2nd Nov: My Magazine Front Cover Model

SMART START

How are women represented in the Kiss of the Vampire film poster?

Key terms you must use in your response;

  1. Represented
  2. Dress code
  3. Sexualised
  4. Gesture code
  5. Stereotypical / Stereotype
  6. Role Model
  7. Co-antagonist
  8. Damsel in distress
  9. Patriarchy (Patriarchal Society) / Matriarchy (Matriarchal Society)
Elements of the theoretical framework that you should reference;
  1. David Gauntlett's Identify Theory
  2. Liesbet Van Zoonen's Feminist Theory
  3. Bell hooks' Feminist Theory
Additional Challenge: See if you can incorporate the following elements of our theoretical framework;

    1. Claude Levi-Strauss' Structuralist Theory
    2. Stuart Hall's Theory of Representation
    3. Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory
    I will present the KOTV film poster on the board, so the only tab you need open is your Google Document. Anyone found 'cheating' will be given an alternative question, a piece of paper and a pen (you've been warned).


    MODEL

    Here is a my magazine front cover model, showing how you can construct a simple front cover in about 30 minutes using a main image, some smaller images and a variety of fonts, font sizes and colours. In this case, the photography is original too.


    Just noticed I missed the cover price off. Doh! Imagine there's another text element just above the masthead that says £5.99 (or could have placed it by the barcode). Sorry! I've added it to the final export...


    Questions to ask yourself once you have constructed a magazine cover;
    1. Does it include all the required elements? (This is where I picked up my mistake!)
    2. Does the layout reflect magazine conventions?
    3. Are the proportional sizes of elements appropriate?
    4. Have you used a variety of fonts and font sizes?
    5. If there a recognisable house style?
    6. Does it look authentic? Could you imagine it on the shelf in WHSmith?
    Now we will provide peer-feedback on each of your magazine covers, considering each of these questions in turn. The feedback will be recorded. 

    You will then be asked to provide a grade using the following criteria;

    Meets the Requirements of the Brief

    1-2 : Includes only a small number of the brief requirements
    2-3 : Includes the majority of brief requirements
    3-4 : Includes all of the brief requirements but the layout is inappropriate
    5-6 : Includes all of the brief requirements and the layout is mostly appropriate
    7-8 : Includes all of the brief requirements and the layout is appropriate but the product lacks authenticity
    9-10 : Includes all of the brief requirements and the layout is totally convincing as an authentic product

    The Use of Media Language to Construct Meaning

    2 marks : The main image used is well-selected, well-framed and likely to attract an audience
    2 marks : There is a variety of font sizes and colours that represent the importance of articles within
    2 marks : The proportions of elements is appropriate, manipulating the audience's attention appropriately
    2 marks : Smaller images are well-selected, well-framed and likely to attract an audience
    2 marks : The strapline provides an appropriate clue as to the contents of the magazine and is likely to attrack an audience

    This will give you a total mark out of 20 for your magazine cover.


    After reviewing the feedback and grades you received, you will have one week to refine your magazine cover before next week's final submission.

    Here is a reminder of the NEA requirements;



    If you did not submit a draft submission of your magazine cover, you have today's lesson to complete it. You may use a stock images.

    13th October:

    SMART START

    How does Late Night Women's Hour support and/or challenge Curran and Seaton's Power and Media Industries Theory?

    Answer on a Google Doc and submit via our Google Classroom.

    REVIEW

    Please go back and review last week's Smart Start submission. Make changes to your answer, reflecting the feedback you were given.

    LEARNING CHECK

    Then complete this simple quiz, repeating it until you achieve 10/10.

    NEA

    Your magazine front covers are due today. You should now have submitted all of your NEA print products. Let's take a look...

    6th October: NEA Submission

    First things first... please make sure you have submitted your double-page spread. 

    SMART START

    Complete a Google Document for this smart start and submit via our Google Classroom.

    1. How does this print advert reinforce the conventions of other adverts from the 1950s?
    2. Review this advert with regard to Structualist Theory.
    3. Review this advert with regard to Identity Theory.
    4. Does this print advert reinforce or challenge the feminist theories we have studied?
    NEA Review (Double-Page Spread)

    Let's check your submissions against the requirements. As a group, we will then ask the following questions;
    1. Does the double-page spread look authentic?
    2. Have all the requirements been met?
    Here is a reminder of the requirements to each piece of NEA:




    Late Night Woman's Hour Revisited

    We will go through the fact sheet and the pages from the revision guides to make sure that we've covered everything. Find your post from early April (Late Night Woman's Hour) and add clarification and any further information.

    Resources



    AS Revision Guide, Pages 86 - 89

    A2 Revision Guide, Pages 108 & 109


    Remote Learning
    1. Make sure that you have read, understood and made notes about Late Night Woman's Hour. Your Smart Start question will probably be about LNWH next week!
    2. Complete and submit your next NEA submission (Magazine Front Cover).
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