Within this article I describe the LIAR Technique,
- Language
- Institution
- Audience
- Representation
LANGUAGE -
The language within the poster is a white bold text highlight with black outline, on top of the text there is a logo. The logo insists of a V with the word Five across it. (V is five).
In the bottom right hand corner the producers logo is shown, Rock star Games. The logo consists of a R with a star in the bottom right of the R, This logo is very known within the electronic industry.
INSTITUTION -
The makers of the series 'Grand Theft Auto' is Rock star Games, a world wide, billionaire company. The 'Grand Theft Auto' games are one of the most known games throughout gaming history. As you can tell they're a very big organisation which continue to bring out games other than GTA like 'Red Dead Redemption'. I feel it is important for them to have their logo on the front cover as it is well known and may encourage people to buy their games.
AUDIENCE -
This game is 18 rated, for the game to be 18 rated there must be explicit language, violence and possibly drugs. Rockstar's age rating is 18, however they may know that they have a target audience starting as young as 13 or 14 years old reaching up to 40 years of age. I believe they target 13-14 year olds but include 18 rated content.
REPRESENTATION -
Within the GTA series there has been a new character every game and with this one it is no different. However, instead of having one main character, there is now three. The game is based around their lifes and you can switch person and merge into their life with a click. The representation of GTA is very positive in the media.
WWW: Some good analysis here - you've picked out some excellent details. It's a great choice of game too.
ReplyDeleteEBI: Representation needs work but we'll cover that in the coursework.
LR: Add a little to the audience - tell me more about who you think the target audience is.