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The document provides guidance on analyzing how a magazine uses genre conventions. It instructs the reader to examine the magazine's conventions and signifiers, layout and house style, iconography, mode of address, functions and ideologies, images and composition, and how it meets the target audience's needs. It also notes that Look magazine, as a celebrity gossip and fashion weekly, shares the lifestyle magazine genre's values and should reflect its target audience, focusing on fashion, images, and an informal tone.
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Question 1
The document discusses how the media product follows and challenges conventions of real magazines. It follows conventions such as using a traditional magazine layout with a masthead, columns for articles, and portrait photos of artists looking at the camera. It develops its own layout ideas for the cover and contents page while keeping within traditional magazine boundaries. The layout of the article also follows conventions but uses an untidy border to create a "rock n roll" effect and break conventions.
Construction Presentation
The document outlines plans for a new music magazine, including constructing images to represent the style through photo montages of photography and text/technology, as well as sketching a design for the magazine cover and creating a reader profile.
How Did You Attract Your Audience?
The magazine aims to attract readers through gratifying their personal identity and forming relationships between the reader and the artists featured. It incorporates the language of its target audience and includes images and articles that allow readers to relate to and aspire to emulate the lifestyle of the musicians. Features like quotations, large introductory letters, and competitions engage readers while consistent colors and formatting create a relaxing reading experience. The overall goal is to provide a diversion for readers and gratify them by addressing their esteem, desire for novelty, and seeking of relationships through coverage of artists.
Evaluation Question 1
This document discusses the student's process for designing the front cover, contents page, and double page spread for their media magazine project. They began by researching conventions from existing magazines in these areas. For the front cover, they included elements like eye contact, symmetry, cover lines, and prominent artists. Their contents page included numbering, images, headings, and highlighted text. Their double page spread featured an eye-catching image, consistent style, clear text, and visible artist names. The student analyzed similarities and differences between their designs and professional magazines.
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This document provides context and guidance for analyzing a 1965 edition of British Vogue magazine. It discusses the importance of analyzing magazine covers and articles through a semiotic lens to understand their intended meanings and messages. The document outlines various elements of magazine covers and articles that should be examined, such as mastheads, images, layout, and language. It also discusses applying Roland Barthes' semiotic codes and considering paradigmatic and syntagmatic choices. Analyzing the specific context of 1965 Britain is emphasized as crucial for fully comprehending the magazine's cover.
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This document summarizes a photography magazine created by Emily Grace Porter exploring the social culture of British youth ages 18-21, known as Generation Z. The magazine features documentary photography and portraits to give individuals a voice while showing diversity within the generation. It was created using the photographer's friends and family, capturing interactions in a documentary style. The magazine mainly uses Instax and documentary photography to appeal to its target audience. Emily plans to promote and distribute the magazine at local vintage and indie shops to showcase her work as a photographer and get her name recognized.
Style sheet
This style sheet document discusses font and design choices for a magazine, including a unique name of "offbeat" to relate to indie-alternative content, using the Adam font at size 72 for the masthead title to seem professional with its distinctive A. The document also mentions colour schemes and photography ideas will be considered, and a font is chosen for the main body text and cover lines.
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Question 1
The document discusses how the media product follows and challenges conventions of real magazines. It follows conventions such as using a traditional magazine layout with a masthead, columns for articles, and portrait photos of artists looking at the camera. It develops its own layout ideas for the cover and contents page while keeping within traditional magazine boundaries. The layout of the article also follows conventions but uses an untidy border to create a "rock n roll" effect and break conventions.
Construction Presentation
The document outlines plans for a new music magazine, including constructing images to represent the style through photo montages of photography and text/technology, as well as sketching a design for the magazine cover and creating a reader profile.
How Did You Attract Your Audience?
The magazine aims to attract readers through gratifying their personal identity and forming relationships between the reader and the artists featured. It incorporates the language of its target audience and includes images and articles that allow readers to relate to and aspire to emulate the lifestyle of the musicians. Features like quotations, large introductory letters, and competitions engage readers while consistent colors and formatting create a relaxing reading experience. The overall goal is to provide a diversion for readers and gratify them by addressing their esteem, desire for novelty, and seeking of relationships through coverage of artists.
Evaluation Question 1
This document discusses the student's process for designing the front cover, contents page, and double page spread for their media magazine project. They began by researching conventions from existing magazines in these areas. For the front cover, they included elements like eye contact, symmetry, cover lines, and prominent artists. Their contents page included numbering, images, headings, and highlighted text. Their double page spread featured an eye-catching image, consistent style, clear text, and visible artist names. The student analyzed similarities and differences between their designs and professional magazines.
