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LD7This document provides guidance for reflecting on images used in a student magazine. It discusses analyzing the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the people in the images to understand what messages they convey. It suggests the images represent typical student stereotypes but also challenge some gender stereotypes. The document also discusses that the magazine audience is students, as evidenced by the content, masthead, and use of images and text designed to attract students.
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The document provides details on the production of a cover for a school magazine. It describes the target audience as students aged 16-18 and parents. The main image shows a student working in a classroom to appeal to this audience. Additional images of students are included to represent different school activities. Cover lines promote stories on university expectations and new leadership roles to engage readers. The masthead is designed to look sophisticated yet modern. Overall, the cover is meant to represent the school's academics while showing happy students to attract its target readership.
Sixth form magazine analysis
The document analyzes the design elements of a sixth form magazine to understand how it appeals to its target teenage audience. It notes that the magazine uses a simple and professional typography, layout and color palette, alongside pictures of happy students and themes relevant to the audience like seasonal winter colors. Overall the analysis finds the magazine portrays the school in a positive, sophisticated yet relatable way for teenagers through its visual design choices.
Preliminary task
Ella Smith is creating a school magazine called "Three-Thirty" targeted towards teenage students. The main cover story will be about the new head boy and girl of the school. Additional sub-stories include how to relieve exam stress and ways to customize your school uniform. Ella planned to use bright colors and varied fonts to attract young readers but received feedback that her color scheme was too busy. She will modify it based on audience input. Ella also plans to incorporate small design elements like clocks showing 3:30 to make the cover more eye-catching.
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Preliminary task MEDIA AS
This document summarizes the process of planning and creating a school magazine, including research, planning, and finished products. It describes researching codes and conventions, planning sections and a title, taking photos for the magazine, and using a friend as a cover model with a school book prop. An evaluation notes this was the first attempt at making a school magazine using PicMonkey, and the creator is pleased with the overall results.
Pilamary task research
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My school mag pres
The student created their school magazine cover using Serif Page Plus software. The main cover image features an art student painting in the school's art room to convey the atmosphere of creativity. Additional interior images showcase classrooms like the photography room to give readers a sense of the spaces and activities. The masthead uses the school's blue and white colors and different fonts are used for "School" and "Style" to represent the smart and creative nature of the magazine.
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The document provides details on the production of a cover for a school magazine. It describes the target audience as students aged 16-18 and parents. The main image shows a student working in a classroom to appeal to this audience. Additional images of students are included to represent different school activities. Cover lines promote stories on university expectations and new leadership roles to engage readers. The masthead is designed to look sophisticated yet modern. Overall, the cover is meant to represent the school's academics while showing happy students to attract its target readership.
Sixth form magazine analysis
The document analyzes the design elements of a sixth form magazine to understand how it appeals to its target teenage audience. It notes that the magazine uses a simple and professional typography, layout and color palette, alongside pictures of happy students and themes relevant to the audience like seasonal winter colors. Overall the analysis finds the magazine portrays the school in a positive, sophisticated yet relatable way for teenagers through its visual design choices.
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Preliminary task MEDIA AS
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Pilamary task research
This magazine targets college students and those considering higher education. It uses bright colors like yellow to attract readers and portray a happy tone. The cover image shows a student carrying books to relate to the target audience. Though the magazine title is partly covered, readers can understand the theme from the unique design and colors used.
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The student created their school magazine cover using Serif Page Plus software. The main cover image features an art student painting in the school's art room to convey the atmosphere of creativity. Additional interior images showcase classrooms like the photography room to give readers a sense of the spaces and activities. The masthead uses the school's blue and white colors and different fonts are used for "School" and "Style" to represent the smart and creative nature of the magazine.
Preliminary Task
The document discusses four initial ideas for the design of a school magazine cover.
The first idea uses a white background with orange text and a black outline for the title. The second idea incorporates a darker color scheme and science theme with a glowing title font.
The third idea features a darkened background with bright, contrasting colors and a white splatter effect. The fourth uses bold black and red colors and a pattern along the bottom.
Images of smiling, well-presented pupils were chosen for the cover and contents page to depict fun and enjoyment of school life. The design incorporates aspects of the second idea through use of its glowing title font and color scheme.
Evaluation question 2
1) The document discusses how the author addressed and attracted their target audience of 16-26 year olds for their magazine.
2) They used a bold, simple font in black and yellow or black and white to make the text stand out on shelves.
3) Throughout the magazine, they used a color scheme of white, black and yellow which would appeal to younger audiences and help the magazine stand out from others.
