MEST 1 Easter revision

1) Go over the media theorist: Barthes, Todorov, Strauts, Katts, Mulvey, Kaplan

2) Familiarise myself with the demographics, young and rubicons and psychographics for the media audiences question.

3) Research my casestudy in detail - follow the 10 step.

4) Make flashcards to help with my media terminology 

5) Make a glossary for my media terminology.  

Magazines

This is my third draft of my magazine front cover. The central image needs to be changed.

This is my second draft of my double page spread.

Targets and progress report

12/03/13 (TARGET) 
- To complete all production work:
- Pick music for production work
- Pick a font for the production work title sequence
- Do an analysis of a double page spread
- To change the layout of my magazine double page spread - make 3 columns. 
- Change the font of the quote
- Make the colour of questions a bit darker. 
- Move image to the middle of the page into a circle. 

18/03/13 - I've uploaded my second draft double page spread onto my blog, and also done an analysis of a double page spread. I've met all my targets which were set last week. 

Double page spread analysis

This double page spread has been taken from the music magazine ‘NME.’ The music genre, this is Indie. Lily Allen has her hands on her hips, which connotes her showing she has power. This could also suggest her showing she is in control and nobody can tell her what to do. Also, it could represent her as a stubborn character, or just being childish.
The masterhead catches viewers attention as it is a quote from the musician, and not a masthead that a publisher made up, therefore giving reader’s an idea of what Lily Allen’s article is about, and also showing she has put her opinion forward, 'People think I'm an attention seeker, but I'm just honest' shows her making a strong statement. 
The typography is very childish however, it is bold, and stands out, it has a strong background of black and the writing is in white. The black background of the typography could connote her holding power, as black represents power. Whereas the white could connote her being pure. Moreover, the article format is very basic and simple, as all the writing is below, the masterhead takes up most the space as well as the image. The fonts and colours used are bold, in which represents Lily Allen’s personality as ‘what you see is, what you get.’ which could connote her giving out her opinions and thoughts. Moreover, all the colour used black, white and red complement each other and it all matches with her clothing.
The article writing is so small and has stuck to a colour scheme of black, with some parts being red, which stand out the most. Also, the representation of a famous person such as Lilly Allen, would ensure many audiences to buy the magazine, as the face is familiar. The article written around her is in simple, mutual colours, mainly black and white, whereas Lily Allen is dressed in red, which also links with her name being published in red, which could connote danger. The page number is featured at the bottom of the page along with the name of the magazine and the date which reinforces the advertisement of the company whilst displaying clear information to help search the magazine.

Magazine

This is my second draft of my magazine front cover.

This is my first draft of my double page spread.