Wednesday, 17 December 2014

The Brief | Media Coursework

For my AS Media Coursework I have decided to choose the first brief, Silver Lining Productions. Silver lining productions is a multi-media production company that has had recent television success with their broadcasts of:
 
  • Fly on the wall documentaries
  • Structered reality programmes
  • And fictional products
 
Because Silver lining productions have had a recent success in terms of these different genres, this has influenced my decisions in terms of the tasks which I must complete. This means I shall try to stick within these types of genres because if they have had a recent success in these genres then it would make sense for me to produce content which fits into the bracket of these successful genres. Also because the company is known for pushing the boundaries when it comes to their content and what they broadcast it means that I am allowed to take more of a creative approach to these types of genres which have been listed above. The audience of my content should be aimed towards the E4’s demographic of 15-35 year olds and should also be suitable to be showed before 9pm, this means that it must be pre-watershed.

The brief allows me to create three different types of media, out of these three choices I have been given I have decided to go with the printing and the broadcasting elements of the brief.
For the print aspect of the brief the choice I have is to either create 3 A4 promotional teaser advertisements which can be published before the broadcast of my content or I am able to create a front cover and two further pages which would be used in a specialist souvenir magazine. Out of these two options I have decided to create the teaser advertisements as I feel I will be able to attract more of an audience and because it allows me to sharpen my skills when it comes to creating original content which not only looks appealing to the target audience but yet at the same time promotes my created content in an effective manner.

For the broadcasting aspect of my chosen brief it this time gives me three different routes which I am able to take. The first option that I am given is to create the opening two minutes of my TV programme. This can include a title sequence but it ultimately must last for an approximate two minutes. The next option that I can choose if I want to is to create viral marketing products for a new broadcast production or the last option allows me to create a two minute clip that can be used as a feature on a selected radio station. For the broadcasting side of the brief I have chosen to go with creating the opening two minutes of my own TV programme as I feel as though this would be more of a challenge for me as it would really consists of personal creativeness and as Silver lining productions is known for pushing the boundaries I feel as though choosing the opening two minutes of my own created TV programme would fit right in with the company itself as I would be using conventions found in normal TV programmes, that the company has had recent success with, and turning these conventions so the company has original and creative content to broadcast. 

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