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MAGAZINE
October 21st, 2008 by toddhofe
Evaluation
The purpose of my magazine is to give students at the Howard Sixth Form something exclusive to read. My target audience is obviously students at the Howard Sixth Form. On the front cover of my magazine I used a medium close up shot. I used this particular shot type as this seems very popular in magazine front covers. My contents page used a long shot picture. This was to create a layout suitable for text to be added around the picture.
The text used on my front cover was big and bold. This included the title and main headlines/stories included in my magazine. I used big font to make them stand out. I also used a bright red font colour for this same reason as well as to go with the clothing on my cover. I continued this font colour on my contents page to flow the style from the front cover.
The image on my front cover was chosen to link with a headline/story included in my magazine as well as keeping to a medium close up image. I manipulated it by changing my background into black and white and having my main image in colour.
The student shown on my front cover is warring casual clothing; this shows the more relaxed lifestyle of Howard Sixth Form. This helps to relate to my target audience. My student on my front cover is looking straight into the camera to drag the audience in. I used a red, black and white colour scheme throughout my magazine front cover and contents.
I selected my fonts thinking about my target audience and stories included in my magazine. The font used on my front cover was quite childish. This was to relate to the teenage audience. The font used on my contents page was used to relate to my new media suite story. The font is a digital type computer font. The words in my magazine are informal.
I used words such as ‘Free’ and ‘Get Your Say’. This was to drag the reader into the magazine. And encourage Howard Sixth Form Students to buy the magazine.
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Audience Effect Theories.
September 18th, 2008 by toddhofe
The Cultivation Theory:
- Due to the difficulties with proving the effects of media on the individual, more refined theories have been developed.
- The Cultivation Theory suggested that any one text may not have an effect but years and years of consuming will alter certain kinds of views about the world, e.g. repeated news reporting of crime feed perceptions that crime is on the increase.
Desensitisation:
- This theory suggests that the audience’s attitude to violence can be affected by having been exposed to too much violence on screen, i.e. they become less sensitive to real life violence.
Modelling or Copycat Theory:
- This theory simply states that negative behaviour can be imitated. It is perhaps the most widely reported of all the effects a theory due to it’s implicitly and apparent observable consequences.
Criticisms of the Theories:
- Such theories are said to be elitist and therefore lacking in objectivity.
- This clearly makes assumptions about certain types of media and the audiences who consume them.
- These theories suggest that an audience is completely passive.
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