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Evaluation!!
The document provides information about creating a magazine focused on rock music and targeting young adults aged 16-24. It discusses representations constructed through photos, design, and text. Techniques used include relative imagery, dark colors, centering the main image, and using bold rock-related text. The magazine would be distributed in stores like music shops and supermarkets and produced using software like InDesign, Photoshop, Google, and WordPress. Skills learned include using design software, creating magazine layouts, and planning photo shoots.
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This document provides guidance for developing a magazine about rock music that targets young adults aged 16-24. It outlines conventions to include like the masthead, cover lines, and barcode. It discusses representing the rock genre through photos of dress, poses, backgrounds and colors. The textual content should also represent rock through albums, concerts, and topics like whether rock artists are good role models. The magazine would be distributed in stores like music shops and supermarkets that target its young adult audience interested in rock music. Planning, photo shoots, and using software like InDesign, Photoshop and WordPress are discussed.
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2)design idea’s for my music magazine
The document outlines the design ideas for a music magazine. It provides instructions for the main task which is to create the front page, contents page, and a double page spread for a new music magazine using original images and text. Research and planning is worth 20 marks, construction 60 marks, and evaluation 20 marks. Examples of existing music magazine front covers and contents pages are shown for inspiration, with an emphasis on bright colors, eye-catching layouts, and images that dominate the page. "Vibe" magazine will be used for inspiration for the front page and contents page designs.
Music magazine project proposal form
The proposed music magazine targets young adults interested in indie pop music. The front cover will feature a friend modeling as an indie pop artist, with makeup and costume reflecting the genre's nature theme. The main cover story will be an interview with the cover artist about upcoming events. Additional front cover elements may include other popular indie pop artists or bands, with nature photography. Inside, the main two-page spread will expand on the cover interview, using additional photos of the artist in costume to represent the indie theme.
Understanding the Conventions
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Evaluation
This document discusses the codes and conventions used in magazines. It lists common magazine elements like masthead, fonts, issue number, layout, photography style, color scheme, and writing style. The document then compares the codes and conventions used in the student's magazine product to a real hip hop magazine. Key similarities highlighted are using the masthead behind the cover image, stacked contents headers, urban photography styles representing UK hip hop, consistent page numbers, and inclusion of barcodes and issue numbers to look professional.
Analysing magazines
The document provides tips for analyzing magazines, including referring to specific examples from the magazine and explaining their effect. It suggests analyzing typography, layout, color, images, and mode of address. For each element, it recommends considering connotations, effects, and why various stylistic choices were made to engage the intended audience. The goal is to provide a detailed analysis using appropriate media terminology for each magazine page.
Task 5
Through research into other music magazines, the document identifies several conventions for layout and design. These include placing the masthead in the top left of the front cover along with the cover story image. Contents pages typically include a content listing and small artist images. Double page spreads commonly feature large artist images, pull quotes, headlines, and columns of text laid out with serif fonts. Rock and indie magazines generally use sans serif fonts on covers and adopt an informal tone when representing artists.
Magazine Analysis
This magazine captures elements that align with the theme of the magazine being created. It incorporates fashion and music content not typically seen together in mainstream magazines. The magazine has an alternative and edgy aesthetic as seen in the neon color scheme, quirky hand gesture of the nude model, and her non-basic hairstyle, makeup, and accessories. The magazine differentiates itself from others through its tagline and focus on "independent style" across fashion and music.
Initial ideas for double page spread
The document discusses ideas for a double page spread in a magazine focused on a fictional music artist. It suggests including information about upcoming shows, album releases, and the artist's experiences on tour. While some gossip could engage readers, the magazine should primarily contain factual content. Images would show the artist from different angles and wearing colorful, eye-catching clothing to attract the target audience. Articles would have a clear structure and flow. Interviews with the artist could provide variety alongside articles about past and upcoming events.
Question one
The student created a music magazine called AMPED that uses several conventions from real music magazines like NME, Metal Hammer, and Q. The front cover features a large central photo of the main artist like NME. Color schemes representing rock music include black, white, red, blue, and yellow. The masthead is prominently displayed unlike some magazines where it is blocked. While adhering to many conventions, the student also challenged some by adding a border to the front cover to focus attention and provide structure. Overall, the magazine draws from real media examples while making some adaptations.
