Cody C GCSE Blog

Wednesday 25th May 2022 L/O: to explore and understand how to use InDesign for magazine layouts.  I did the work but Miss Mac deleted it.  Wednesday 8th June 2022 L/O: to explore the concept of representation & stereotypes.  Representation - the media offers the audience an interpretation of the world. Stereotypical - a generalised representation of a person, place or thing. They are limited and often offensive or used for comedy.  Nanny - female, old,  Nurse - female,  Teenager - argumentative, loud, don't listen, rude Astronaut - male, rich, white Football player - male, strong, middle aged Opera fan - old person Teacher - female, smart Tattoo lover - male, strong, tall, black & white men, bald, muscly Stereotypes - are they reinforced or challenged?  How are people represented? Year 9 girls are being represented as loud, disruptive, obnoxious. New teacher is being represented as almost like an entertainer trying to make students enjoy learning.  How do people act?  What

Wednesday 4th May 2022 L/O: explore the use of Adobe illustrator to create a magazine masthead.  Magazine genre - fashion   - Most of them are all close ups except 2, 1 medium long shot and 1 mid shot.  - They all have a bald masthead.  - All of them will / have a barcode.  - All of them have the same idea of face expressions.  - All produce the same content.  Sub genre - sports / basketball  - The mastheads are all bald and in cool fonts / they all stand out and all of the letters are in capitals.  Title of my magazine - SLAM Wednesday 11th May 2022 L/O: explore the use of Adobe illustrator to create a magazine masthead. Wednesday 18th May 2022 L/O: to use Adobe illustrator to create an effective magazine masthead. 1. Sport / basketball 2. SLAM 3. All stand out / bold fonts and a lot of colour, all in capitals - I prefer the last one because i think it is more bald, and i like how i've done the white outline.