Jaspreet - media blog 1 - exam - Mr Pall

GQ - Language & Representation blog tasks Language: Media factsheet Complete the following tasks using Media Factsheet 252 - The Codes and Conventions of Print Magazines available in our Media Factsheet archive here . Answer the following questions: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? General interest, special interest and professional - they link to our magazines as GQ and Gentlewoman are general interest magazines. 2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? The statement of GQ about its brand values says a lot about  what they know about their audience. They are targeting  men through fashion and image, but also appealing to  their intelligence and needs for information about culture.  “Beyond” is vague, but the magazine also covers politics,  technology and trends. It employs leading writers and  experts on a wide variety of topics ap...

Magazine practical production: tasks Research 1) Use Google to research potential magazines that you could use as your brand/design for this project.  Create a shortlist of  three  potential magazines and upload an example front cover from each one. We recommend looking at lifestyle magazines or a similar genre as these are more achievable to re-create.   2) Choose  one  of the three magazine brands to use for your project e.g GQ, Vogue or The Gentlewoman. Then f ind  three  different front covers for your chosen magazine and embed them in your blogpost. Analyse the fonts, colours and typical design. What is the language or writing style? How are the cover lines written? What camera shot is generally used for the cover image? You need to become an expert in the design and construction of this magazine and its branding.   They all use serif fonts to give a traditional and fancy look to the covers and they also all interpret nature and the beau...