Coursework

 

           Do Now                                                                                                    Tuesday 10th of June 2025

1 - NEA is   non examined assessment

2 - no you cant work in groups.  ✅

3 - you cant use found images.   ✅

4 - 30 %   ✅

5 -  conventional magazines.  ✅ codes and conventions

Research task 1

Rolling Stones - Lana Del Ray

1 -  Lana del ray is on the cover - a medium cover shot is used. She is represented as mysterious and hot through her wearing a swimsuit and the pose.

2 - The cover lines talks about a variety of music artists - from rapper, Azealia Banks to Lady Gaga who is a mix of pop and rap.

3 - The colour scheme is black and whites and grey with the pop of red intended to highlight and show importance to certain points of the magazine - like the magazine brand and world tour. It also brings the feeling of classiness and mystery.

4 -  The masthead is the magazine brand of rolling stones in condensed slab serif influenced by 19th century brand design. It uses italics with its tails and cursive lettering.

5 - 1 image is on the cover as is normal in magazine conventions.

6 - 5 cover lines

7 - barcode along the side , 

8 - 

9 - 1 puff used to highlight the Lady Gaga tour.

     

Do Now                                                                                            Tuesday  17th June 2025

1 - magazine

2 - 16 - 24

3 - rock, pop

1 - Lana Del Ray is on the cover - using a mid long shot. She is represented as feminine through the inclusion of pink and her pose- but also mysterious from her serious facial expression.

2 -  the cover lines are on music referencing Maisie Peters - who is a pop singer.

3-  colour scheme is pink, grey and dark brown - which pairs the gentle feminity of pink with the classiness of darker colours like black.

1 - the layout follows the natural flow of perception with the 'z' shape that enables the follower to read all the text and see all the pictures.

2 - they used 4 images with three smaller ones down the side and a bigger one on the right - so the bigger one is the focal point and the others indicating a photo booth cool vibe.

3 - they use 2 fonts - thinner serif for the title and then flowy italic for the majority of the text.

4 - the text is organised with no subheadings and little chunks of writing.

5 - colour scheme is black and grey to indicate a cool chic mood and highlight tonal shadows

6 -  representation of women to show they are hot and powerful

7 - no stereotypes

Article

1 - genre conventions -  dark colours, pop of bright colour , close up

2 -