How does your media product represent particular social eval
The document discusses how the media product represents different social groups. It represents gender through images of both males and females on the cover and in the magazine. The front cover image is of a young female wearing revealing clothing that represents stereotypical femininity. Font choices also aim to appeal to both males and females. The magazine represents youth through its bright, fun style and images of young people portrayed as energetic. It uses informal language relevant to its target age range of 17-25 year olds. Images show young adults wearing fashionable, revealing clothing appropriate to their age. Competitions and website/social media links aim to appeal to this tech-savvy generation. The magazine aims to represent both working and middle classes through inclusion
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The student created a magazine front cover featuring a model student in front of their school building on the cover. They received positive feedback on the natural lighting, balanced layout, bold and contrasting fonts, and use of the school's green color. Minor suggestions included making the kickers larger. The student evaluated that their raw, unedited image challenges conventions but represents everyday students. Their target audience is 16-18 year olds at their sixth form college. Creating the cover helped them learn design skills like using Photoshop, grids, and effective color schemes.
3. research fmp m
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1) Dezine, an online photography magazine featuring work from various photographers. It targets a young, open-minded audience and focuses on artwork, design, and photography.
2) Debate, a student-run magazine from AUT covering university news and topics. It targets university students and includes lighthearted and serious articles. The feminism issue featured diverse naked women on the cover to promote body positivity.
3. research fmp m
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1) Dezine, an online photography magazine featuring work from various photographers. It targets a young, open-minded audience and focuses on artwork, design, and photography.
2) Debate, a student-run magazine from AUT covering university news and topics. It targets university students and includes lighthearted and serious articles. The feminism issue featured diverse naked women on the cover to promote body positivity.
3. research fmp m
This document provides a summary of a student's research into various magazines for inspiration for their own planned feminist magazine project. They analyzed the online photography magazine Dezine, focusing on specific issues and photo series that interested them. They also looked at the AUT student magazine Debate, specifically an issue focused on feminism that featured diverse naked women on the cover. Finally, they analyzed the Fashion Revolution fanzine "Loved Clothes Last" and appreciated its DIY aesthetic and use of art to address important issues in the fashion industry. The student found aspects of layout, style and content from each magazine that they want to incorporate into their own planned feminist publication.
Evaluation of my magazine front cover
Hifsa Hussain is evaluating the design elements of her school magazine for sixth form students. She changed the masthead to make the magazine title more noticeable by making it red instead of white. Student feedback indicated they preferred seeing the color red used. For the front cover, she included three relevant photos - an exterior shot of the sixth form building to relate to the audience, a student working with a smile to convey a positive message, and two students talking and smiling to show they enjoy their time there. The cover lines promote topics suggested by students during research to attract and engage the target readership.
A brief
The student was asked to create a school magazine front cover and contents page for a preliminary task. They conducted research by analyzing other school magazine covers and doing a questionnaire. They then created rough copies of the magazine front cover and contents page. For the front cover, they used Photoshop to remove the background of a photo of a student, add the school logo and masthead, and include additional images and text. For the contents page, they positioned photos and added shadows to give the images more interest. Through this process, the student learned how to edit photos in Photoshop and clean them up.
Question 2
The document discusses how a media product represents particular social groups. The target audience for a music magazine is identified as males and females aged 16-24, as this age group is most likely to listen to indie/rock music and purchase music magazines. Photographs of the creator and a male model are included to represent the genre. The model is dressed in a lumberjack shirt, sunglasses, and jacket to portray a confident but uniquely styled male image. The hairstyle, pose with a guitar, and use of slang language are intended to suggest the genre and present a modern yet traditional representation of men that will appeal to both male and female readers.
Question 2
This document analyzes how the author's media product represents a particular social group. It compares an image the author created for their magazine cover to an image from an existing pop magazine. There are similarities in lighting, posing, and casual clothing. Differences include less makeup and a larger smile in the author's image to seem more natural and friendly for a college-aged audience. The document concludes the magazine represents a girl social group aged 16-20 through its portrayal of a college-aged model in casual clothing and a bubbly, pop theme.
Themes
The document discusses themes for a magazine, including font, colors, and images. For font, it recommends keeping the font consistent to tie the magazine together and look professional. For colors, it suggests using a limited color palette of around 6 colors like black, white, and red to look simple but not boring. Images should match the color theme and be placed strategically, with some dominating pages and others as backgrounds. The overall goals are for the magazine to have a modern, simple look using consistent fonts and a focused color scheme.
Inspirational pictures
This document discusses three photos that inspired masthead ideas for a student magazine. The first photo showed students independently studying, inspiring the addition of the word "learn" in the masthead. The second photo showed educational opportunities outside class, motivating students to succeed. The third photo featured the word "art", relating to creativity and teenagers as the future with creative minds.
