Initial response to briefs 3 and 4

 Brief Three:

ideas:

NAME: deep

logo: a diver

tagline: a deeper dive into real lives

Gaming stories - twitch, Minecraft. ‘Is Minecraft corrupting our brains’. 

Travel section – best places/ stories about different places/hotels - bad holidays 

Young Lives: Story about young mums – how they cope, finance, relationships. using them for 'clout' online, 'are babies just an accesssory. interview mum - having a baby so young contrasted with 'normal'

Stories about jobs- good salaries, bad treatment, customer relations etc...

F1 - sports section - the downfall of ferrari

Identity: sexuality, gender

colour themes: lilac, pistachio green, sage, navy blue, light pink

Navigation bar + :

Gaming | Travel | Young Lives | Identity | Jobs | Sports

FRONT COVER IDEAS::

Brief Four:

ideas: 

songs: for memories, screensaver, slow down

for memories: old videos playing of a relationship, man singing the song - relationship broke down but he's thankful it happened

screensaver: shes waiting too long, keeps telling him to wait, 'to a screensaver' - flips to her as his screensaver - no new notifications

Research: Conventions of a front cover

 

The masthead on this magazine is quite typical as it stretches across the entire page, however it is different to the norm as it touches the top of the page.

The background is a gradient which contrasts the usual solid one colour background.

Colour theme - black, white and pink.

The headline's are in a bold font, and the standfirst is in the same font however not bold. All of the text on the front cover is sans-serif.

my magazine front cover

 

Photography Task

 

This is a long shot, it shows her whole body which helps get a better idea of her playful pose and face.

This is a medium shot, it shows her from about waist up. You can see her arms and facial expression pretty clearly.

This is a close up, it clearly shows her smile and also in her eyes you can see it is a real smile and not a forced emotion.

Fun with Fonts

 This font looks like something that would be used for the title of a children's story, and is quite a childish looking font.

This font looks like it would be used for the title of a love film. It is cursive and looks quite a mature font.

This font looks like it would be used for the title of a horror book/film. It looks quite creepy and also quite paranormal.

Cultural context in the media

 Cultural Context:

There is clear cultural context in this poster. It is advertising the Japanese Grand Prix, and you can see the Japanese flag, as well as Mount Fuji, a Cherry Blossom tree and 'Hoto Fudo' (which is the building in front of Mount Fuji), which are all Traditional symbols of Japan as a country. The colour of the writing is also a red which is typically related to Japan. 

   

Historical context in the Media

Historical context:

In this poster, Historical context is clearly used. There are old Ferrari Formula 1 drivers and some of the old cars used to advertise for the 2019 Monza Grand Prix (Ferrari's home race). The poster uses a sans serif font, which is more modern, however, the way it is quite a square blocky font still means it has the basic feel about it that old posters would have used if there wasn't a lot of money to print them. The poster is also done in pop art, which was big in the 1950's, that was also the same time F1 began and Ferrari started racing in it, so there is also the historical link there. There is also some cultural context, as this poster is in Red, Green and White, which are the colours of the Italian flag, and the poster is for the Italian Grand Prix. Ferrari is also an Italian team. Also the poster is majoritivley red, which is both the main ferrari colour and also the main colour in the F1 logo.

First elements 11 practical

 

In this practical, I learnt the basics of how to use Adobe elements 11, including how to crop and change the light levels of an image, and also how to add images to pages and add text and shapes etc..

How news differs online to print

 Mail Online:

The Daily Mail:

These are different as the Mail Online has a lot more stories in one place, whereas the print version only features 2 main stories. The online version seems more crammed and unprofessional however the Daily Mail looks less crowded and more easy to read.

The Guardian Online:

The Guardian:

This online version of the guardian is quite organised and set out in columns, you have to click into the stories to properly read there, unlike the daily mail, where the stories all have little splashes under the story title. The print version of the guardian is also neat and organised, the stories on here have splashes, however they're still set out neat and aren't too in your face. 

The differences between Broadsheet and Tabloid

A tabloid newspaper has informal, melodramatic and over exaggerated headlines which use Bold colours, fonts and sizes. They also use more slang and informal language throughout. They cover 'gossip' stories, for example; celebrity news, scandals and also talk lots about sports. In their articles, they use more pictures, larger fonts and more quotes as well as less factual details, more speculation and writers have an obvious bias. 

A broadsheet newspaper is more formal. They cover global and national stories on things like politics and finance. The headlines are factual and serious and the articles are highly researched and accurate, they're typically neutral and unbiased. They don't have many photos or quotes and have smaller font sizes.

 

Online News Consumption

 In the UK, usage of social media for finding out news has gone up from 44% to 49% in the last year; However, TV is still the most used platform for adults to find out news. TV is more likely to be used by the age group 65+, whereas internet news is the most used platform for 16-24 year olds. As of 2018, Women were .more likely to get their news from the internet

UK adults are beginning to consume more news actively on social media, for example, those who see trending news stories from friends or family on Facebook or Twitter, are more likely to comment on this news then they were in the previous year.

As of 2019, BBC One is still the most used news source in the UK, with ITV as the second and Facebook as the third. 75% of people get their news from TV, 66% online, 49% newspapers and 43% radio.