Unit 8, 1.3 " Explain the relevant relationships between a range of Creative Media industries"

Three of the apprentices in the group have spoken about their chosen industries in regards to Unit 8 where we had to select two Creative Media sectors within the media industry and compare the two. After reading three of these sector comparisons, I have made my comments on them below. 

Gaming and the Internet: Robert 


Gaming wise, as I had mentioned in my own post about the literary industry, there are so many gaming magazines for all sorts of consoles - from Xbox 360 to PC. Without gaming being as popular as it is, there would be no need to have so many console related magazines.


As Robert has a lot of knowledge of games, he has spoken in detail about the way that we play games now and how we used to play games. 


One thing that he has failed to touch up on in his summary of the gaming industry is the non-technology type of gaming - board games. Board games, once upon a time, used to be the household activity of the night, but now, consoles such as Wii have made gaming accessible to everyone because Wii games don't require any gaming skills per se, they are something everyone can pick up.


The internet is such a wide resource, one that you couldn't possibly talk about in a nutshell, really.


Robert has spoken about the internet through gaming, journalism and film - internet gaming, the fact that we now have a journalistic voice and films based on games -, but one industry I have spoken about that he hasn't touched is the TV industry.


The internet has a massive impact on the way that we watch television now, (as I have shown in my own post) and streaming wise, this has had a backlash on the way we view films, not just television, too.


The other industry I had chosen that Robert didn't touch upon is the literary industry. Now, we can view magazines online, we have eBooks that we download, and so forth. This could be something that Robert could speak about in the future, if he were to review this post again.


Advertising and Film: Joy 


Joy has spoken, in detail, a lot about advertising and - something which I am very much in-tune with - the morals of these. She has also demonstrated that she understands the basic structure of the film industry with the flow chart that she provided, explaining about the transition in technology when it comes to film (how, over the last hundred years, we now have sound/colour/HD, etc.)


The only thing that I would pick up upon on is the fact that Joy hasn't compared the two industries together, nor have any other industries been picked up upon when she spoke about her chosen topics. 


Photography and Art: Deri 


Clearly, Deri has knowledge of photography. Touching upon fashion magazines, which is something I spoke heavily about in my own post on my two Creative Media industries, Deri has delved into photography, showing that he has a considerable amount of know-how on the subject (whether that be fashion or photojournalistic photography.)


However, he has only briefly spoken about the Art industry (though I think Photography, Film, Music etc. all land in the Art industries overlap). This is something I think would benefit from more extensive research and writing on the subject. 


To back up his opinions, Deri should also supply references to what he is speaking about as this would help to create a valid argument if they are trusty references. Though it is great to have your own opinions in there, facts, particularly when speaking about industries that do rely so much on statistics, are of utmost importance. He does mention that 14% of American's can't read, but how are we supposed to know this without a direct reference to it?


Overall, everyone did a good job of comparing their chosen sectors, but the main point that I will bring up for all three of the apprentices would be the lack of comparisons to other industries. Though out of Deri and Joy, Robert compared the most industries, he missed out a vital one that I spoke about (TV) in his essay.