MDA20010 Public Media In Australia - Assignment Solution

Week 4 Discussion Post - Public media programming - 150 words

National Public Radio is a distinguished public media organization in the United States. It has gained popularity over the years for its shows, such as, Morning Edition. Morning Edition might not be able to survive without the public support particularly because NPR receives grants directly from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) on a yearly basis. Therefore, Morning Edition might not be able to exist on its own without the corporate sponsorship, listener support, and grants. Digital channels have been proliferated over the years. “In the Dark” is a podcast that is produced by the American Public Media (American Public Media Group, 2017). Madeleine Baran narrates and hosts the podcast. In the Dark, alongside other podcasts, are rather different from programs aired on NPR. While Morning Edition is on radio, In the Dark is a podcast. It becomes impossible to edit radio programs after they have been broadcasted. However, podcasts can be edited because they are pre-recorded (Shenton, 2018).  

Week 5 Discussion Post - Australian Movies- 150 words

Red Dog was released in the August of 2011. It’s a comedy-drama family film. Red Dog was directed by Kriv Stenders (Leigh Paatsch, 2011). July Ryan and Nelson Woss were the two producers. Koko is the title character, alongside Rachael Taylor, Josh Lucas, and John Batchelor (Rivera, 2019). The primary source of this movie is the Louis de Bernieres’ novel “Red Dog.” The movie is based on the true story of Red Dog and won seven categories out of nine, including the award for best feature film, at the 2011 Inside Film Awards. Roadshow Film Distributors released this film on the 4th August’ 2011, and won the best film award at the AACTA Awards. The film did really well at the box office and its DVD is the biggest selling Australian DVD of all times. It is the third-highest selling DVD in Australia. The film, however, was not very successful internationally. Red Dog did not do well on the international soil because it failed to connect with the audiences. The film was a DVD-only release in Argentina and Germany. It opened at #25 in the United Kingdom, and #5 in New Zealand.