Primary research
This document contains responses from people of various ages evaluating a magazine cover. They generally agree that the magazine's genre is pop based on its bright colors and busy layout. Most feel the pictures and fonts are appropriate for the magazine's target age range of 8-15 years old. Some find it too crowded while others feel the busy nature fits the pop genre. The yellow text receives some criticism for being too bright.
Representation
The document discusses representation in a magazine for an indie genre. It describes using images of young females and artists on the cover and inside spreads that represent youth and are relatable to the target audience. Stereotypical indie styles of modern, fashionable clothing and moody, melodramatic black and white imagery are used. Bold fonts and colors like red, white and black that represent courage and strength help brand the magazine as indie.
3. deconstruction of a school magazine cover
The school magazine cover uses a blue headline and subheading to match the school's colors and brand. A short headline and less prominent subheading allow the magazine to guide the reader's attention. The primary colors of blue and white are memorable to the school and create a consistent house style. The models on the cover, one male and one female, are smiling to portray student happiness at the school and attract more parents and students.
Evaluation - Question 2
The document analyzes how a magazine represents social groups. It aims its content at British teenagers/young adults. Only females are depicted to make it clearly oriented towards women. The front cover artist challenges stereotypes of teenage girls by looking fashionable rather than stereotypically teenage. A double page spread uses more conventional teenage fashion to seem relatable. Images use shots, layout, color, and reception theory to form personal relationships between readers and artists to encourage fan engagement and magazine sales. The magazine represents confident young women challenging typical gender representations in media.
Media Preliminary task
The document discusses a preliminary task to design the front cover and contents page of a school magazine to gain experience with the software and layout that will be used for a music magazine. It provides details on the target audience, possible cover designs, images and text to include on the front cover and contents page. Examples of shots types and three potential front cover photos are discussed, with an explanation for choosing one close-up shot of two students laughing. The effects used to edit this shot are described. In conclusion, the document reflects on how this task helped learn skills for designing an appealing magazine and understanding typical magazine elements and layouts that can inform the design of a music magazine.
Final Reflection
This document provides guidance on reflecting on images used in a student magazine, including considering the clothing, facial expressions, and postures of models, as well as the roles and stereotypes portrayed. It discusses targeting a magazine to 16-18 year old students at a diverse college through the representation of a female model in casual clothes appearing relaxed and happy, conforming to stereotypes of a student but not focusing on race. Both visuals and informal, relevant text are used to directly address the intended audience.
Task 10
The document reflects on the images used in a student magazine created by the author. It discusses the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the models which are intended to portray the college environment as relaxed and welcoming. The main image features a happy female student to suggest the college is a positive place. A variety of races are represented to show the college is multicultural. The magazine aims to attract 16-18 year old students by including relatable content and a competition to win an iPad. Both images and text clearly target this student audience.
Final reflection -
The document provides a reflection on a student magazine cover and contents page created by the author. It analyzes the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the model on the cover to determine if they match the intended genre of a student magazine. The representation conveys a typical young female student without challenging stereotypes. The magazine is aimed at all students through images of the model and content references to college and sports. To attract the target audience, the author included a free poster, large title, and brightly colored cover lines related to college. Both the images and text were designed to clearly address students through consistency between them.
Research and Planning
The document provides instructions for producing the front cover and contents page of a school/college magazine. It discusses including a medium close-up photograph of a student plus appropriately laid-out text and masthead on the front cover. It also mentions producing a mock-up of the contents page layout. The target audience for the magazine is discussed as mainly being 16-18 year olds concerned with school, social life, and work. Several topic ideas are outlined for features in the magazine, such as driving lessons, university information, general news, and fashion tips.
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Preliminary Task
The document discusses four initial ideas for the design of a school magazine cover.
The first idea uses a white background with orange text and a black outline for the title. The second idea incorporates a darker color scheme and science theme with a glowing title font.
The third idea features a darkened background with bright, contrasting colors and a white splatter effect. The fourth uses bold black and red colors and a pattern along the bottom.
Images of smiling, well-presented pupils were chosen for the cover and contents page to depict fun and enjoyment of school life. The design incorporates aspects of the second idea through use of its glowing title font and color scheme.
Evaluation question 2
1) The document discusses how the author addressed and attracted their target audience of 16-26 year olds for their magazine.
2) They used a bold, simple font in black and yellow or black and white to make the text stand out on shelves.
3) Throughout the magazine, they used a color scheme of white, black and yellow which would appeal to younger audiences and help the magazine stand out from others.
