A Level Media 2 Mr Halsey

Planning Create a separate blogpost called ' Magazine practical task planning ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Plan your  main flash  - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. Panesar returns after months of injury 2) Plan the  image  you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture. The magazine i will be doing is an ESPN sports covers so i would need my model to be wearing some sort of sports wear (like a basketball, football, tennis, etc) in order to stick with the theme of my magazine cover. 3) Write the  cover lines  and any additional text you need for your magazine cover. - Fierce rival James Johnson challenges him to a dual - Mayweather, will he still have it 10 years later - Make or break game for the Chicago point guard 4)  Sketch  out your cover on plain A4 paper using your written planning. Take a  photo ...

Publication to blog and analysis Create a blogpost called ' Magazine practical task evaluation ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Save your finished Photoshop magazine cover as a  JPEG image  and upload it to your evaluation blogpost. 2) Write an  evaluation  of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? Yes, i believe i succeeded at creating an ESPN sports cover. Within 2 of the ESPN covers i got my inspiration from, i focused on making the back-ground fade from one colour to another and the basketball balancing on the actors hand. The rest of the magazines that i came across had features from other aspects of the sporting industry, a main headline and logos. Due to my poster being having an American theme, i had to make sure that the cover had a dollar sign instead of a pound sign to make it look more follow the theme of the magazine. 3) Put your cover alongside a couple of genuine covers of yo...

Research 1) Use your lesson notes on magazine genres and conventions to view a range of potential magazine covers.  Create a shortlist of  three  potential magazines and embed an example front cover from each one. 2) Select your chosen magazine to create a new edition for and explain the thinking behind your choice. I'm choosing to do a sports magazine because i work with a lot of teenagers that play for Brentford development. This would make it easier for me to get a model due to me having a wider sample who would be more willing to take part in this task. 3) Find  three  different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines presented? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding. 1. 2. 3.

1) What examples does Gauntlett provide of the "decline of tradition"? How can we link our advertising CSPs (Score hair cream and Maybelline 'That Boss Life') to this idea? The traditional role of women as housewives or low-status workers has been overtaken by 'girl power' icons(spice girls). Score portrays the more patriarchal role, the traditional role of a man dominating the women or owning her by attraction has been thrown out by modern day representations of gender in the Maybelline advert. Manny Gutierrez, is the modern representation of how gender identity in society has changed and become more accepted in terms of gender fluidity. 2) How does Gauntlett suggest the media influences the way we construct our own identities? Magazines promote self-confidence and provide information on sex, relationships and lifestyles. Other types of text like TV programmes, music, adverts, movies and the internet allow us to take in all aspects of culture and create our ...

'That Boss Life' close textual analysis' 1) Narrative & genre: narrative theory and sub-genre In regards with Propps theory we can see how there are two heroes and a princess. The two heroes would be Manny and Shayla, the princess would be the girl in the cab. When applying the mascara on the princess we can see how she is 'saved' by having a make over transformation. Additionally, there are action and enigma codes. The enigmawould be the questions regarding the suitcase.- what's in the suitcase? 2 ) Cinematography: camera shots and movement In terms of camera shots there are many. There are lots of extreme close ups on the eye, so it shows what the mascara does, fetishisation. There are mid shots of the before and after of the transformation. There areestablishing shots of the skyline, iconographic, NYC is an aspirational place. The movements are also significant. There is a...

1)  What year was the advert produced and why is the historical context important? The score hair cream advert was produced in 1967 and the historical context is important so we can find out more about the time era and what society was like at that time. 2)  Analyse the mise-en-scene in the advert (CLAMPS): how is costume, make-up and placement of models constructed to show male dominance? he Mise en scene in this advert is very crucial aspect of this advert as there are certain traditions and stereotypes that are reinforced to the audience through the costumes of the girls which highlight them as being very sexual and dependanton the male as they are reaching up to him and this suggests that he is quite superior. The idea that the women are placed beneath him and he is above also may be reinforcing the idea that he has the role of the leader who has the gun which is a phallic symbol which is used to convey that he needs this to gain some...

1)  Introduction: narrative in advertising 2)  Advertising: persuasive techniques 3)  Advertising: the representation of women in advertising 4)  Advertising: Score case study and wider reading 5)  Advertising: Maybelline case study and wider reading 6)  Advertising: Gauntlett - Media, Gender and Identity reading and questions