AICE Media Studies AS Level: Kevin P

       After my first photoshoot I designed the cover on the left which displayed my initial vision for the cover. However, two weeks later I went to a different beach and took the photo on the right and decided to make that into another cover.      Once I made both covers, I fixed them both by designing the font with colors respective to my color  palette and formatted my sell lines differently. When both were finalized I had to decide which cover to use and ultimately went with the one on the right because its simplicity and color gradient captured was exactly what I wanted for my magazine. The sky blue and the mix of orange on the sunrise matched the colors on my color palette and the sell line formation fit better as well. 

 

Main sell line: Music To Cope With Stress  Subsequent sell lines:  Top 10 music genres to relieve stress  Adele speaks out on mental health  National Alliance on Mental Illness anniversary  School wide mental health campaigns Analyzing educational stressors  Understanding personal stressors  Stress vs anxiety  Mental health stigma among family and friends  Calming colors  Top 10 games to relieve stress

 

Magazine: Youth Renown   Release Date: End of March  Promotion Methods/ Social Media:  Instagram Youth Renown profile picture  Posts teasing the magazine cover Posts teasing the featured articles  Magazine release post  Stories allowing viewers to rate and guess on what the cover and feature articles might include  Twitter Youth Renown profile picture  Photos of my cover and featured articles once they are released  Upload the magazine itself as well as a link to it and its website  Allows me to view the analytics of each tweet relating to my magazine to see who sees it and how many see it  Facebook Youth Renown profile picture  Repost what is posted on Instagram through its linking feature  Youtube Youth Renown profile picture  Video on the process of organizing the magazine Unseen shots of taking the photos for my magazine  Interviews on readers of the magazine 

Intended Genre and Codes & Convention Genre: Mental Health  Conventions:  Masthead  “Youth Renown” in bold and the chosen font to get the name of the magazine across Featured articles  Two articles, “Music To Cope With Stress” and “Colors For Calmness” that tie into the genre of mental health and the sub genre of stress Cover image An image of the sunrise at the beach that ensues a calming sensation with my chosen color palette  Barcode  Issue # Taglines  Emphasize certain words such as stress and anxiety  Coverlines  Entice the readers through a short and catchy summary Audience: Target Audience: ages 13-21  Stress is a condition that affects everybody, but as teenagers go through their highschool years they are more prone to educational and personal stressors. This magazine targets those in highschool and college through the color scheme and featured articles. When one undergoes a certain rush of stress many turn to different ways ...

 

  Photos:  iPhone 11 Pro: This phone will allow me to capture background shots of my process in taking sunrise photos with the Nikon camera that I could then use on my blog Nikon Camera: Using a professional camera will allow me to capture high quality photos of the sunrise and using my friends in different placements  Editing:  Canva: Canva provides usable templates and different elements to add to my spread design  Flipsnack: This is an online website that allows me to create my magazine design with a user friendly system  Photoshop: This adobe platform allows me to edit my photos with different settings that would fit the theme of my magazine DaFont: This website provides several different fonts and categories such as Script and Sans that will allow me to determine the perfect font for my product Photo Credits: No Film School

            As part of an AICE Media assignment, we analyzed another students blog from another high school in Florida. For reference, here is the blog I chose to analyze:  movie-opener-brainstorming-research.html     In this blog, the student analyzed nine different opening film sequences and dove deeper into the text used, sound and lighting effects, and the misc-en-scene pursued by each film. Each different film such as  OFFLINE   and  Dare to Thrill  had their own unique factors through camera shots and inducing feels set up the rest of the film.       The film OFFLINE was a drama released in 2012 centered around a recently released prisoner and his attempt to build back his life. The student described the typewriter like introduction and title sequence of the film and how it created the suspenseful meaning in the rest of it. It is interesting to see the effects that certain fonts and...

  A masthead is a recurring theme in a magazine. After researching and analyzing different magazines I realized that mastheads usually depicted the name of the magazine itself. I decided to take time and come up with my magazines name, “Youth Renown”, and came up with the following mastheads.

