Tiana Wijohn MS 2022

  "Explain how the meaning is created using the four technical areas, in the following clip."     In the stay out of my territory clips the two big picture ideas age and gender are represented to us. Through age the older guy is shown to be an observant, roughly normal looking man, who has obviously had a past with the gang or drug life. The younger guy looks like Hes living the drug life, however is nervous and incompetent when confronted by the older man. Males are the dominant gender in this clip as they’re seen as aggressive and territorial whereas the women are not in the storyline, just there to set the scene.   Small monuments like the paint brand being called “ Killz ” can be recognized as mise- En -scene as they relate to the action that is to follow. As we were able to recognize that drugs were a factor in the two characters life, we can only relate the name “ Killz ” to the fact that something bad is to happen or that the man Hes about to meet is bad new...

 "To what extent has cross-media-convergence and synergy played a part in the success of the media texts you have studied" Cross Media Convergence and synergy are both definitely huge factors in the success of films. Especially with the Big 5 conglomerate, Disney, Sony, Paramount, Universal and Warner Brothers; who each own quite a few subsidiaries, making this very easy for them to market their films through the two strategies. All thriving in the film empire, with the sole purpose to make money. Specifically Disney, dominates 28% of this empire through the many popular acquisitions it holds. Fox Family, Pixar, and Marvel, just to name a few. Each of these acquisitions aren't small as well. They are all very well known and popular with audiences. Therefore allowing them to advertise their media through cross-media-convergence throughout their their acquisitions with no cost and be able to reach multiple different audiences . For example, Fox news can talk about a new Dis...