Thursday, June 4, 2020

Improvements from Zoom call

*Notes copied up*


Product 1


  • Put the magazine focus/genre in the beginning - explain the genre and reference LIAR - link research (statistics and focus group)
  • Link back to research on your target audience - why are 16-25-year-olds interested in your topic
  • Showcase your research and prove yourself to them
  • Add in theory
  • Each paragraph should include at least one theory - it is useful when analyzing - Barthes (semiotics)
  • Cover star's social group can be shown through their clothes if you're stuck
  • If any part of your mise-en-scene becomes unavailable, you can change your statement at the end
  • Refer to both of the covers
  • Codes and conventions - refer to your research and give named examples (of research)
  • Make clear what mise-en-scene you will feature in your images and your audio-visual content - can anchor the social group
  • Be more specific in general
  • Dennis publishing - branding - give an example
  • State your intertextuality and easter eggs in your statement of intent
  • Digital convergence is particularly important in the magazine industry - Industry theorist e.g Hesmondhalgh 

Product 2
  • Theory - Shirky (end of the audience)
  • Make interactive to adhere to theory e.g a comment box
  • Jenkins - participatory culture - have a page showing fan work and renditions of our work?
  • Website - industrial context - most media products have a cross-platform presence - link your research - a website is very complimentary and some magazines are only online (Teen Vogue)
  • A good quote from Dennis - "restlessly innovating across different platforms to bring our audience new sources of inspiration, information + entertainment"
  • There's a decline of print-making websites very helpful
  • Easter eggs - be specific - can include intertextuality which depends on the audience's cultural competency so you need to state for the examiner
  • Logo and slogans

Digital convergence
  • Particularly important in the magazine industry because people don't print as much anymore - Hesmondhalgh - 'playing it safe'
  • Consistent house style - informal mode of address
  • Social media pages are very important for target audience

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