How does your media product represent particular social eval
The document discusses how the media product represents different social groups. It represents gender through images of both males and females on the cover and in the magazine. The front cover image is of a young female wearing revealing clothing that represents stereotypical femininity. Font choices also aim to appeal to both males and females. The magazine represents youth through its bright, fun style and images of young people portrayed as energetic. It uses informal language relevant to its target age range of 17-25 year olds. Images show young adults wearing fashionable, revealing clothing appropriate to their age. Competitions and website/social media links aim to appeal to this tech-savvy generation. The magazine aims to represent both working and middle classes through inclusion
powerpoint
The student created a magazine front cover featuring a model student in front of their school building on the cover. They received positive feedback on the natural lighting, balanced layout, bold and contrasting fonts, and use of the school's green color. Minor suggestions included making the kickers larger. The student evaluated that their raw, unedited image challenges conventions but represents everyday students. Their target audience is 16-18 year olds at their sixth form college. Creating the cover helped them learn design skills like using Photoshop, grids, and effective color schemes.
3. research fmp m
The document provides details about two magazines:
1) Dezine, an online photography magazine featuring work from various photographers. It targets a young, open-minded audience and focuses on artwork, design, and photography.
2) Debate, a student-run magazine from AUT covering university news and topics. It targets university students and includes lighthearted and serious articles. The feminism issue featured diverse naked women on the cover to promote body positivity.
3. research fmp m
The document provides details about two magazines:
1) Dezine, an online photography magazine featuring work from various photographers. It targets a young, open-minded audience and focuses on artwork, design, and photography.
2) Debate, a student-run magazine from AUT covering university news and topics. It targets university students and includes lighthearted and serious articles. The feminism issue featured diverse naked women on the cover to promote body positivity.
3. research fmp m
This document provides a summary of a student's research into various magazines for inspiration for their own planned feminist magazine project. They analyzed the online photography magazine Dezine, focusing on specific issues and photo series that interested them. They also looked at the AUT student magazine Debate, specifically an issue focused on feminism that featured diverse naked women on the cover. Finally, they analyzed the Fashion Revolution fanzine "Loved Clothes Last" and appreciated its DIY aesthetic and use of art to address important issues in the fashion industry. The student found aspects of layout, style and content from each magazine that they want to incorporate into their own planned feminist publication.
Evaluation of my magazine front cover
Hifsa Hussain is evaluating the design elements of her school magazine for sixth form students. She changed the masthead to make the magazine title more noticeable by making it red instead of white. Student feedback indicated they preferred seeing the color red used. For the front cover, she included three relevant photos - an exterior shot of the sixth form building to relate to the audience, a student working with a smile to convey a positive message, and two students talking and smiling to show they enjoy their time there. The cover lines promote topics suggested by students during research to attract and engage the target readership.
A brief
The student was asked to create a school magazine front cover and contents page for a preliminary task. They conducted research by analyzing other school magazine covers and doing a questionnaire. They then created rough copies of the magazine front cover and contents page. For the front cover, they used Photoshop to remove the background of a photo of a student, add the school logo and masthead, and include additional images and text. For the contents page, they positioned photos and added shadows to give the images more interest. Through this process, the student learned how to edit photos in Photoshop and clean them up.
Question 2
The document discusses how a media product represents particular social groups. The target audience for a music magazine is identified as males and females aged 16-24, as this age group is most likely to listen to indie/rock music and purchase music magazines. Photographs of the creator and a male model are included to represent the genre. The model is dressed in a lumberjack shirt, sunglasses, and jacket to portray a confident but uniquely styled male image. The hairstyle, pose with a guitar, and use of slang language are intended to suggest the genre and present a modern yet traditional representation of men that will appeal to both male and female readers.
Question 2
This document analyzes how the author's media product represents a particular social group. It compares an image the author created for their magazine cover to an image from an existing pop magazine. There are similarities in lighting, posing, and casual clothing. Differences include less makeup and a larger smile in the author's image to seem more natural and friendly for a college-aged audience. The document concludes the magazine represents a girl social group aged 16-20 through its portrayal of a college-aged model in casual clothing and a bubbly, pop theme.
Themes
The document discusses themes for a magazine, including font, colors, and images. For font, it recommends keeping the font consistent to tie the magazine together and look professional. For colors, it suggests using a limited color palette of around 6 colors like black, white, and red to look simple but not boring. Images should match the color theme and be placed strategically, with some dominating pages and others as backgrounds. The overall goals are for the magazine to have a modern, simple look using consistent fonts and a focused color scheme.
Inspirational pictures
This document discusses three photos that inspired masthead ideas for a student magazine. The first photo showed students independently studying, inspiring the addition of the word "learn" in the masthead. The second photo showed educational opportunities outside class, motivating students to succeed. The third photo featured the word "art", relating to creativity and teenagers as the future with creative minds.
Primary research
This document contains responses from people of various ages evaluating a magazine cover. They generally agree that the magazine's genre is pop based on its bright colors and busy layout. Most feel the pictures and fonts are appropriate for the magazine's target age range of 8-15 years old. Some find it too crowded while others feel the busy nature fits the pop genre. The yellow text receives some criticism for being too bright.
