2. Film
Mission Impossible- Rogue Nation- director- Christopher McQuarrie-2015
Genre- An American action spy thriller film
Codes and conventions of the film:
An action film is based around either one person or a group facing challenges.
Normally involving
Fights between the hero and villain in the film
Chase scenes
Life threatening situations
Guns and explosions
An evil villain
Fast and furious 7- director- James Wan- 2015
Genre- an action, crime and thriller film
Codes and conventions:
There were establishing shots from planes. Gunshots, cars skidding, machinery and car engine
sound affects with intense music to set the atmosphere. Heaps of explosions. The main setting was
in a populated area such as the city. There were a lot of fight scenes, car chases. There were also
quite a few stunts including car stunts… for example when the car fell out of the plane 10000 feet
in the air and landed unharmed.
3. Film-2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides- May 2011- Director- Rob Marshall
Genre- Action/ Fantasy/ Adventure/ Swashbuckler
Codes and conventions:
12/ 15 certificate, maximizing youth audiences
Young, male, aspirational target audience- secondary female target audience
Hybridised- often also with Sci Fi
Rush Hour 3- director- Brett Ratner- 2007
Genre- a martial arts/ action-adventure- comedy film
It is a buddy cop film which is plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to
solve a crime and defeating criminals and something learning from each other in the process. The two are normally, but sometimes they
may not be case but in Rush Hour 3 it is shown throughout and demonstrated through Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker’s roles.
10 Things I Hate About You- director- Gil Junger- 1999
Genre- Comedy, Drama, Romance
Codes and conventions:
it has relatable main characters.
It has light upbeat music.
It has recognisable locations within the film
it can also be a linear narrative.
4. TV Top Gear- director- Brian Klein
Genre- Factual, Motoring, Entertainment
Codes and conventions:
Presenter
Test Cars
Give Reviews
Voiceovers
Pre recorded footage
The Simpsons- creator- Matt Groening
Genre- Animated Sitcom
Codes and conventions:
Animation/ cartoon
Humorous
Same characters- but may have guest voices
Based on the same family each week
Each episode has its own plot
Same setting- town of Springfield
Same creators- James L Brooks and Matt Groening
Continuously running
5. TV-2
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
Genre- Cooking/ reality
Codes and conventions:
Based in a real restaurant
Different restaurant each episode
Presenters fixes restaurants
Visits lots of places
A lot of drama
Ends positively
Different countries have their own version of the programme
24
Genre- Serial Drama, Political Thriller, Espionage Thriller, Action Thriller
Codes and conventions:
Has a protagonist
Changes characters and actors each series
Each season begins on a different setting
Each show has a race against the clock theme as it has a split with a running clock
6. Radio
Capital FM
Genre: plays popular and current music
Codes and Conventions:
Its plays music
Regular adverts which appeal to the audience
Has different selection of dj’s in different slots
Sometimes take requests
Have phone ins and competitions
Sunrise Radio
Genre: Asian
Codes and conventions:
It plays different types of Asian music
Has different selection of dj’s in different slots
Has adverts within every hour/ half hour appealing to Asian audiences
Takes requests and also plays different selection of music
7. Radio-2
BBC Radio 5 Live
Genre- Sports talkshow
Codes and conventions:
Has phone ins which gives the opportunity to people to ask questions about sports to an expert
Also has adverts
Based on BBC news and follows stories related to the news
Has different radio dj’s in different slots every hour
Broadcasts a wide variety of sports
LBC
Genre- talkshow
Codes and conventions:
Based on rolling news, travel and weather
Includes a wide variety of discussion topics
Has phone ins to give people’s say on a particular topic
Has adverts within every hour to people’s taste
Has news bulletins within every hour, based on different news, travel and weather
8. Print
The Sun- Newspaper
Codes and conventions:
Has big layout
Has good font
Has good and clear text
Match Magazine- Sports magazine ( football)
Codes and conventions
Has big layout
Has good font
Has good and clear text
MTV- Music
Codes and conventions
Has good layout
Has small font
Has big colour scheme
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