Jaspreet - media blog 1 - exam - Mr Pall

  The Gentlewoman: Audience and Industries blog tasks There are five reasonably short tasks for The Gentlewoman - Audience and Industries plus some optional extension work for those aiming for the very top grades. Create a blogpost called 'The Gentlewoman: Audience and Industries' and work through the following: 1) Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to our Media Magazine archive and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: 1) What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines?  She says that Its minimalist covers are so completely different that it’s actually shocking. The only text is the title,  subtitle and name of the person in the photograph, which is taken as a portrait and framed like a painting. It’s a bold statement that says this is more than just a magazine, this is art. In case it wasn’t different enough, the masthead is in lower case! Com...

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).  WWW: A solid  effort throughout this mock exam! Your Q6 on the film industry displayed knowledge, understanding and confidence for the film CSP. EBI: For Q1, consider all relevant media genre theories relevant to the unseen text. For Q3, consider more specific examples from the MV CSP to support your response. 32/42 = A 2) Read the mark scheme for t his exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best analysis you can do as it gives you an idea of what the exam board are expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify ONE point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A: Q1 (unseen text) additional point/theory: heavy focus on genres of order – the advert depicts the idea of the conflict being generated ‘from  without’ and Bond represents the ultimat...

  The Gentlewoman: Language and Representation blog tasks Close-textual analysis Work through the following tasks to complete your close-textual analysis of the Gentlewoman CSP pages: Gentlewoman front cover  1) What do the typefaces used on the front cover suggest to an audience? The masthead is in sans-serif and lower case and it expresses modernity and it reflects values/attitudes of magazine with a modern approach - woman empowerment is also highlighted. The name check of celebrity Scarlett Johansson is in serif font, being traditional, classy and stylish, empowering a female role model, who was the highest paid actress from 2018-2019. 2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design? It uses unconventional themes such ad the colour scheme, which is bright, vibrant and has an orange border which is similar to the colour of the actress' lipstick in the central image. Also, the central image features a low angle close up which is tightly framed, giving an un...