Representation
The document discusses representation in a magazine for an indie genre. It describes using images of young females and artists on the cover and inside spreads that represent youth and are relatable to the target audience. Stereotypical indie styles of modern, fashionable clothing and moody, melodramatic black and white imagery are used. Bold fonts and colors like red, white and black that represent courage and strength help brand the magazine as indie.
3. deconstruction of a school magazine cover
The school magazine cover uses a blue headline and subheading to match the school's colors and brand. A short headline and less prominent subheading allow the magazine to guide the reader's attention. The primary colors of blue and white are memorable to the school and create a consistent house style. The models on the cover, one male and one female, are smiling to portray student happiness at the school and attract more parents and students.
Evaluation - Question 2
The document analyzes how a magazine represents social groups. It aims its content at British teenagers/young adults. Only females are depicted to make it clearly oriented towards women. The front cover artist challenges stereotypes of teenage girls by looking fashionable rather than stereotypically teenage. A double page spread uses more conventional teenage fashion to seem relatable. Images use shots, layout, color, and reception theory to form personal relationships between readers and artists to encourage fan engagement and magazine sales. The magazine represents confident young women challenging typical gender representations in media.
Media Preliminary task
The document discusses a preliminary task to design the front cover and contents page of a school magazine to gain experience with the software and layout that will be used for a music magazine. It provides details on the target audience, possible cover designs, images and text to include on the front cover and contents page. Examples of shots types and three potential front cover photos are discussed, with an explanation for choosing one close-up shot of two students laughing. The effects used to edit this shot are described. In conclusion, the document reflects on how this task helped learn skills for designing an appealing magazine and understanding typical magazine elements and layouts that can inform the design of a music magazine.
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Final Reflection
This document provides guidance on reflecting on images used in a student magazine, including considering the clothing, facial expressions, and postures of models, as well as the roles and stereotypes portrayed. It discusses targeting a magazine to 16-18 year old students at a diverse college through the representation of a female model in casual clothes appearing relaxed and happy, conforming to stereotypes of a student but not focusing on race. Both visuals and informal, relevant text are used to directly address the intended audience.
Task 10
The document reflects on the images used in a student magazine created by the author. It discusses the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the models which are intended to portray the college environment as relaxed and welcoming. The main image features a happy female student to suggest the college is a positive place. A variety of races are represented to show the college is multicultural. The magazine aims to attract 16-18 year old students by including relatable content and a competition to win an iPad. Both images and text clearly target this student audience.
Final reflection -
The document provides a reflection on a student magazine cover and contents page created by the author. It analyzes the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the model on the cover to determine if they match the intended genre of a student magazine. The representation conveys a typical young female student without challenging stereotypes. The magazine is aimed at all students through images of the model and content references to college and sports. To attract the target audience, the author included a free poster, large title, and brightly colored cover lines related to college. Both the images and text were designed to clearly address students through consistency between them.
Research and Planning
The document provides instructions for producing the front cover and contents page of a school/college magazine. It discusses including a medium close-up photograph of a student plus appropriately laid-out text and masthead on the front cover. It also mentions producing a mock-up of the contents page layout. The target audience for the magazine is discussed as mainly being 16-18 year olds concerned with school, social life, and work. Several topic ideas are outlined for features in the magazine, such as driving lessons, university information, general news, and fashion tips.
Evaluation
The document provides instructions and questions for evaluating a magazine cover design. It includes questions about the photographer's intentions, how the final image fulfills those intentions, how appropriate the image is for the target magazine and audience, the meaning created by the image, and how well the image and text work together. The student responds to each question, explaining their creative choices for a magazine cover focusing on a theme of either fashion, music, food, or sports for a teenage audience.
Evaluation
The photographer intended to create a magazine cover image that was happy, laidback, and intriguing for a teenage audience. They took a photo of a teenager holding food against a plain background to emphasize the food theme. They made sure the model looked comfortable and was directly addressing the camera. The final image fulfills the intentions by featuring the model and food as the focus, using a bright tone to convey happiness. The image and accompanying text are well suited for the cover of a teenage lifestyle magazine focused on food.
School/College magazine
The document provides an analysis of several school/college magazines, examining their designs, layouts, color schemes, and content to understand their target audiences. Key details include blurred backgrounds and sharpened focal points on covers to draw attention, informal yet guidance-providing writing styles, and inclusion of both academic articles and lighter features like comics. Layouts and designs generally aim to appear professionally made while relating to students' lifestyles and mirroring the reputations of their schools.
Task ten
- The document provides guidance on reflecting on the images used in a college magazine, including analyzing the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the main model, Joellen.
