Analysing Websites

 This task has given me a better idea of how a proffessional website would look and what sort of information it should contain. I have also learned teh importance of colour scheme and design for my website in order to make it look appealing and aesthetic.

Prelim Photography task

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 Doing this task I have learnt the importance of using the setting on the camera to create the desired effect for my pictures. I have learnt that these settings can makea huge impact on how my final image looks. Learning this, I will pre-plan what settings I will use before I take my pictures.

Research into the genre

GQ

main audience are 16-24 males- For younger males so they will have the latest fashions

71% of the People that buy GQ are employed. This shows that the magazine caters for people who are earning regular money.

62% male buyers- male dominated audience means the magazine will include clothing that appeals to men.

ABC1 demographic- they are part of the highest earners demographic therefore they will prefer high end clothing

79% of buyers are on high income or above average

GQ History- GQ (formerly Gentlemen's Quarterly) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931. The magazine focuses on fashion, style, and culture for men, though articles on food, movies, fitness, sex, music, travel, sports, technology, and books are also featured in the magazine.

Men's vogue

Men's Vogue was a monthly men's magazine that covered fashion, design, art, culture, sports and technology. On October 30, 2008 Condé Nast announced that they intended to fold the magazine into Vogue proper as a bi-annual subscriber's supplement.

The content for this magazine included featured celebrities, athletes, powerbrokers, and lesser known men of style. Areas covered included art and architecture, travel and food, politics and finance, books and sports, custom tailoring and fine watches, and many other topics.

I have learned that this genre of magazine is suited towards younger men on an above average income. This means that the clothes i will use in my magazine will be smart and dapper.

Conventions of covers:

The main convention for a magazine cover are: a masthead, coverlines, large main image, variety of font sizes and a barcode. This cover utilises all these conventions giving the cover a professional and conventional look

For this task we had to re-create the Hight School Musical scene "What Time is it" We had to act, film and edit the final video.

Doing this task I have  learnt the importance of camera angles to create the exact effect and shot you want. I have also learnt that it is vital to get your actors to use the required facial expression in order to create the shot you want. This will be useful when i create my magazine as the model I use will need to use different facial expressions to create the desired effectfor the photo.

Magazine Synergy

The GQ website helps to promote the magzine by giving similar information to what the magazine does.. Both the magzine and website contain different articles of the different topics from the magazine such as, fashion, lifestyle and culture. Also, the webste helps to promote the magazine by offering oppourtunitiess to byuy different issues of the magazineon cut price deals.

A difference between the magazine and the website is the colour scheme as the magazineuses a lot more bright and eye catching colours, this is done in order attract customers so they will notice and then buy the magazine. Wheras, people who use the website are already fans of the magazine therefore less eyecatching colours are needed and they focus more on content to entertain the readers.

The magazine only promotes the website a bit by statng the website address in a small font on the front cover of the magazine, this helps to promote the website to people who do not neccessarily buy the magazine