Today we looked at different types of music magazines. We looked at the ways the magazines addressed the audience, and how we could tell for who and why the magazine was made for. For example what colour and font the text was, which adverts they had included, the image-text percentage and the style of writing.
I then analysed the front page, content page and one article of the 2007 issue 155 of Top of the Pops magazine. I looked at both the connotation and denotation of the magazine.
Lucy Cunnington
Monday, 11 October 2010
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
School Magazine
For the past two weeks, we have been working on your school magazines.
First, we looked at other school magazines and analysed them. Then we looked at the layout, text and images used for front covers. We desided indivdually what layouts we prefered and had a go at making a test front cover. I chose to do a fashion magazine called Whatever, where I used a med-length image of myself and edited in a photo of Bron in the left corner as a gossip advertisment. (Using photoshop)
Then we took lots more photo's that we could use in our school magazine for both the front cover and content page. I have finished my front cover now, and am currently working on my content page.
Bron and I are doing a magazine for 6th formers, college and university students. The magazine is there to try to help the readers deside if they want to take a gap year or not. If they do, it gives many tips on where to o and how to save, as well as some first hand experiences to read. We decided to make the magazine a free hand out, this is because many students dont have a lot of money, and we want every student to have a chance to read our magazine. We thought it could be handed out in assemblies, form times or maybe at the reception desk.
Bron is doing the 2010 Winter edition and I am working on the 2011 Winter issue. I was going to do the 2011 Summer issue but we found that getting images for the winter was a lot easier. We therefore decided I would do the next winter issue.
I am currenly researching other magazine content pages to give me idea's on how to layout my school magazine content page.
Lucy Cunnington
First, we looked at other school magazines and analysed them. Then we looked at the layout, text and images used for front covers. We desided indivdually what layouts we prefered and had a go at making a test front cover. I chose to do a fashion magazine called Whatever, where I used a med-length image of myself and edited in a photo of Bron in the left corner as a gossip advertisment. (Using photoshop)
Then we took lots more photo's that we could use in our school magazine for both the front cover and content page. I have finished my front cover now, and am currently working on my content page.
Bron and I are doing a magazine for 6th formers, college and university students. The magazine is there to try to help the readers deside if they want to take a gap year or not. If they do, it gives many tips on where to o and how to save, as well as some first hand experiences to read. We decided to make the magazine a free hand out, this is because many students dont have a lot of money, and we want every student to have a chance to read our magazine. We thought it could be handed out in assemblies, form times or maybe at the reception desk.
Bron is doing the 2010 Winter edition and I am working on the 2011 Winter issue. I was going to do the 2011 Summer issue but we found that getting images for the winter was a lot easier. We therefore decided I would do the next winter issue.
I am currenly researching other magazine content pages to give me idea's on how to layout my school magazine content page.
Lucy Cunnington
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Lesson 5, 6 & 7
Lesson 5
We looked at different magazine front covers and talked about the good and bad points of their layout. We analysed how we knew for what the magazines were for (their purpose) and who their audience was. We also had a brief look at what language they used to achieve this, for example, persuasive text and commands.
We got into pairs and together analysed a front cover of a chose magazine. I analysed LOOK magazine with Bron. We analysed things such as colour co-ordination, model poses and font. All of these examples can give away the audience and purpose of the magazine, but they can also tell you more about what is in the magazine itself.
Lesson 6
We went around the school today and took photo's of things we could use in our school magazines.
Lesson 7
We presented what we had learned in lesson 5 to the rest of the class, and listened to what they had also learned. We then watched several adverts and had a go at figuring out what language they had used. For example, statistics, direct address, hyperbole (exaggeration), anecdote, rhetorical questions, the rule of 3 and commands.
We looked at different magazine front covers and talked about the good and bad points of their layout. We analysed how we knew for what the magazines were for (their purpose) and who their audience was. We also had a brief look at what language they used to achieve this, for example, persuasive text and commands.
We got into pairs and together analysed a front cover of a chose magazine. I analysed LOOK magazine with Bron. We analysed things such as colour co-ordination, model poses and font. All of these examples can give away the audience and purpose of the magazine, but they can also tell you more about what is in the magazine itself.
Lesson 6
We went around the school today and took photo's of things we could use in our school magazines.
Lesson 7
We presented what we had learned in lesson 5 to the rest of the class, and listened to what they had also learned. We then watched several adverts and had a go at figuring out what language they had used. For example, statistics, direct address, hyperbole (exaggeration), anecdote, rhetorical questions, the rule of 3 and commands.
Monday, 13 September 2010
Lesson 3 & 4
We looked at old postcards advertising different clothes. We learned the meanings of denotation and connotation and used them while looking at the postcards. We looked at how the body language, clothes and writing delivered hidden messages to the viewer. For example, a confident body stance in a certain piece of clothing can suggest to the viewer that when they buy these clothes, they will also be confident and cool. We also looked at how the women where positioned next to the men, suggesting that men were powerful and women were weak.
Later we googled for school magazines and analysed them. Here's an example:
Artistic Talent FFH
Front cover
The colours are bright; mainly red and yellow. This shows an artistic confidence to students. The front page has a large image of a GCSE student and her work. She is smiling and standing confidently. This is showing that she is comfortable with her work. This suggests that the maker wants students to appreciate their own work.
Lucy Cunnington
Later we googled for school magazines and analysed them. Here's an example:
Artistic Talent FFH
Front cover
The colours are bright; mainly red and yellow. This shows an artistic confidence to students. The front page has a large image of a GCSE student and her work. She is smiling and standing confidently. This is showing that she is comfortable with her work. This suggests that the maker wants students to appreciate their own work.
Lucy Cunnington
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Introduction to Media
08/09/10 - Lessons One and Two.
From my understanding representation is how things in media are shown. For example, we looked at several Carolina Beach adverts today, where we analysed the construction of the adverts. We looked at things like camera angles, colours used and rhymes or alliterations. Often the camera angle, facial expressions and arrangement of a photograph can manipulate the picture so that the content can look completely different to the reality. We learned how this can be used in magazines to better fit with an article.
Later, we created google mail accounts so that we could create this blog. We learned how to create, edit and post blogs as well as show others how to read them.
Lucy Cunnington
From my understanding representation is how things in media are shown. For example, we looked at several Carolina Beach adverts today, where we analysed the construction of the adverts. We looked at things like camera angles, colours used and rhymes or alliterations. Often the camera angle, facial expressions and arrangement of a photograph can manipulate the picture so that the content can look completely different to the reality. We learned how this can be used in magazines to better fit with an article.
Later, we created google mail accounts so that we could create this blog. We learned how to create, edit and post blogs as well as show others how to read them.
Lucy Cunnington
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