C1 magazines

                                                                                                                  Tuesday 17th September 2024

TASK: Greta Thunberg

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                                                                                                                       Tuesday 24 September 2024

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1. REPRESENTATION means the action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented. or the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way.
2. Wether it is portrayed positively or negatively.
3. A stereotype is a way that someone can be portrayed as an idea or image without knowing them.
4.  There are two exams in media
5. Audiences

Stereotype

A stereotype is a generalised representation of a person, place or thing.

They are limited and often offensive or used for comedy.

• private school boy - rich, posh, well mannered, snobby, spoilt, daddy's money
• grandmother - lonely, old, wrinkles, knitter, slow
• teenager - messy, mean, rude, violent

Teacher and students where represented as:

• naughty
• funny
• ethically diverse
• bad behaviour
• showing students and teacher getting along really well

                    REPRESENTATION IN MAGAZINES

1. masthead - the title
2. cover line - tells you whats in a magazine
3. main image - biggest image on the cover
4. main cover line - the main topic of the magazine
5. puff - promotional stickers like 
6. colour palette - the different colours shown on magazine cover
7. direct address -  address audience 2nd person eye contact/ directly at camara
8. star vehicle - a film written or produced by a specific star to boost popularity of show

                                                                                                                          Tuesday 1st October 2024

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1. The masthead of a magazine is the title
2. The cover line
3. A promotional like a sticker
4. Wether its portrayed negatively or positively 
5. stereotypes  

      RESPRESENTATION IN MAGAZINES

COVER 1: 

• smart
• beautiful
• bright

COVER 2:

• baddie
• powerful
• confident

COVER 3:

• floral
• sweet
• summery

confident

powerful

lively 

happy

pretty

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COVERS

• colours 
• celebrities
• topics
• clothing
• shot types

Represented

In the GQ magazine cover David Beckham is shown as very masculin and generally stereotyped. He is portrayed with dark colours and sharp font suggesting that men are superior and powerful.Male characters are typically inferred as control of others, aggression, violence and physical appearance. 

This contrasts to the carrie underwood magazine cover as she is portrayed as very beautiful, friendly and loving. She is shown as caring about her appearance and the use of colours such as pink and purple represent the common sterotypical colours for females to be referred with.The shot type by including Carrie's body shows how society prefers women. Female character are often shown to care about looks, men, sex and overall friendliness.

                                                                                                                  Tuesday 8th October 2024

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1. bold font to stick out
2. addressing the audience in second person /eye contact
3. puff
4. blue
5. objectification- when a person is represented as an object rather than a person

                     Representation task

                                                                                                                 Tuesday 14th October 2024

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1. If it is a positive or negative representation.
2. sexual objectification is the process of making treating a person as a sex object to pleasure someone
3. Inside game of thrones
4. Pink & purple
5. Moody, rule breaking, careless, angry, scruffy, lazy

How do you compare representations?

Notes:

1. 5 minutes to plan
2. List similarities and differences/ judgement
3. Use structure to write it!

Example:

In the GQ cover, David Beckham is represented as sophisticated.He is wearing a tuxedo which has connotations of wealth and elegance. This contrasts with the cosmo cover where Carrie Underwood is represented as fun and sexy.

• antisterotyped
• On cosmopolitan tom is wearing pink
• He is shown as feminine
• He poses in a feminine way
• But he is still shown to be masculine by showing off his muscles.
• GQ sexualy objectafises rihanna
• She has dark colours
• She is mostly naked 
• She is posed in a sexual way
• she is represented as powerful
• She was represented as medusa
• Stereotypical male topics

In the GQ cover Rihanna is represented as powerful. She is connoted as being medusa who is the goddess which if you look at her you turn to stone. By having snakes around her body it is a significant animal representation of power and strength.  This contrasts to the normal GQ cover as normally men are shown in a very masculine way. 

In the cosmo cover Tom is represented as feminine by the colours he is wearing. He is shown to be be wearing pink and bright colours which are typically stereotyped as womanly.

