Time Magazine Key Features & Marketing Devices

 The Title is placed in the top third of the magazine and is written in a serif font, the serif font represents the magazine as sophisticated and redoubtable. This makes the target audience, 20-40 year olds who are in the A and B classes.

 The central image of Benedict Cumberbatch is very minimalistic and as a result allows the reader to focus on the text and the magazine itself, unlike other magazines that have an abundance of gossip and adverts on the cover.

The Colour scheme is again, very simple and consists of red, black and white. Red is an extreme authoritative colours which may be due to the fact that the magazine is aimed at people who have authority over others, such as managers and professionals.

Roger Rabbit Records

Representing Words With Fonts.

'Minority Report' Shot-By-Shot Analysis

Shot 1: Medium Shot (MS)

The Medium shot allows us to see enough of the scene to establish the group as perhaps and army or law enforcer. We can see the face of several people, foreshadowing that they are to die within the next few shots and/or be involved in the inevitable action scene to come, highlighted in the facial expressions of the man in the foreground.

Shot 2:Wide Shot (WS)

The Wide shot shows us enough of the background to allow us to establish the scene. The camera seems to be placed in a building/garage perhaps to indicate an area in which the main protagonist intends to reach. The scene also seems quite dangerous evident in the burnt out car and the fact the protagonist is running, adding a sense of danger to the scene, 

Shot 3:Medium Close-Up (MCU)

The Medium Close-up shot shows us the facial expressions of 'John Anderton' which may have been unnoticed in a shot further away such as a Long Shot (LS). It shows us that he is slightly unnerved by something we do do know of yet. 

Summer Research Project Learner Response.

WWW; Katie a sensational effort with the summer research project. Well done. Excellent attention to detail and confidence when discussing what content the broadcasters covered.

EBI: I would like to see a slightly more original suggestion for the running order of events.

LR: Do some research in to the political leanings of different news broadcasters - BBC - sky - etc. Write a post to explain how their political views might influence the news that they broadcast.

Kay Burley on the Scottish Referendum.

Burley's reports of the possible Scottish Referendum might have been influenced by her views on this popular topic. Evidence (Click Here) Shows that she might not have complete faith in the referendum; she may have not been judging the person solely on their looks, perhaps it was the fact that they were 'no' campaigners.

Other

Many News broadcasters may also create bias interviews. When interviewing People, for example: MP's or Campaign leaders. They may ask some more questions about the pros towards the topic rather than the cons. therefore people will hear more about the positives which may in turn change the minds of the opposition or those whom were undecided.

Photoshop Fruit Bowl Task

To create this, I used the 'magic wand' tool to select the area with the sunset picture, I then went to 'Paste Special' and 'Paste Into' and resized the picture to fit the entire area. I chose the colours used on the bowl and fruit by using the 'eye dropper tool' to select some colours from the photo and had also manually selected them in the Photoshop palette. Finally I filled in the shapes using the 'magic wand tool' and 'paint bucket'.

Pastel Colour Palette

Our task was to create a colour palette using one of several themes including: autumn, vibrant and pastel. I chose pastel as I really like this theme and how versatile it can be.

Media Analysis #2

The Linkin Park 'The Hunting Party Tour' poster, is a very simplistic poster, most likely to only attract the fans of the band; the picture is the same as their most recent album, and perhaps the fans of their opening band, Of Mice & Men. This poster is more suitable for 18's and over as they will be the ones who buy the tickets and is evident in the lack of information within the actual poster because they will probably know where they can find more information about the tour including where they can buy the tickets. 

Media Analysis #1

The Walking Dead Season 5 Promo Poster (Main Media Analysis)

Language:

The Institution (AMC) have used minimal words within several of their season 5 posters including my main media analysis (above) to Allow the audience to think of some possible story lines which creates a more interactive relationship between the audience and creators of the show.

Most of the sentences are extremely vague such as 'Hunt or be Hunted' which is relevant to the the actual show since there are many unknown circumstances, others include (see Pictures below)

AMC's use of simple sentences and questions all entice the specifically target audience to watch not only the upcoming season but the previous seasons too as it is linked to the cliffhanger ending of Season 4 with many unresolved situations.One examples is, we don't know who has survived or how the others are going to escape Terminus.

When we see 'Hunt or be Hunted' we think of possible deaths of beloved characters and/or plot twists, there is also a rife sense of danger  which may be stronger within this season, overall the minimal language used in the main poster subtly reveals a sense of excitement as it subtly reveals what possible action is yet to come.

The Picture is very secretive so we don't know what is happening, for instance it looks like someone or something is looking at Rick but we don't know anything except that he looks scared and has perhaps run away from some Walkers or the people at Terminus.

Institution:

The institution responsible for producing these advertisements is AMC who have created other extremely successful shows such as Breaking Bad. The posters could also represent the rivalry between fellow Cable Channels, and perhaps even signify the fact that they are slowly creeping up behind other Channels especially in views and show ratings.

Audience:
The audience will most likely be 16+,  (presumably due to the amount of violence and gore), however it is aimed at both genders.

Representation:
Due to a white male being the main part of the poster, it may cause the audience to have an increased number of white males. However, this is not the case for all posters as there are several others where there are people for several different races.