Coursework

NEA introduction 

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Friday 13th June

1. NEA - Non-examined Assessment

2. No ✔

3. No ✔

4. 30% ✔

5. codes & conventions.

Research 

L/O : to research the codes & conventions of similar products.

Rolling Stone - Dua Lipa

1. The person on the cover is Dua Lipa.

2. A medium long shot is used

3. They are represented as feminine, pretty, fun and edgy.

4. The subjects in the cover lines include about music, previews and singers.

5. The colour scheme is very dark in the background and dark on the model using a colour pallet of browns, black and white.

6. The masthead is behind her head and the font is serif.

7. There are 1 image on the cover.

8. There are 4 cover lines however one of them is made of 12 individual names.

9. Bar code is at the bottom left.

10. There are 2 different fonts used. one is slab serif in white in the slab serif and one is serif in red. the font used in the cover lines is smaller. however, the font used in the anchorage text is bigger to stand out.

11. No puffs used

Contents Page.

1. Contents are laid out on the left side along the margins and on the bottom of the page.

2. One image in the top right , long shot group photo of the Idles

3. small, black, sans serif letters for the numbers with the singers next to the numbers in a bigger sans serif font. Underneath that theres smaller sans serif font which describes whats on the page. The word 'Contents' is written in bold, black, serif font in the top left corner of the page. 

4. Text is organised with the page numbers to the left with the signers name next to the numbers. Just underneath that there is a small description of what to expect on the page. c c

Article

1. Big bold title on the left page with a caption underneath. Then underneath that the rest half page is a full article in a serif small font written in columns like a newspaper. On the right page a big photo of Paloma Faith (who the article is about) takes up about half the page. Then the rest of the right page is more of the article in the same serif column style. 

2. One image is used which is nearly as big as the page.

3. No logos

4. The title is in black serif font pasted slightly off the middle on the first page.

5. A caption underneath the title is serif and italic in black describing what the articles about in a more detailed way than the title.

6. The colour scheme is black, grey and white.

7. One issue represented about a breakup. Themes of hope and reinvention.

8. Stereotypes challenged in the photo as the model is wearing a black leather trousers with a white tank top which is normally a masculine outfit. Stereotypes are pushed as a female wrote about love and breakups. 

Overall

1. Rolling Stone Masthead in red bold serif font at the top. Recurring theme of the colour red.

2. Genre conventions include black edgy clothing, spikey jewellery, colours like red, black, white, grey.