QUESTION

ONE:

ANCILLARY

TEXTSIN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT

USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE REAL

MEDIA PRODUCTS?

STANCE

MAGAZINE

The following slides are going to

compare the similarities between

STANCE magazine and similar

media products.

Does Stance

magazine, use, develop or

challenge their forms and

conventions?

SIGHT AND SOUND VS STANCE

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- The main focus of information on both magazines is at the bottomleft hand side of the page.

- Cartoon/posterised editing of the image

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- The title; Stance is a developed take on Sight and Sound. It uses thesenses and is very catchy and iconic.

- COLOUR SCHEME: Red is used very subtly. I have developed it intomy alternative colour scheme of red, blue, white and black.

- TITLE: Sight and Sound title sticks out as a separate section. I toohave developed this idea making by scanning in a collage of cut outnewspaper and creating a separate dividing header for the title.

IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED

- Unlike Sight and Sound, Stance has lots of important social medialinks – the main being the twitter hashtag and account. I have editedthe bird into the title substituting the A. This give the magazine anew edge over the current ones on the market

CATFISH WIRED POSTER VS

STANCE

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- I have similarly used layering to create a collage

- Cartoon/posterised editing of the image

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- I have used different semiotics that are relevant to my film trailer.

The important semiotics include: the skull, one eye showing and the

REC symbol. The catfish E poster on wired.com has also used this

idea.

IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED

- Instead of leaving it as a collage, I have adapted it into a magazine

layout similar to sight and sounds.

- I have kept the important features of a physical magazine and an

online magazine and challenged them with my own twist to create a

new innovative design.

STANCE VS TIME MAGAZINE

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- I have similarly used layering to create a collage

- The structuring of both magazines is very similar, with a central

heading and ‘banner’ like section as well as information on the

bottom right hand side of the page

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- I have developed the ‘banner’ into an actual section of the page.

Instead of using a traditional ‘ribbon’ texture like in TIME

magazine, a collage has been made out of newspaper cuttings

instead.

IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED

- The semiotics and symbols in Stance magazine are more subtle

rather than the blatantly central Blair Witch logo.

- I only chose to use one character and several symbols rather than

alternatively using more than one character/crew member and little

semiotics/symbols.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VS

STANCE

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- I was not fond of Entertainment weekly’s design and structure of

their magazine. I didn’t think it was suitable institute to present my

film. However, I did really like the colour scheme and how it is used

in sync to the chosen photo and pictures.

IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED

- The structure of both magazines is completely different

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- I like the way the colour scheme is structured into the page, and I

have adapted this idea but with the alternative colour scheme of

black, white, red and blue.

THE TALL

JAKE POSTER.

TALL JAKE VS PARANORMAL

ACTIVITY

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- A very dark colour scheme

- ‘Video camera’ editing of the image

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- I like how paranormal activity’s advertisement was divided uphorizontally into different sections, I chose to divide mine up intomore of these.

IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED:

- I have kept the information very minimal in comparison toParanormal Activity. I think ‘Less is more’ is a more effective anddifferent way of communicating to a demographic.

- I decided to stick to a basic colour scheme of black and white. Itmakes the advertisement more bold due to the extreme contrasts incolour.

- More reviews are used but in a shorter format. I’ve kept it short andsweet and very minimalistic.

BLAIR WITCH PROJECT VS TALL

JAKE

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- A very dark colour scheme

- ‘Video camera’ style editing of the image

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- The subtle semiotics are really attractive and draw in the readers eyes.I have adapted this idea but similarly using the eye of providence andtear semiotics.

- I liked the simplistic fonts used in the blair witch projectsadvertisement, it made me decide on the simplistic and stylish whitefonts in mine.

- IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED:

- The page is split subtly into 5 sections, but I decided to make thehorizontal divides on my page more strikingly obvious.

- I haven’t revealed any details about location or plot. That has been leftdeliberately ambiguous to evoke a sense of questioning amongst theaudience/readers of the magazine.

- I decided to include short and snappy reviews to describe the film/plotas opposed to the short introduction used in the Blair Witch Projectadvert.

CATFISH VS TALL JAKE

IDEAS I HAVE USED:

- A very dark colour scheme

- ‘Video camera’ style editing of the image

- Structuring the page into 5 horizontal sections

IDEAS I HAVE DEVELOPED:

- The importance of eye imagery: the first image shows the eyes and in the secondimage they’ve been cut off. This successfully implies themes of identity andparanoia.

- Short and snappy reviews: The less is more approach is reallydrawing, provoking the audience to do there own research into the film and findout what it truly means.

IDEAS I HAVE CHALLENGED:

- I have chosen to add important semiotics onto the poster such as the RECsymbol, tear drop and the eye of providence. I think this makes the page lookmore interesting in comparison to the Catfish poster.

- I chose to include the actors names – this can be an important decider as towhether someone will go and see a film or not. It also makes the page look a bitmore busier and more interesting whilst maintaining a simplistic ‘less is more’effect.

- There is a deliberately ambiguous release date of ‘COMING SOON’ on myposter, this adds a sense of mystery to the whole Tall Jake project whilst at thesame time managing to communicate a valid time scale for the audience toprepare for the films release.

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