Titles For My Magazine

Teen Dreams
The Fashionable Female
Trendy Styles For Teens
SHE         (Style for Her, Everyday)
Designs Of The Month
The Gossip
Trendy Times
Glamour Girl
The Big, Fat Mag Of The Month
Designer's Choice

The title I'm going to use is SHE because it is short, simple, modern and immediately displays the target audience.

Balance

This image is a symmetrically balanced magazine cover because everything is centered in the middle and does not need balancing out

This image is an asymmetrically balanced magazine cover because the image on the right is balanced out by the text on the left

This magazine cover is asymmetrical by colour because the bright, vivid colours on the left are balanced out by the duller, orange-tinted image on the right.

This magazine cover is balanced by value because the black and white colours on one side are balanced out by the grey contrast on the other.

This magazine is balanced by shape because the plain background is balanced by the picture of the woman in the front

This magazine is balanced by position because the larger image of the bike on the left is balanced by the smaller Audi and text on the far right

This magazine cover is balanced by texture because there is a plain black background whilst the front picture has bright, conflicting colours that fluctuate and flow

This magazine is balanced by eye direction because the parents are looking at one of the babies, which is a focal point for the picture

Font choices

Typography worksheet

Magazine Layout Overview

I looked at issue 234 of top gear magazine. The front cover is made dominated by a big picture of a Ferrari F12 and an Aston Martin One-77. The masthead is in the Top Gear font and above that is the BBC logo on the left and an inside quote filling the rest of the top strip. On the left, the big stories (coverlines) of the 2 cars are displayed and at the bottom there is a slightly diagonal strip that gives an idea about a couple of other stories to expect inside. On the bottom right is the bar code, dateline and price.

The big picture is there to catch people's attention and give the theme of the magazine. The top gear logo is well known and the big, iconic masthead will definitely draw in an audience it is also at the top of the page so that it can be seen in the stacking of magazines. The BBC logo is simply to show that it's a BBC magazine and the quote is there to give an insight to the celebrity story in the magazine (in this case, about Jeremy Clarkson). The coverlines are there to give an insight on the magazine's content and are normally on the left, also due to the way the magazines are stacked.

Lifestyle Magazines Worksheet 1

homework on positive and negative representation of women in music videos

1st negative video: Meek Mill ft. Young Chris  -House Party

Mise en Scene: Most women in this music video are wearing clothes that show a lot of skin, which suggests that all they want to do is get together with the men by looking attractive. They are also (as the song name says) at a house party, which normally have bad reputations for things such as trashing the house, as well as having reputations for everyone being careless, getting drunk and a lot of people getting sexual. There appears to be a scene at a bar which gives the impression of women (although, in fairness, men too) getting drunk at parties.

Cinematography: A lot of the shots zoom in on the girls and track them, which could imply that they want to get noticed, this is also portrayed by the close ups of them. The mid shots/long shots of them with the men suggests that these women are there more for the reputation of the party than the party itself (by that I mean that they want the men to notice them and they try to get involved with what the men are doing). There are a few 360 shots and pans which could be suggesting that the girls want to show themselves off.

2nd negative video: The Roots -What They Do

Mise en Scene: The women in this music video are wearing either their underwear or bathing suits which is an immediate implication of them being eye-candy or objects of desire. They all seem to be at the house of a rich person and go with them to other places which could suggest that they are trying to impress the rich guys and only care about representation instead of the person they're actually with.

Cinematography: just like the Meek Mill song, almost all of the cinematography consists of zooms, pans and mid/long shots. This, once again, suggests that the girls are trying to show themselves off to the men and be involved with them. Which is kind of the entire point of the music video scenes that involve the women.

Positive Video: Lindee Link -The Next Time

Mise en Scene: Lindee and all the other girls in this music video are wearing perfectly acceptable clothing, which doesn't even need a description to why it's positive, it's just the opposite to the others. The scenes involve a forest pathway (specifically on a bridge over a river), a coffee shop, a silver back wall, a black back wall and a runway. A forest is a nice, refreshing, natural place to be which could represent the personality of Lindee by saying that she is kind and happy with who she is. The coffee shop is a general place for people to be when they want a break and it is almost the opposite to a club or party, which are the places normally shown in negative music videos. The runway is an open place which could suggest she is happy to be free with who she is and not narrow her choices down to just rich guys or celebrities. The black wall was mainly just there to represent the sad moment and the silver wall for the good times. She is wearing minimal jewellery (an earring and a ring) which are perfectly reasonable things for a woman to wear and they're not there to give her a representation of looking rich to buy it all. Her make-up consists of eye-liner and lipstick, which, once again, is a perfectly reasonable and normal for a sensible woman to wear.

Cinematography: There are many close-ups in this music video which I think are there to make the viewers feel more connected to her. The camera shakes a lot which could be a suggestion of her having strong feelings (relating to her lyrics). Other cinematography used are pans, tilts and 360 shots. The tilts and pans are mainly there to show that what she's feeling doesn't stay the same and her feelings are constantly changing whilst the 360 shot is probably there to show that she's made a turnaround (because she's forgetting about the past and moving on which is what the song is about). The final usage of cinematography are long shots which I think (again, relating to the meaning of the song) that she's keeping the ex-boyfriend away so that he stops hurting her feelings).