Coursework

 Tuesday, 3rd June 2025

NEA Introduction

 Tuesday, 10th June 2025

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1. NEA stands for Non-Examined Assessment

2. You cannot work in groups. ✅

3. You cannot use any found images. ✅ Only logos or barcodes

4. The NEA is 30% of the final grade? ✅ 

5. You have to match conventions in order for it to look realistic. ✅

Research: Task One

Cover One: Metal Hammer: Rob Halford

1. Rob Halford is on the cover. A medium close-up shot is used. He is represented as a fun person, but with also a slight aggressive side, like the typical rock singer. He is also shows to have a soft side, almost contrasting his personality as a singer to his personality as a person outside of the music world. This can be seen by the black colour scheme which have connotations of aggressiveness and almost evil, which is juxtaposed to his fun facial expression, with his tongue out, and the kittens in his hands.

2. The cover lines include topics such as animals, witchcraft, blood.

3. The colour scheme of black, yellow, and white, has connotations of aggression and violence, as well as happiness, and purity, highlighting how different the cover star, Rob Halford is as a singer and as a person.

4. The masthead is at the top, underneath a cover line, and goes behind the Rob Halford's head. It uses a sans serif font to appeal to the younger audience, and seem less formal.

5. There is one image.

6. There are 11 coverlines used?

7. All of the information is in the bottom left, out the way of everything else. It contains credits        for the companies related to the magazine, as well as the barcode and price.

8. There are about 3 different fonts used to highlight information, and showing importance of         the text. The masthead is in very bold text to stand out, and the main cover line is in a very       jagged font.

9. There is no puff, and the only shape used is the white rectangle in the bottom left to                   highlight the information.

Contents Page: 

1. The contents page contains pictures of various artists all around the outside of both pages.      The images have the artists name in the corner, as well as the page number. Some of the        artists it contains include Judas Priest (Rob Halford cover star), Bring me the Horizon, and        Chelsea Wolfe. It has a good balance between showing off multiple featured artists, without      it looking too crowded. The centre contains 'CONTENTS' in a bold sans serif font. Beneath      this, is a list of topics in the magazine, categorised by 'Front Row', 'Features', 'Albums', and       'Lives'.

2. 9 Images of artists are used, most being a similar size. They are anchored to the text as they have page numbers, so it is easy to find the article relating to that artist.

3. About 4 different fonts are used. One, is 'Contents' Written all in capitals and a sans serif         font, with slight spots of white in it. Another font used in a serif font within the contents, showing the artists names.

4. The text is organised in a clump in the centre. Artists names are in bold blocked capitals to      stand out. 

Articles: 

1. The article of Judas Priest's Rob Halford contains one large image of him on the right page, accompanies by lots of writing on the left. This is the same with the Bring me the Horizon page, however it also includes an image of them on a stage that is on fire.

2. On most pages, 2-3 images are used.

3. Three different fonts are used. Most of the articles are written in a very small, serif font. This serif font is made italic at the mention of names albums or songs. 

4. There aren't many subheadings, but it is paragraphed.

5. The colour schemes are mostly dark colours.

 Tuesday, 17th June 2025

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 1. For my chosen coursework brief, I must make a music magazine for 16-24 year olds.

2. My target audience is people aged between 16 and 24.

3. I am doing a rock genre.

 Tuesday, 1st July 2025

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Cover Two: KERRANG!: Green day

 1. Green Day is on the cover, and a mid shot is used.   He is represented as a typical rockstar, with black hair,   and dark clothes. Furthermore, his makeup gives him   dark eyes, further showing this stereotype. 

 2. The cover features cover lines about film and music.

 3. The green in the colour scheme has been used to   link the cover star, green day. The gradient background   allows him to stand out. The yellow has been used to   highlight the smaller text, and to get the audience to     look at it.

 

 4. The masthead is on the top, in a font that makes it   look like it has almost shattered / broken.

 5. Two images are used on the front cover.

 6. There are about 5 cover lines used.

7. The institutional information is in the bottom right corner.

8. There are about 5 different fonts. One of them is a serif font, whereas the others are sans serif, and some are shown to seem dirty / destroyed, showing connotations of violence, which links to the stereotypes of a rock band.

9. Puffs have been used to highlight the extra information that the magazine covers.

Contents Page

Thursday, 11th July 2025

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1. 16-24 year olds ✅

2. I have to produce a music magazine. 

3. ?

4. I do have the cover sheet

5. ?

Tuesday,16th September 2025

1. The target audience for my brief is 16-14 year olds. ✅

2. I have to produce a music magazine. ✅

3. Colourful

 

Thursday, 18th July 2025

Do Now:

1. NEA stands for Non Examined Assessment ✅

2. You cannot work in groups. ✅

3. You can only use images of existing barcodes. ✅ and logos

4. The NEA is 30% of the final exam. ✅

5. You have to match codes and conventions for it to look realistic. ✅

Homework: Inspiration:

Thursday, 18th September 2025

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1. A masthead is the magazine's title, at the top of the cover. ✅

2. A puff is the sticker-like text on the cover, highlighting extra information. ✅

3. A main cover image is the main image on the front cover. ✅

4. Mise en scene is everything that can be seen ✅ Costume, props, make-up, etc...

5. Narrative is a story behind something. ✅

Thursday, 25th September 2025

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1. Raheem Sterling is a football player, who also fights against racism. ✅

2. Malala is known for being an activist who raises awareness for people in danger. ✅ Protesting for equal education for women, and being shot in the head by the taliban.

3. GQ stands for Gentleman's Quarterly. ✅

4. Vogue is a woman's fashion magazine ✅

5. A Magazine masthead is the magazine's name.✅ 

Tuesday, 30th September 2025

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1. Malala was an unusual choice for a vogue cover, as they're usual models are                            stereotypically pretty, white girls. ✅ Not a model

2. The target audience for GQ is Alpha males aged between 19 and 28? 20 and 44 / ABC1

3. The target audience for Vogue is females aged between 19 and 28? 20 and 45 / ABC1

4. Anchorage is the text that connects the images and the text ✅

5. A main cover line is the main topic focussed on in a magazine. ✅

Thursday, 2nd October 2025

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1. My target audience is 16-24 year olds. ✅

2. I have to produce a music magazine cover, article, and contents page.✅

3. Three things I included to appeal to my target audience is a playful front cover image,               popular colours, and young relatable, young cover stars 

Thursday, 9th October 2025

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1. B is a serif font.

2. When asked about lexis you should talk about the word choices.

3. Typography includes how the text looks.

4. 3 Things in Mise-En-Scene are Props, costumes and makeup.

5. CGI and colour grading comes under 

Thursday, 16th October 2025

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1. A is a sans serif font ✅

2. The slogan on the This Girl Can advert is 'Sweating like a pig, feeling like a fox' ✅

3. Ideology includes what someone/something wants to achieve? Beliefs, attitudes and values

4. Intertextuality is when two texts link together. ✅

5. The age rating of No Time to Die is 12A ✅