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TASK 5
The document outlines plans for a new music magazine, including researching similar publications for inspiration. It discusses using the vintage rock magazine as a model for consistency of style and layout. Potential names for the new magazine are listed as "Boogie-Woogie", "Chicago Blues", and "Heartbreak Hotel". Suggested article topics include interviews with up-and-coming artists and readers' favorite songs.
Question One
The document discusses how the student's media product uses and develops conventions of real music magazines to be recognized as a genuine magazine. Specifically, it includes pictures that bleed to the edges of pages, a professional looking masthead, competitions, and cover lines on the front page like real magazines. It also uses conventions like a double page spread with a model on one page and writing on the other, and including an interview quote, to identify it as an indie rock magazine. However, it challenges conventions by portraying the musician in a relaxed way rather than angry, and not including instruments, to make the magazine stand out from typical indie magazines.
Evaluation
The document discusses using an attractive male model on the front cover of a magazine in fashionable clothing to promote an enigmatic look. Sketches were drawn of the desired front cover and shown to an audience to get feedback. A questionnaire was also distributed to a variety of people for a music magazine to get their opinions.
Q1
The magazine uses conventional layout elements such as a masthead, coverlines, and central photo but challenges conventions by placing coverlines on both sides and including the full magazine title. Punk influences like a ransom note font and safety pins reference the genre. Taboo language and technical terms aim to welcome niche readers while alienating others. Continuity of color palette, font, and house style aims to build brand identity and draw in readers through a sense of belonging to an exclusive group.
Evaluation - Question 5
The author used colloquial language and slang words to make the magazine engaging for their target demographic of teenagers in London. They emulated the informal style of other professional magazines. For layout and design, they were inspired by the contents page of Q Magazine and included eye-catching collages and photos with brief descriptive captions. Colors of red, white, and black were chosen to reflect the luxury themes of the hip hop genre. For costumes, models dressed in black clothing and sneakers based on survey responses and research into how hip hop artists dress. Poses for photos conveyed strength and power for male models or sexuality and appeal for female models.
Coursework conclusion
Set of conclusions based on research findings producing a conclusive report, concluding: audience research, genre research, graphic elements, house style and contents pages.
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The document provides information about creating a magazine focused on rock music and targeting young adults aged 16-24. It discusses representations constructed through photos, design, and text. Techniques used include relative imagery, dark colors, centering the main image, and using bold rock-related text. The magazine would be distributed in stores like music shops and supermarkets and produced using software like InDesign, Photoshop, Google, and WordPress. Skills learned include using design software, creating magazine layouts, and planning photo shoots.
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This magazine uses conventions of real magazines but also challenges some. It follows a typical layout with masthead, coverlines, and photo but uses an unconventional two-sided coverline placement. The writing aims to make readers feel like they belong while challenging norms with taboo language. Punk influences like font and safety pins establish the brand identity while sticking to conventions helps avoid disorienting readers. Overall it balances familiarity and uniqueness to attract attention while still feeling authentic to its genre.
2)design idea’s for my music magazine
The document outlines the design ideas for a music magazine. It provides instructions for the main task which is to create the front page, contents page, and a double page spread for a new music magazine using original images and text. Research and planning is worth 20 marks, construction 60 marks, and evaluation 20 marks. Examples of existing music magazine front covers and contents pages are shown for inspiration, with an emphasis on bright colors, eye-catching layouts, and images that dominate the page. "Vibe" magazine will be used for inspiration for the front page and contents page designs.
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Understanding the Conventions
The document discusses the layout and design conventions used in the creation of a magazine cover, contents page, and double page spread. It draws inspiration from existing magazines like Vibe, Q, Clash, and Billboard in terms of color scheme, lack of borders, placement of images and quotes. The layout and inclusion of Bhangra-related elements like Asian clothing and fancy titles/logos help establish the genre and fulfill the needs of a Bhangra magazine.
Evaluation
This document discusses the codes and conventions used in magazines. It lists common magazine elements like masthead, fonts, issue number, layout, photography style, color scheme, and writing style. The document then compares the codes and conventions used in the student's magazine product to a real hip hop magazine. Key similarities highlighted are using the masthead behind the cover image, stacked contents headers, urban photography styles representing UK hip hop, consistent page numbers, and inclusion of barcodes and issue numbers to look professional.
Analysing magazines
The document provides tips for analyzing magazines, including referring to specific examples from the magazine and explaining their effect. It suggests analyzing typography, layout, color, images, and mode of address. For each element, it recommends considering connotations, effects, and why various stylistic choices were made to engage the intended audience. The goal is to provide a detailed analysis using appropriate media terminology for each magazine page.
