Sunday 14 December 2014

Breaking Bad:

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Breaking Bad is an American action packed crime drama TV program created as well as produced by 'Vince Gilligan'. The show originally aired in January of 2008 where it went on to continue for five more seasons until it ended in late September 2013. 

http://www.geekalostreinta.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/breaking-bad.jpgThe story is based round the character 'Walter White' (played by Bryan Cranston), who is a school chemistry teacher who is struggling financially, as well as physically as he is diagnosed with incurable lung cancer at the very beginning of the series. Now realizing that he may not have much time in life, he turns to the life of crime in order to help secure his financial future, by producing as well as selling 'crystal meth'. but in order to do this he must team with a former student of his Jesse Pinkman (played by Aaron Paul).
 
The show was that popular it reached 3rd in AMC's all time shows: 
  1. The Walking Dead 
  1. Mad Men  
  1. Breaking Bad (ended 2013)  
  1. Turn 
  1. Hell on Wheels 
  1. The Three Stooges (ended 1959) 
  1. Low Winter Sun (ended 2013) 
  1. Talking Dead 
  1. Rubicon (ended 2010) 
  1. Comic Book Men 
The show arguably became one of the greatest programs on television. That great it was listed as the highest rated show in 2013 in the Guinness World Record, and over the course of five years it went on to be nominated for and win: 
  • Primetime Emmy Awards 
  • Creative Arts Emmy Awards 
  • Golden Globe Awards 
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards 
  • Satellite Awards 
  • Saturn Awards 
  • Critics' Choice Television Awards 
  • Television Critics Association Awards 
  • Directors Guild of America Awards 
  • Writers Guild of America Awards 
  • American Cinema Editors Awards 
  • PRISM Awards 
  • IGN Awards and the list continues 

The finale episode of 'Breaking Bad' had the rating of 5.2 then also hitting a grand total of 10.3 million viewers for the grand series finale. Not did it only easily beat all other entertainment show on the night, AMC charged around about $400,000 for a 30second commercial during the finale. 
Audience & Reach 
  • AMC reached more than 95 million subscribers. 
  • The 2010/11 season was AMC’s strongest ever for adults 25-54 and 18-49. AMC reached more than 43 million adults 25-54, ranking ninth. 
  • The median age of AMC’s original series viewer is 45. 
  • AMC’s audience skews 55% male, 45% female. 
  • Season 4 of Breaking Bad averaged 1.9 million viewers, a 23% increase vs. Season 3. 
  • It had a social media presence of 2.3 million Facebook fans. 
Overall, I feel there is a presence for a series like this as it would fit in rather well with the target demographic, even though it would be a slight change to E4's 16-35 year old demographic, but judging from the series Misfit and many others it would work quite well. 
                                                                                                                             Information used from : http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/09/30/breaking-bad-series-finale-ratings/ , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Breaking_Bad, http://www.tv.com/shows/network/amc/

Logo Research:

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Universal: The Universal is extremely well known and established around the global, from its early days in the 1900's and since then has created many world known movies including 'The Mummy', Fast and Furious (Series of them) and Hulk. 
The logo really explains itself in the instance it is called 'Universal' meaning it has been shown to everyone who are in the universe have heard of them, since they have been founded and before. Also, the use of the earth in space tells us that they are simply 'out of the world', as well as saying that they make movies beyond our beliefs, and imaginations. Furthermore, the letter are bold  and sliver, which may be to shows representations of their quality of work, as well as their own set standards. Also, it could represent the way they are dominate the movie industry as well as saying their global establishment e.g. the stars are smaller then them, so they may be opponent company's. Also, them stating their 100th anniversary show their dominance in the industry. 
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DreamWorks:  The Logo presents a young boy who is appearing o fish into clouds sitting on the edge of the moon, now I know that sound a bit odd but it makes for a good logo. Firstly, the logo presents that the catch dreams and make them into a reality, as I feel that 'DreamWorks' are presenting this idea through the boy fishing for dreams, however even though they're a company who strongly link with a target audience of children they still suggest that you're never to old for them as the boy is fishing. Also, the company name 'DreamWorks' is bold to stand out to grab the attention of the viewer in order to imprint their name so that they aren't forgotten, and the clouds add a mystery to the company and that they can do the unpredictable. 
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Paramount: Is extremely well known and established around the global, from its early days in the 1910's and since then has created many world known movies including 'Thor', 'The Godfather' or even Terminator. over time becoming arguably the best and biggest movie studio in the world. 
The logo has been featured in some of the most iconic movies of this time, but what is it what makes the logo so iconic as well. Firstly, the name 'Paramount' stands for being more important than everything meaning that they believe that they have power over all the other movie producers. This is shown by 'Mount Everest' which towers over everything ( Being the biggest mountain in the world) again showing its supremacy over other. Furthermore, the name is also at the peak of the mountain, showing that the company is at its highest peak In making their movies. Also, the use of clouds again shows us that they company does have a mystery side to it. Also, the ring of stars could be implying that there movies are star quality, as well as it being there own set standards for movies.