Thursday, 13 October 2011

How much do audiences remember of adverts?

How much do audiences remember if adverts?

Chigra1
This is a study taken out in 1989, to see how students study and use examples in learning to solve problems. As you can see, more students take in more information when doing, collaborating and seeing&hearing than just reading, seeing or hearing. I have taken this into account because 'students' are in my target audience age range (teenagers). Therefore, I will not be putting much texts in my trailer so the audience don't have to read a lot, and I will obviously combine visual images with audio.

Comparingly, Dale's Cone of experience doesn't use quantitive data. Somewhere along the way, someone unnaturally fused Dale's Cone and Treichler's dubious percentages.
Chigra2

Attitudes towards violence on TV
On British television, an estimated average of one violent scene occurs every 16 minutes. At schools, many educators have reported a marked increase in children's aggression both on the playground and in the classroom during the past decade (Barlow & Hill, 1985). This is why my target audience begins at age 15. Many critics believe violence on television can influence teenage behaviour.


  • Is emotional violence just as bad as physical violence?

  • Anyone can be hurt both physically and mentally. Yelling, name-calling and threats are what kids are most likely to experience in the school. Emotionally, violent acts can begin a cycle that leads to physical violence. For example, pushing or shoving, hitting or punching.



  • How do you think TV violence affects children?


  • In some cases, violence presented to children on television may cause children to see the world as a scary and dangerous place; that violence is a normal part of life; that violence is a good solution to many kinds of problems; makes kids less sympathetic to victims of violence; makes kids more interested in violence, both as a form of entertainment and in their real lives; and encourages them to copy the acts that they see on TV. Another area of concern is the addiction factor - the more violent action kids consume, the more they need that level of action and excitement in their entertainment.

    How important are film posters in determining what people go to see?
    An example of how different types of film (e.g. horror) poster use these forms and conventions to attract a certain type of person (e.g. teenagers, horror fans) would be a really scary horror film, which will use eerie images in order to appeal to horror fans. A successful film poster will accomplish attracting the target audience and persuade them to come and watch the film. What attracts audiences- the language used, denotations and connotations, colours/semiotics that stand out and institutions and creators.

    What do audiences do while adverts are on TV?
    In my opinion, if you are watching a film or television programme, people either don't take notice or they flick over or leave the room. There are differences between the typical home environment and cinema. Homes are places full of distractions, and in a cinema you are less likely to leave when the adverts are on. Cinemas also have large film screens which are more dominant than a TV at home. Much research has suggested that while the television is on for large amounts of time in the average household, attention is very rarely truly focused on it. Some people see adverts as 'wallpaper TV'.

    1 comment:

    1. I've developed a real hate of advertising the last few years myself.

      Thoughtful ideas.

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