P1

P1

a) Purpose (educate, entertain, inform, selling products)

b) Elements (wild tracks, atmospheric sounds, sound effects, dialogue/speech, music including theme tunes and incidental music)

C) Meaning (how does it enhance audience understanding? Create tension, reinforce genre/conventions, establishes mood, helps to establish time/location, enhances characterisation, use of silence, impact on audience)

1st Media Product - Film (Drive)




Purpose: The purpose of this entertain and sell the product, which is a film called 'Drive'.  This film is an action film so the first part of the film needs to build suspense and get the viewers attention straight away.
Elements: The are a lot of different elements in this first five minute opening sequence such as car screeches, sirens, radios, dialogue. Its obvious whats happening when your'e just listening to this sequence because of these elements. There are crickets at the very beginning so it gives us a sense of what time of day it is. The accents in this first part are american and it also says on the radio that they're in Los Angeles. Another clue about this is that it's quite clear that they're in a city and not in the middle of nowhere because of all the background noise and cars noises.
Meaning: This creates a lot on tension which helps to establish the genre. There also not a lot of dialogue which could link to how the character acts throughout the rest of the film.

2nd Media Product - Radio Show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0495znp

Purpose: The purpose of this radio clip is educational and informative. The Met Office recently issued a report which states that the growing season in the UK is now one month longer than it was in the 1960s. Keen gardeners may notice that spring bulbs are coming up much earlier and that fruit like apples are flowering sooner in the year whilst some farmers can now bring in their harvest before the end of the summer. This clip tells people what's happening and why.
Elements: At the beginning they use the sound of a lawn mower to create a sense of whats going to be talked about. The man goes straight in after the lawn mower sound has turned off to say about how mowing the lawn is his least favourite job in the garden. The dialogue continues through as the two men discuss the changing seasons.
Meaning: This is very helpful to gardeners and people interested in how the world works. It's an interesting thing to know about and will be useful knowledge. This clip establishes where and when the seasons are which helps the audiences understanding.

3rd Media Product - Video Game (Deadpool)



Purpose: The purpose of this video game clip is to show the viewers how the game works, what it's like and if its worth playing. This youtuber has millions of viewers which they all keep up to date with his new videos. This video is potentially selling the game depending on what his thoughts about the game are. If they're positive his viewers will obviously go and play it but if he doesn't think its a good game then most people probably won't bother. This clip is also for entertainment purposes and is informative.
Elements: There are many sound effects layered on top of the game to make it more interesting. When the character is running around you can slightly hear his feet tapping along the floor as he runs. For example at 14.30 there are sound effects of hi killing the bad guy. The character talks and helps you figure out the objective of the game and the guy actually playing the game talks throughout the video.
Meaning: This clip enhances the viewers understanding by having a walk through of the game. Throughout the game it's quite dark and di so we get the feeling it's all going on a night time. The gamer is silent whilst the character is talking so he and the viewers can understand what it's saying.