Shreyam's Media Exam Blog 1 - Mr Bush

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: Excellent response to Q2 - a range of theories & contexts referenced very concisely EBI: More analysis in Q1 rather than straightforward description 15/20 - B 2) Read  the mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Write down the number of marks you achieved for the two questions: _/8; _/12. If you  didn't achieve full marks  in a question, write a bullet point on what you may have missed. 1) 5/8 The costume of the man perhaps reflects David Gauntlett’s idea that masculinity is evolving due to changing representations in the mass media. The lack of a tie and socks is a more informal, modern interpretation of masculinity compared to traditional representations and perhaps suggests that Carolina Herrara as a brand is not entirely stuck in the past. 2) 10/12 The Carolina Herrara advertising campaign reflects a more traditional approach to representatio

1)  Advertising: Introduction to advertising 2)  Advertising: the representation of women in advertising 3)  Advertising: Gauntlett and masculinity 4)  Advertising: Score hair cream CSP 5)  Advertising: Introduction to Postcolonialism 6)  Advertising: Sephora Black Beauty is Beauty CSP

Research 1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project.  Create a shortlist of  three  potential magazines and embed an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create. 2) Choose  one  of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g. GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then f ind  three  different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blog post. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in designing and constructing this magazine and its branding. The model's head is behind the logo Close-up shots are used Cover lines are written in different fonts Different colours are used for text & logo Model's head & cover lines are separated Quo