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Magazines: final index Your final Magazines index should include the following: 1) Magazines: Front cover practical task 2) Magazines: GQ - Language and Representation 3) Magazines: GQ - Audience & Industry 4) Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Language and Representations 5) Magazines: Front cover practical task LR 6) Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Audience and Industries 7) Magazines: Industries - the appeal of print and independent magazines

  Magazine front cover - Learner response Create a new blogpost called 'Magazine cover learner response' and complete the following tasks: 1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image. 2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBIs. You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to. WWW: This is a satisfactory magazine cover that is clearly recognisable as Vogue. Your evaluation is interesting – time is a major factor in coursework projects (there is never enough time!) and also developing the technical skills in Photoshop is so important. You have a strong image (I like the slightly right-aligned placement of the image) but the text both in terms of the words and the layout is an area to develop. I’m sure your coursework next year will be much stronger as a result of this project. EBI: There are a few good lessons to take from this production work. Firstly, I think th

Advertising assessment: Learner response Create a new blog post called ' Advertising assessment learner response ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW:  Q1 is excellent: very close top level. we just need to reach that in Q2 and Q3. EBI: In Q2, you show good question focus but need more evidence from the texts (unseen/CSP) 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. 01 How are meanings constructed in Figure 1, the Emporio Armani 2010 advert ‘Diamonds’? Facial expressions – female models’ open mouths suggest lust, desire. Snatched, paparazzi style shot – over-exposed subject, celebrity (intertextuality ). 02 Are gender representations in adverts reflective of their cultural and historical context? Anchorage text in the Score advert reflect

  GQ - Audience & Industries blog tasks Audience Look through  the GQ Media Kit  and answer the following questions:  1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? GQ explores the powerful and progressive new forces shaping culture, society and commerce in Britain. GQ is a digital, social, video and experiential powerhouse- a community where people gather to be inspired and exchange ideas around style, creativity and culture. 2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity?  GQ's authority has never been broader or firmer as masculinity evolves and men's fashion has moved to the centre of the worldwide pop culture 3) Pick out  three  statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ audience. 61%, £7.7K, £1.2K These show that the magazine GQ is for upper class and are mainly aimed to those who earn a higher income in the household. 4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What special editions do GQ run and what do these suggest about the

  T he Gentlewoman: Language and Representation blog tasks Close-textual analysis Work through the following tasks to complete your close-textual analysis of the Gentlewoman   CSP pages: Gentlewoman front cover  1) What do the typefaces used on the front cover suggest to an audience? The typefaces used on the front cover convey to an audience sans serif fonts are intended to be chic and simplistic.  2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design? The Gentlewoman subverts conventions of magazines because it doesn't have typical aspects like coverlines, lower case title and the close up of the models face. 3) Write an analysis of the central image. tightly framed  closeup camera shot -  unconventional low angle direct mode of address 4)  What representations of gender and celebrity can be found on this front cover? Scarlett Johansson is a well known actress and can be seen as a successful woman. 5) What gender and representation theories can we apply to this cover o

 Magazines: GQ - Language and Representation Language: Media factsheet Complete the following tasks using Media Factsheet 252 - The Codes and Conventions of Print Magazines available in our Media Factsheet archive here. Answer the following questions: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? General interest: typically covers topics like food, fashion or home and gardening. They have a combination of stories pictures and advertising and are bound together with a glossy cover. Special interest: appear to be doing well now in a time of decreasing print sale because they target a smaller, more specialised audience.  Professional: A periodical published by the governing body of a profession. The standard of quality of such periodical may be similar to that of a scholarly publication.  2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? They are appealing to men's knowledge and inform