Chart Magazine Mood Board

These images represent what i think is involved with chart music, these are the type of artists etc. i feel would be linked to this genre.

Deyes Magazine front cover/contents

This is my first copy of my front cover of my Deyes High magazine. I have created the main header so that it is alot bigger than the rest of my text, this is to catch the readers eye so that they know what magazine they are reading. I have edited my images using photoshop to make them look as good and professional as possible.

Here is my update version on my front cover. To make this front cover look more professional i used the guides tool so that when laying out everything on my front cover it looked as neat as possible and nothing looks out of place. I have added more text at the bottom, for example 'free inside, your own school pencil case and equipment' etc. This is so that it looks more realistic like any other magazine and will possibly persuade more people to buy it. I have also added a sub-heading under the images of the @Deyes building letting people know what building this is, to make it clear i have used bright yellow text which is bigger from the other text so that it stands out, its just not as big as my mast head as it would look wrong if it was, this is because my mast head needs to be the main part of my front cover to let people know what they are reading.

This is my contents page for my Deyes Magazine. To make this contents page look professional I added the page guides so that it looked very neat. Also to make my images stand out i added borders around them which i feel is very affective.

Magazine Photos

Here I have 23 photos to pick from. The images above are the photos I have taken to be used in my Deyes High Magazine, I wil be editing these photos by using Adobe Photoshop to make my pictures look perfect for my magazine.

Photoshop Practice

Here is my first attempt of photoshop. I used the 'polygonal lasso tool' tool to select each part of the picture where I have then changed the colour of certain parts. For example the main focus of the image is the reflection of the woman in the mirror where I have changed it to black and white. I also used the same tool and then changed the colour of the woman's dress to pink etc.

Feminist Theory

Feminist Theory
Laura Mulvey is a feminism theorist who wrote an article that she believed women in Hollywood Films were a figure of desire and men were more dominant in the roles they played as were the spectators. In the time and era of classical Hollywood Films the audience of the film were encouraged to identify the protagonist of the film which usually was men in Hollywood Films.

Shown below is what she thought in her theory;

Voyeuristic – Seeing a woman as a whore in a movie etc.

Fetishistic – Seeing women as icons etc such as Beyonce

These terms are two modes of ‘male gaze’ of the time of classical Hollywood Films which Laura Mulvey suggested in her theories.

Male Gaze – This is seen in films to put woman into perspective of a heterosexual man. An example of this is when they show off a womans curves in a scene. 

Richard Dyer's Star Theory

Richard Dyer's Star Theory

Richard Dyer has a Star Theory that the media create all 'Stars'. This gets a person's name well and truly known to media institutions and this can become quite critical to their careers.

Paradox: A Paradox is the idea that two things go together but these two things should really go together.

Incoherence: An Incoherence is when you buy a certain artists products. An example of this could be when you buy a t-shirt produced by the artist. Cd's arn't as common now-a-days and people usually buy all of the artist music online or on itunes etc.

Cohens Moral Panic Theory

Cohen's Morel Panic is believed to be a social group or the media that come across as a threat to society. This also involves the controlling of folk devils in society.

Concern: The behaviour of a particular group represented as having threat to society.

Volatility: Panics erupt dramatically but are difficult to sustain and there will be a negative consequence for the rest of us.

Hostility: 'Folk Devils' are constructed to create a clear divide between "them" and "us".

Consensus: Widespread acceptance of the threat posed by this group. Not necessarily reflecting national concern, but the campaigner will be very vocal whilst the opposition will be weak and disorganised.

Disproportionality: Wild exaggeration of evidence. Not only the number of people involved but also the scale of the problem.

The Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is a guideline that divides an image into 9 equal segments using 2 horizontal and 2 vertical lines. It is important that certain elements are placed on the lines. The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guidelines and intersection points. The subject will be placed on the horizon, top or bottom line. This allows linear features in the image to flow one section to another. The main reason that the rule of thirds is used is so the horizon is prevented from dividing and splitting the image in half. This is also used to hide the horizon line. I will try to use the rule of thirds in my photography when taking photos for my Deyes Magazine and My Main Magazine as well.

In most people shots, the main line of interest in the captures picture is the line going through the eyes.