Media industries
In the film industry there are directors like Spike Lee who
directed films like He got Game, Malcolm X and Crooklyn. Which he also wrote
and produced.
What a film
director does: They control the films artistic and dramatic aspects, and is
able to visualize the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the
fulfilment of that vision.
What a film
produce does: There are a variety of producer.
Executive
producer: They pitch films to the studios, but upon acceptance they may focus
on business matters, such as budgets and contracts.
Producer: They are responsible for physical facilities, are given the
credit of "produced by".
Pixar whom
was formerly owned by LucasFilms and was acquired by The Walt Disney Company
for $4.06 billion has changed the way animations have been made. Toy story was
the Pixar first full movie and it was a change from the original cartoon
because it was made by computer-animated.
Game
PlayStation
and Xbox is one of the most popular consoles of the 21th century but the first
game console was Magnavox Odyssey. This was first released in Augusts 1972. It came with two paddle as
controllers and unlike consoles now they were powered by six C batteries.Then
in 1977 the Atari 2600 hit stores. They came with Joystick, Paddles, and
Driving Controller. Atari 2600 sold over 30 million units and there
best-selling game was Pac-man.
Fast forward to
September 1995 the release of the PlayStation 1 in North America and Europe.
The most successful game was Gran Turismo which had 10.85 million shipped. The
PlayStation 1 was developed by the Sony computer company and is the first
PlayStation. In March 2004 the Sony Company brought out the PlayStation 2 or
better known as PS2. The best-selling game of the PlayStation 2 era was Grand
Theft Auto: San Andreas which sold 17.33 million. As of March 31, 2012 the PS2
sold over 150 million units worldwide.
TV and Radio
The BBC which was founded ninety-two
years
ago have multiple
television channels
like CBBC which target school children due to programmes they show like 4 o'clock
club. Both BBC 1 and 2 is aimed at
families due to there programming's. A way of showing this is through their
counterprogramming. An example of counterprogramming is The one show,
EastEnders and
Holby City.
The BBC is run by
the Executive Board.
They are responsible for
delivering
the
BBC’s services in accordance with the strategy agreed with the BBC Trust.
They also have radio station like BBC
radio 1 which is
aimed at 15–29 age group.
The main thing that is broadcast is modern specialist music.