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Media language

Assessment task-Bond poster

The advertising poster for the film James Bond uses the media type of film industry seemingly targeted at a mature audience of males around eighteen to forty year olds.The image used in the poster would attract this target audience well through the use of the subtle images like the gun in the hand of who appears to be James Bond the protagonist.This may hint to the audience who sees this poster that the film will contain violence and fast paced action.This could also tie into the formal clothing worn by the character as the striking black suit imposes authority as well as the stereotypes of a spy movie. The camera work in the image is a mid-shot and it is used to capture the whole image of the characters and the bold large numbers of 007,this allows the large symbol of a gun in the letter seven to be shown, along with the vibrant colours which makes the font more appealing as it contrasts with the costumes of the characters.

The character seen behind Bond appears to conform with the stereotypes of this genre of film as her positioning is placed subtly behind the shoulder of Bond to make her presence viewed second to the males in the image.This could link to her being a sidekick to Bond as he is the one with the weapon in his hand, also her costume is rather more attractive and well put together which could alternatively make her the princess.This could be seen as stereotypical because in action adventure film women are seen as being weaker and far more inferior to men. This stereotypical representation is supported by her positioning as she stands in a position that infers she is acting as a support to James Bond and is merely a shadow to the real protagonist.

The History of Video Games

The history of video games began in the early 1970s .The first arcade video game being made in 1972 just a year later. Atari introduced pong to their arcades. It was formed by a developer named Nolan Bushnell .

Here is a video of the first ever computer game being played away from a arcade.

Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games and the first sports arcade video game. It is a table tennis sports game featuring simple two-dimensional graphics,something much more simpler than the modern day 4k resolution.



A decade later in 1980 one of the most iconic second generation games was released in 1960, Pac-man,the world renowned character is now recognised by everyone young and old in the 8th generation of video games.

Along with this burst of futuristic gaming games came the release of Donkey Kong ,Frogger and Galaga, three big games which are recognised by even the modern day generation as being retro and iconic games.

1983 Nintendo releases the family entertainment computer console in Japan and is then later released in the United States as the Nintendo entertainment system, 62 million units were sold.

1985 Nintendo releases the Nes in the US super Mario bros is released and sells 10 million copies before years end, eventually being the top selling video game until 2008 with 40 million copies sold.







Nintendo's competition Sega releases the Sega mega drive in 1988 this is Sega's most successful release selling 29 million units.Its noticable releases included super mario world,Neo Geo,Game genie and Turbo express.

In 1989 Nintendo releases the hand held console which became an instant success in being the first of its kind ,allowing gamers to play their favourite games on the go. The Game boy sold 118 million world wide.

Me and the media

My relationship with the media in particular film is strong as i enjoy watching new films quite regularly.I usually go to the cinema to watch newly released films or i find using Netflix of other movie streaming apps such Amazon prime easier. My favourite genre of film is definitely horror. The other form of media i use regularly is social media as i use it as a means of communicating with my friends.