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Oh Comely  - Audience blog tasks 1) How does  Oh Comely  introduce itself? Oh comely presents itself  as “ stylish” is  much loved by its targeted readers.  Oh comely provides an alternative to the ‘pile-it-high-sell-it-cheap’ aesthetic of mainstream magazines  Oh comely suggests that it’s readers are if a niche demographic aimed females. 2) How do the print circulation/readership statistics for  Oh Comely  compare to  Men's Health ? Oh comely  Oh comely has a social media reach of 100,000 The readers per issue are suggested to  reach   25,000   The average age being 27 Men’s health  Men’s health has circulation of 146,000  a readership close to 1 million  Men’s health has a significantly larger print circulation than oh comely  3) How is  Oh Comely  distributed to the audience? Oh comely is distributed through independent establishments like WHSm...

Men's Health - Industries case study blog tasks Hearst publishing 1) Hearst UK is part of Hearst Communications. What is Hearst Communications and where is it based? Hearst communications is a media conglomerate(parent company)    based in New  York 2) What media industries and brands make up the Hearst Communications conglomerate? Hearst is made up of newspapers, magazines, television channels and stations etc... it has other companies within its conglomerate also  3) What was the global revenue for Hearst Communications (in dollars) for the most recent year on record? $10.8 billion 4) Focusing on Hearst UK, what other magazine brands are part of Hearst UK publishing? How many UK people do they reach in print and online? Men's Health, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping etc. 25% reach men  30% reach women 17 million reach digital users  5) What is James Wildman's plan for Hearst UK? james wildman's plan for hearst UK...

Language 1) Write an analysis of the media language choices on the cover of Men's Health - e.g. colour scheme, typography, language, photographic codes etc. the main colour scheme in this men's health magazine is blue, black and white. This colours are often associated to quite masculine characteristics of media texts  the typography is very heavy and capitalised that,again,  reinforce traditional masculine stereotypes of strength and  power  the language used is quite informal and uses many '!' so generate emphasis and entice the audience into what is inside the magazine. The photographic codes have the actor Vin Diseal as the magazines  cover star who is mostly know for starring in films such as the fast and furious franchise and he usually plays quite hyper masculine characters that are the stereotypical male character. In the cover he is standing in a very power striking stance that could be seen as quite intimidating...

Men's Health - Audience blog tasks 1) How does the magazine introduce itself? introduces itself as "the biggest-selling men’s lifestyle magazine, both in the UK and worldwide" it promotes its "winning editorial formula" that "combines visually-engaging health, wellbeing and nutrition features with premium content" 2) What does the introduction suggest about the representation of masculinity in Men's Health's? the representation of masculinity in this magazine is very traditional and common with the typical "suave and muscular" aesthetic that all men desire. 3) How do the print statistics for Men's Health compare to GQ and Esquire? the print statistics for mens health are significantly larger as opposed to GQ and Esquire as they have the highest "CIRCULATION TOTAL ABC" readers and the highest amount of male readers overall  4) What is the difference between circulation and readership? Circulation...

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). Well argued with some solid expression and well applied theory  Good application of the theory to CSPS  You seem to argue that societies have progressed further than they actually have...the diamonds edevert isn't that unusual  2) Read the whole  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. 1) Excellent and judicious use of the theoretical framework (media language) to analyse how meanings are constructed in the advertisement. 2) understanding of the influences of the cultural and historical contexts on media products that is consistently supported by highly appropriate and effective reference to the set products. 3)  judicious use of the theoretical framework. 3)On a scale of 1-10 (1 = low, 10 = high), how much r...

1) Save your finished Photoshop magazine cover as a  JPEG image  and upload it to your evaluation blogpost. 2) Write an  evaluation  of your work: have you succeeded in your brief to create a new, original edition of an existing magazine? in my opinion i think i successfully created a new, original edition of an existing empire  magazine as i used conventions of a traditional magazine and used new and unique style of images in terms of models and the use of animals. 3) Put your cover alongside a couple of genuine covers of your chosen magazine. How  professional  is your work alongside genuine examples? alongside genuine examples , i think my final piece has elements that match the professional standards of an original empire magazine, such as my image and the stance of the models but i think that some of the fonts made it seem of a amateur level. 4) What is the  strongest  aspect of your work? ...

Planning 1) Plan your main flash - this is the main cover story that links to your central image. my magazine is a film magazine so im going to create a film concept photo for my central image.  i want to use the James bond universe in my magazine but i want to create different representations so im going to use a complete female model set. i would also like to incorporate animals into my final image    2) Plan the image you will need for the cover - model, costume, make-up, lighting etc. At this point, simply describe the image you need to capture. model- 3 females (replicate charlies angels )and 2 dogs costume- Black, white and red with smart/urban clothes-- almost femme fatal  makeup- bold and strong - i dont want a heavy eye look so i think im going to focus on the lips  lighting - due to the fact i want to create an urban yet chic look and also because its a film magazine im going to look for a gritty and grunge setting to contrast ...