Is there anything I could do to improve my front cover?

Do you think my colour scheme is representative of the magazine as a whole?

What type of magazine do you think High Voltage is?

What age group do you think my magazine is targeting?

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

LIIAR

Language: Specific terminology used to describe media.

Institution: an organization which produces media text.

Ideology: Capitalism, democracy. Ideas about the society and social area. A system of beliefs we all share. Legal and moral values.

Audience: Consumers of media. The institution targets a specific audience.

Representation: RE-Presentation. Reflect our society through media back to the audience. Values. The audience judges. Messages.

AS Media

Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/colleg emagazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately kaid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.

Main Task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images must be original, produced by you- minimum of four images.