MCH210: Writing for Broadcast & New Media
Monday, April 9, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Presentation 2: Treatment Writing Component
Treatment 1:
1. Author name: Jillian Cheong
2. Title of Show: Music Issues
3. Format of show: Tabloid Talk Show
4. Target Audience: Mid-teens and adults
5. Opportunity or Problem Adressed: Good and bad effects of music to teenagers.
6. Desired Response: Interesting facts and knowledge on how music affects the teenagers.
7. Logline: A view on what parents think about teenagers and music today and issues revolving subcultures.
8. Treatment:
An episode will involve guests revealing their thoughts and feelings on various music issues. Guests may
consists of a subculture(punks, goths, skinheads, etc.) that made it into the newspapers because of a certain
controversial issue. There will be a host that will guide them through the talk show. They are to discuss what made them act/behave a certain way. It also gives them an opportunity to voice out to the society.
Celebrities will be also invited, mainly musicians who are parents to teenagers. They will talk about how does
music affect their kids and are the effects good or bad. For example: Are they inspired by the music?,
Are they listening to a certain genre just because their friends listens to it? or Do they dress weird?
Treatment 2:
1. Author name: Jillian Cheong
2. Title of Show: Street interviews on music
3. Format of show: Interview
4. Target Audience: Teens and Adults.
5. Opportunity or Problem Adressed: Does intrinsic and extrinsic motivation play a big role when listening to a
certain genre of music? and how it affects teens.
6. Desired Response: Knowledge on how music affect teenagers and what are peoples motivations for
listening to a certain genre.
7. Logline: Spontaneous answers from various walks of life on music.
8. Treatment:
Locations of interviews held: Outside jazz clubs, clubbing scenes,music stores etc (mainly where music lovers hang out).
Each person/ a group of people will be asked a series of questions ranging from content of music these days to motivation of listening to music. If the interviewee has teenage kids, they would be asked on how the music has affected their kids. (Good/ Bad side of it)
After the interviews have been completed, the interviewer sums up on what are the most interesting answers he received from the interviewees.
Treatment 3
1. Author name: Jillian Cheong
2. Title of Show: I am part of a subculture.
3. Format of show: Mini Documentary
4. Target Audience: Teens and Adults.
5. Opportunity or Problem Adressed: Music and its influence.
6. Desired Response: A better understanding why are teenagers so influenced by music.
7. Logline: A look into the lives on a form of self expression that is often misunderstood.
8. Treatment:
This mini documentary will give you an insight of a person belonging to a subculture. It will feature on
- the places they hang out
- their daily activities
- the group of friends they hang out with (same subculture/ordinary friends)
A section of the documentary will be where the person talks about their personal feelings. They are able to voice out their opinions on :
- belonging to a group
- how people see/treat them
- are they misunderstood
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Research Component
Society and Culture: Music
How music affects teenagers these days and is there intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in music listening.
Influence in culture : Culture is a complicated issue that covers a variety of matters such as history, unity,
II. Problem Statement
How music affects teenagers these days and is there intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in music listening.
I. Introduction
Music has been discovered by humans during the primitive days thousand years ago. Nowadays, creating music has become much more advanced in terms of instruments, technics, singers, voice and targets. Music has influenced different aspects of society and culture.
Education : Music is able to assist in the growth of children, balance their manners, control their emotions
and instinct which plays a significant role in boosting their lives so that they are able to cope in
the future.
Influence in culture : Culture is a complicated issue that covers a variety of matters such as history, unity,
identity and transitions. Music is international and is the language of cultures that is
used to speak to a society or internationally. An example would be "We Are the
World" which is a song for charity in helping the African famine.
Industrialization : The modernization of music is expanding vastly and swiftly with today's technology. The
important factors of every society in terms of producing music is the profit and the economy.
These three are crucial factors that form the society and culture, and music is probably the easiest way to
improve moral values and behaviors. But there are some people who believe that there are also negative
aspects to it. The advantageous side of music is that it is accepted in most societies of the world.
aspects to it. The advantageous side of music is that it is accepted in most societies of the world.
II. Problem Statement
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Discussion 1: Mass Media Writing. (Product Advertising)
Product chosen : Uniqlo
Tagline : MADE FOR ALL
Exploiting the medium
- Radio & Television
- Have exclusive interviews with the founder of Uniqlo
- Focus on those stations that attract the younger generation eg. Hitz fm, Red fm, Fly fm, 8tv quickie,
Mtv, etc.
- Mobile phones
- Promotion through SMS & MMS
- Pamphlet
- Theme : Red! Black! White! Simple
- Easy for readers to read.
- Promote Uniqlo's various collections of world's most famous cartoons such as Mickey Mouse, Hello
Kitty, Barbie, etc
- Newspaper
- Takes up one whole page
- Sale items solely on Uniqlo are shown
- Billboards
- Star power
- Celebrities that modeled for Uniqlo eg. Orlando Bloom, Charlize Theron, etc.
Rank each medium
- Most desirable distribution mode
- Billboards
- Highways, small roads, train stations, almost anywhere a billboard can be found
- Least desirable distribution mode
- Mobile phones
- Sms that is sent is through random selection
- Usually the service provider will send the sms and most people don't bother reading it as they may
think it is a gimmick.
- Communication advantages and disadvantages
| Medium | Communication Advantages | Communication Disadvantages |
| Radio | Advantageous for blind people and also busy people who don’t have the time to watch television. | Limited audience |
| Television | Homemakers | Limited audience |
| Mobile phones | A very direct approach. | Random selection of people. |
| Pamphlet | Easiest and common way of advertising. | Waste of paper and people throw it everywhere. |
| Newspaper | Hard to avoid for those who read newspapers every day. | Not everybody buys the newspaper, especially the younger generation. |
| Billboards | Messages are delivered continuously and frequently. | Distracting for drivers and costs a lot for the company. |
Exercise 2 : Audiences & Media
Question 1:
The list of radio stations and television channels available in Malaysia.
