Researching Ideas for a DPS

When gathering ideas for my double page spread I researched double page spreads throughout music magazines and decided to select this certain image as my specification. I chose it because it is relevant to the idea I have decided upon for my own double page spread i.e. a band talking about their own success and describing where they would like to go in the future. Similar to my own idea for a double page spread there are multiple pictures featured on the pages; this is an element I would like to include in my own magazine.

Doctor Who Book Study

Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale by Russel T. Davies and Benjamin Cook

The book consisted of hundreds of emials between these two writers describing the range of ideas they had for the relaunch of Doctor Who. Much of it is comedy between the two but the ideas are passed back and forth until they have decided on what they think will work and what doesn't. Handout below.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AdgW0m96ZIS6ZHI5cTIza18wZGZnMmM2ZDY&hl=en

Doctor Who Essay: Representation of Gender

Essay on the representation of gender in the first episode of the relaunched Doctor Who series.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AdgW0m96ZIS6ZHI5cTIza18xZGI3dzdrZHE&hl=en

Homework 2: INDUSTRY: Magazines

InStyle Magazine

InStyle magazine is a publication of IPC Media which is based in London and is printed near St Ives, Plymouth. IPC Media also own magazines such as 'Look', 'Loaded', 'Wallpaper' and 'NME'. These three magazines are extremely popular magazines with all types of audiences ranging from high street shoppaholics to music loving rockers to interior decorators. IPC Media is the leading consumer magazine publisher in the UK. Almost every two in 3 UK women and 44% of men read an IPC magazine.

Throughout the magazine there are many advertisements, most of them taking up a whole page. The effect of this is that the audience can't get away from the adverts over every page they turn, plus the companies that are advertising there product pay the magazine money to put there advertisement in the magazine, therefore resulting in more money for the publishers.

The main audience of the magazine would most likely be young to middle aged woman. I can tell this because of the content of the magazine. 'InStyle' isn't a very trashy magazine, it advertises expensive clothing and jewellery therefore appealing to those readers with more money that those who read magazines like 'heat' and 'Closer'. The position of this magazine on the shelf would be with the magazines like 'Glamour' and 'Company' because of its sophisticated front cover. The still on the front of the magazine is a shot that has been done in a photoshoot specifically for the magazine. This signifies that the magazine can afford to do photoshoots in order to get an image for the cover instead of using a paparazzi shot from the streets.

Homework: General Media Glossary Of Terms

Reveal Magazine

Audience: Mainly women, those who want easy entertainment.

Demographics: Women aged from 20 to about 40. The type of women most likely to read this magazine would be those who aren't incredibly rich however, they don't seem bothered reading trashy stories about celebrities.

Genre: The genre of the magazine would be a trashy, glossy, celebrity gossip one. There are some true life stories as advertised on the front cover however, there is a lot more about celebrities, therefore it would be classed as a gossip column magazine.

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Ideology:


Industry: The actually industry that produced the magazine is the 'National Magazine Company'.

Mis-en-scène: Lots of pictures of the celebrities actually in the magazine i.e. Victoria Beckham. Along with captions to go with them as to why they are featured in the magazine. Bold lettering to catch the attention of walkers by in lots of different colours for differentiation. The caption "MUMS IN MELTDOWN" would especially appeal to mums looking at the magazine because it shows they have something in common with celebrities - them being mums.

Realism: There is a substantial amount of realism on the cover of this magazine. the first part of realism is the tag in the top corner saying "SHOCKING REAL LIFE". Not only does this appeal to the reader, it also makes the reader think it could happen to them. Another piece of realism is the advertisement for the diet plan in the bottom right corner. For those readers who want to lose weight it makes them think that the diet works due to the picture of before and after.

Representation: The way the magazine is representing celebrity mothers is very negative. The headline of the magazine "MUMS IN MELTDOWN" gives the impression that it is hard to juggle the celebrity lifestyle along with being a good mother.

Semiotics: There aren't many scientific signals on the magazine cover however there is a picture of Charlotte Church drinking a bottle of cider whilst walking down the street which gives the impression that she doesn't really care what people think of her and isn't bothered by the cameras infront of her.

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So i've made this for media studies. That's it basically.