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1) Type up your teacher's feedback  in full . If you've received your feedback via email, you can simply cut and paste it from the email into your blog. WWW Your alliterative masthead works in emphasising the overall tone of the magazine as one of realism and seriousness. The cover lines that you have written seem to be consistent with the gossip and celebrity news direction that you have taken with the bottom line of your cover. Using a combination of your cover image with yourself looking off into the distance and the well known London skyline gives the impression of looking into the future of seeking out success which I suspect is the goal. Your article within the 1 page spread meets the intended tone with a clear 'influencer' as your focus and their overall message of coming back from a crisis evident throughout. NEXT STEPS I would consider the positioning of your cover lines as they currently appear to be randomly placed rather than following a pattern. The font ch...

 Ensure that you meet deadlines for your real coursework - you have not exported a production( I DID. I DIDNT NAME IT PRELIM) based on your preliminary exercise and if this happens you will receive 0 marks for your coursework which is worth 30% of your overall GCSE

1) Type up your feedback:  Q2: Also, consider use of technical code's (shot, image positioning, etc), use of colour /lighting Q3: be specific about what  this advert does for galaxy branding. consider the choices of actor and setting when implying meaning Q4: justify your comments throughout consider aspects of design too (colour, typography, layout, etc) Q7: refer to franchise and importance of this issues stemming from pandemic  a. What Mark and Grade did you get? grade 5, 23/ 42 b. What targets were you given for the longer written questions? focus on questions and look at the feedback above 2) Look at the mark scheme for this assessment . For Question 2 (12 mark unseen) use the indicative content in the mark scheme to identify three points that you could have referred to in your answer. Typography  Upper case and bold – connotations of the important, powerful message of the image and copy.  The white text against a black background and the darkness of the im...

REAL STATEMENT OF INTENT The title of my magazine is called 'Reality Revealed'. The main point of the story consists of the the donor who is a British actor who helps a working-class girl improve her life since she is suffering from her illness and also she is the heroine (Propp) of the story. The point of the magazine is to help people improve their lifestyle and influence the people of todays society. The magazine is taking during the heroines illness, so the magazine is featuring gossips about the current situation maybe in order to help the girl or to attract awareness, because of that the magazine is now very popular in the film industry. However the actor who is the donor( Propp) also had his own past that no one has ever known about and that might be the root of why he helped the girl. The actor also writes a book called 'Better life' which talks about how to help people improve their life and it also have a hint of what happened to the actors past; how it relate...

 1) Write a 100 word statement of intent explaining what you are going to make for your preliminary exercise. Statement of intent:  I plan to produce a one page spread for a magazine focusing on a new celebrity gossip aimed at an audience demographic of NRS social grade. This magazine focuses on a celebrity influencer who is launching their new book and the book is about making positive lifestyle changes. The front cover will feature a large, high quality photograph of the celebrity in a outfit that is aimed at audience demographics or reinforces the idea of it. The text will provide a brief introduction and a overview of the celebrity's gossip. The front cover will include a title that will reinforce the idea of the gossip that is aimed at a audience demographics of NRS social grades C2DE. This will be followed by a slogan and at least four cover lines that have a overview of the gossip. The second page will have introduction of the influencer who is launching their new book....

  1) Research: Music videos Watch the following music videos and analyse an aspect of media language for each one: Music video 1:  Marshmello x YUNGBLUD x blackbear - Tongue Tied How is  narrative  used in this music video to engage the audience? The music video for "Tongue Tied" uses a story about struggling to communicate and connect with others, showing emotions and symbols that help the audience relate and feel involved. Music video 2: Years & Years - I Wish I Knew How is  camerawork  and  mise-en-scene  used in this video? Use CLAMPS to remember the different aspects of mise-en-scene. The video uses close-up camerawork and dim lighting with simple costumes and intimate settings to show the characters’ emotions of sadness and longing Music video 3:  Foals - Hummer How is  editing  used in this music video to engage the audience? The editing in the "Foals - Hummer" music video uses fast cuts and quick changes between chaotic ...