SMART START
How are women represented in the Kiss of the Vampire film poster?
Key terms you must use in your response;
- Represented
- Dress code
- Sexualised
- Gesture code
- Stereotypical / Stereotype
- Role Model
- Co-antagonist
- Damsel in distress
- Patriarchy (Patriarchal Society) / Matriarchy (Matriarchal Society)
Elements of the theoretical framework that you should reference;
- David Gauntlett's Identify Theory
- Liesbet Van Zoonen's Feminist Theory
- Bell hooks' Feminist Theory
Additional Challenge: See if you can incorporate the following elements of our theoretical framework;
- Claude Levi-Strauss' Structuralist Theory
- Stuart Hall's Theory of Representation
- 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;
- Does it include all the required elements? (This is where I picked up my mistake!)
- Does the layout reflect magazine conventions?
- Are the proportional sizes of elements appropriate?
- Have you used a variety of fonts and font sizes?
- If there a recognisable house style?
- 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.
