1. According to the writer, why might autistic children such as his son, be attracted to minecraft? It didnt have any rules which also allows the children to be creative.
2. Which features are included in the educational version of Minecraft and how useful do you think they might be as an educational tool?
Geography, physics helped them to understand. Its important because teachers think we learn better when we enjoy things.
3. Why, does Bergensten suggest, have copycat versions of minecraft been less successful?
Bergensten who is the developer of minecraft said this because the original minecraft has very basic graphics, quality which the copycats then made there’s more complexed and HD which didn’t work in their favour.
4.What is meant by the “modding” community?
“Modding” community, when people add their own features. They can add creatures this is also known as user generated content.
5. How important is the “sense of ownership” cited Bergensten, for the audience for minecraft?
It helps people believe it’s their own game, users feel in control.
6. How has Minecraft extended it’s brand beyond gaming and into other products?
Movies, merchandise such as toys, books And clothing.
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
Audience Effects Theories
Media is criticized because of the effect it has on society.
Hypodermic needle- Bandura 1961 we are influenced by what we see.
Stanley Cohen- young people would become criminals, its a book he wrote.
Gerbner- cultivation theory
mean world syndrome, the belief that the world is a dangerous place
Media is criticized because of the effect it has on society.
Hypodermic needle- Bandura 1961 we are influenced by what we see.
Stanley Cohen- young people would become criminals, its a book he wrote.
Gerbner- cultivation theory
mean world syndrome, the belief that the world is a dangerous place
Friday, 26 January 2018
Wonder Woman
Production Company:
RatPac- Dune entertainment Fantastic Four
DC Films Batman vs Superman
Tencent Pictures Kong
Wanda Pictures
Atlas Entertainment Justice League
Cruel and Unusual Films Dawn of the dead
Director: Patty Jenkins
Also known for directing Monster
Cost of the film (budget) $149 million, the money would have been spent on the rights of the storyline, the actors, special effects and producer.
The movie was distributed by Warner bros and at the box office it made $821.9 million
The promo included an appearance by Lynda Carter, star of the 1970s Wonder Woman, who plays the American president on Supergirl
Production Company:
RatPac- Dune entertainment Fantastic Four
DC Films Batman vs Superman
Tencent Pictures Kong
Wanda Pictures
Atlas Entertainment Justice League
Cruel and Unusual Films Dawn of the dead
Director: Patty Jenkins
Also known for directing Monster
Cost of the film (budget) $149 million, the money would have been spent on the rights of the storyline, the actors, special effects and producer.
The movie was distributed by Warner bros and at the box office it made $821.9 million
The promo included an appearance by Lynda Carter, star of the 1970s Wonder Woman, who plays the American president on Supergirl
Monday, 22 January 2018
Hollywood
Metonym place that exist but what is associated with them.
Where many of the first major film studios were set up around 100 years ago.
Film was invented in france, hollywood became popular in 1920s.
The studios built their power by following FORDIST economic model and establishing a system of vertical integration.
fordism, named after henry ford,
standardising the production
assembly line production
Vertical intergration
owning everything e.g production distribution and consumption
the companies would get all the money
Antitrust laws
In the late 1940s the US government brought an end to the vertical integration system and forced the studios to sell off their cinemas.
Metonym place that exist but what is associated with them.
Where many of the first major film studios were set up around 100 years ago.
Film was invented in france, hollywood became popular in 1920s.
The studios built their power by following FORDIST economic model and establishing a system of vertical integration.
fordism, named after henry ford,
standardising the production
assembly line production
Vertical intergration
owning everything e.g production distribution and consumption
the companies would get all the money
Antitrust laws
In the late 1940s the US government brought an end to the vertical integration system and forced the studios to sell off their cinemas.
Why might they have done this? to avoid having an oligopoly
Monday, 15 January 2018
iconography
structure :
teen movies- a rite of passage story
could manifest in change
also power structures within high school setting
theme: need to belong to a group
the importance of popularity
GENERAL STAGES
1st stage the primitive, the early version and the genres characteristics are first established
2nd stage the classical, the rules have been worked out and filmmakers are sticking to the rules and the genre are at its peak, very popular
3rd stage the revisionist, the genre is revisioned which scrutinized often in a critical way, the conventions that typify the genre.we start to see films we might not expect
4th stage the parodic in which the genre is satirized on a consciously self- reflective tongue n cheek manner
ANDREW TUDOR "A genre...defines a moral and social world"
origins of the teenager
identified as ADOLESCENTS
structure :
teen movies- a rite of passage story
could manifest in change
also power structures within high school setting
theme: need to belong to a group
the importance of popularity
GENERAL STAGES
1st stage the primitive, the early version and the genres characteristics are first established
2nd stage the classical, the rules have been worked out and filmmakers are sticking to the rules and the genre are at its peak, very popular
3rd stage the revisionist, the genre is revisioned which scrutinized often in a critical way, the conventions that typify the genre.we start to see films we might not expect
4th stage the parodic in which the genre is satirized on a consciously self- reflective tongue n cheek manner
ANDREW TUDOR "A genre...defines a moral and social world"
origins of the teenager
identified as ADOLESCENTS
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
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