Monday 11 January 2016



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.


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