Teenage Girl Lifestyle Magazine Coverlines

Get skinny quick!
How to become a fashion idol!
10 top tips on how to impress boys!
Get fashion advice from top actress Jennifer Lawrence!
How to shed the winter pounds!
Top 20 best rave anthems of 2013!
All the top gossip in 2014!
Most embarrassing moments of all time!
How to make your sleepover the best time of your life!

symmetry in magazine covers

Symmetrical magazine covers

This front cover is symmetrical because one side of the face is the same to the other. 

Asymmetrical Magazine Covers

This front cover is asymmetrical because one side has writing and the other an image.

Asymmetrical by shape

Asymmetrical by value

This image is asymmetrical by value because the colours on the front cover are blurred, but the title isn't which draws the reader to the title. 

Asymmetrical by colour

This image is asymmetrical by colour because one side is red and the other black. 

Asymmetrical by shape

This image is asymmetrical by shape because it draws you to the image as it stands out from the background as it is blurred. 

Typography 1. Fonts

Modern - I chose this font because it looks bold and modern.

Kids - It has animals and looks like lots of kids would like it.

Sport - It looks like the same font sport brands use.

Masculine - It looks very manly and strong.

Feminine - Very delicate and fancy.

Sophisticated - posh and fancy letters.

Bold - Bold font.

History - it looks very old and historical.














Font cover Typography Worksheet

1. How many different font styles do you see on the front cover?
12
2. How many different font sizes are used?
13
3. How many different font colours are used?
3
4. How many coverlines are there?
10
5. Describe the font used for the magazine title?
Big, bold and pink (Stands out).
6. How does the title communicate who the target audience are?
Women, because it is pink which is a stereotypical womens colour.
7. Whats the main coverline and how do you know?
Cosmo's Body Revolution because it is on the left third of the magazine which is what people see on the stand and it is the biggest one.
8. Explain how and why different colours are used on the front cover?
To draw the customer in and not look like a plain boring magazine.
9. Explain how and why different fonts are used on the front cover?
They use different fonts to make each coverline look different and unique to tell the customer this magazine has lots in it.
10. If you could change something about typography on this cover what would it be and why would change it?
I would use more colours apart from pink, white and black. I would also put more inspirational coverlines on the front cover.

Introduction to lifestyle Magazines

Music Video Research Task

Rihanna Where Have you been

Mise en scene                                               

• Forest - to make the video unique instead of being set in an every day city. 
• Jewellery - to make rihanna seem like she has lots of money and to make her look better. 
• Sexually promiscuous clothing - to attract males and to build up an adult audience. 
• Men with bare chests - To show that she makes men vulnerable and to show she has power over them.
• Other women - to add to the set and to make males watch. 
• Lots of make up - to make the women look beautiful and to not show any ugly features. 

 Cinematography 

• Close ups - to show rihanna's beauty. 
• Camera shaking - to show she's powerful and can control you.
• Zooms - to show everything and highlight certain things. 
• Tracking rihanna - To show she is the most important person. 
• Mid shot - so the viewer can see everything that's happening.

Katy Perry California Girls
Mise en Scene

• Candy land - to go with the theme of the song.
• Ice cream - Katy Perry ate the ice cream in a sexual way drawing in the male audience. 
• dice - To show that the man is in charge of what she does. 
• Board game - She is just an object on a board being played. 
• Sexually promiscuous clothing - To draw in the male audience. 
• Throne  - the man is the king and is in charge of everything. 

Cinematography 

• Tracking Katy Perry - to point out she is important.
• Zooms To highlight things. 
• Long shot To show the whole story. 
• Mid shot - To show what is happening.
• Low angle shot - looking up at the male. 
• high angle shot - looking down on the females. 

Photoshop Skills #1

Dodge tool

The dodge tool works by darkening or lightening the image.
How to use it

1. Select the dodge tool icon.
2. Select the hardness and targeted area of the dodge tool.
3. use it as a pen and draw on the image.

Dodge Tool

• The dodge tool lightens the colour in your photo. 
• The more you use the item in one area the more it turns white. 
• It can be used to make a persons teeth or eyes whiter. 

Burn Tool

• This will darken colors in your photo.
• The more you use this tool in one area, the closer it will get to black. 
• You use it by holding the dodge tool and selecting the burn tool. You then use it as a pen and draw over the selected area. 

Representation on 'Hip Hop Honeys'

Statement
In many rap videos women have no identity except as sexual playthings and "eye candy"

These images do provide pleasures to some viewers. But the concern is that men may internalise the notion that women are nothing more than sexual objects waiting to be used.

These sorts of images are not unique to hip hop. Objectified female bodies are everywhere. They appear throughout our culture in films, advertisements, television programmes etc. However, within music videos, this is virtually the ONLY vision of women available.

I think that in music video girls are shown as sexual objects to a certain extent in the video. Many videos are about the women swooning over the men and that they are just good looking and barely clothed. The men in the videos are dominant towards the females and gives the impression that men can treat a girl how they want. Hip hop videos use this the most but it isn't just hip hop. This style of video is used in many different types of music videos. 
Women are being portrayed like this in more and more videos and it is becoming more popular. The directors of the video are making their videos like this because at the end of the day that is what sells. Lots of men buy the music videos and that is encouraging more directors and music artists to use 'honeys' in their videos. 
However, some women in the industry say that they love doing this job and it makes them feel like they are special. Some girls say that they are using the men to get easy money and that they are only in the videos because they are good dancers. The men in the videos are seen as narcissistic men dominating the women and having a good time. This encourages other men to copy them and wanting to be just like their idols. In the videos it also shows the women trying to be as sexy as possible to win over the men and the men not having to do anything, even if they do look ugly. 
In conclusion I think that in most of the hip hop videos I have seen, they have been portrayed as sex objects and are obedient towards the men. But there are many videos that are just about dancing and not about women in bikinis.