Practice Task
Create a front cover and contents page for two issues of the same magazine aimed at a sophisticated audience ages 16-25
Examples of fashion magazines:
Teen vogue
i-D
Wonderland
Allure
Seventeen
Elle
Target Audience ideas:
age:16-25
gender: no specifications
ethnicity: no specifications
SELL LINES- TEXT ON THE COVER
task one- cover inspirations
Brief
In groups of 2 - 4, plan and produce two minutes of a music video in the genre of your choice.
The target audience must be a sophisticated audience between the ages of 16 and 25.
The music video must feature representations that cover at least two different social groups.
Your research must identify at least 5 generic conventions
Your music video must use all 5 (or more) of those conventions
Task 1:
Decide which social groups you intend to include in your music video (this will be subject to availability).
Consider the stereotypes surrounding those social groups and the relationships between them.
Decide whether you wish to present a hegemonic representation (reinforcing the stereotypes) of the social groups or a pluralistic one (presenting countertypical representations).
Present this as a mission statement on your blog.
Task 2:
Choose a genre of music that will allow you to fulfill your brief and then decide on five or more music videos that you feel are typical of the genre.
Post links to those five videos (or more) on your blog.
Based on those five (or more) videos, compile a list of generic conventions that you wish to include in your own production.
Task 3:
Write a shooting script/storyboard for your video.
Make annotations in your script/storyboard that link to your ideas about representation.
Task 4:
Shoot the video
Task 5:
Edit the video
Finally:
Post the video to your blog. You will need to work out how to host it. Consider the difficulty of copyright.
Story Board:
Logistics list:
Camera operator: Paige
Director: All in turn
Performers: Breanna and Annika
Editor: All in turn
Equipment:
Camera: Cnon EOS 80D(W)
Editing software- final cut pro on Annika's laptop
Locations:
Media studio
Ramsgate beach
Ramsgate town
CCVI building
about 5 hours a week
two media lessons
wednesday lunch and 5th
monday 4th
mission statement:
representation of teens
song: Lovely by Billie Ellish and Khalid
looking at how teens are represented as edgy and depressed and reclusive
Grey filter over footage of a girl on her own wandering around a beach and an urban environment to show the loneliness depicted in the lyrics and that many teens face. Long, wide shots juxtaposed with extreme close ups to represent again feeling lonely but some superficial intimacy that the character may desire. Shots of items breaking represent the angst that comes with a stereotypical depiction of teenagers and the reversing, quick cut sections represent the chaotic, unpredictable side of adolescence.
We have 4 different styles of camera in school.
Panasonic Lumix LX7
Pansonic Lumix GH3 and GH4
Panasonic G3
Canon 550D and 600D
Mobile phone
(what ever camera my dad has)
Over the next few weeks, you will need to undertake the following tasks and answer the following questions.
TASKS
1: Change the camera from JPEG to RAW mode and back again.
2: Take a portrait in medium close up using natural light.
3: Take a Long Shot portrait using studio lighting.
4: Find three images online that you really like and try to take a photograph that is similar to each one. NB: You can use photoshop afterwards.
5: Make a short video in which you ask one of your portrait models three questions.
QUESTIONS
1: Which camera has the smallest focal length (i.e. allows the closest shot)?
2: Which camera allows the best shallow depth of field? IYO
3: Which camera has the easiest user interface.CANON
4: Rank the cameras in order of how useful you think they will be to take stills for:
a) A website
b) A magazine
5: Rank the cameras in order of how useful you felt they were for taking short videos.
2. medium closeup in natural lighting
4. Recreated photos:
Hello Annika,
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where the comment that I posted is, so I'm reposting the comment. It may be that it's attached to a different post. With that in mind, seriously consider using a different layout for your blog. You have lots of talent in terms of production, so let's see that shown in its best light by presenting the blog in a clear and precise way:
Comment from Last term:
I've already spoken to you about this and in very picky terms. I still think you need to do work on your use of text on your contexts page, but I'm talking to you in very different terms to most students. We're clearly in the A grade with your sense of design, your creative use of images and your understanding of cohesion across a media text. As a result it might feel like I'm picking on you for very small things, but in fact I'm trying to get you full marks.
You are already VERY GOOD, and you clearly have the potential to be outstanding.