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 learni...

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.