- It examines how Joellen's smiling facial expression and upright posture convey positive messages that aim to engage the target audience of college students.
- The document also discusses how the magazine aims to appeal to college students as a whole, without discriminating against any particular gender, age, ethnicity, or race. It uses a college student model and the college's colors in the design to clearly brand the magazine for its intended audience.
Final reflection
The document provides guidance on reflecting on images for a college coursework project. It asks the reader to consider what the clothing, facial expressions, and posture of the featured student convey. Specifically, the student's casual clothing, relaxed and happy expression, and proud upright stance aim to represent the college as a relaxed, friendly, and supportive environment where students feel valued. The image chosen conforms to stereotypes of a young male student but does not make representations of race.
Evaluation 2
The document summarizes how the media product, a magazine, represents particular social groups. It represents white British teenagers and young adults through the images featured. Most images are of females to avoid objectification and appeal to both genders. Close-up shots of females portray them as subjects, while mid-shots of males do the same. Casual clothing and smiles create approachability and relatability for the target audience. The layout balances images and text for engagement and accessibility. Models aim to serve as realistic role models for readers to aspire to through a sense of personal connection and positive portrayal.
Evaluation question 2
The magazine represents white British teenagers and young adults as its target audience. It aims to appeal to both genders equally, though research showed an opportunity to target females. The front cover and contents page photos use eye-line shots to create a direct address and personal relationship between the reader and artists. Medium close-ups are also used to establish importance. Casual clothing on the front cover represents the target audience and avoids negative stereotypes. The double page spread presents a natural female model as a positive role model for the target audience through her casual appearance and makeup. The layout uses images and informal text to appeal to a young audience without being overcrowded.
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The document discusses the design choices for the cover of a college magazine. It analyzes the clothing, facial expression, and posture of the model on the cover. The clothing is casual to convey a relaxed college environment. The model is smiling directly at the camera to create a friendly feel. Her relaxed posture further suggests an easygoing college. The representation aims to be gender neutral and not focus on any particular race to appeal to a wide college audience. The target audience is students aged 16-18 and the magazine location and language are casual to relate to this demographic.
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Question 5 how did you attract
1) The magazine uses bold pinks and blues in the design to appeal to its target audience of teenage girls. Pink represents love and crushes, while blue promotes relaxation.
2) Images of pop artists, fashion, and the target audience themselves are used throughout to make the magazine visually appealing and to help readers relate to the content.
3) Casual language and direct addresses to "you" and "your" are employed to speak to readers personally and draw them into the magazine.
Q2) how does your media product represent particular social groups?
The document discusses how a student magazine represents different social groups. It portrays students on the front cover and contents page as both studious and outgoing. The front cover shows a female student smiling while studying to represent balancing work and happiness. The contents page shows students socializing to represent their fun sides.
The document also discusses how a music magazine represents its target audience of teenage girls aged 13-16. Research was conducted on their interests, clothing, makeup and language preferences to accurately portray them. The magazine features female models in casual but stylish outfits and makeup to match its demographic. The front cover model has a serious expression to represent focus but is dressed casually to show her fun personality as well. Simple language is used
School magazine
The document describes a student's task to design a school magazine. The student was asked to research existing school magazines, evaluate them, and design their own front cover and contents page. This included considering the target audience, main titles, images, and taking their own photos. The student outlines their design for the mock school magazine "Priory Journal," including a photo of two students for the cover, stories on an upcoming business competition and school results, and consistent typography, color scheme and logo placement.
Question 2
The document discusses how a music magazine represents teenagers and students. It aims to portray these social groups, which are often negatively stereotyped in media, in a positive light. The magazine does this by using easily readable fonts, including slang, and featuring rebellious images and stories that teenagers can relate to, such as concerts. It also represents the middle-class status of its target audience through relatable hobbies and stories of hard work. The goal is to challenge stereotypes and make teenagers feel understood.
Magazine deconstruction
The document discusses magazine design conventions. It notes that school magazines typically feature a title, subheadings highlighting content areas, date, catchphrase, and photo of a smartly dressed student. Music magazines aim to intrigue audiences and may include provocative celebrity photos. The school magazine example uses an image of an intelligent-looking student to promote academics, while the music magazine features Angelina Jolie to attract readers interested in her.
Question 2 evaluation abbey
The document discusses how the media product represents social groups. It uses male models and targets teenage girls. Shots like medium close-ups are used to draw attention to the artists. A male model is featured on the cover as a countertype to challenge stereotypes. The layout and images are designed to be relatable to teenagers, using uncrowded pages and similar-aged models. The goal is to create a personal connection between the teenage audience and artists featured in the magazine.
