Media Blog 1- Mr Halsey Julia

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. Mark out of 15 for Media Language: 12 Estimated A Level coursework grade: A / B WWW: This is a seriously impressive cover in terms of photography, typography and brand identity – it is absolutely approaching the top level we are aiming for next year. The requirement for A* at A Level is ‘approaching professional standards’ and there’s no doubt you are in that ballpark – the challenge now is developing the attention to detail that pushes you into the top level. The cover lines, the font choice and the central image are all so strong – lots to build on for your real coursework next year. I also think your evaluation is spot on (if perhaps slightly harsh on yourself!) EBI: The only factor keeping you out of the top level is page de

  Language: Media factsheet 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? General Interest-  This type of magazine is published for a wider audience to provide information in a general manner, and the focus is on many different subjects. Special Interest-  These are niche interest magazines that offer in-depth content on a given area or topic. Professional-  A professional magazine. A periodical published by the governing body of a profession. GQ links to a special interest magazine genre as it specifically targets mainly men, and is a men's lifestyle magazine, that focuses on fashion, art, film and the idea of 'new masculinity'.  2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? GQ target their audience (men) through fashion and image, but also appealing to their intelligence and needs for information about culture. The magazine also covers politics, technology and trends. 

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: This is a very solid Q1+2- into the upper levels with plenty of good points. Just need to match that in Q3. EBI: Revise postcolonialism+ Black beauty - Look to add the depth/reference to text/theory to open up the top level in Q1+2.  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. Q1: Brand logo – serif font, links to monochrome colour scheme, style, sophistication, tradition. Understated, placed in bottom-left. Product not specified – about brand ‘feel’, aspiration rather than actual product details. Q2:  Aggressively heterosexual representation perhaps shows male insecurity in light of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Q3:  The advert explicitly challenges the concept of racial essentialism – it is demonstrating the wide and varie