Reece Emery - Media Blog Year 1

  The main image is in the centre of the cover with all of the cover lines, not overlapping the main portion of the face. The title of the magazine is in large, bold text at the top of the poster in a font that would typically be associated with he horror genre which will immediately tell the audience what the magazine is going to be based on. It also looks like blood is dripping down from the letters which adds to this association of horror. There is also blood splats throughout the cover to add the same effect.  The magazine cover mainly consists of the colours red and black which are conventionally used in horror as they represent blood and death etc.  The word 'dead' has skulls inside the letters 'D'. This can be used to also add effect to the cover as it also gives visual insights into what is in the magazine other than just the text itself.  This cover also includes a website in the top right to allow the audience to access more information about the magaz...

  Primary Target Audience: My primary target audience would be 16-25 year-olds. These would also be those who are interested in the horror genre. Demographically, they are most likely to be in the lower-middle class in society as stereotypically the upper class don't spend their time watching TV; if they did it would be something like drama or romance genres. They are also more likely going to be a female audience as they tend to watch TV in their spare time whereas men tend to play games.  Due to this, the channel will feature younger people and represent them in a way that they would like to be represented which links to reception theory and the idea of preferred reading.  Secondary Target Audience: The likely secondary target audience would be those who are living in the same household as the primary target audience. This is because whilst the primary target audience may choose to watch my horror channel, others in the household may also choose to watch as well. This i...

  The poster for Friday the 13 th features its main antagonist (Jason) in the centre of the poster. Jason stands front and centre in the poster and this lets everyone know he is the villain in this story.   The title is at the bottom of the poster in blood red almost giving more hints that this will involve multiple killings. Underneath the billing block is the date of release for the film (this is also in blood red to parallel the title) and its release is on February 13 th which falls on Friday and is something purely done for the fans of the franchise.   Around him is a forest that surrounds the area he tends to kill his victims. Forests are common in horror films because they serve for unique ways the killer can obtain their prey and be used for cool and interesting camera shots and scenes using the environment and weather. The poster features mostly black, grey and red with hints of blue suggesting that he only kills at night. These colours are typical for a ...

  Horror Channel's main image displays the colour red as the main colour that will attract the attention of its audience, this typical from the horror channel because red is always associated with blood and death which is a normal convention of horror. The fact that their attention may be drawn to it, due to the colour, may be intentional to get the channel to be memorable and stay in their head. The primary target audience for the Horror Channel is 15-21 because most of the films that are present on the channel are rated 15 suggesting that is the audience they are looking for. This group of people are more likely to The secondary target audience for this channel would be people who are living in the same household as the primary target audience such as siblings, parents etc. This means that they are likely to watch it with them as they may be in the same room and pay interest in it. Following this, they may choose to tell others about the channel through social interaction (us...