A level Media Exam Blog

 1) Magazines: Front cover practical task 2) Magazines: GQ - Language and Representation 3) Magazines: GQ - Audience & Industry 4) Magazines: Front cover practical task LR 5) Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Language and Representations 6) Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Audience and Industries 7) Magazines: Industries - the appeal of print and independent magazines

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW: Rubana, very good knowledge of score csp and understanding of historical + social contexts. some developed ideas about ideology in relations to old town road csp.  EBI: Develop unseen media product analysis and learn media terminology.  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:  The visual signifiers also emphasise class, wealth and success. The mise-en-scene in the image connotes both professional success and a slightly youthful appearance (suit but no tie, open-necked shirt, sunglasses, facial hair). The model is positioned to show the produc...

Writer's Edit journal article Read this excellent Writer's Edit academic journal article on the independent magazine industry and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of an independent print magazine? The independent print magazine is characterised as “published without the financial support of a large corporation or institution in which the makers control publication and distribution…“independent” in spirit due to a maverick editor or publisher who leads the magazine in an exploratory, noncommercial direction”. 2) What does Hamilton (2013) suggest about independent magazines in the digital age? "A small but growing body of evidence suggests that small printed magazines are quietly thriving even as the global newspaper and book industries falter" 3) Why does the article suggest that independent magazines might be succeeding while global magazine publishers such as Bauer are struggling? Magazines produced by large companies like Bauer Media and Ne...

Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to our Media Magazine archive and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: 1) What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines?  Its minimalist covers are so completely different that it’s actually shocking. The only text is the title, subtitle and name of the person in the photograph, which is taken as a portrait and framed like a painting. It’s a bold statement that says this is more than just a magazine, this is art. In case it wasn’t different enough, the masthead is in lower case! Compared with Vogue, Elle or Cosmopolitan, the Gentlewoman has no need to shout. Its fresh take on what a magazine should look like stands out enough – made you look, it seems to whisper. From its very specific choices around typography to its choices around colour and blank space, the Gentlewoman oozes class in a different and much more, yes,...

The Gentlewoman: Language and Representation blog tasks Close-textual analysis Work through the following tasks to complete your close-textual analysis of the Gentlewoman CSP pages: Gentlewoman front cover  1) What do the typefaces used on the front cover suggest to an audience? The typefaces suggest that the design is bright and vibrant as it follows a colour scheme of orange border and purple makeup.  2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design? It uses an unconventional cover design with no cover lines and a bright, vibrant colour scheme with its orange border and the bright make-up,  subverting the typical women's lifestyle or fashion magazine.  3) Write an analysis of the central image. The central image of Scarlett Johansson has an artistic design, being visually similar to a framed portrait, with a tightly framed low-angle close-up shot that focuses on her striking make-up with no costume in the shot making for an unconventional central im...