Task 5
Through research into other music magazines, the document identifies several conventions for layout and design. These include placing the masthead in the top left of the front cover along with the cover story image. Contents pages typically include a content listing and small artist images. Double page spreads commonly feature large artist images, pull quotes, headlines, and columns of text laid out with serif fonts. Rock and indie magazines generally use sans serif fonts on covers and adopt an informal tone when representing artists.
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This magazine captures elements that align with the theme of the magazine being created. It incorporates fashion and music content not typically seen together in mainstream magazines. The magazine has an alternative and edgy aesthetic as seen in the neon color scheme, quirky hand gesture of the nude model, and her non-basic hairstyle, makeup, and accessories. The magazine differentiates itself from others through its tagline and focus on "independent style" across fashion and music.
Initial ideas for double page spread
The document discusses ideas for a double page spread in a magazine focused on a fictional music artist. It suggests including information about upcoming shows, album releases, and the artist's experiences on tour. While some gossip could engage readers, the magazine should primarily contain factual content. Images would show the artist from different angles and wearing colorful, eye-catching clothing to attract the target audience. Articles would have a clear structure and flow. Interviews with the artist could provide variety alongside articles about past and upcoming events.
Question one
The student created a music magazine called AMPED that uses several conventions from real music magazines like NME, Metal Hammer, and Q. The front cover features a large central photo of the main artist like NME. Color schemes representing rock music include black, white, red, blue, and yellow. The masthead is prominently displayed unlike some magazines where it is blocked. While adhering to many conventions, the student also challenged some by adding a border to the front cover to focus attention and provide structure. Overall, the magazine draws from real media examples while making some adaptations.
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TASK 5
The document outlines plans for a new music magazine, including researching similar publications for inspiration. It discusses using the vintage rock magazine as a model for consistency of style and layout. Potential names for the new magazine are listed as "Boogie-Woogie", "Chicago Blues", and "Heartbreak Hotel". Suggested article topics include interviews with up-and-coming artists and readers' favorite songs.
Question One
The document discusses how the student's media product uses and develops conventions of real music magazines to be recognized as a genuine magazine. Specifically, it includes pictures that bleed to the edges of pages, a professional looking masthead, competitions, and cover lines on the front page like real magazines. It also uses conventions like a double page spread with a model on one page and writing on the other, and including an interview quote, to identify it as an indie rock magazine. However, it challenges conventions by portraying the musician in a relaxed way rather than angry, and not including instruments, to make the magazine stand out from typical indie magazines.
Evaluation
The document discusses using an attractive male model on the front cover of a magazine in fashionable clothing to promote an enigmatic look. Sketches were drawn of the desired front cover and shown to an audience to get feedback. A questionnaire was also distributed to a variety of people for a music magazine to get their opinions.
Q1
The magazine uses conventional layout elements such as a masthead, coverlines, and central photo but challenges conventions by placing coverlines on both sides and including the full magazine title. Punk influences like a ransom note font and safety pins reference the genre. Taboo language and technical terms aim to welcome niche readers while alienating others. Continuity of color palette, font, and house style aims to build brand identity and draw in readers through a sense of belonging to an exclusive group.
Evaluation - Question 5
The author used colloquial language and slang words to make the magazine engaging for their target demographic of teenagers in London. They emulated the informal style of other professional magazines. For layout and design, they were inspired by the contents page of Q Magazine and included eye-catching collages and photos with brief descriptive captions. Colors of red, white, and black were chosen to reflect the luxury themes of the hip hop genre. For costumes, models dressed in black clothing and sneakers based on survey responses and research into how hip hop artists dress. Poses for photos conveyed strength and power for male models or sexuality and appeal for female models.
Coursework conclusion
Set of conclusions based on research findings producing a conclusive report, concluding: audience research, genre research, graphic elements, house style and contents pages.
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[2] Elliot surveys friends and family about the magazine using questions to determine if it is clear, well-made, and would attract an audience. The responses are positive and say the magazine looks professional.
[3] Elliot represents women in the magazine in a positive way using empowering images. The magazine's target audience would be distributed by IPC Media, as it is styled similarly to NME magazine.
