Kaya's media blog 1

  Audience: 1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? Being a member of GQ means being futuristic, progressive, and cutting edge as it is the pinnacle of men's fashion and style in Britain. GQ examines the potent and forward-thinking new forces influencing British culture, society, and business as it enters a new period of leadership and influence under Adam Baidawi.  2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity? GQ's influence has never been greater as men's fashion has risen to the forefront of the worldwide pop-culture discussion and as masculinity changes. 3) Pick out  three  statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ audience. Their internet media widens their range, reaching 5.3 million unique users.  The number of magazines they print is 212K. They have a wide audience in terms of internet popularity with 1.8M social followers. 4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What special editions do GQ run and what do these

  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: 8 Estimated A Level coursework grade: C / D WWW: I agree with your evaluation – it is definitely recognisable as a copy of Billboard magazine but your description as ‘semi-professional’ rather than fully professional is accurate. This self-awareness will be extremely helpful next year when working on your real coursework and hopefully you can use this project as inspiration to further develop your technical skills. It’s vital you are confident on both Adobe Photoshop and Premiere Pro (for the video production) for next year. For this cover, your image is strong so it’s just a case of working on conventions and typography. EBI: There are a few areas we can improve on. Firstly, I would not have

  Language: Media factsheet: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? With a focus on a variety of topics like food, fashion, or home and gardening, general interest magazines are published for a larger readership to deliver information in a general way. Special interest magazines are specialised publications that provide in-depth information on a certain subject or field. In a period of declining print sales, these magazines seem to be doing really well right now. A professional's regulating organisation publishes periodicals called professional journals. Such a periodical's quality standard may be comparable to that of a scientific magazine. 2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? Since 1957, GQ has encouraged men to dress better and live wiser thanks to its unmatched coverage of fashion, culture, and other topics. The brand principles of GQ reveal a lot about t

  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: Q1 is solid: with a little more depth and textual reference that would be in the top levels. The challenge is reaching that level consistently. EBI: Revise postcolonialism and Sephora: Q3 is the big weakness here. Question focus and exam technique: this is what holds you back in Q2. 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:  • Monochrome (black and white) – stylish, sophisticated, reinforces traditional heterosexual  meanings; consistent with aspirational branding. Low-key lighting, ‘chiaroscuro’, backlighting  visible in shot – suggests stage lights/spotlights, fashion show?   Q2:  • Representation of female desire arguably reflects female empowerment/third wave  feminism. Female sexuality places power with women rather than men. •