Student: (Lakshika Serasinhe 09004322)
Chosen blog: (empireonline www.empireonline.com)
The blog I have enjoyed following for this assignment is the empire magazine blog. Empire is based on the movie magazine of the same name. The blog deals with up 2 date information, gossip and past film stories from the film industry
Topics used in the Blog are very random when it comes to film related topic. For example one post is strictly deals with a preview of a forthcoming movie named 2012 and another would be something as “100 sexiest 2009: what have we learned” which was a voting form that was available on the website earlier on in the year.
The frequencies of posts are not in any order or system. A new post is uploaded if there is a good point to be discussed. I assume this when I checked upon all the posts been made in the last 3 months of posts, there was no pattern at all. I did notice there is an average of 2 posts per week on random days.
There are some variations over time as there was a post dedicated to the late Patrick Swayze due to his recent death by cancer, to hounor him they discussed his greatest moments on the Big Screen.
The target audience would be film lovers as myself as most of these post would be very uninteresting to many people about film tech etc are not for everyone as I noticed not many people leave comments on average only about ten comments per new post. So a very minor target audience
The language used is very formal as the blog is based on a renowned worldwide magazine they keep up to standards of the magazine
The graphics used are very simple black writing and there is always one big picture before the post itself, all the links to the websites are always posted if they are talking about something on the internet the names of the people mentioned are normally highlighted in a darker shade of colour.
There are some interactions as people leave their own views on the subject matter and ask questions to others not in an aggressive as on a YouTube thread.
My favourite blog post is “2012 our reaction”. This is my favourite post as imp very interested in the film industry and the new technology. And 2012 is a prime example of Hollywood’s big budget disaster movies with colourful scenery being blown up, this blog is a preview of the first section of the movie and the magazines reaction on the ludicrous plot.
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