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Magazine cover learner response

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1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image. 2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBIs. Mark: 11 Grade: B WWW: In many ways this is an A grade cover – it immediately looks professional, sits well between two real GQ Style covers and has an excellent harmonious page design. The cover image is strong, direct address from the model’s eye contact is absolutely appropriate and the left-hand side cover lines are very good. In addition, your evaluation is quite detailed and reflective and these will be valuable skills when it comes to acting on feedback for the real coursework next year. There are just two key aspects holding this back…  EBI: The big lesson here will be extremely useful for the coursework next year – read the brief! Your ‘Public Enemy’ main flash is identical to a real GQ Style cover and the brief states that you need to come up with original cover lines and...

Men's Health - Industries case study blog tasks

Hearst publishing Research Hearst publishing by looking at the  Hearst UK website  and the  Wikipedia entry for parent company and conglomerate Hearst Communications . 1) Hearst UK is part of Hearst Communications. What is Hearst Communications and where is it based? Hearst Communications is an American mass media and business information conglomerate based in New York City. Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, television channels and television studios. In addition, it owns 50% of the A&E Networks cable network group and 20% of the sports cable network group ESPN, which are both in cooperation with The Walt Disney Company. Hearst communications is based in the Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan. The company was originally founded by William Randolph Hearst.  2) What media industries and brands make up the Hearst Communications conglomerate? There are a total of 25 brands that make up the Hearst Communications conglomerate, these being: The Good Living Best ...

Men's Health - Audience blog tasks

Read the  Men's Health Media Pack  in full to get a good idea of the demographics and psychographics for the Men's Health target audience then answer the following questions: 1) How does the magazine introduce itself? Men's health is the biggest-selling men's lifestyle magazine, both in the UK and worldwide. It is also mentioned that it's success is built on a winning editorial formula which combines visually-engaging health, wellbeing and nutrition features with premium content covering fashion, grooming, watches, tech and travel. 2) What does the introduction suggest about the representation of masculinity in Men's Health's? It suggests how masculinity should be about a number of different things not just being dominant, like being fashionable, grooming yourself well, being tech smart and just being healthy in general. It also suggests that Men's Health is well supported and received by the public therefore showing them in a positive light 3) Ho...