AICE MEDIA STUDIES

Picture from  Canva.com  In class we discussed magazine covers. Although I do not own rights to the cover image, I wanted to get fimilar with the tools and format that I may use for my magazine cover.   

Making a magazine is very important due to finding all the topics and interest of my target audience.  In order to have a successful magazine, I would have to collect information to hear the opinions of others. It would allow me to increase knowledge as well. I asked questions that would benefit my African American theme magazine such as a color scheme and good content. This survey will also me to get feedback and ideas that would improve my magazine.  My survey can be found with in the link below: https://forms.gle/15qCmpNiY1K7WTFm7

Since I am doing an African American magazine, I have just decided to do research on popular magazines that are known as African American magazines such as Roots. The following magazines focus on African Americans.  XXL  XXL is a hip-hop American magazine. It focuses on music, politics, and sports. It was founded by Fredo Ali in 1997. The magazine covers are famous for its large masthead and its American music artist.  Black Enterprise Black Enterprise magazine's focus on African American success in business, investing, and wealth business resources. It was founded by Earl G. Graves in 1970. It discusses the following aspects: Arts & Culture, Sports, Travel and Leisure, Health & Wellness, and Fashion and Beauty. Their covers are known for its African American cover image, huge masthead, and attractive selling lines.  Information founded on: http://timezoneinternational.com/roots-magazine-a-night-of-inspiration/ https://www.rbdigital.com/aflis/service/magazines/landing?mag_i

 What is Mise-en-scene?  Mise-en-scene is the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play. It is the setting or surroundings of an event or action. Elements in the mise-en-scene includes is following:  Production:  Location: the place/setting where the film has taken place. It is where the film crew, film and recorded their characters.   Studio: privately owned facility that are used to make and record films.  Set design: the creation of  f  the physical space which action of a performed event takes place. It consists all the props, furniture, and more. It gives the stage, it's overall look.  Costume and make-up: The clothing and attire of the character. Customs and make-up also gives the character emotion or situation. It gives the audience insight on a character. In some movies, costumes and make-up may show truths. Costumes and make-up can give the audience a story behind the characters characteristics.   Lighting: the lighting set-up guides the eye to character, prop,

Camera composition is the way the audience view towards the most important parts. The flow in scenes are all a part of camera composition :  Framing  Rule of thirds  Depth of fields Deep and shallow focus  Focus pull What do the camera compositions mean and convey?  Framing : an element that provides a visible within border of the photograph/shot itself. It's a frame that provides a layer to a photograph and the story being told.  Rule of thirds: describes a basic  structure of a shot. Places key elements within a photo.                                                            Depth of fields: range of distance within which all objects will be in acceptable sharp focus. Shallow focus: emphasize one part of the image over another. Deep focus: entire image is in focus.  Focus  pull : the camera focuses  on one object or person and changes its focus to another.  Resources :  https://www.naturettl.com/rule-of thirds/#:~:text=In%20Conclusion-,What%20is%20the%20Rule%20of%20Thirds%3F,ve

What are the three angles in the AICE syllabus?  High angle  Low angle  Canted/Dutch  angle  High angles: looks down on the character/person in the film.   High angles make the character to be insignificant. they are commonly used to draw the audience in. It can make they audience to feel "motherly". They convey many themes, mood, and tension throughout the film.  Low angle : looks up on the character/person in the film  Low angles give the character a 'superior' view. In a film, low angle convey's power however there are times the power can be good or bad. They can give the audience different meanings  on characters such as showing the character development.  Canted/Dutch angle: camera is being 'rotated'. The camera is tilted at an angle.  Canted/ dutch angle causes the audience to have sense of tension or unease.  Resources:  https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/dutch-angle-shot-camera-movement/ https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/low-angle-shot-camera-moveme

 What are some camera shots in film?  Establishing shot  Close-up  Long shot  Wide shot   Point of View  Over the shoulder All of the previous shots are all used in films to  convey different messages to the audience.  What exactly do they and what do they convey?  Establishing shot: also known as the transforming shot; it set up the content for the scene ahead to inform the audience for the setting. It give a relationship between people and objects. It established the geography and location in the film.  Close-up shot : take a shot at a subject or object closely to show detail. If it's on a character it adds an emotional effect to the film. It allows the audience to understand the story better as well.  Long shot: shows the character entire body. It shows a relationship between the character background and their environment.  Wide shot : shows the subject within their surrounding environment. It gives the audience details on the scene, where it take place, and where it is set. Poi

Originally, I was going to do a magazine about Women in Business overall, including all races and discuss the challenges women come across in their work field. However, as a black young  woman  in  a community of  black parents and mentors , I see challenges everyday.                                                                          Picture from Canva.com  Therefore, I changed my blog to 'Impacts in the Black Community'. In these particular times, I see the black community feeling hatred everyday. I find that this magazine will allow people to view th influential people in the black community and what did they can contributed. I will be inspired by the black influential people and their impacts such as Michelle Obama.  My house style:  After reviewing and researching several magazine house styles, I will like my magazine to capture the audience with  things they may relate to or be inspired by. I want to capture the  audience  with big bold letters, a color scheme that

How are they chosen?  Different magazine publisher/editors all have different perspectives on the way they want to capture the audience attention. They focus on the color scheme, cover graphic, fonts, and more.  My magazine:  In order to choose a house style, I will have to do reasearch. I will have to research more about what different colors to portray  to the audience,  ways to gain audience attention in unfamiliar ways , and more. My magazine will be about Black Women in business, therefore I will have to do certain research that will make my magazine attract the black community or even other races that find it interesting. I will have to find people such as Michelle Obama that the auidence eye will catch.  To be more in depth, I will be creating a magazine about  influential black women and their impacts on their community/world. Therefore, there's plenty of things to research in order to have a wonder house style.  Things I have to focus on:  Font and Masterhead  Magazine tit

 What are House Styles?  House styles are what magazine editors used to catch the reader attention with the similar layouts. It would allow the readers to be familiarized with the layout, so they will be allowed to identify the specific magazine. In modern days, house styles are very effective.                                                                                    Graphic www. Canva.com  What do they include?  House styles included many things:  Font and Masterhead  Magazine title and logo  Color  Layout  Sources:  https://www.slideshare.net/browny2911/kerrang-magazine-house-style https://prezi.com/plviok_ylfxp/house-style-for-my-magazine/