males are the primary audience but however
women could act as a secondary audience. If a
male protagonist appears as well they may
also see him in the male gaze so this would
add to the reason why they could be the
secondary audience.
• Due to the Adult content in this example
Younger people wont be involved in the target
audience as the institutional regulations would
classify the film as a rating elder than their age.
• We believe we need to decide exactly who our
target audience is and we need to chose
carefully as if we get this wrong the whole film
could fail. Also we need to chose an
appropriate rating which agrees with the
content of the film.
4. SCIENCE FICTION GENRE
• This report looks at the definition of science fiction as a genre. They
came up with a theory designed by Richard Hodgen’s saying “
Science Fiction involves extrapolated or fictitious science, or fictitious
use of scientific possibilities, or it may be simply fiction that takes
place in the future or introduces some radical assumption about the
present or the past”
• We believe understanding the importance of what your genre
actually is, is pivotal to us as otherwise we wont be meeting the
conventions of the genre and the production wont actually be a Sci-
Fi.
5. OPENING SEQUENCES
• We believe that it is so important to understand
the role of the opening sequence. As if we don’t
understand what an opening sequence does
then we wont be conveying the correct
messages to our audience and showing the
correct content.
• The report to the left talks about what a opening
sequence does. It states that an opening
sequence:
• Sets up the audiences expectations
• Constructs narrative enigmas