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Focus group analysis
The document summarizes the results of a focus group for a new pop music magazine. The focus group unanimously agreed that the magazine's genre was pop based on the colors and props used on the cover. Some feedback suggested adding a background to the cover, but the creator felt it looked better without. The focus group also felt the cover would appeal to both male and female readers and that it was eye-catching. Overall, the focus group provided positive feedback and indicated that the cover made them want to purchase the magazine.
Focus group questions
This document contains questions for a focus group about a music magazine front cover. It asks questions to determine the genre of music portrayed, if anything needs changed on the cover, if it is eye-catching and stands out, if it is clear it is a music magazine, if it appeals to both genders and 13-19 year olds, and if the cover alone makes them want to purchase the magazine and if the featured articles seem appealing.
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Immediate Media and Bauer are both potential media companies to distribute a new music magazine. Immediate Media produces 34 magazines with 76 million annual sales and 33 million monthly website views. They produce two music magazines but for different audiences than the proposed magazine. Bauer produces over 300 magazines internationally and owns successful radio and TV brands. They produce Mojo and Q magazines but for audiences different than the proposed magazine. While both companies could effectively distribute the magazine, Bauer is selected because they offer opportunities in other media and the magazine would fill an untapped genre niche, while Immediate Media may view it as too similar to an existing magazine.
Construction of contents page
The document summarizes the construction of a magazine's contents page. Key points include:
1. The author added their masthead and "contents" text to brand the magazine and indicate it was the contents page. Date, issue number, and editorial were also included for basic information and the editor's thoughts.
2. Features of articles were highlighted with strokes to make them easier for readers to find sections of interest. Social media links and a website were added to expand the magazine's reach.
3. Images were made more attractive by adding borders and page numbers to relate pictures to features. An offer for 30% off subscriptions was included at the bottom to build a loyal fanbase and guarantee sales.
Construction
The document describes the process of designing the front cover of a magazine. The designer experimented with different fonts, colors, and images before settling on a design featuring a picture of a guitarist holding an acoustic guitar and microphone, with large cover lines advertising stories and a free CD being offered. Additional elements like issue details and price were added to clearly communicate key information to potential buyers and attract their interest in purchasing the first issue. The final design is intended to convey that this is a pop genre magazine appealing to both genders of teenage readers.
Construction
The document describes the process of designing the front cover of a magazine. The designer experimented with different fonts, colors, and images before settling on a design featuring a picture of a guitarist holding an acoustic guitar and microphone, with large cover lines advertising stories and a free CD being offered. Additional elements like issue details and price were added to clearly communicate key information to potential buyers and help attract consumers. The final design is intended to convey that this is a pop genre magazine appealing to both genders with interesting content to entice readers to purchase the first issue.
The magazines i evaluated and their target audiences
The document analyzes the target audiences of three music magazines:
Classic FM targets white, middle/upper-class individuals ages 60-70 who enjoy classical music, though its audience is becoming more diverse.
NME's target age range is 17-29 year old males, though it has mass appeal. It attracts those interested in superior and unconventional pop music who also enjoy films and trends.
Q targets 16-24 year olds, primarily males, who are interested in learning more about rock stars. It profiles itself as having the most affluent audience.
Focus group analysis
The focus group provided helpful feedback to the document author for their music magazine, suggesting "music mayhem" as the best name and avoiding gender-specific colors like blue and pink. They liked the idea of a recognizable main image but lesser-known artists featured in articles. The focus group felt cover lines should highlight appealing articles and reviews would be useful since money is tight for deciding how to spend it. The document author found the focus group very successful at addressing uncertainties.
Student risk assessment stairwell
This risk assessment document identifies hazards, the degree of risk, and control measures for students taking photos on the stairs leading to the media room at a college. The hazards identified are: 1) falling down the stairs, 2) colliding with passerby, and 3) falling objects from the top flight. The degree of risk for these hazards is rated B, A, and A, respectively, with control measures already in place. The action plan calls for additional warning signs if wet conditions exist due to rain or snow.
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This risk assessment document evaluates potential hazards for students taking photos on benches in a college location. It identifies three hazards: falling off the bench, failing to sit correctly on the bench, and getting a splinter from the wooden bench. The document rates each hazard in terms of the degree of risk, both without and with existing control measures. It lists the existing control measures, such as advising students to be careful, and identifies further control measures that may be needed, leaving actions items to be completed.
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This risk assessment document evaluates potential hazards for students taking photos outside a college building. It identifies three main risks: hitting one's head on a brick wall, falling from sitting on a metal rail, and trapping fingers in a push door. The probability of these risks occurring is rated as minimal with existing control measures in place, which advise students not to sit on the rail unless necessary and to be careful near doors. Further actions planned include reinforcing care near doors.