     The house style of a magazine refers to the placement of pictures and text while paying close attention to its size, color and capitalization. This sets the theme for the rest of the magazine as it sets the tone using the color palette selected and then the placement of the stories.       In our AICE Media class, we reviewed two magazines, Town and Country and Car and Driver. We then analyzed their house style and had a discussion on their respective styles. Car and Driver remains consistent with its logo placement and usually places the vehicles featured at a high elevation, as a result, readers can expect this consistent style as new vehicles are then focused on.       For my magazine, I want to utilize the color palette I selected and enhance it with the sunset, sunrise, beach photos I will take. Alongside these pictures, I will use a script font that encompasses the relaxing feel I want to apply to my magazine.   ...

       As highschool students, rest is oftentimes an option. Each week is filled with homework, studying, and worrying about how the grades you get now will affect your college chances. During the pandemic however, in quarantine, isolated and alone in our homes, we had time. The shift to virtual school also left teenagers with more time on their hands than they have had in a while. The absence of having nothing to do, and the procrastination when we did, brought stress to us all.  For about the last two years, I have undergone a self revelation and have become at peace with myself– it probably would not have happened if it were not for quarantine. Prior to being isolated from everyone and stuck in my room each day, I was a stressed individual each day even if it were not school related. Having more time to myself, to simply think, allowed me to realize that all the stress I had was not necessarily a bad thing, but actually something that defined me. Defined as...

  Over the Shoulder Shot  Mom forky and her son forky jr are walking in the park as seen in this over the shoulder shot taken next to the creepy forky which continues to stalk them–possibly waiting for their attack.  POV Shot       In the final scene of this short story, the creepy forky who had been lurking in the shadows in previous scenes finally makes his on screen appearance striking Mom forky as forky jr watches, not being able to do anything.   

Characters:  Mom forky  Forky jr Creepy forky  Settings:  Home  Hospital  Park Camera Shots Establishing Shot  In the picture below the setting is established as the viewer can see the Hospital in which a creepy forky is hiding in, the Home in which Mom forky is relaxing, and the park behind her. All three of these locations will prove important settings in the story.    Close Up  Mom forky can be seen residing in her home.  Two Shot  Mom forky and her son forky jr being born at the local Hospital which is a short distance away from her home as seen in the background.  Mid Shot Mom forky and her son forky jr can be seen from a mid shot back home. In the background, the creepy forky can be seen once again hanging over their heads.

               When I began thinking about my magazine, I had an idea on what topic to do, but that soon changed as I said in a previous blog detailing my final decision. After being content and staying with the topic of stress and mental health alongside the spreads of music and color, I realized I needed to figure out who my target  audience is exactly.      Stress is a feeling that can occur for anyone and anywhere, regardless of age and regardless of location. Stress can  also result for a multitude of reasons including educational and personal stressors. With this being something everyone can experience, it is harder to choose a specific audience.      However, after I spent time thinking I came to the conclusion of teenagers and young adults, specifically the age range of 13-21. Throughout these ages, teenagers are beginning  high school and young adults are...

     With every magazine spread, images are involved, but of course, research needs to be done prior in order to analyze what will fit the spread in terms of its focus. Below, I have attached multiple images that I will be using as inspiration when I attempt to photograph, or design my images for my magazine on stress and mental health. 

      In the advertisement illustrated  above, a woman is lying on the floor next to a males dress shoe, without clothes, covering her breasts. The text above her reads "Keep her where she belongs..."      The purpose of this advertisement is to depict how men should control women during the 1950's and to sell the shoe illustrated.  Coinciding  its purpose, the advertisement is targeting men, particularly those married.  The stereotype at the time was that women should be kept in place, inside their home being a housewife. Lying next to the shoe, it can be implied that  men were supposed to use force to keep women at their feet, fitting the gender superiority of the mid 1900's.       To further understand how the purpose of this advertisement can be  taken , the eyes of the woman draw the viewer to the shoe, leading to the depiction of how a woman at the time should be at the toes of a man. The sepia, m...