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‘Woman’- Media industry • published weekly by IPC, 1937 to present. • Set edition: 23-29 August 1964 • Price: 7d (7 old pennies) • Women’s magazines became very popular in the post-war period and, in the 1960s, sales of women’s magazines reached 12 million copies per week. Woman’s sales alone were around 3 million copies per week in 1960. Current magazine :   www.timeincuk.com/brands/woman/ ‘Woman ‘competed with ‘Woman’s own’ and ‘Woman’s weekly’ to be the top-selling title. ‘Woman’ launched weekly in June, priced at 2d for a full colour magazine within a year, the title was selling 500,000 copies a week.         IPC - http://www.timeincuk.com/about/history/ The IPC is a large mainstream organisation as it as it involves a number of other companies. This means it appeals to a wider range of audience and have a different variety of content within it. It is a part of a conglomerate. The publication company also produces ...

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23/01/18 Power and media industries: James Curran and Jean Seaton Key terms: Monopoly- The exclusive ownership or control of something  Conglomerate- A large corporation consisting of smaller companies  Subsidiary- A smaller company owned by a large corporation  Curran and seaton on monopoly: “It [extends] their range of businesses and political connections, [increases] their corporations prestige and, through judicious editorial appointments, [contributes] to the maintenance of public opinion favourable to private enterprise” IT IS ESTENTIAL TO REMEMBER THST CONGLOMORATES ARE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE LOGIC OF PROFIT   AND  POWER  Key facts= Having a monopoly means domination of multiple media industries If the focus is on creating profit, generally conglomerates don’t tske the risk with the media products they produce  This often results in limited variety, creativity and quality  “Anti monopoly media regulation is needed no...

The industry is representing the film as an interesting look into the background. they show some of the more violent parts to draw people in to watch it. It shows a good picture of what the films about and what the story line is. the movie is about N.W.A which consisted of; Dr Dre, E-easy, Ice cube, MC Ren, DJ yella, The D.O.C and the Arabian prince  What they say?: they use the film to show the audience different cultures and shows the audience a bit of historical context

There are three major companies within the UK film industry. They are as followed, BBFC, IPSO and OFCOM. BBFC: British Board of Film Classification. The BBFC are responsible for choosing the right classifications and age ratings. They are guide to media content. They focus on protecting the public eye especially children from content that might raise harm risks. The age classifications:   The IPSO (The Independent Press Standards Organisation) things the IPSO do: Regulates over 1500 print and 1100 online titles Takes complaints about possible breaches of the Editors' Code of Practice Help with unwanted press attention or harassment concerns Low-cost arbitration scheme Guidance for editors and journalists Advice about the Editors' Code Journalists' Whistleblowing Hotline OFCOM               Ofcom is the communications regulator in the UK. We regulate the TV, radio and video-on-demand sectors, fixe...

In todays lesson, We watched a clip from Superman (bullet stopper) to find practical examples of different camera angles and shots. The clip included various shots and angles  in the video below. The various shots are used to show expressions and emotions of the characters, they are also used to show superiority of characters. The clip included: Low angle shots close ups Extreme close ups High angles

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Broadsheet   Tabloid A tabloid newspaper tends to have more colour and pictures which make it more noticeable to the potential buyer it also tends to have larger headlines and pictures. it is more spread out with the lay out of the front page. The adverts on a tabloid are ore modernised to fit in with the lay out and design of the newspaper. Where as a broadsheet newspaper have more information and less pictures, its more condensed in order to get more information on it. The adverts on them often are irrelevant to the news on the inside and have less to do with the headlines.