1) How were One Direction formed and how is this reflected in the music video for History?
One Direction are an English-Irish pop band forming during Series 7 of hit show X-Factor by there mentor Simon Cowell
2) What is vertical integration? You may need to check your book for this (or remind yourself from this previous blog post.)
Vertical integration is when one conglomerate owns different companies in the same chain of production.
3) What is horizontal integration? (See link above for help again!)
Horizontal integration is when one company buys other companies at the same level of distribution.
before you would have to go to a shop and buy CDs just to listen to music but now you just have to click a few buttons and you have videos in seconds
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.
Audience
1) What is the main One Direction audience - demographics and psychographic?
one direction Mainly targeted towards girls between 8-12 age range in my opinion. and most of them are located in the Uk and I think that there had a girly girl personality
2) What audience pleasures are offered by the music video for History?
they made the song history to show the people their achievement in the past
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?
them at x factor
Simon Cowell being there mentor
them breaking up
4) What is nostalgia and why is it a key audience pleasure for the History music video?
Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal association
5) How are fans positioned to respond to the video? What do the producers want One Direction fans to take from the video?
i think most of the one direction fans were very upset as they broke up
