My Mood Board

Wednesday 27th March 2019 /Wednesday 3rd April 2019 

TASK 2 - Revisit and review your chosen brief...

• What brief did you choose?
• What are the minimum requirements for your chosen production?
• What is the target audience as prescribed in the brief?
• What is your target audience for the product you're creating? (this needs to link to the audience profiling post)

1) i chose to do the educational and informational magazine. 

2)the minimum requirements are : 

applies to an audience of 10-13 year old

at least 5 original images 

the front cover has to have : and original title ,strap line,cover price ,barcode,edition number ,at least one original front cover image and at least 3 cover lines of which one must link yo the double page spread article 

a double page spread article that includes : a headline , stand-first and sub-headings ,original images one main article image and at least 3 others and a feature article of 300 words  that links to one of the cover lines on the front page . 

3) the target audience as described in the brief is people from ages 10-13. 

4)the target audience for the product i am creating id for 13 year old . 

TASK 3 - Write an introduction to the task.  This needs to explain what you're going do.

in this task ill explore different types of images ,fonts and colours to use in my magazine . i shall be looking at different connotations and how these affect the way my target audience might view my product.by creating this mood board i will also be exploring creative ways to present my work. 

My Audience

Wednesday 27th March 2019 

Task 2 
Answer the following questions about audience profiling:

• Name 5 ways in which audiences can be categorised.
• Why do you think it's important for media producers to categorise audiences?
• What is the target audience as described in your chosen brief?
• Give a short explanation as to your understanding of the target audience given in your chosen brief. 

1) ways in which and audience can be categorised include niche audiences ,mass audiences , gender,social class,age ,sexuality,religion,race,nationality

2)i think it is important for media producers to categorise audiences because it helps the media producers understand what types of media products to produce and who to produce it for.also ,it helps the media producers understand their audience and how many viewers from these categories are watching their products and then they can produce these products for these categories and get the most amount viewers watching their products . 

3)the target audience as described in my brief is for children ages 10-13 . 

4)in the brief i have chosen,the target audience for my brief is children ages 10-13. this includes any person from the ages of 10,11,12,13. i can also understand that my audience will be in years 7,8,9. these are of similar age to me therefore i can connect and understand what products they would like to see . 

Task 3 - Go to www.surveymonkey.com, create a FREE account and create a 10-question questionnaire asking people what they like and dislike about media products of your chosen brief.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FWMZSBM
Task 4 - Invite peers to answer the questionnaire... you can do this via sending them a link via email. You can also copy and paste this link onto this post.

You must wait for the students to answer your questionnaire.


Task 5 - Review your results and copy and paste any graphs or charts given by surveymonkey.  Then you need to write up your findings in paragraph form including how you intend to use the information collated in your questionnaire.
You can use the questions below to help you write your analysis:

• What did you find useful about the information collated? 
• How are you going to use the information collated to establish/define a target audience for your product? 
• What does your audience expect to see in the product you're going to create?
• How are you going to use the information collated to come up with designs and house-styles for your product?

Task 6 - DEFINE YOUR AUDIENCE
The last piece of writing you need to do should be an explanation of who your target audience actually is now... Please define your audience by gender, age, socio-economic class, likes and dislikes.

from my survey i found that my audience age from 12-13.  They are mostly of girls and their favourite topic is baking. i found that they disliked the topic fashion.

intertextuality in the media

Wednesday 20th March 2019

intertextuality in the media 

Task 2 : 

i this task i am going to be choosing different media texts from magazines and say how they have used intertextuality in the media products and say what effect they have on the audience . 

Task 3 :

 Choose 3 different media texts... as long as they link to the brief you've chosen.  

How and why is intertextuality employed in 2 media products and what effect does this have in their intended audience? 



this media text uses intertextuality . this is because the main image is a reference to the movie Cinderella  . we know this as her dress is the same blue colour in the movie and her headband is also the same colour as the one in the movie.this would help any younger audiences as they would recognise the image and would pester their parents to possibly buy the magazine.







this media text uses intertextuality by using the word "glee" this word refers to the movie glee. therefore this media text uses intertextuality as it refers to a movie through words used in the title of the movie. this will help the audience connect to the audience as they recognise the movie title.

this media text uses intertextuality through her costume .on the front of her shirt shows a familiar Disney character Donald duck. this is intertextuality as one media text  refers to another in their text .

task 4 : 

in my magazine i will refer to youtube and possibly famous makeup artists and also girl empowerment figures . i will do this by using famous lines from them or refering to their work in my magazine . 

media language and representations analysis

Wednesday 13th March 2019

Media language and Representations Analysis 

Task 1 : 

Choose TWO front covers and TWO double spread articles from educational magazines.

1) 

• Describe the main characters/people in the media products... E.g. Gender, Age, Race.  the main character is female she is approximately in her late 20s . she is mixed race . 
• Are they represented positively or negatively? What gives you this impression?  positively as they she is branding a campaign that supports girls . 
• What media language elements are they using to construct these representations? For this, don't just look at the obvious, look at everything around the people too, such as colour of text (magazine) or non-diegetic music in the background (video), mise-on-scene (video and magazine, online), etc.  her smile gives the audience the impression that this magazine is positive . also the bright colours of the writing and her dress gives us the impression that this magazine is positive . 
• How do logos and other graphics help construct the brand identity of your chosen products? the big bold writing informs us that the brand is about girls and a positive magazine . 
• How do the colour schemes help construct the brand identity of your chosen products?  the colour schemes are very neon and bright this gives us a sense of positivity and happiness . 
• Are there are intertextuality elements that help create meaning? 
• What type of shot/music are they using? head to mid way shot . 

• What connotations do the colours they use have? happiness , bright,positivity,
• What does the set represent the time and place of the situation? informs us that the magazine is for and about girls . 
• What does the make-up and hair used say about the characters/models? that she is happy . 
• What does the body language say about the attitudes of the characters/models used? 
• What connotations can the type of lighting used in the shot/scenes have? How does it help create representation? 

NEA BRIEFS

Wednesday 6th March 2019 



LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• K: The requirements for each of the briefs set by OCR.
• U: How to approach the chosen brief, including writing the statement of intent.
• BAT: Choose a brief and start planning what to write in the statement of intent.
• CO: Use media terminology (all areas of the theoretical framework) in your written and verbal communication.

i am going to be choosing brief 1 . which is to create an informative educational magazine for 10-13 year olds. 

whilst creating this media product i would like to develop my photographic and editing skills . for example i would like to learn about the types of lighting and how to create the perfect photo by using perspectives etc . i wold also like to develop my editing skills . for example how to put filters over photos and how to write over them and change the fonts . 

Task 4 
baking.
one simple recipe with pictures instructions and equipment list .
i am going to include hacks for baking