Wednesday, 14 March 2012


Thursday, 8 March 2012

Media products

The most predominant colours of the newspaper is red, black and white. This isn't the only colours in the newspaper however they are represented as more important as they fill more of the page. The contrast of the white title on the black background makes it stand out and makes it more outstanding.

Language used is quite common which helps define the target audience as they use abbreviations of words and nicknames of celebrities. This helps show that they are targeting their audience at people from a lower to working class status as it is easy to read, and contains short sentences and paragraph's rather than pages of writing.

The text is bold and large which uses up a lot of the newspapers space. It is also quite plain and so it suggests they don't take much pride in presentation.

The images used in this paper helps draw in the target audience which is mainly men. This is shown by the half naked woman and the men represented in the other photos. Furthermore the advertising of free crisps is bright and colourful which would draw in the eye because it is typical that men like to snack out. This might convince someone to pick up the paper on a journey somewhere as they feel they are getting something for free out of it.



In this valentines episode of Hollyoaks we can see a lot of red and pink which symbolises love and hate. Pink is a very girly and loveable however in contrast the red could represent blood and fear. The red could be seen in two different ways we can tell this by cheryl being alone and Mitzee recieveing a valentines card from her ex in prision. 
The language used is quite common as it is set in chester, the outskirts of liverpool, which is known for poor english. The only written text is in her essay at the beginning of the scene and in the valentines cards. In a usual episode there wouldn't be as much written text but because it is a valentines special there is a percentage more. 
The music used in the opening is quite jolly and upbeat the lyrics read 'I got a love that keeps me waiting' which links in with the valentines theme.