                                                                                         Tuesday 12th November 2024

Vogue 

•  The magazine was launched in 1892 
•  The original target audience was The New York upper class 
• Over the years vogue has changed to a glossy, monthly, woman lifestyle consumer magazine
• Conde Nast 
• Vogue is a multiplatform
•  total circulation - 1250 845
• readership - 2.7 million individuals
• target audience - affluent, fashion, enthusiasts, abc1 female audience, 25-45
• popular, fashionable, bright

QG

• It was published in 1931/ rebranded in 1967 as GQ
• The genre is men style
• Yes more women have been in the magazines
• The publisher is conde nast
• It is a multiplatform
• readership - 1.8 million
• circulation - 89,072
• target audience - male fashion
• sharp, smart

6.  

 Case study 1: Raheem sterling

GQ targets the audience by showing the men as superior ands powerful rather than the women who are sexualised.

Full Name: Raheem Shaquille SterlingDate of Birth: 8 December 1994Place of Birth: Kingston, JamaicaHeight: 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)Position: Forward / WingerCurrent Team: On Loan- Arsenal [Chelsea FC]  Tuesday 26th November 2024

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1. ANCHORAGE - the words seen with with an image
2. Analysing Typography - what the text looks like and why?
3. cover lines tell you what the magazine is about.
4. sans serif
5. most often used in magazine cover is medium close up

CASE STUDY #1 Raheem sterling

Facts

• Born: 8 December 1994 Kingston, Jamaica
• Current team: Arsenal F.C. 
• Position: (#30 / Forward)
• Children: Tori-Sevyn, Thai-Cruz Sterling
• Height: 1.72 m
• Partner: Paige Milian
• Parents: Nadine Sterling

 In 2018 after Raheem Sterling moved  to manchester city an uprising of racial abuse began during matches and online. Raheem has accused media of fuelling racial abuse online towards young black footballers. He took to instagram regarding what was sent at a previous match at a Chelsea game. He explained how unacceptable this situation was and that he is a victim to this abuse and will no longer stand for it.

Raheem Sterling GQ analysing

The masthead 'GQ' is in a bold serif font. The colour used is deep gold, connoting wealth as well as religion. The image portrays him as a black angel and saviour. He is given large black wings which have connotations of angels or his position as a winger in football. This links back to the cover line of him being a guardian angel towards all those who may be affected by racial abuse online. 

                                                                   Tuesday 3rd December 2024 

Do Now

1. Raheem Sterling is a footballer.
2. Colour and font type/ how it looks.
3. Racism.
4. Serif.
5. Anchorage text.

D- describe

E-explain

L-link         

       

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1. Explain what the magazine is about.
2. Lear people into buying the magazine & shows a picture that links to the story.
3. Racism in football.
4. Below the subject, looking up.
5. Convention is the way in which something is normally done.

Improvement week

The main image represents shows  sterling as proud and powerful as he standsing in a confident stance, with a large pair of black wings indicating his role as a protector and guardian towards racial abuse in football. This connotes his strong views on the way black footballers have been treated throughout football games. He is looking at the camera as the low angle shot with a serious and rebellious face which directly addresses the audience.

(c) Lastly the GQ cover page is filled with a contrast of colour between white, black and gold. These colours infer darkness and light with the use of the musty gold it shows importance and rarity. The layout is dotted around Raheem sterling making the image of him pop and display right at the reader.By using contrasting colours of black and white next to each other shows difference and change. 

                                                                                                Tuesday 17th December 2024

DO NOW

1. suggests
2. black angel
3. abc1 male
4. attract the buyer
5. Rules or generally accepted ways of constructing form and informing meaning in media products including story principles, form and structure, generic structures, character and story arcs, cause and effect, point of view, the structuring of time, elements of page layout, paper stock for print, titles and credits

DIRT WORK

GENDER:

• powerful
• strength
• tattoos
• muscular
• wealth
• rebellious
• status
• low angel shot
• protective
• all men are represented as successful

ETHNICITY:

• angel wings show religion