Media Blog 1

Representation and Men's Health: blog task Create a blogpost called 'Men's Health - Representation'. Read these extracts from the journal article exploring the representation of masculinity in Men's Health magazine and answer the following questions: 1) Why is Men's Health defined as a 'lifestyle magazine'? - Men's Health is defined as a lifestyle magazine because it clearly shows that it promotes more then just a healthy and fit lifestyle. It doesnt only allow the readers to become physically fit but to  also feel good as well. This is done through advertising different types of topics. For example, nutrition, technology, fashion, relationships, finance and travel. Therefore, allowing them to live the life style that match there physical change they will make. 2) Why is advertising significant in helping to shape masculine identity. - Men’s health advertising is significant because it helps people who are trying to get fit find different wa...

1) Write a one-paragraph summary of your notes for each key concept from the booklet: Media Language (e.g. traditions, story, kind and so forth.)  The shading design of the magazine is blue, high differentiation which reinforces normal masculine speculations and strengthening the likelihood of hyper masculinity. The cover sheet uses an outstanding action film star 'Vin Diesel' who is dressed coolly in order to pull in keenness with respect to his physical make-up. His appearance is extremely honest to goodness and beyond any doubt which moreover fortifies masculine speculations. In like manner his agreeable pieces of clothing empowers the gathering of spectators to make a relationship as that is the way by which the standard men's prosperity examine would seem to appear. The usage of savage vernacular, for instance, "Slaughter" and "Effect" reinforces hyper masculinity, anyway their are 5 cover lines in the magazine about weight lessening which are c...

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. WWW: Good layout and composition EBI: Attention to detail- date, price etc. Typography: the cursive font is typical of Elle's covers. 3) Consider your mark against the mark scheme above. What are the strengths of your production based on the mark scheme? Think about magazine cover conventions and the media language techniques you have used to communicate with your audience (e.g. mise-en-scene, camera shot etc.) --> The strength of my production is the color coordination and how they go together. The color scheme suits what a typical Elle magazine would have; one color that stands out and 2 dull colors. There is clear meaning throughout the magazine. it is a makeup based one....

1) Save your finished Photoshop magazine cover as a  JPEG image  and upload it to your evaluation blogpost. 2) Write an  evaluation  of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? --> Overall, i think that i have succeeded in the work because i created a magazine that links to the main aspect of the magazine i was trying to use as inspiration. Therefore, my work overall came out well. However, i think that i could have done better with the background of the magazine. If i used resources given to me on the planning day then it would have helped me better with the background. 3) Put your cover alongside a couple of genuine covers of your chosen magazine. How  professional  is your work alongside genuine examples?   I think my work is very professional and is very similar to the layout I have chosen. Furthermore, I have achieved the main idea of the magazine which is to express...

Research Create a blogpost called ' Magazine practical task research ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Use your lesson notes on magazine genres and conventions to view a range of potential magazine covers.  Create a shortlist of  three  potential magazines and embed an example front cover from each one.                                                                                                              2) Select your chosen magazine to create a new edition for and explain the thinking behind your choice. Out of the three magazines i choose this magazine because it something that is not represented in the media. Therefore, presenting black women in a a brand that usually does n...

Men's Health - Audience blog tasks Read the  Men's Health Media Pack  in full to get a good idea of the demographics and psycho graphics for the Men's Health target audience then answer the following questions: 1) How does th e magazine introduce itself? --> The magazine introduces itself as a world wide and known magazines; it gives out the impression that its the most successful magazine business. Furthermore, because of all the different types of information and promotions it gives out it shows that the magazine can offer a variety of information to customers. The magazine seems to boost a lot about its achievements showing that they are very proud of how far they have come. this is due to the fact nowadays people are not really interested in magazines; yet it is still a popular magazine. 2) What d oes the introduction suggest about the representation of masculinity in Men's Health's? --> The introduction suggest that the representation of masculi...

Planning Create a separate blogpost called ' Magazine practical task planning ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Plan your main flash - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. The main story line to my magazine is the model who is a successful beauty blogger and she exposes all her secrets on what is is like to be in that line of business and her top beauty tips for clear skin. 2) Plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture. For the central image, my model will pose for a candid photo where she is smiling carelessly; she will face away from the camera and her hand will be in her hair. Her makeup will be done as she is a beauty blogger with a red lipstick to match the red and white theme of my magazine. 3) Write the cover lines and any additional text you need for your magazine cover. " candid Hafsa spi...