My own experiences with media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends in audience behavior because if an audience picks up something they find funny, they'll turn it into a trend. For example, there's a podcast I watch that's created by two people who have been on YouTube for a very long time. The podcast is focused on any current internet drama that's going on between people that are also well known on YouTube or any other popular platform. This is marketable to anyone who keeps up with or is somewhat knowledgable on the drama they discuss because it's interesting to see other influencers shed light on the topic. Recently, on the podcast one of the YouTubers said something and it made the other YouTuber start to poke at her about what she said because it was very comical. The viewers of the podcast then picked up on the YouTuber poking at her and made the moment on the podcast into a trend where people recreate it as a scene. This is good in various ways because the trend brings more attention to their podcast and they're also getting recognition for being entertaining personalities. The podcast is also used to talk about serious topics in the social media world. The YouTubers bring attention to a lot of serious things happening in today's world, which also reaches out now to an audience that can relate to the serious topics. Their range of topics is pretty wide and it makes the podcast easier to distribute to different audiences.
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1. Setting: Setting is an essential element to mise en scene because it's what the viewers are going to be staring at. It's important that the setting is visually pleasing because, if not, it can turn away viewers from watching as soon as the movie or media starts. It can also say a lot about the characters. If we see the setting as messy versus clean, that can say a lot about the character in question. The audience can make inferences from the setting about how the character is going to be.
2. Decor: Decor is an essential element to mise en scene because a lot of decor included in settings is there for a reason. Certain decorations can provided a foreshadowing element to the media the viewers are watching. For example, if there's a book included with the decor of a setting and then the audience sees that book later on, they'll understand the significance of the book being included in the decor in the first place. Decor is a good way to incorporate small symbolic items. 3. Lighting: Lighting is an essential element to mise en scene because lighting can portray the mood of movies or media. Lighting that is very bright can portray a feeling of happiness and add light emotions to the media. Dark lighting implies something not so happy. It could be in relation to something not good or sad. These emotions are relayed to the audience and the audience can relate to what's happening in the movie. 4. Depth of Space: Depth of space is an essential element to mise en scene because it creates different dimensions in media. Having a character or an object a certain distance away from something else creates illusions in the audience's mind and makes them wonder what the significance is. Depth of space can also represent two ideas at the same time. Those ideas could be age, happiness/sadness, or a change in time. 5. Costumes and Makeup: Costumes and makeup is an essential element to mise en scene because it says a lot about the character. Having messy clothes and sloppy makeup can say a lot about the character. On the other hand, a character's clothes and makeup being very neat says a lot about them as well. Costumes and makeup allow the audience to distinguish certain things about the characters and make their own judgements and assumptions about how the character is going to act for the rest of the movie or media. On the left is my original magazine cover and on the right is my revised magazine cover. I used Canva to create both covers. During my revision, I changed all of the fonts and headlines on the cover and decided to use less pink in the font color because I decided it was too much with the model also wearing pink on the cover. I made these changes because I feel like the cover photo is more accentuated instead of hidden behind all of the words.
The continuing development of digital media technology has a large significance on media institutions and audiences. The film industry is always changing in order to find new ways to distribute their media. For example, companies have been introducing online streaming platforms that give the viewer the option to purchase a movie and watch it or download it to their device at home. This has saved companies a copious amount of money because instead of using materials for packaging, then going through the production of creating the media itself, they can send out a file from a computer and release and sell their product to the same amount of people as they would of with a physical release.
This is the same with new cinema releases because distributors don’t need to process film, they just send the production to a computer. This removes the limit on distribution as in the past, film would've been shared and posted around the world. Now, all they need to receive a new release is wifi and a computer. This supports the view that older media, such as DVD’s, are tanking as the push towards new platforms are slowly taking over. This could be debated with the older generation, however the younger generation believes that old media is decreasing as they've found different and more convenient platforms to purchase and view media. I'm writing my article for my magazine readers. The audience that my magazine is directed towards isn't exclusive of any age or gender. My magazine's goal is to be all inclusive and be able to help them with any fashion tips that they're struggling with. What's important to my audience is being comfortable in your own skin. My audience reads my magazine because they feel that my magazine discusses things like body positivity, being comfortable with doing trends on your own terms, and how to style things that match your own unique personality. That's what my magazine readers rely on our issues to discuss. Fashion news that is currently trending is, ironically, today's trends. Trends are forever changing, but my magazine is up to date with them weekly and is keeping my readers in the loop. Some trends being seen today includes, but is not limited to, unique sneakers, Y2K fashion, flared out pants, and layering clothing. With all of these trends out currently, my magazine touches on how to personalize them. I'm going to start by thinking of 10 of the most important tips that I want to include, since that's the article style I chose. With those tips, I can then bounce off of that idea to create explanations behind the tips to elaborate on them.
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The 10 tips article is the best choice for my double page spread for the magazine. I chose this specific article because I can use the 10 tips perspective as a way to talk about fashion. My plan is to do 10 tips on how to personalize fashion trends. My magazine focuses on topics like that, so it'll fit it perfectly. The journalist of the example of the 10 tips article sets a tone of understanding and mutualism. The journalist talks about their own personal experiences as well, which is a tactic that's supposed to help the reader feel like others can relate to them, even the person writing the article that they're reading. There's also a tone of suggestion. What I mean by that is the journalist has the tone of being like a mentor to the reader. This is because the journalist is trying to give the reader advice and tips that can be useful to them, so the tone is giving the effect of having more experience in what the journalist is giving the reader tips about. The journalist’s impact is meant to make the reader have a different outlook on what they’re seeking advice about. The journalist is put in a position of authority in a way because someone is reading their magazine for a reason. They’re putting in a sense of trust as a reader that the writer will be able to give them a different point of view on their issue. This is a big responsibility, but most of the time the journalist hits the nail on the head and says just the right thing in their writing that helps the reader in the exact way that they’re looking for. Lastly, the way the journalist communicates their ideas is the most important. The journalist has to relay their message the right way so that it can fit the reader’s understanding and give the reader what they’re looking for. Articles that are giving tips and advice are very knowledgeable in the sense that they know how to get their point across while also saying just the right words to the reader. I integrated technologies, such as software, hardware, and online, in my project by using different websites and computer techniques to put together my magazine. I used the website Canva to put together my magazine and my double page spread. Canva was helpful in the way that it let me use templates and design techniques to put all of the requirements together. Software and a hardware was used when Ms. Fuller taught us how to use a version of Adobe to access InDesign. In the process of those steps, we somewhat downloaded a mock browser that gave us access to the platform. Mostly, I personally used online materials. All of the examples and resources that Ms. Fuller provided, were accessible through websites and links. Overall, the technologies I used and that were provided helped me complete the magazine cover and double page spread. They were very helpful and I learned how to use a lot of tools that were unfamiliar to me before.
My production skills developed throughout this project because I was working with things I've never worked with before. I've never had to make my own magazine, so I used to never pay attention to all of the small details that go into making one. I learned about all of the subtitles and headlines that go on the front and I learned about how to use images and color to enhance the genre of my magazine. I also learned how to talk about things that correlate with the genre I chose. I learned how to assess what's going on in today's world and put my own twist on it. With all of that, I most importantly learned things that will help me with other projects in the future. I learned how to use certain websites and applications that are useful for design that I'm sure could be useful in the future. I learned about physical and digital media and how I would distribute something like a magazine. My production skills have grown a lot throughout the duration of the project and I've learned a lot of useful material.
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