Stranger Things industry research

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Stranger Things Industry

Stranger things industry

·      21 laps entertainment produced it – Shawn Levy’s company.

·      Distributed by Netflix.

·      Released on 15^th July 2016, filmed late 2015.

·      Created by Duffer brothers.

·      Shawn Levy directed some episodes.

·      Over 800,000 people watched the first episode by the end of July.

·      They have won many awards for the first series – SAG awards, MTV, Kid’s choice.

·      HDR – better colours.

·      18-49 main audience – older range as they grew up in the 80s

·      Collabs with Lego, Nike.

·      Other merchandise includes Funko pops, monopoly, and other clothes.

·      Fandom – merchandise (mugs, clothes and other accessories), posters etc.

·      Marketing – trailer, poster.

Minecraft/Twitch group research

Minecraft introduction

1. How many subscriptions does Ali-A have on his YouTube channel?
Over 16 million.

2. How many years has he been doing this?
He started uploading videos in 2009

3. Why did he start playing Minecraft?
His subscribers asked him to make Minecraft videos.

4. What doe she say he is trying to do with his content?
Try and see how he can improve his videos day by day.

5. Describe his average working day:
Wake up between 12-2pm. By 3-4pm check emails, then he makes 3 videos for the day. He has 3 different channels that he uploads on, the first video will be ready at 7:30pm, the second at 10pm and the third at 1am.

6. Why might we watch YouTubers?
To find out more about different games, to learn how to play and get better at games, and watching others play games or other types of videos for entertainment.

7. What is Twitch and what is the average time spent on it by a viewer?
Twitch is a streaming platform where people can record themselves playing games and stream them live to an audience. The average time spent watching streams by viewers is 95 minutes per day.

8. How much do you estimate Ali-A earns in a year? Check Social Blade.
Between £160k - £2.6 million.

Microsofts's purchase of Mojang:

9. How much was Minecraft purchased for?
$2.5 billion.

10. What are three reasons behind Microsoft's purchase?
a. It was already a profitable game and company so the risk wasn't too high.
b. Microsoft don't target this type of audience and their main products are slowly in decline.
c. Microsoft's assets will allow them to help players and creators of the game develop it further when they need to.

11. How might this affect the game?
It won't affect the game in a negative way, it just means that it now has a strong foundation which it can develop on further and more often.

12. What is Minecraft's biggest asset?
The community as it is constantly growing and designing new things within the game and sharing their ideas with each other.

Radio 1 test questions

1. How long has Greg James been presenting?
Since 20th August 2018

2. Target audience?
15-29

3. What are the differences between R1BS and other commercial breakfast shows?
The main difference is there are no adverts on the radio 1 show, but also there is more audience interaction on the Radio 1 breakfast show.

4. How can audiences access the Breakfast show?
Radio
Website
App
TV

5. How can the audience interact with R1BS?
Phone in
Social media; twitter, instagram, facebook, snapchat

6. Which professional body regulates radio and how might this affect what is broadcasted?
OFCOM, they also regulate TV.

7. How does the R1BS fulfil its remit as a PSB?
They play up and coming British artists' songs.
No adverts
Offer prizes to listeners and allow a lot of interaction.

8. Why is the controller of Radio 1 unconcerned with the drop of listener figures?
The growing popularity of social media, specifically YouTube for Radio 1, as they get hundreds and thousands of viewers on their YouTube channel per video.

With reference to R1BS give examples:

9. How does the programme promote British music?
They play young artists' songs and sometimes have them on as a guest talking about their songs and career in general. They also play other British music in general, for example in one breakfast show they played a song by the 1975, which could teach the younger target audience more about how British music used to be, and how it has developed.

10. What genre of music was played during your slot?
Pop, Hip-Hop.

11. Celebrity interviews - who is being interviewed and what are they being interviewed about? How many of the interviews are with British people?
A recent interview was with Chris Pratt which was promoting his latest movie the Lego Movie 2. They do a lot of interviews with celebrity interviews, for example Rita Ora and Liam Payne.

12. News items:
News on Brexit, main news story was the sport specifically the SuperBowl and FA cup. Most of the news was on the UK other than the American sports news.

13. Quizzes and games - what can you win?
In my section the main prize from the quiz was FA cup final tickets.

14. How does it fill the PSB remit?
It informs and educates through the news, entertains through the quizzes, games, celebrity interviews and music, and it promotes British artists.

15. How does it differ from commercial radio shows?
There is more audience interaction with more prizes and chances to get on the show than other radio stations.

16. What do you think the audience is from the content of 'your section'. Why do you think this is?
From my section I think the audience is older around the early 20s. This is because there was a lot on the news, and a few songs were played, however there weren't many games or a celebrity interview, just 1 quiz with a member of public.

17. How large is the audience for R1BS?
5.1 million weekly

18. Which five audience categories did the BBC trust use to measure audiences in 2016?

19. Which BBC radio station is most targeted at a mass audience?
Radio 2 - 35 years and older.

20. Which BBC radio stations were aimed at a niche audience with high levels of culture capital?
Radio 3 - classical music
Radio 4 - talking - politics

BBC Radio 1 questions

Radio 1 questions

Go online and look at the BBC Radio programmes today – radio 1 through 6:

1.    Which programmes are most clearly fulfilling their PSB remit?

Radio 1 is mainly fulfilling the entertain and inform aspect, but not much education. However Radio 4 is fulfilling the educating part of the PSB remit.

2.    What range of programmes are offered?

The breakfast show with Greg James, a live lounge show with Clara Amfo in late morning, and a newsbeat programme early in the afternoon.

3.    Which audiences are being targeted?

The age group is 15-29 year olds.

4.    Which one of the three principles are most evident in which programme?

The entertain principle is most evident in the breakfast show with the music, quizzes and games.

General facts:

1.    Who was the first ever breakfast show presenter on Radio 1?

Tony Blackburn

2.    Other DJs

Noel Edmonds, Chris Evans, Sara Cox, Chris Moyles.

3.    Biographical information on Greg James

He was born in South East London and went to the University of East Anglia.

4.    What are the current listening figures for the Radio 1 breakfast show?

Towards the end of 2018, when Greg James took over, the figures were at around 5.5 million listeners.

5.    Who is the controller of BBC Radio 1?

Ben Cooper

6.    How is Radio 1 funded?

From the general public’s TV licenses.

7.    How does Radio 1 try and be distinctive?

By involving audiences more than any other radio station, and its scheme for promoting up and coming British artists.

8.    What is the difference between BBC Radio stations and commercial stations?

There are no adverts on Radio 1.

Look at the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show website, and a variety of its social media:

1.    What can you see that is aimed at the target audience of 15-29-year olds?

The main things that show the target age group is 15-29 is the genre of music that is played, as most of it is charts music. Also the prizes for the quizzes are aimed more at this age group, such as football tickets and concert tickets.

2.    What can you see that might appeal to audiences outside the target group?

They have a dedicated news programme which older people may be more interested in listening to.

3.    How can you see Radio 1 fulfilling PSB responsibilities?

They provide entertainment through different forms, such as music and quizzes and they inform and educate through the news and current issues in the UK.