contact sheet nea

 

I learnt that within photography, lighting is very important, the gold sheets played a HUGE role when taking photos. The photos at the start were dark and had shadows that made the picture look so much worse in quality. 

Media NEA draft ppt

 

My brief is number 3, a magazine about health. I chose this brief because I think that health whether that is physcial health or mental health is so prominent in modern day society. Therefore I believe that making this magazine will help me make others aware of health and our society. 

Research and planning: pitch

 

Goodwin and Dyer

 One direction - What makes you beautiful, One Direction : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJO3ROT-A4E

Goodwin's Theory :

Goodwin's theory allows there to be a relationship between visuals and lyrics, that allows the music video to be successful.

Genre Characteristics : Demonstrating their young boy band within the video because of them, with youthful energy, this can appeal to the teen audience as well as having the pop convention. 

Lyrics and visuals : the lyrics are reinforced in the music video, the lyrics speak about being beautiful as a car with young women drives past on the screen 

Music and Visuals : the song is cheerful an upbeat which links with the vibe of the music video, (on a beach with a group of boys having fun, etc), it also reflects the positivity throughout the music video. 

Close-ups and Motifs : the constant close up of the individual band members whilst doing their solo's allows them to have their moment of stardom, furthermore they are able to connect with the audience personally

Intertextual Reference : their video resonates with the music videos and boy bands such as Duran Duran with Rio, both are very similar and are on a beach surrounded by beautiful women

Richard Dyer :

His star theory enables us to understand how stars and celebrities are successful, he explains that a star isn't born, they are built. Furthermore he explains the paradox of a star, that they have to be ordinary enough to relate to but insane enough to look up to. 

Star as Texts :

Star as commodities :

Stars as ideological figures :

Audience as Stars :

Music Video Timeline

 

big issue front cover

option 1

This version is a fuller version of the first one, with insights into the newspaper above the masthead, this was inspired by the 2023 Sam Fender big issue. Furthermore, the same with the first one I would improve this by having a black background instead of white, and the red writing would be in white and the rest in red. 

option 2

I tried to incorporate some of the stranger things inside facts into my front cover, for example the well known upside down. Furthermore, if I could improve this, in stead of the background being white, I would make it black and the writing red, however this was completed on my iPad and therefore I was not able to include these ideas. 

 

Theory book reading

CURRAN AND SEATON

 The reading has allowed me to develop my understanding of the theory, it taught me that in order to stop the large conglomerates taking over the media, there needs to be more diverse leaders in order to make our media different and creative.  Furthermore, the reading has allowed me to fully understand how many companies are profit driven and therefore may not be willing to tell the whole truth of a story in order to gain a bigger audience and therefore more profit. Finally, the reading taught me that the television industry is so profit driven that many minorities are sidelined, and there is a lack of diversity just so that the industry can make more money. This shapes how young people look or see themselves in the media, and may reflect how they feel, (left out, not goo enough etc).