coursework production- research

post the brief
choose a brief
turn the brief into a series of bullet point instruction.
range of examples of the type of media we are producing.
post links to websites investigated
making a list of codes and conventions within the genre chosen



https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/465770-unit-h409-03-04-a-level-media-studies-making-media-nea-briefs-june-2020.pdf

my chosen one: brief 3 Magazines and Online

"Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated as EW) is an American magazine, published by Meredith Corporation, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books and popular culture"

stage 1- codes and conventions
Front cover pages 

• Bold block fonts
• Direct mode of address
• Bright colours 
• The model is dominating the front cover
• title at the top mostly
• text surrounding the model in a smaller font
• model is mainly in the middle 
• sometimes the model covers part of the masthead
• usually minimal props
• different social classes, gender and ethnicities

contents pages

•  one column for photos, one for text
• cell lines down the middle
• short interesting sentences
• celebrities, exclusive interviews and photoshoots.
• photos are much smaller than the front cover

the things i must include

an independant media company logo

two covers and two contents pages

hearst magazine logo

website

stage 2- mockups

MOCKUP 1

                                                                               

•  models looking the same way
• same logo
• issue &date in same place
• text in similar positions

                                                                 

MOCKUP2

• Same title
• same mini title at the bottom
• a background that matches the colour scheme of the photo

MOCKUP 3

• logo in same place
• name of model in similar colour and font
• model in front of the logo
• title down the side 

step 4- planning my own front cover

1. music magazine

•  logo at the top center of the page taking up 1 fifth of the page
• close up of the model portrait high key lighting, wearing green with a green gel light on her.direct mode of address, looking serious.
• a few paragraphs about the article inside the magazine surrounding the photo on the right hand side like the pink Hollywood reporter cover.
• green and white color pallet. 
• divided into three cell lines, mast head at the top, her face in the middle, text at the bottom
• Hearst magazine logo on one of the corners. 
• lower social class, clothed in casual clothes, attracting to the general teens 
•  sans serif font

1. contents page 

• i have no clue yet

2.film magazine

• vintage style as its advertising a "once upon a time in Hollywood" themed movie set in the old days. if i can get the right costume. if i cant i will copy the pose and props but change the vintage theme.
• upper class vibes as she looks rich
• same logo 
• pink and white color pallet
• model is more farther away in this edition
• sitting on a stool in the center
• umbrella above, with the logo covering the top of the page
• same cell lines
• Hearst magazine logo in the corner
•  this photo type however incorporate text like in the Hollywood reporter magazines.
• serif font

 

incorporating my favourite parts of each of the magazine

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