Radio Stations :
Television channels :
Radio Television Malaysia
- TV1
- TV2
- TV3
Media Prima Bhd
- TV3
- NTV 7
- 8TV
- TV9
ASTRO
- Family Package (included in every Astro subscription) eg Astro Ria, AEC, Nat Geo Wild, AXN, ESPN,etc.
- Dynasty Package (Hong Kong and Chinese Shows)
- Movies (Hollywood and Indie films)
- News (International, Asia)
- Learning (Documentaries, History, Wildlife)
- Fun (Cartoon and teen shows)
- Variety (Anime, Reality shows, entertainment)
- Sports
NJOI, DETV, Fine TV, Hypp. TV, UniFi, Internet TV, etc.
Question 2:
Identify audience demographic appropriate & psychographic appropriate for all the above.
Radio
1. 988 FM
Demographics : Chinese speaking audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Chinese songs, KPOP
2. HOT FM
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Local, Indonesian and English songs
3. Hitz. FM
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Local and English songs
Television
1. AXN
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Action packed shows, reality shows
2. Cartoon Network
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, young children
Psychographics: Fun, Learning
3. Wah Lai Toi
Demographics : Chinese audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Dramas from Mainland and Hong Kong
The list of radio stations and television channels available in Malaysia.
Radio Stations :
| Frequency | Station | Operator | Language | Coverage Area | |
| 87.7 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 88.1 MHz | Mandarin and Cantonese | ||||
| 88.5 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 88.9 MHz | Star Radio Group | English | Klang Valley only | ||
| 89.3 MHz | Chinese | ||||
| 89.9 MHz | English | South Perak, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan & Malacca only | |||
| 90.3 MHz | English | ||||
| 90.7 MHz | Malay, English | Serdang, Kajang, Seri Kembangan and Putrajaya only | |||
| 91.1 MHz | Orang Asli | Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Southern Perak, Western Pahang and part of Negeri Sembilan only | |||
| 91.5 MHz | Malay, English, Arabic | ||||
| 92.3 MHz | Tamil | ||||
| 92.9 MHz | English | ||||
| 93.6 MHz | Universiti Teknologi MARA | Malay, English | Shah Alam, Klang and Petaling Jaya only | ||
| 93.9 MHz | Malay, English | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor only, in Johor Bahru as 107.5 MHz | |||
| 94.5 MHz | English | ||||
| 95.3 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 95.8 MHz | English, Malay | ||||
| 96.3 MHz | Tamil | ||||
| 96.7 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 97.2 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 97.6 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 98.3 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 98.8 MHz | STAR Rfm Sdn.Bhd (The Star) | Chinese (Cantonese) | |||
| 99.3 MHz | THR.fm(Raaga) | Tamil, Malay | |||
| 100.1 MHz | English | ||||
| 100.9 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 101.8 MHz | Chinese (Cantonese) | ||||
| 102.5 MHz | Orang Asli | Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Southern Perak, Western Pahang and parts of Negeri Sembilan only | |||
| 103.0 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 103.3 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 104.1 MHz | Suara Johor Sdn.Bhd | Malay | Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor, Singapore and parts of Riau, Indonesia only | ||
| 104.9 MHz | STAR Rfm Sdn.Bhd (The Star) | English, Malay | |||
| 105.3 MHz | STAR Rfm Sdn.Bhd (The Star) | Malay | |||
| 105.7 MHz | English | ||||
| 104.1 MHz | Malay | ||||
| 91.1 MHz | English | ||||
| 92.2 MHz | English | ||||
| 93.0 MHz | English | ||||
| 94.0 MHz | English, Malay | ||||
| 97.4 MHz | English | ||||
| 98.9 MHz | STAR Rfm Sdn.Bhd (The Star) | English, Malay | |||
| 88.1 MHz | Chinese and Cantonese | ||||
| 98.2 MHz | STAR Rfm Sdn.Bhd (The Star) | Chinese (Cantonese) | |||
| 100.4 MHz | Chinese | ||||
| 106.4 MHz | Chinese (Cantonese) |
Television channels :
Radio Television Malaysia
- TV1
- TV2
- TV3
Media Prima Bhd
- TV3
- NTV 7
- 8TV
- TV9
ASTRO
- Family Package (included in every Astro subscription) eg Astro Ria, AEC, Nat Geo Wild, AXN, ESPN,etc.
- Dynasty Package (Hong Kong and Chinese Shows)
- Movies (Hollywood and Indie films)
- News (International, Asia)
- Learning (Documentaries, History, Wildlife)
- Fun (Cartoon and teen shows)
- Variety (Anime, Reality shows, entertainment)
- Sports
NJOI, DETV, Fine TV, Hypp. TV, UniFi, Internet TV, etc.
Question 2:
Identify audience demographic appropriate & psychographic appropriate for all the above.
Radio
1. 988 FM
Demographics : Chinese speaking audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Chinese songs, KPOP
2. HOT FM
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Local, Indonesian and English songs
3. Hitz. FM
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Local and English songs
Television
1. AXN
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Action packed shows, reality shows
2. Cartoon Network
Demographics : Chinese, Malay, Indian audience, young children
Psychographics: Fun, Learning
3. Wah Lai Toi
Demographics : Chinese audience, adolescence and adults
Psychographics: Dramas from Mainland and Hong Kong
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