Neev media exam

  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 a sophisticated and intelligent audience. The simple design creates a high-quality and professional image. 2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design? The cover subverts typical magazine covers because it uses very few cover lines. The focus is mainly on the image and the cover star. 3) Write an analysis of the central image. The central image shows the woman as confident and powerful. The direct gaze creates a connection with the audience. 4) What representations of gender and celebrity can be found on this front cover? The cover represents women as successful, independent and interesting. Celebrity is shown through achievements rather than just appearance. 5) What gender and representation theories can we app...

  Audience Look through the GQ Media Kit and answer the following questions:  1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? The media kit describes GQ as a leading men’s lifestyle brand focused on fashion, culture, entertainment and modern masculinity. 2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity?  The media kit suggests masculinity is changing and becoming more diverse. GQ presents different ways for men to express identity, style and personality. 3) Pick out three statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ audience. Three statistics from the audience data suggest: a high percentage of GQ readers are ABC1, suggesting the audience is wealthy and has disposable income, many readers are interested in fashion and grooming, suggesting they value appearance and lifestyle, a large number of readers engage with GQ online, suggesting the audience uses digital media as well as print. 4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What speci...

  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 EBI . You don't need to include a mark or grade if you don't want to. 3) Consider your mark against the mark scheme above. What are the strengths of your production based on the the mark scheme? Think about magazine cover conventions and the media language techniques you have used to communicate with your audience (e.g. mise-en-scene, camera shot etc.) Notice the focus on narrative in the mark scheme for Media language. 4) Look at the mark scheme again. What can you do to move your mark higher and, if required, move up a level? Add deliberate connotations and narratives to show purposeful points and meanings. 5) What would be one piece of advice you would give a student about to start the same magazine cover project you have just completed?  plan it carefully and use professional magazines as a blue ...

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). For the EBI (write down each bullet point for each question) WWW: some knowledge of how adverts demonstrate gender representations e.g. in the unseen advert + sephora CSP EBI: see comments next to each question 2) Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully (find this on your class Google Classroom). Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. 1 - Armani ‘Diamonds’ advert constructs a traditional, hypermasculine message – fiercely heterosexual. Suit, white shirt, tie – classic masculine mise-en-scene. 2 - Hypermasculine, heterosexual image does not seem to reflect the significant social and cultural changes of last 50 years in terms of gender roles. Reinforces hegemonic masculinity. 3 - ‘Othering’ or racial otherness: Paul Gilroy suggests non-white representations are constructed as a ‘racial othe...

  Language: Media factsheet Complete the following tasks using Media Factsheet 252 - The Codes and Conventions of Print Magazines available in our Media Factsheet archive here . Answer the following questions: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? The main magazine genres are fashion, lifestyle, celebrity, music and specialist magazines. GQ links to the fashion and lifestyle genre because it focuses on men’s fashion, celebrities and culture. 2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? GQ targets a male audience who are interested in fashion, celebrities, success and lifestyle. It uses famous people, luxury brands and stylish images to attract readers 3) What does the factsheet say about GQ cover stars? GQ uses famous and successful people as cover stars. These people are usually from music, film, sport or fashion and help attract the audience. 4) Pick out five of the k...