Factual Video Analysis: Magnum Revolver by Ahoy.

The target audience for this text is, what I believe to be, gun enthusiasts. this is because the piece is of a factual text that describes a gun and its origins. The video tells the audience all about the guns features among other facts and this would be uninteresting for a gun enthusiast and/or time consuming. I also believe that the target audience is aimed at the male gender because they are very commonly associated with guns and violence. it will also be aimed towards teenagers and young adults as they mostly like to play violent video games featuring weapons, one of the most iconic being the magnum revolver. The target audience is also not aimed at a specific social class or social status because it does not have any sway over a persons interests.

Although the film uses reconstructions of the weapon in action the reconstructions are all taken from video game appearances meaning they are not strictly reconstructions, they are more like constructions of fiction. The fact that Ahoy also uses video game references also helps re-enforce the target audience of teenagers to young adults as they are also the most common age group to play video games. As the are constructions rather than reconstructions  they do not use actors only voice actors.

In Ahoy's videos he is the presenter and he presents over a voice over. this helps the audience focus on his voice and what he is saying rather than what he looks or acts like and keeps their attention on the facts and the video. It does not use any reporters as it is purely collected videos compiled together to make a larger one. Along with this, there are also no interviews although Ahoy does talk about people who have had influences of the characteristics of the gun such as the guns creators and/or people who have decided the guns defining traits.

This video is not a coverage of any type of new as can be clearly seen throughout the entire video. This video rather than telling a story about the world tells the story of an in animate object. this means it does not focus on news issues of any kind.

In this production there is not a single camera used in the video, there are only animations and screen grabs used to create the entire video. This means that when production the video it is less time consuming because all you have to do is sync up the audio to the video track.

The issue discussed in the video is the topic of the magnum revolver. It is also not a biased piece of text. the video clearly shows both sides of the story by discussing it strong points as well as the faults in the weaponry whilst also remaining objective to the purpose of telling the story and origin of the gun. This is helpful to the audience as they receive what they wanted from the video whilst also not gaining any feelings of distaste towards the producer.