codes and conventions

When creating a media product you need to consider two factors;
Selection       Construction

Selection- For example if you are trying to attract people to read a sports magazine their will be images of football players or footballers in action and they would use exciting words for good players and be very dull in the words they use if a football player isn't doing well.
-If you are trying to promote a romantic film the specific audience would be female mostly, by using romantic language and lots of footage of a couple being together although if it was a romantic comedy I think more men would be interested.

Construction- For example the content in a film will be the setting,themes,characters,props,narrative and plot and the style this narrows down audiences depending on the type of genre it is. In a crime film it is often set in a big location were things can go wrong such as an American City because they normally ave secret bases or HQ, people also tend to only watch genre's they like so it is important in how the film is constructed.

Producers follow certain codes and conventions because when having a certain theme tune it gets people familiar with a show for example coronation street and east enders theme tunes are always stuck in people's memory's every time the show comes on and they tend to use slogans and have selective editing they follow these codes and conventions to make sure the audience are intrested in products they are making.

I enjoy watching I'ma Celebrity get me out of here because it is only on once a year and is similar to X-factor because they present the shows and people are illuminated out of the show by phone lines.

I enjoy playing Sims 4 which is similar to any lifestyle game because you can interactive with the game as if you are living in a virtual world.

Most magazines I read are similar because they all have stories about Celebrities and music.

Thinking about the genre of reality game shows..

-All the shows have phone lines to get people out of the show and the best one the public votes for wins
-They all have presenters introducing the shows
-They all have a theme to them
-They all have celebrity in them or people can become a celebrity
-They all attract a large amount of audiences's
-They all have theme tunes which people recognise
-Some have judges
-All interview people individually
-Filmed live sometimes

Codes and conventions of a film genre
-Romance

They often use a voice over to introduce the love theme
Main characters are introduced
Aimed at female audience
Normally will contain emotional feelings such as dad's died, mum left ect
'Boy meets girl' this is very typical in a romantic film and also most viewers watch these kinds of films to see a happy ending
A typical romance genre would include sexuality status, gender and relationships
Often the film directors use other genre elements and put it in
Usually involves weddings, hearts, flowers which all symbolise love
Usually the characters go their separate ways because of a disagreement or argument but reunite afterwards.
Traditional happy ever after
Normally the story gets linked to audience's emotions
Heroes tend to be men


-Romantic films are normally aimed at female audience because it's known those females are more emotional in a relation than men.

-For example in a film called Dear John it is a very emotional romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave and the codes and conventions above happen in this film.