Student risk assessment bin area
This risk assessment identifies hazards students may face when taking photos in a wooded area near college property. The hazards include slipping on grass or mud, colliding with a bin, and walking into tree branches or tripping on twigs. The probability of injury from these hazards is rated as possible without control measures. Existing controls include brightly colored bins and advising students to watch their footing and wear sensible footwear. No further action is required at this time.
Media odd bits for coursework
The document discusses media odd bits that could be used for coursework. It suggests exploring unusual or obscure media formats, technologies, or genres that could provide inspiration for creative projects. Examples may include old physical formats like floppy disks, specialized media only used in certain fields, or obscure online communities and their artistic works.
Focus group analysis
The focus group provided useful feedback to help improve the magazine, suggesting "music mayhem" as the best name and avoiding gender-specific colors like blue and pink. They preferred a recognizable person on the cover but lesser known artists featured inside, and cover lines highlighting appealing articles to entice purchases. Reviews of albums, songs and concerts were also of interest to help the target audience decide how to spend their limited money. The focus group was deemed very successful in helping address uncertainties.
Typical profile of my target audience
This target audience is teenage girls aged 13-19, typically white and middle class, who enjoy sports, spending time with friends and family, and listen to music using their phones, computers or iPods while wearing casual clothes like hooded jumpers, T-shirts, jeans and trainers.
Task 9
- The author has chosen "Music Mayhem" as the title for their magazine about pop music. Their focus group felt this title was stronger than others considered and suggests enjoyable, fun content about pop music.
- Pop music was chosen as the genre focus because the author is most interested in and knowledgeable about pop, and feels they can attract fans of other genres as well. Pop appeals to a large audience.
- The target audience is males and females ages 11-16. The author wants to make the magazine appealing to both genders by avoiding a focus only on typically "female" topics like makeup and fashion.
Questionnaire results
- The document summarizes the responses to a 12 question questionnaire given to 10 people (6 male and 4 female) between the ages of 14-19 about music magazines.
- Key findings included that most respondents were unwilling to pay more than £2 for a magazine and had never previously purchased one. Most wanted content about current chart artists and music news/reviews.
- The majority said they would not regularly purchase or subscribe to a magazine monthly. They disliked magazines targeting only teenage girls or having too much irrelevant advertising. Most had varying music interests beyond just pop.
Q oasis
The document summarizes the key design elements of the front cover of Q magazine. It discusses the bold and eye-catching masthead in the corner that creates branding consistency. The main image features a close-up of Noel Gallagher to attract Oasis fans. Important elements like the cover lines and price are clearly displayed following a red, black, and white color scheme. The unique selling point is a rare interview with Oasis that gives readers insight into the band's turbulent relationship.
Questionnaire
The document is a questionnaire for a music magazine targeted at youth ages 11-19. It asks respondents for their gender, age, how much they would pay for a magazine, if they have purchased magazines before, what artists and features they would like to see, how often they would purchase or subscribe, if free gifts would influence purchases, what they dislike about magazines, their favorite music genre, and if they would enter competitions.
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- 1. TASK TEN Before you start your coursework spend some time reflecting on your final product. Reflecting on Images o What do the clothing codes tell you? The students are all wearing typical clothes that are commonly worn by students. This makes it clear to the target audience that these pictures are of students. The rucksacks show we all have to carry work around like all students. o What are their facial expressions? Why? They are smiling or looking content. This is to portray that they are enjoying themselves and to show that the magazine will show you how you can be happy and successful. None of them look depressed or unhappy as that would paint the wrong picture. o What is their posture? Why? Their posture is upright as it looks much more prepared and confident. If the posture was hunched then it looks like the person is not determined and is being dragged down by the work. I wanted to show its fun and enjoyable. o What roles and stereotypes are being represented…..or challenged? Does the image conform with or challenge conventional ideas of male/female…..young/old……etc? The stereotypes of a student are being represented as having a rucksack and folder is very common. However people may not associate males as being as hard-working and conscientious as females so this stereotype is being challenged. On my image by the main reception you would expect it to be really busy but its relaxed and quiet. o Is the representation of race significant in your image? No it isn't significant but I may take this into consideration for my music magazine.
- 2. Who is being addressed (Audience)? - Who is the magazine aimed at? How do we know? The magazine is being targeted at students both male and female. The colour scheme being neutral colours shows this as well as the cover lines advertising articles all to do with college life. The masthead of "student society" also makes it clear. - What have you done to attract the target audience? I have made the main image of a student and made features bold to stand out. I have used interesting cover lines to intrigue students and a college logo to show the origins of the magazine. - How have you made use of both text and image to address that intended audience? The text is bold and neutral colours so neither gender is put off. There are different fonts to keep it creative and interesting. I have put strokes on the text to make it look modern and young. The images are clearly portraying students just like my target audience.