Homework over half term

Criminal Minds

1) Who Made the Show?
Criminal minds was made by Jeff Davis.
2) What Channel is it on?
It is on Living TV which is mainly aimed for the 18+ demographic as it has lots of these types of programmes on it.
3) What time is it on?
It is on at 9pm as it is aimed for 18+.
4) What is the Sub-Genre?
It is Action/Suspense as it is about police department and you see a lot of action sequences and a lot of fight scenes. You also see many scenes which show you what the program is going to be about the program and leads up to the ending which creates a lot of suspense.
5) Who is the Target Audience?
The target audience is mainly 18+ as it is on late at night which shows us it has scenes that kids shouldnt be watching.
6)  What was the Narrative?
The BAU is called to apprehend a killer who has struck Detroit for the past three years during Devil's Night, the notorious pre-Halloween celebration.
7) What/who is being represented?
the police are represented as being the good guys and trying to catch this killer. The Killer obviously is being represented as the bad guy as he killed someone and is trying to kill more people and the police have to catch him before its too late.

Pros and Cons Video

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DVD Cover Conventions

The Spine of the Cover
The title
the centre image
DVD logo
Reviews
Special Features of the DVD
Synopsis
Size
Barcode

The genre is denoted through one of the reviews on the back cover which says '' A scary Sci-fi flick with wit, energy and attitude!'' which connotes to the audeience that it is a sci-fi film. The picture also dennotes this as it is very unusual and weird.
The people are dennoted as very young people probably late teen years which connotes they are young. The subheading also dennotes that it is in a school as it says '' Take Me to Your Teacher '' so it connotes to us they are running from something in there school.
The Different logos at the bottom of the back cover dennote that this is going to to be in different shops to buy and it connotes to us we can buy it from our dvd store such as HMV or Blocbuster. The ''Dimensions '' logo on the spine of the case shows us who made the film and gives us an insight into what the film is going to be like as they produce certain types of film.
The target audience is dennoted by different logos and images on this cover. The dimensions logo on the spine dennotes that it is for 18+  as they normally make these types of films. the centre image also dennotes to us its 18+ as the picture is quite scary and dark.

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