NEA Part 1

Post 1 –  How is media language used in 2 media products to create meaning through constructing representations and following genre conventions?

The best way to answer this is by looking at the representations first, then look at how media language is used to create them... 

• What type of shot/music are they using? 
• What connotations do the colours they use have? 
• What does the set represent the time and place of the situation? 
• What does the make-up and hair used say about the characters/models? 
• What does the body language say about the attitudes of the characters/models used?
• What connotations can the type of lighting used in the shot/scenes have? How does it help create representation?

Instructions:

If you chose to do Brief 1:
Choose TWO front covers and TWO double spread articles from educational magazines.


Completed the quiz on briefs.

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This is very similar to my brief as mine is football related. Looking at this brief I can see how I will lay mine out. For example how its set out, the images used and the way they attract kids that certain age group. Furthermore, throughout their magazine there is facts and other information that makes the magazine educational which is what is expected from the magazine that I'm creating. Another good thing is football is liked by a variety of people so I don't have to direct to at a specific audience.