fifa 14 case study

1. When was Wii Party released on the Nintendo Wii? Wii Party was released on the 8th October.
2. Which developer/institution created Wii Party? the institution that created the Wii party is Nintendo 
3. How many copies has the game sold since release?

Broadcast

1. What are the key conventions of a videogame TV advert? What would you expect to see in most videogame TV adverts?
2. How many of the key conventions you have listed above appear in the Wii Party TV adverts? List them with specific details from the Wii Party TV adverts.
3. What is the typical setting for Wii Party TV adverts? Why is that setting used?
4. How might the setting appeal to families?
5. What celebrities do the adverts feature?
6. What do you notice about the celebrities' costume and make-up?
7. Why do you think those particular celebrities were chosen?
8. What do the celebrities suggest about the Wii Party target audience?
9. What else can you learn about the Wii Party target audience from the TV adverts? Suggest a demographic profile: gender, age, social class etc.
10. What audience pleasures do the Wii Party TV adverts offer to viewers? Refer to Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory when answering this question.
11. What examples of branding can you find in the Wii Party TV adverts - either for the game itself or Nintendo Wii?
12. Do you think the TV adverts were effective for promoting the Wii Party game?

Print

1. Find a Wii Party review from a magazine or newspaper. What does the review suggest about the target audience for the game?
2. Is the review positive or negative about the game? Copy and paste one quote from the review to support this view.
3. Do you think magazine reviews are effective in promoting the game to Wii Party's target audience?

E-media

1. Visit the Wii Party website. How does it attract and maintain the interest of a Wii Party fan?
2. What do you notice about the people in the scrolling central image featured on the website?
3. How many times can you find the words 'friends' or 'family' used on the official website? Why do you think the website emphasises this aspect of the game?
4. What is the colour scheme for the website? What does this suggest about the target audience?
5. Look at the 'Video Gallery' on the official website. What do the 'Invitation' videos suggest about the Wii Party target audience?
6. How many 'likes' has the Wii Party/Wii Party U Facebook wall had?
7. How does the Wii Party Facebook wall cross-promote other Nintendo games? Find three examples and explain why they appeal to the Wii Party target audience.
8. Wii Party does not have such a strong presence on other social networking sites. Why do you think this is?
9. Which platform do you think is strongest in promoting Wii Party to its target audience - broadcast, print or e-media? Why?

fifa 14

trailer

The film that I am going to produce “confession.” this film consists of a crime ridden sociopath that is in custody. The boy mason is a troubled youth which has been surrounded by bad influences all his life. His friends have been supplying him with cocaine. Even though he knows it is bad and that it messes with his brain, he still takes it. Later in his life he gets caught with a bag of heroin. That’s when it all changes her spent 5 year in prison which was hell. Prison changed him; he got uncontrollable buying guns and selling weed. He didn’t care anymore. The “trap” changed him! He got stressed that turned into paranoia and that turned into skitsofrenia he started getting mental it went to his head. He got arrested again and that is when all hell broke loose.



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final magazine cover.

magazine

key concepts

Language

The text is really bold and stands out. The '8' could symbolise the track format because that track is popular with racing game company's but 8 also means it's the 8th sequel of Mario Kart.

Institution

The company be hide Mario Kart is Nintendo. Nintendo have sold many copies of Mario kart 7 all over the world.

Audience

The people in which this game is targeted toward in my opinion is 7-16 but it can vary because this is a family game which the whole family can enjoy.

Representation

Mario kart is represented as a fun game which the family can have fun and interact.