ITV Titanic 1st Impressions

I think ITV should have kept titanic as a normal drama as to grab an audience 1st impression is everything, its hard to relate to characters we have known for 5 seconds when each episode will cut to the sinking 50 minutes in and if every one of these episodes is going to build to the same point. The final episode may be worth a watch but i am really dissapointed with ITVs way of producing the drama. Its a clever idea but each week we will be presented with a new character and will have to wait till episode 6 to find out what happens to them all. I felt very unattched to the charaters and the acting was not so good, for people trapped on a sinking ship no body seemed that bothered.

Blogging on the move..

I now mostly blog via smartphone apps as they are easier & quicker to use, which leads me to discuss where would we be without smartphone technology. People seem to enjoy things they wouldnt normally do due to easy access. Before i had a smartphone i would have never blogged or used twitter because its too much effort to turn the pc on and write 140 characters, this maybe due to the fact that we are now used to having everything on demand instantly (mainly due to higher internet speeds) and so therfore we simply download an app and can share to the world what we think within a few seconds. I think the world would be a lot slower in developing new technologies and recieving news with out smarphone apps. Even tweets that are an hour old are considered as ancient in the blogging world.

Blogging from the 432 bus.

The Presentation

Our presentation went really well as we had a lot of evidence on screen to back up our theories, we used pictures, text and video to keep the audience entertained throughout. We kept the information on screen as simple aspossible to easily deliver the information instead of confusing the audience with lots of facts. I felt that our videos worked the best as we interviewed lots of different chracters. One of the things i would ofchanged was the way some information was delivered as a lot of the gathered information was turned into percentages and could have been very confusing for the audience.

Presentation Preperation

To prepare for the presentation we worked out the percentages of people that answered in a certain way so this could be inserted into the presentation to back up our theories. The videos we recorded of the public were also edited and cut down to the questions we wanted.

We then started to edit the presentation in pressie by inserting relevant text relating to the content on screen, we also uploaded the interviews on to youtube so we could link in the video in the presentation at the right time. We also inserted the questionare to show people the questions we asked and then summarised the findings. We then published the presentation.

The Questionnaire

Survey

Age

12-20                     21-30                     31+

Male or Female 

do you own a computer console

Y              N

have you ever owned  a console

Y              N

if yes which one/s

PS3         XBOX360              Wii          PS2         Playstaion           Xbox      sega dreamcast                sega  megardrive             gamecube                supernintendo                  Nintendo             other (please specify

When was the last time you bought a game?

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When was the last time you played a game?

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What is it you enjoy about games?

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What don’t you enjoy about games?

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Do you find that the lead characters of most video games you play are

Cartoons              people                  mixture of both

Do you find they are ?

Male       Female

If you use do play games but don’t any more at what age do you believe you stopped and why?

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Does the price of console games put you off buying them?

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Do you still consider gaming to be for boys?

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Do you believe the aesthetics of a game matter to whether you would play them?

Y              N

Did they choose?

White    Black        Silver

The Interviews

We developed our research and presentation in the easiest most visual way. We based our research on interviews, written and in video form. We found in the video conducted interviews that people were a lot more open to answers and gave more detailed answers than written form as these answers were quite vague, the video interviews also gave the true characteristics and emotions that the person being interviewed showed.

Do the public think women play video games.. ?

We found:


45% of females play video games
84% of women own a wii - could be due to more games on this console being aimed towards women
85% of men enjoy competing against each other
42% of men said the price didnt matter w women dedicating thier time to other things such as TV
88% of women said price did matter - Would rather spend money on other things




Conclusion:


Women are put of by the price and themes of games, for example violence and so they would rather buy something elce, where as men are natural competitors and so like the idea of gaming and competing against each other in the gaming environment.


Solution:


Women use social networks more so gaming industries could develop social aspects to games that can allow them to play with friends on facebook etc


Use cartoons characters that target both sexes as this will imply anyone can play together

Theories

As a group we thought that its not that women don't take interest in gaming because they do play games, but that they would rather spend money on other things like shopping, we also think that women would rather play games that are more about the world we live in that results in more life skills, like the sims.. also the packaging of games can have an impact upon the female audience as well as the characters.. games aimed at men simply wont interest females..

Doritos not only make crisps they think women play video games just as much as men...

A study, carried out by Doritos, found that while 50 per cent of men readily admit to frequent gaming, a surprising 49 per cent of women confess that they too are addicted to games.

    Surprisingly, the study showed that not only are women just as keen on gaming as men - but that the majority would rather spend time playing on their gadgets than having sex. Technology may be keeping us in touch with the world, but it’s also isolating us from our partners — whether it’s a wife who spends hours on Facebook or a husband who can’t be separated from his video games. And more studies showed that gaming habits are cited in 15 per cent of divorce cases, with women saying they feel they come second to their partners' computer games.

Facebook, where many of the games women prefer are based, is cited in one in five divorces, according to lawyers, while a survey by website Divorce Online found that the phrase ‘mobile phone’ occurred in one in eight divorces citing unreasonable behaviour.

Even if a couple share the passion for gaming, there's no doubt that with both parties turning their focus to virtual reality, a real-life bond can be harmed.

Technology is interrupting our relationships and allowing us to avoid each other. It has become a way of avoiding real relationships and intimacy.

Some of our interviews also showed that relationships are effected by more men and women participating in gaming.