examples for mock exam

Newspaper 

This newspaper article is showing very young girls that are trying to be the best they can with their body, to win the award of Miss World. Even though no one wants them to, they feel themselves that they are expected to look the best and will do anything to try and be the best. The media makes them look like they do noting else but work there hardest to try and be the best, but they do it in the most unhealthy way. It shows a negative representation on young girls in the early teens to mid 20s, because it makes them look like they will go through anything to try and look good to win modelling awards.

Magazine Cover

On this magazine cover, it represents men aged around 40-50, to dress up smartly, and act sensible. It also says at the bottom the cover "This is him smiling (you wouldn't want to see him pissed!)", giving the reader an idea that he gets angry quick, or is angry a lot of the time. This could make a representation of men in their 40s get angry easily at things, like the football or their work and other things. Also he is wearing a very smart suit and jacket for the cover, making him look very smart, representing men to look smart because they all normally have jobs and have to look smart as well. stereotypically showing that men in their 40s dress smartly a lot to look make themselves look good around others in public, but are short tempered and when they get angry they can be almost explosive. 

TV show

In this TV programme, it is about late teenage or young adults going on holiday without their parents and just their mates for the first time or somewhere far for the first time, like Spain. But the parents will use the show to see what their children have been up to on their holidays and see if they can be trusted on their own. When they are on holiday with their friends, the parents will think that the first thing they will do is party and get drunk and try to have sex with complete strangers. Most of their predictions are right and this will give the young adults a negative representation through media, because after watching this they will think that all they do when they have free time is binge drink, part and have sex. But rarely are the parents are wrong, their children will just have a normal holiday, they will drink but not too much, and will enjoy their holiday by relaxing or doing other activities. This can also give a negative representation on the parents because it might show through this episode that parents won't trust their children even though they are doing the right thing and could prevent them from enjoying themselves, being too 'clingy' and getting in the way.

captain america- texture analysis

Masthead

This time the masthead is white instead of red, this might be because the main colour in the background is red and it won't make the masthead stand out as much, and white contrast with the colour red. There is also another resin why the masthead is white, in the background is the American flag, and the main colours of the flag are white, red and blue. With the masthead being white it links with the American flag and has a meaning to it, as well as trying to catch the audiences' attention.

Cover Lines

These are use to attract other audience that might not like Captain America or Chris Evans and wish to read something else and not about that. They normally use puns or play on words like "the other gladiator" hinting to the film Gladiator, saying that both captain america and gladiator are very strong fighters. Also these cover lines are yellow that have nothing to do with the American flag, this could be showing that this is completely different to the main image which is Captain America. 

Double Page Spread Plan

Double Page Spread

1st Double Page Spread
On page 102-103 of the empire magazine, May 2013. It has a double page spread of Robert Ocri and Alex Kurtzman who are writers and producers of popular films today. In the double page spread, they are the main image, one is on one side of the page and the other is on the other side of the page. Even though they take up a lot of room on the double page spread, there is still enough space either side of them for at least two columns of text depending on how much text there is or what font, font size it is. this is a good idea as well, because the image is takes up the whole double spread, but the rest of the image around the two people are blank and is appropriate for text to be there, its also very dark compered to other images and makes the spread dark as well (black and white), this could emphasise the power that these two have in making the movie. 

I would use more text, two or more columns, this will help me give the audience more information. I might also use a different colour scheme as well, but I will keep the same design with one person on each page very close to the centre, leaving room for text each side. I might change the layout of the text as well, depending on what I am going to do for my photography. E.g. if my image was of Doctor Who, I could have the text in the shape of a sonic screwdriver, or if i was using a superhero as my main image the text could be in the shape of the ionic shape of that hero(bat).

2nd Double Page Spread

This double page spread is of the recent film 'Fury', which is a WWII setting and the main characters are part of a tank squad join through Germany. The image shows all of the main characters sitting onto of the tank, looking relaxed. They are all muddy and dirty, which shows they went through something already, haven't just came from a clean house. It also has as the main headline 'MEN OF STEEL' which is very similar to man of steel, the super man film which was also very popular. this could attract a wider audience and also it is a pun, because the tanks will be made from steel or other parts of metals, and they are the men of that tank. the text on the side is also got an old feeling to it because if the font and the colour as well, like 1940-50, which is where the WWII was, and has enough information about it. The text gives a brief explanation on the film and then shows quotes, from the film or interviews with the actors and the directors. It also has another picture from the film, showing all the main characters in a way, and is mainly about Brad Pitt. hey will want Brad Pitt to be the main subject in the image because he is a big actor and has a lot of fans compared to the other fans.