Thursday 29 October 2009

capital radio station

Still the most popular independent radio station in London; in their words "London's number one hit music station." One of the first independent local radio stations in the UK - started broadcasting on 16 October 1973. Pop chart music, aimed primarily at a young audience with lots of disposable income. Comprehensive web site (http://www.capitalfm.com/). Sister station, Capital Gold is also based in London on 1548 kHz AM. The breakfast show is the most popular slot which was hosted by Chris Tarrant until 2004(?) when Johnny Vaughan and a team of helpers took over. The high-power high-energy feel of this station makes you feel weary after an hour or so, but if you want pace, current hits and a "being there" feeling, this is your place. In 1997 Capital moved their studios to Leicester Square. CApital also has 18.5 million listeners. total net profit for capital is £35m. it is owned by the global radio group.

Friday 23 October 2009

comapny values and profits

Viacom
Viacom short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks. In 2008, its Revenue was $14.625 billion, its Operating income was $2.496 billion, its Net income was $1.251 billion, its total assets were $22.487 billion and its total equity was $7.033 billion.
Time Warner
Time Warner Inc. is the world's largest entertainment company as well as the world's fourth largest media conglomerate, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City.In 2008, its Revenue income was $46.98 billion, its Operating Income was $-15.95 billion, its Net income was $-13.40 billion, its total assets were $113.89 billion.
Newscorp
News Corporation is the world's second largest media conglomerate. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch.On 6th May 2009, its Revenue was $32.996 billion and its net income was $5.38 billion in 2008.
Sony
Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and is one of the world's largest media conglomerates.Its Revenue on 31st March 2009 was 7.730 trillion Yen, its Operating income was −227.8 billion Yen, its Net income was -98.9 billion Yen. In 2009, its total assets were $230.5 billion USD, and its total equity and profits are roughly $50 billion USD.

Thursday 8 October 2009

The magazine woman's weekly is targeted for a old generation e.g. late 30's and early 60's. you can tell this because on the cover of the magazine it says 'look your best in your 40's 50's & 60's' which gives the hint that its got articles to look younger etc.. and you can also tell that this magazine is mainly for females because when looked at the title it says woman's weekly and you can tell that mostly women will get attracted by looking at it and reading the title and even the pictures, it all female so its obvious that more females will pick up this magazine.

I think that the products and services will be like anit wrinkle cream samples and there will be tips on how to look young. there will also be articles of a women's life story and other stories that might be interesting for the age group that it's aimed at. There might also be recipes on how to maintain the figure and probably adverts on the best beauty products out in that season or week. There might even be a few pages on fashion with whats in and whats not, and how they readers should match things etc...

The colours on the poster are cartoon like which connotes that this movie will be funny and really good to watch. It also gives a sense that the story line of the movie will be humorous. the colours pink and blue go together really well and also the two colours are really bright and so it stands out.
The title of the film is 'the naked gun 2 1/2 the smell of the fear'. the bit 'the naked gun and the smell of fear ' is written in white and the background is black and so contrasts well. The number 2 1/2 is written in bright pink which, when looked at the poster the eyes are directly drawn to the number. it is very cleverly designed because the number is very strange because with most movie posters there will be a whole number e.g. 1, 2, 3 etc.. but here there is a really odd number 2 1/2 which makes you wonder what the meaning behind it is. The number 2 1/2 can connotes that the movie might be half and the other half might come out later, or the movie will have cut scenes.
You can tell that the main character is the old man because he is the one who has taken up more then half the poster. then the other characters are at the bottom and have got little pictures with a little bit of information about them which connotes that they might not be playing a big part in the movie. It also shows that the main character has a gun in his handand some sort of ID in his left hand, this connotes that the character is either in the police force or some sort of detective or could even be an under cover agent.
When you look at the poster from the top onwards you can see that the lines from the bullets are put there on purpose and made the bullets look like rockets because that drags your eyes to the main charcter, and then you carry on looking down from there because you want to know more about the movie and so you would look to find information on the movie and for that you would have to look down.
The title of the movie is written in an angle, this connotes a sense of confusion for the audience. The way they have made the main character Frank Derbin stand is like they were trying to make the letter 'X'. Also they have made the main character stand on the bullets as if they were rockets and also the background looks like it was shot in the sky.