Comments

Practice Task 1 Comments:

"Well done for getting everything onto your blog. The magazine works and there is a clear connection between your research and your final piece. Your sell lines are generally sound, but the ones near the masthead could be arranged a little more carefully. Do remember that the brief asked for two covers. When it comes to the examined coursework be sure to stick doggedly to the brief."

Practice Task 2 Comments:

"You have a really good range of photos here Lewis. I'm not 100% certain which ones you took yourself, but they demonstrate really good attention to detail and especially good use of lighting and mise en scene. Really focus on bringing this eye for detail and mise en scene to the images you use in your music magazine. You have the potential to achieve an A grade in this element of the course."

Website

(Last Updated 4/5/2021)

https://14yatesl.wixsite.com/mediacoursework

Practice Tasks

Practice Task 1:

Research and produce the front covers of two issues of the same magazine aimed at a youth audience.

Magazine Research:

Magazine Front Cover:

Practice Task 2:

Photography.

Part 1:

Portrait: Take a medium close up of a person using, low key/high key lighting, side lighting, under/overexposed, shallow depth of field and deep focus.

Low Key Lighting:

High Key Lighting:

Side Lighting:

Underexposed:

Overexposed:

Shallow Depth Of Field:

Deep Focus:

Part 2:

Group Or Pair: Take a long shot of two or more people which shows, Emphasis a sense of action, a pose that will fit the front of a magazine, shallow depth of field, deep focus and long exposure. 

Emphasise of Action:

A Pose For The Front Of A Magazine:

Shallow Depth Of Field:

Deep Focus:

Long Exposure:

Part 3:

Copy a found image for both lighting or framing and take two photos as similar as you can. 

Found Image for Lighting:

Our Version of Image:

Practice Task 3:

Magazine.

BRIEF:
To plan and produce the front cover and double contents page (it spans two pages) for an electronic/dance music magazine aimed at an audience of 18-35 year old fans of the genre. In addition, to plan and produce the homepage for the accompanying website demonstrating an understanding of the way that the magazine and website promote each other.
The front cover must be dominated by at least one original image. The contents page must feature at least one prominent original image. The website should feature at least two original images.

Section 1:

Create a PowerPoint presentation showing your research into the convergence between the print and the online version of two different magazines. You will need to start by screen grabbing relevant images of both the print and online versions of the magazine.

Section 2:

My Magazine's website's Homepage is available here: https://14yatesl.wixsite.com/dyanmicmagazine

Section 3:

As inspiration for my images, website and magazine, I have been using "The Wire" Magazine. (https://www.thewire.co.uk/)

Section 4:

Cover Page:

Contents Pages:

Webpage:
https://14yatesl.wixsite.com/dyanmicmagazine

Practise Task 4:

Music Video.

Brief:

You work for an independent video production company and have been tasks with producing a one minute extract from a music video aimed at fans of electronic/dance music. The age range of your audience is 16-30.

As part of the brief you will need to show: 

• research into the codes and conventions of existing music videos
• research into the interests of the target audience
• produce a storyboard for the minute of video you are producing
• shoot and edit the music video extract
• representations of at least two different social groups

Music Video: (Summer By Calvin Harris)

-Video wasn't completed as intended due to the school closures caused by COVID-19.

Camera Research

Planning Website

Screenshots of the website production process in time order.

I decided to change my idea at this point (15/07/20):

Upon completing filming, I updated my website to include hyperlinks to YouTube for both the two website specific videos as well as the Documentary (accessed through the image, text or play button.) 

Production

 

Planning Production

Title of Documentary: "A New Normal- Studying Through A Pandemic"

In the documentary, I want to look at how the many students have been affected by the covid-19 pandemic that saw schools, colleges and universities shut 

I will use a variety of screen recorded news clips from throughout the pandemic, with two presenters on camera narrating the introduction. I will film clips from around school within a Covid-Bubble and follow all covid regulations where they need to be followed.

Attached below is my script I made for the presenters: