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Survey Monkey Results

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Thursday 7th June 2018 Survey Monkey Results

Creating your Magazine: Idea Generation

Monday 18th June 2018  Creating your Magazine: Idea Generation In today's lesson you will have to come up with ideas for your magazine. TASK:  Create a mind-map of ideas in your book in which you come up with ideas for the following: Masthead : What is the title of your entertainment music magazine? - ultimate  - trance - sample   Cover lines : What articles are you going to entice readers with on your front cover? - Top Tunes of the Month - Album release - Craig David  - New beats from Martin Garrix - Journey to fame SMH - Marshmello- exclusive : secrets revealed  - competition - win a dj decks Image : Come up with ideas for the main image on your front cover. - SMH in recording studio making music ( picture taken from behind, face isn't visible,. identity not important.)  Price : How much do you think is an appropriate price to pay to maximise profit but also ensure  teenagers can afford your magazine? - £1.50 Representation : What ideas or ideologie

Audience and Demographics.

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Monday 30th April 2018  Audience and Demographics.

Creating Media : Feature Analysis (Vogue Double Spread)

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Thursday 19th April 2018 Creating Media : Feature Analysis We have been looking at Magazines in preparation for your coursework. Below is what is known as the Social Grade which determines which members of society are reading/watching media. TASK: Similar to yesterday's task, chose one of these feature articles to analyse. Print it out or paste it into a word document and answer the following questions. Answer the questions below in as much detail as you can. 1. How has the feature m agazine used images to promote their article 2. How has the magazine used their layout to make their articles enticing? 3.  How has the magazine article used text to engage their readers?  - Write down any effective sentences or quotes that are particularly engaging and explain how they appeal to their target audience. 1) In the image, Emma Stone is promoting Vogue, a fashion and lifestyle magazine covering many topics including fashion, beauty, culture, living an

Making Media : Magazine Cover Analysis (Kerrang!)

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Tuesday 17th April 2018 Making Media : Magazine Cover Analysis Research: how existing media products use media language to communicate meanings through their forms, codes and conventions how the media represent events, issues, individuals or social groups how media forms target, reach and address audiences and how audiences interpret and respond to them.  1) How has the magazine presented its masthead and why?  Kerrang! is a UK based magazine devoted to rock music. The exclamation mark gives a loud, anti-establishment, bold sensation which reflects the sensations of the rock genre. It is suggested by the use of the colour red, that the edition expresses of the nature of rock, anger and aggression etc. Christmas lights are used to identify the Christmas theme, therefore a special edition.  2) What image has the magazine used on its front cover? How is it effective?  The model is positioned in the centre of the cover to show he is the 'centre of att

NEA brief and Magazine analysis

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Tuesday 10th April 2018 Making Media Making Media Project: You are going to create an original magazine extract of your own. You will make a front cover and double-page spread. Create at least five original images (eg. photographs, illustrations, art work), however some found images are permitted in addition to the requires minimum of five original images. Front cover:  - Original masthead/title - Strap line - Cover price, bar code, edition number. - Original images : at least one main cover image. - At least six cover lines one of which must link to the double page spread article. Double page spread article: - Headline, stand-first and subheadings. - Original images : One main article mage and at least three other images. - Feature article of approximately 300 words that links to one of the cover lines on the front page. Task: Begin the pre-production research task. You need to find 5 magazine front covers and:          1) Label the conventions being used on e