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This document discusses how to analyze the film "This is England" in relation to genre conventions. It provides examples of genre conventions and signifiers to discuss, such as iconography, storylines, themes, and technical elements. It notes that this is a social realist film, which typically comments on social issues through naturalistic techniques. While the film uses conventions like improvised dialogue and handheld camerawork common to the social realist genre, the director Shane Meadows also brings his own stylistic flair. The document advises the student to consider both how the film adheres to and diverges from typical social realist conventions in their analysis.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what
The document discusses what the author has learned from their preliminary school magazine task to their final magazine task. They learned to do more research on professional magazines to influence aspects like language used and layout. Researching conventions allowed the author to follow or break conventions purposefully. Defining the target audience and their needs and expectations was also important. Features like barcodes and pricing informed the professional look. The title was chosen to reflect the target audience and genre. Layout elements like font size, photos, and selling lines were considered. Developing a house style makes the magazine memorable. Choosing appropriate models also reflected the readers.
Evaluation
The document evaluates the ways in which the student's magazine cover uses and develops conventions of real music magazines, noting similarities in masthead, cover lines, and color scheme usage, but differences in artist ethnicity and background colors. It also discusses representing a variety of social groups through the choice of an Asian male artist, and aims to distribute through IPC Media to a diverse audience interested in R&B music beyond typical representations.
OCR Media Studies R&P
The document outlines the planning and research requirements for creating a music magazine. Students must:
1. Conduct research into magazine design conventions, distribution methods, target audiences and industry leaders.
2. Create draft designs using their blog and gather feedback to refine their work before the final submission.
3. Administer a survey to identify the interests of their target readership and reflect the results in their magazine's content and design.
4. Develop original photography, text, and layouts for the front cover, contents page, and a double-page article spread while challenging stereotypes and appealing to readers.
media magazines analysis
Magazine covers use various codes and conventions to attract readers and convey information. The masthead establishes brand recognition through distinctive typography. Coverlines provide a sense of the magazine's content through headlines and teasers. Central images and cover models on the cover aim to draw readers in visually through appealing photography. Color schemes, editions, and other identifiers help target audiences and maintain a consistent house style. Composition, lighting, models, and backgrounds come together through mise-en-scene to set the tone.
Critical reflection 1
This document discusses how a magazine cover, double page spread, and contents page use conventions of those elements in sports magazines. For the cover, conventions included bold text, models in uniforms with aggressive poses. The double page spread followed conventions such as headings, photos relating to the topic, drop caps, quotes, and columns. The contents page aligned with conventions like a main image, sub-headings, and magazine name. The magazine targets 17-25 year olds as the main Premier League audience and uses male models and topics, representing a stereotyped male audience.
Evaluation Question 1
The magazine uses conventions of real magazines by having a short, attention-grabbing title in the masthead placed in the left third of the cover. Images are used prominently and strategically to represent genres and attract readers. Contents pages follow conventions like consistent colors/fonts and featuring the main article with a larger image. The double page spread splits content across two facing pages like interviews paired with a close-up image. Font, language, and layout are tailored to the target audience to portray the rap genre through visuals, style and focused content.
Question 1 slideshare
The document discusses how the media product challenges conventions of real music magazines. It uses modest font for the title rather than large and bold. Images are taken outdoors rather than just studios. Costumes are casual rather than trying too hard. Both male and female subjects are included to look disheveled and rebellious. Font and layout are clear without being too formal. The written content uses techniques like alliteration. The genre is suggested through images, stories and models reflecting alternative indie music rather than punk. While trying to be innovative, some conventions were followed to appeal to audiences.
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Look 3c
- 1. To what extent are your chosen texts typical of their genre? ...this question has also been phrased... How do your chosen texts use genre conventions? Remember that you need to give examples from Look magazine to make your analysis detailed and to prove your points. Things to write about... • Conventions & key signifiers • Layout & house style • Iconography • Mode of address • Functions ideologies of the genre • Images and photographic composition • Meeting the needs of the target audience Remember all of your media terminology! Things to consider... Look is a Celebrity Gossip / Fashion Weekly, which could be considered to be a sub-genre of the lifestyle magazine. It therefore, shares many of the ideologies of the lifestyle magazine and should reflect the values of its target audience. The title of the magazine can be analysed as it reflects many aspects of the ideologies and content. The house-style and layout also reflects the femininity and hectic lifestyle of the target audience. The majority of the articles and images are fashion related – in fact images dominate the entire magazine suggesting the ideologies of style over substance & consumerism. The mode of address is informal, colloquial and treats the reader as a friend – it fulfils needs of affiliation and also guidance through its ‘self help’ articles – and therefore acts as an older sister to the mainstream aspirer audience.