Contents Page

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Front Covers

Front Covers

Statement Of Intent

1. How do you intend to use the four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning
and meet the requirements of your chosen brief?

In my magazine and contents page I intend to use four areas of the media theoretical framework to communicate meaning. The media language in my magazine I have used is , long shots and mid shots , this is because my magazine is a women's fashion magazine , therefore need to do long shots to show the model in her full outfit. The mise en scene of one of my magazine front covers is in the street with buildings in the background , this meets the requirements of my chosen brief because it looks like a professional picture of how fashion magazines would look , especially that the model Faith Everett I am using is dressed summery and posey. Whereas , the mise en scene of my other fashion magazine front cover , is my model stood facing the camera against a plain white wall, therefore the mise en scene of my two magazine front covers are different and showing off different fashion styles. The colours of both my magazines are quite bright especially my magazine front cover which is outside and my model is wearing a floral playsuit , as I want to portray the fashion my models are wearing as trendy and eye-catching. I intend to use a serif font in my magazine front cover , including the colours of blue,red and black. The font size is bold and with including serif fonts it makes my magazine look more professional and classy.

The media representations I have used in my magazine front covers and content pages is the media theory of Bell Hooks. This is because I want to portray the women I am using as models as powerful and independent, which is why I have good my models stood upright and often looking away from the camera. I am also representing my models in the way I am , due to me wanting to end sexism and oppression in contemporary society. The media representations I am also trying to portray within my magazines and contents page is that women's bodies shouldn't be represented as objects, therefore to put an end to patriarchal culture and show that women don't need a man to live.

The media industries , I will use is the Bauer logo , and I will be positioning that on both front covers and also using that on my website , to show that,  that will be the institution I will be using. Bauer is also a large conglomerate, which means it is a good institution to use for my magazine, as my magazine is likely to be promoted on their website, encouraging institutional synergy. Therefore, more people will be visiting my web page and reading my magazine.

The media audiences I am using in my fashion magazine is girls around the age of 16+ , this is because the target audience of my fashion magazine is females around the age of 16-25. In my magazine I also want to appear to the demographics within the A and B category . Therefore, I have included a range and clothes that are aspirational and not your everyday clothing, however , still designed so they feel stylish and can keep up with the latest trends.


Product 2

In my website , I will also intend to use four areas of medial theoretical framework to communicate meaning. The media language in my website I have used is, mainly mid shots and close up shots. This is because in my website I wanted to portray the natural beauty of my models and you can also still see the clothing my models are wearing. The mise en scene of my website is in the studio against a white background or outside with my model standing against a brick wall. The colours I have included in my website are blue, black and red, along with a white background. I have used these colours in my website, as they are also the main colours I have used in my magazine front cover. In my website the font I have used is serif, as this will make my website look more professional , like Vogue.

The media representations I have used in my website is the media theory of Bell Hooks. This is because I want to portray the models I am using as powerful and strong. Therefore, I will have my models posing independently to show that they don't need a man to control them. Another media representation I am trying to portray within my website is Butlers theory of gender performativity, this theory says gender is created in how we perform our gender roles, therefore if I portray my models to be independent and camera shots such as looking away from the camera, this will eventually make people and my audience change stereotypical gender roles, by the way they are acting.

The media industries, I will use is the Bauer log, which I will be located in the " contact us " bar. From this you can access information about the Bauer company and where about's the company is located. This is a good media industry to use to promote my website, this is because Bauer is a conglomerate and is a well-known company.

The media audiences I am using in my website is girls around the age of 16+ , this is because these ages will fit the age range of my target audience. In my website I also want to appear to the demographic of A and B categories, also within my website I want to portray different ethnicities , therefore I have included both black and white models. I have decided to do this because I want to show that whatever ethnicity or social class, you can still be fashionable and stylish .


2. How do you intend to link your media products to demonstrate your knowledge and     understanding of
the digitally convergent nature of your media production?

I intend to link my media products to demonstrate my knowledge of the digital convergence nature of my media production , by having my website placed somewhere on my magazine front cover, this will be placed near the barcode and the price, so my readers will notice I also have a website for my magazine. In my website  I will include past editions from the magazines I have created, this means that my audiences can read and access more than one of my magazines when visiting my website. I will also use convergence within my media production, when I have linked articles together, therefore I will include the same of similar articles on my published magazine and website. In my media production to show digital convergence on my website, I will include a tool bar at the top right of my website, where I will include social media links, such as Instagram, Twitter and Google. By including these links to social media on my website, it will get my media products more well known and people will be able to access my magazine and information on all different media platforms, whatever way they would rather view my work, they have a choice. This will hopefully attract more of my target audience, as they can read my magazine in many ways , for example on Instagram or in paper copy.

