Popularity/ Rating

We can explore movies popularity via users star ratings, take the well-known film ‘Titanic’ rated 3 out of 4 stars or Tim Burton’s more recent ‘Dark Shadows’ poorly rated 1 out of 4 stars (TV Guide 2012, TV Guide Most popular movies, TV Guide, viewed 20th April 2013, http://www.tvguide.com/top-movies).

Movie reviews give users an opinion of the movie without giving away too much of the plot in an entertaining way.

Movies are generally target towards one audience or another.

•Cars

•Finding Nemo

Children

•Fast and Furious

•G.I. Joe

Young Men

•The Notebook

•Les Miserables

Couples

Movies can come in all sorts of genres, of which the major ones would be Comedy, Action, Drama and Animation. http://moviedistributionfacts.wordpress.com/tag/popular-movie-genres/

Movie Genres and rating reviews can be viewed from websites such as http://www.imdb.com/ and http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ .

However for a movie to be successful it should contain at least 2 or 3 genres to satisfy the consumers. An example would be: Star Wars: (Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi)

The cost of cinema tickets in Australia is cripplingly high with consumers paying almost twice as much as movie-goers in the United States

Choice has reviewed ticket prices in four countries and found the average cost in Australian dollars of an adult ticket in Australia is $12.89, compared to $7.40 in the US, $8.85 in New Zealand and $8.98 in Britain

Website - http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/trip-to the-flicks-twice-what-they-pay-in-the-us-20110719-1hnbt.html

With thousands of books published each year, it can be mind-boggling to select a book. The best way to find out what is popular is by looking at websites that rate books currently available. They provide reviews from the public.

By providing a standardized rating system and book review, readers. teachers, librarians, and parents can easily evaluate reading options.

http://www.compassbookratings.com/

“There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all book. Even the world's best-selling book, the Bible, isn't embraced by all of humanity.”(Patricia Fry 2011, How to determine your target audience, Matilija Press, viewed 20th April 2013, http://www.matilijapress.com/articles/determine-target-audience.htm) Authors target there audience when novels are written, this can be seen when we read a book – if a teenager is interested in how to do hairstyles they will buy a hairstyling book.

•Bill Bryson-Down Under

•Janet Evanovivh-One for the MOney

Comedy

•Dan Brown-The DaVinci Code

•Stieg Larson-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Action

•Nora Roberts-Twice Fooled

•Maeve Binchy-Scarlet Feather

Romance

Books are commonly classified fiction and non-fiction and referred to by their genre e.g. comedy, action, romance.

Purchasing a book can be cheap or an expensive entertainment, depending on what type of book you are getting. I.e. if the book is a series of at least 20 books, then the cost to participate in reading maybe higher than participating in live sports or a watching a movie. So it really depends on the individual when it comes to the purchase of a book, if the person enjoys reading then their really is no limits on how cheap or how expensive the book will cost.Collecting books can be expensive. I.e The Birds of America sold for $10.3 million U.S. dollars to a collector. http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/12/books

Popularity in Live Sports can be narrowed down to the most watched games on international T.V. Live games that are aired live are usually the most popular amongst all sports.

For example international games such as Tennis and Soccer are just a small list of the major live sports in today’s society.

As there are a vast amount of sports around the world there is not specific target audience that can be narrowed down. The demographic depends on the popularity of the sport.

An example of this the demographicis the AFL Grand Final in 2012 brought in

99,683 supports who viewed the game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League#Attendance

We can access live sports when heading to live games of football, soccer, baseball, golf and the list could go on og genres. Access to live sport of all genres is also broadcasted on television. Such services as Foxtel Sports broadcasts on average 23 hours of LIVE sport per day into 2.3 million homes around Australia. (Fox Sports 2013, About Fox Sports, Fox Sport Australia Pty Ltd, Viewed 20th April 2013, http://www.foxsports.com.au/about-us)

Live sports can cost as little as nothing up to thousands of dollars for major events

•No cost

Local Sports

•From $16.50

AFL

•From $1250

NFL Superbowl

Concerts can generally have their popularity rated by the event where it is to be held and hence how many people can attend.

•Local Pub

•Local Entertainment centre

Local Act

•Entertainment centres

•Stadiums

Concert Tours

•Show grounds

•Parks

Festivals

The demographics for Music Concerts can vary between Generation X, Y and Z. This is due to the large amounts of professional singers and bands that are continuously emerging every year.

If you wanted to narrow it down, the most popular concerts are usually determined by the popularity of the artist, how often they perform and the price of the ticket.

The nature of a concert will vary by musical genre, the individual performers and the venue in which the concert is being played.

Concerts by a small jazz combo or small bluegrass band may have the same order of program, mood, and volume, but vary in music and dress.

In a similar way, a particular musician, band, or genre of music might attract concert attendees with similar dress, hairstyle, and behaviourhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert

Concerts vary in price, we can go down to the local RSL for a free live band or spend in the high digits numbers to see our favourite star or band live. A great form of entertainment can change our lives forever.

Noted in the most expensive concerts tickets ever fans of Sting celebrated his silver anniversary and 60th birthday forking out more than a thousand dollars per ticket. (Sammy S 2013, Artists With The Most Expensive Concert Tickets, viewed 20th April 2013, http://www.therichest.org/most-expensive/artists-with-the-most-expensive-concert-tickets/)

We can conclude that movies are a strong form of entertainment. We now have the knowledge that we can research a movie based on its rating and decide if its worthwhile to see, choose what to watch based on our target audience group or genre & how much it will set us back to head to a movie.