Antonia's A-level Media Blog

  Create a new blogpost on your Media   Exam blog  called ' Media Paper 1 learner response ' and work through the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW: excellent knowledge of CSPs throughout EBI:  unseen text analysis and Q6 holding you back from an A grade. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best analysis you can do as it gives you an idea of what the exam board is expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify  ONE  point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A: Q1 (unseen text) additional point/theory:  Schatz: genres of order Q2 (unseen text and CSP) additional point/theory/CSP reference:  both products can be seen as simulated versions of reality featuring self-consciously stylised hyper- masculine constructions, presenting the ...

  Audience Look through  the GQ Media Kit  and answer the following questions:  1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? As the flagship of men’s fashion and style in Britain, to be GQ is to be forward-looking, progressive and cutting-edge. 2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity?  It is evolving 3) Pick out  three  statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ audience. 212k readership: Loyal readers 7.7k average annual spend on fashion: People who care deeply about how they look. 4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What special editions do GQ run and what do these suggest about the GQ audience? GQ heroes event GQ hype Men of the year Tentpole video and social series Their audience are high class people with influence in the media. 5) Still on page 3, what does the video and social series section suggest about how magazine audiences are changing?  Audiences are more attentive and active on...

  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:   GQ: Interest in the GQ company Special Interest:   GQ: Interest in Robert Pattinson Professional:   GQ: GQ logo and branding 2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? They are targeting men through fashion and image, but also appealing for intelligence and needs for information about culture. 3) What does the factsheet say about GQ cover stars? GQ cover stars are chosen carefully, not juts for their fame but also the influence they've brought for their fans and audience. 4) Pick out five of the key conventions of magazine front covers and explain what they communicate ...

  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 EBI. You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to. WWW : This cover has some very good elements without quite reaching the top levels of the coursework mark scheme. It’s brilliant to see a carefully constructed cover image that is very deliberately planned and executed. Indeed, your research and planning is a real strength and this will massively help you in the real coursework next year. The image is striking and directly addresses the audience – although for Vogue perhaps needs to have more clothing/fashion visible. Your evaluation picks out the missing bar code (which I’m pretending is there!) and generally reflects well in terms of the central image photoshoot and what you could do differently in future.   EBI : The challenge in terms of moving towards the top level is around...

  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: Q3 is excellent and lots of good points throughout. EBI: Clarity of expression, including when applying theory. 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. Question 2 Hypermasculine representation reflects traditional view of gender roles in 1950s and 1960s. Emphasis on traditional hegemonic masculinity perhaps a reaction against the gains made by  women during the 1960s culminating in the Equal Pay Act in 1970. Representation of women in the Score advert reflects the changing role of women in the1960s to some extent. This is no longer the stereotypical 1950s housewife but still areductive, exploitati...

Magazine practical production: tasks Create a blogpost called ' Magazine practical task research and planning ' and complete the following tasks: 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 upload 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 blogpost. 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 the design and construction of this magazine and its branding. Planning 1) In your blogpost...