Media language
1) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal? List them with specific reference to the convention on the CSP edition of Reveal.
The are coverlines on the magazine
2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote? Here's a blog to help you with this as we haven't been able to complete the Photoshop typography lesson yet due to Covid-19.
Social and cultural context
1) What aspects of British life are reflected in Reveal? How does this compare to Tatler?
2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote? Here's a blog to help you with this as we haven't been able to complete the Photoshop typography lesson yet due to Covid-19.
The font is sans serif. The colours and font make the magazine stand out
3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience?
3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience?
They talk about lifestyle and fashion
4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover?
4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover?
They are bright to be eye catchy
5) How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression).
5) How are images used to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression).
Props such as phones and drinks show a sense of a luxury lifesytle
6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between Tatler and Reveal? List at least three and explain the effect on audiences.
Representations
1) What type of celebrities appear on the front cover? How are they represented in Reveal? (Positive? Negative? Reinforcing or challenging stereotypes?)
6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between Tatler and Reveal? List at least three and explain the effect on audiences.
More eye catchy colours/fonts in reveal
More exaggerated taglines in reveal
More use of colloquial/slang language in reveal
Representations
1) What type of celebrities appear on the front cover? How are they represented in Reveal? (Positive? Negative? Reinforcing or challenging stereotypes?)
Famous celebrities presented with a good fashion sense
2) How are women represented on the cover of Reveal? Think about both images and cover lines here.
Fashionable and quirky/flirty
3) How do Reveal and Tatler represent social class? (E.g. middle/upper class and working class)
2) How are women represented on the cover of Reveal? Think about both images and cover lines here.
Fashionable and quirky/flirty
3) How do Reveal and Tatler represent social class? (E.g. middle/upper class and working class)
Middle/upper classes have luxurious lifestyles
4) What would be the preferred and oppositional readings to this cover of Reveal?
4) What would be the preferred and oppositional readings to this cover of Reveal?
The preffered reading would be to listen to the realtionship/fashion advice that the magazine gives. The oppositional reading would be to become offended by the way women are portrayed in the magazine
Social and cultural context
1) What aspects of British life are reflected in Reveal? How does this compare to Tatler?
Relationships and culture
2) What do the cover lines in Reveal suggest about the issues and lifestyle of Reveal readers?
2) What do the cover lines in Reveal suggest about the issues and lifestyle of Reveal readers?
They are very social and outgoing
3) Find three other front covers for Reveal. What issues or features regularly appear in Reveal?
Relationships
Grade 8/9 extension tasks
1) How does the front cover engage audiences with possible narratives? Look for stories, cliffhangers, dramatic cover lines etc.
2) What are paparazzi images and why are they crucial to the front cover of Reveal?
3) How does the front cover juxtapose text and images to create contrast and narrative on the front cover of Reveal 18 March 2017?
4) What do these two magazines suggest about representations of social class in the British media?
3) Find three other front covers for Reveal. What issues or features regularly appear in Reveal?
Relationships
Grade 8/9 extension tasks
1) How does the front cover engage audiences with possible narratives? Look for stories, cliffhangers, dramatic cover lines etc.
2) What are paparazzi images and why are they crucial to the front cover of Reveal?
3) How does the front cover juxtapose text and images to create contrast and narrative on the front cover of Reveal 18 March 2017?
4) What do these two magazines suggest about representations of social class in the British media?
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