Schedule

NEA - Planning - Schedule

Plenary:

• Why do you think it's important to produce a schedule of activities when working on a production? - This is important as it means I can keep on track and get everything done I need to.
• Name an activity you're likely to struggle with? - An activity I am likely to struggle with is the actual photography , as this is the most important for my magazine , and I want to make sure the image I use is good.
• What are you going to do in order to achieve these difficult activities? - In order to achieve this I will make sure I take multiple shots , therefore I can decide which one is the best to use for my magazine.

Casting

NEA - Planning - Casting

Introduction:  The purpose of this task is to identify the actors/models that you're going to use in my products.

Name of model: Faith Everett. Faith was suitable for the front cover of my magazine because she has a natural look which is what I was trying to portray and she has also done modelling in the past, which makes her ideal for my front cover as she is experienced in the modelling industry. 

Name of model: Maddie England. Maddie was also a suitable girl to feature in my contents page as she is fashionable and up to date with the latest trends , therefore was suitable to include her in my fashion magazine.

Name of model: Roxana Rosu. Roxana was a suitable model for my fashion magazine because she has over 50,000 followers on Instagram , this will give my fashion magazine more selling point because active young audiences will be able to link the popularity of Roxana with the quality of our magazine.

Name of model: Rosie Bragg. I chose to include Rosie to feature in my fashion magazine as she also has a lot of social media followers, which will be good to grab my target audiences attention , as she will be able to promote my magazine. Rosie also is very posey and knows how to work the camera.



Name of model: Kyia Peters. Kyia is a suitable girl to feature in my fashion magazine , this is because she has previously been involved in modelling shoots and she is also very trendy and fashionable.



Name of model: Christine Shaw. Christine is a suitable model because I wanted to use different people of ethnicity and represent all ethnic groups , this will show that my magazine will represent people of all backgrounds.

Content page sketch/draft

NEA - Sketching and product profile

Learning Objectives:

• K: the importance of sketches and planning in the decision making process of creating a magazine.
• U: how to use sketches to influence your stylistic decisions.
• BAT: undertake a creative task in which you start the decision making process in terms of style of your magazine.

Introduction: In this task I will be creating a draft of the layout and features in my contents page , by doing this and creating more than one draft I will be able to come to a conclusion what draft looks best to include in my magazine.

   This draft is for my magazine contents page. This is a rough sketch , as it gives me an idea how I would like to layout my contents page. I showed this draft to a couple of people in my class and asked me to give me honest feedback.This really helped as they said I didn't include much content and information and it was mainly a main image taking up all the space. The main feedback I am going to take from this is to use more content and make the image smaller.


 This is my second draft for my magazine contents page. Personally , I prefer this draft as I took on my feedback from my peers and included a smaller main image but more content and information around the sides. In my opinion this is the draft I will be using , as I feel myself it looks the most like a content page of a fashion magazine.

Conclusion: From this task and drawing the sketches of the content page it has helped me get a better idea of what I would like to include on my contents page and the layout I would like it to be.

Product Style Profile

NEA - Sketching and product profile

Learning Objectives:

• K: the importance of sketches and planning in the decision making process of creating a magazine.
• U: how to use sketches to influence your stylistic decisions.
• BAT: undertake a creative task in which you start the decision making process in terms of style of your magazine.

Introduction: In this task I am going to be designing layouts of my magazine , I will create at least two and get peoples opinion on them. By doing this I will be able to pick the best layout and pictures for my magazine. 

The draft above is for my magazine front cover.This is a rough sketch , so I can get an idea how I want to layout my magazine and where I want certain things placed on the page. I showed this draft to 3 people in my class and the feedback they gave me was very positive. However, They said from my draft the cover looked very crowded and busy , as down the side I had 3 pictures and a text following every picture. The main point I am going to take from this is to use less pictures and concentrate on one main image only.




The picture above is my second draft , here I have included better ideas of what I would like to include and some of the headlines and features I want to say. By doing this second draft it has given me a much better idea on how I am going to layout my magazine cover and the type of things I want to be saying in my headlines.

Conclusion: 

• How useful did you find this step in terms of deciding what style you're going to be pursuing?  - I found this task very useful as by creating drafts it gave me ideas and means I had better knowledge of how to design a magazine , so when it comes to creating it I know roughly what I'm doing.
• How useful was peer feedback to improve your work? - Peer feedback was very useful in improving my work , this is because they gave their honest opinions of what they thought about my draft which helped me improve my layout , this way my target audience will prefer the way my magazine is laid out and read it.