One Direction - History: Blog tasks

Industry

1) How were One Direction formed and how is this reflected in the music video for History?
They were formed during the 7th series of X factor.

2) What is vertical integration? You may need to check your book for this (or remind yourself from this previous blogpost.)
When two companies join each other then they run the company.
3) What is horizontal integration? (See link above for help again!)
when the company buys the the smaller company.
4) How has technological convergence changed the way audiences consume music videos?
Being on youtube and other internet websites that share music.
5) As a manufactured band, what influence do Simon Cowell and the record company Syco (part of Sony) have over the content and release strategy of One Direction music videos? You may want to read this text from an article in The Inquisitr about the relationship between 1D and Simon Cowell.
They show regret of some sort as Simon says "sorry for making you famous" At the time he had taken them into his team, people believed that he produced them but then later he said that he wasn't a part of it anymore.

Audience

1) What is the main One Direction audience - demographics and psychographics?
To people who had some sort of personal identity and for people who wanted to feel some sort of nostalgia in a way that would be entertaining, this would mostly be for people who really like boy bands 
2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for History?
  • Diversion through a feeling of nostalgia
  • Personal relationships
  • Personal identity with the band members 
  • Surveillance 
  • Intertextuality 
3) Pick out three particular shots, scenes or moments in the video that would particularly appeal to One Direction fans. Why did you choose those moments? 

4) What is nostalgia and why is it a key audience pleasure for the History music video?
They make the consumer feels good about the time where they really enjoyed them.
5) How are fans positioned to respond to the video? What do the producers want One Direction fans to take from the video?The lyrics show that the audience and the band members both made the people they were today and how they handled the problems that were faced

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