Discussing different music magazines

1. Suited to females or males, as there's a woman on the front but the colours seem more masculine. Suited towards older ages- 50's onwards, but the magazine tries to sound younger by using the language "Turn young people on." Could be aimed at any class, but usually learning a classical instrument or going to a concert is expensive, so maybe this is aimed at the upper class.




2. Suited for males, as the main image is a man. The colours are also more masculine. Once again, it looks aimed towards the upper class slightly more. The fancy font also reflects this. Suited for the same age as the previous cover.



3. Has a feminine feel due to the main image of the woman looking elegant and dressed up in pink. It gives away that it's a classical music magazine due to the violin being held. I'd say the age range is the same as the others, but the younger musician on the front is almost making the magazine attracted to younger crowds. Once again it has an upper class feel.



4. Suited for girls due to the gossip and celebrities, as well as the colours being pink and having a heart shape in the logo. This magazine is suited for any class, but maybe not the upper class as they could be reading other things. This magazine is suited towards young teenagers.



5. Suited for males, due to the dark colours used, plain font and male band members on the front. I'd say the age range would be from teenagers to men in their 50's, as many teenagers enjoy and listen to rock, and older men still like the genre, as the band Guns and Roses aren't that recent. I think any class could read these magazines, but some people in the upper class might prefer to read a classical music mag.



6. Suited for males and females, but this particular cover looks more masculine, due to the male on the front, fun font and colours used. The age range would be young teenagers to older teenagers, and any class might read this magazine.



7. A well known magazine suited for females and males, but this cover also has a masculine approach due to the male artist as the main image, fonts and colours used. I think this magazine would be the same classes and age range as the previous magazine.



8. A masculine look to the cover due to the models and the black background. This magazine would be suited to anyone from mid-teenage years up to men in 20's. Any class could read this, but someone in the upper class might decide to read something else,



9. Suited for males or females. Ages from young teenagers up to 20's. Any class could pick this up.

Compulsion Extract task

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzlH70WpO3c

In this scene, there are many different representations of ethnicity.There are many representations of an Indian culture, such as looks, accents, clothing, furniture and personalities.

 One of these representations is showing wealth. This is represented through the character's clothing, which has an expensive feel. In the establishing shot it shows the area and the house. The house is clearly very large and expensive, and the furniture inside also reflects this. (Big lamps, bright curtains etc.) We can tell that this is an Indian family through looking at their clothes and accessories in their house, as there are bright colours and iconic Indian objects. The costumes for the British guests are very different in contrast to the Indian hosts' outfits, which have lots of patterns and colours.

For the majority of the scene there's an Indian song playing throughout which gives an exotic feel and shows the family's nationality and setting. The music also reflects a characters' emotion, such as when a white man is told to call down the daughter. When the daughter comes down, she looks beautiful, and we can tell what the man's emotions are by the music slowing down and the mug shots of the man's face that he finds her beautiful.

In the media, lots of Indian women are represented as being very beautiful. In this scene the daughter is attractive and elegant, and we can tell that the other characters in this scene agree by the way they look at her and by the compliments they give. When her father points at her, he says "There she is" as if she is an object.

The people at the party are expecting a lot from this girl as she went to Cambridge. She looks elegant, mature and grown up, but she doesn't actually know what she wants to do with her life yet as she is only young. Everyone was expecting more from her.

When she gets alone with her friends, she doesn't sit or talk in a polite or elegant way- she looks very comfortable and casual. She talks about being irritated with everyone coming up to her, making her look slightly two-faced as she looks so beautiful, and is actually talking about the guests with her friends. "My face hurts from smiling". Her friends seem fun and young, which everyone at the party isn't expecting as she went to Cambridge University. "After another glass I might have the courage to go up to him."

At the start of the scene, we see a British guest greeting the mother of the daughter who has just graduated. She looks very made up, well dressed, has good manners and a posh British accent. This represents the British guests in this scene to be polite, interested and happy to meet this clever young girl. The girl's family seem very proud of her, by smiling, hugging and greeting her.

The editing technique used in this scene is called "Invisible cutting", showing that the shots are very simple and change angles without the audience really noticing. There are no obvious cuts or translations, making this editing technique recognisable.

The white man who is told to call down the daughter doesn't take his eyes off her in this scene. In the second half of the scene the camera angle changes as if we are looking through this character's eyes- what he can see and hear which is an interesting way of editing and showing his emotions.

There are many different ways representing Ethnicity and representations through media in this scene. Some of these things are wealth and manners representing Indian and British people.

Recreating a magazine cover

Here is an attempt at recreating this Q magazine to make it look as similar as possible.
I found it difficult to make it look exact, as it was sometimes hard to find a similar font. Also the background image I took didn't have as much space around the sides compared to the original, so fitting cover lines in around the sides was a bit of a squeeze sometimes.
Once I know more about using InDesign I feel confident I could do this again with improved skills.


                                     

Original image

My recreation

Magazine Cover

Here is a draft/idea of what I have come up with so far for a school magazine. To improve, I could use some more photos and animations on the screen to make it look more interesting. In my final product I would like to keep the main image of the dancer and also the same colour schemes and fonts.

Representation of Ethnicity- Hotel Babylon- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl5EDzss4-Q

"Analyse the representation of ethnicity through the use of cinematography, sound and mise-en-scene"

In this scene of Hotel Babylon, many different types of people are represented in many different ways. There are a pair/two people for every different ethnicity. The most common difference is the nationality of these people and their accents. All throughout the clip there is modern electrical sounding music, showing that this was shot in modern day and that a lot of the actors are young.

In the first scene, the two black men talk in a very quick manner and use hand gestures to reinforce their points. They also talk in a very casual way and use slang: “Let’s have a party, like in the old day’s man.” The over the shoulder shots show that these two people used to be good friends and that they are in the same ethnicity group. When the man in the pool gets out, the camera looks up at the man in the suit (tilt shot), making him look more powerful. He also is politer compared to his old friend, as he has been working in an English hotel.

The two women who are house maids are obviously not British, but their accents sound as if they’re from somewhere in Eastern Europe. Stereotypically women who are room service maids in hotels are from another nationality and that they don’t have much money. Also, women from Eastern Europe are expected to be attractive and sensual. This is shown as they take their clothes off, helped by the slow, fun and sensual song playing whilst they take them off. Because they are seen as an item, they will take their clothes off and they will take the money as they don’t earn much as it is.

The chef in the kitchen is seen to be a kind man with a big smile who looks after his workers well and is good at his job. This chef sounds as if he’s from Europe and he does the classical Italian gestures, such as kissing his colleague on the forehead and kissing his hand as he moves his fingers away from his mouth. He and his colleagues are also wearing European uniforms for working in a kitchen. Realistically this man is two-faced and acts differently when people aren’t looking around his kitchen.

The English man and woman are represented to be in a higher class in the way they dress with good manners and politeness due to their accents. They use polite English phrases with others such as “You are looking well” and “I hope it all goes well”.

Bleak House Analysis- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KN9rRuAS88

Waterloo Road Analysis- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86BfhZavefg&feature=youtu.be