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Media Studies Conventions revision - Coggle Diagram
Media Studies Conventions revision
Tatler
Typography
Formal fonts to connote that it is a posh and luxury product
Pink writing to appeal to the majority female audience
Black and white to show purity and importance
Costume, hair and make up
Gold outfit suggests succeder mentality, luxury and royalty
Perfect appearence
Expectation of those on the cover of Tatler
Has to impress the upper class readers
Model for the peak of makeup and fashion
Abstract eye make-up to draw attention
Luxury jewellery
Sell lines
Feature stories that only the rich will relate to
Fashion
Celebrity lifestyles
Class
Setting
School
Greatly relatable to the teen audience
Acts as an ordinary place
Often sparks a lot of drama
Surrounded by an ordinary city landscape
Alternate shadow reality
Villain lives in a castle
Place for aliens to live
Darkness and fire are very prevailent, and it is where the 'bad guys' live
Props
April can summon swords
Common weapon in action
Gives her magic powers as the main character, showing she is special
The box containing people's souls is a magical, alien contraption
Characters
The characters are largely young adult, reflecting the target audience
There is romance
The main romance is heterosexual
Ram feels a need to protect April, stereotypical
Love interests allows for character development and more genres to be present
Several charcters are aliens, from other planets, or have magical abilities
The main villain is the only distinctly alien character by appearance
Daily Mirror
Typography
'Measles epidemic fear'
Fear is a buzz word to draw attention
Red text to cause alarm
Bold text, featuring 'no school' which will alert parents
Gold text for 'exclusive' and 'stars'
Give it a sense of class
Draw attention
'Wills' informal text makes the newspaper seem like they know him on a personal level
Colours
Red logo, connotes urgency, warning and action
'Fear' is in red to also draw attention
Gold text for exclusives
Black bold text for serious articles
Images
Royals are the main image to draw attention
Actor and actress for star appeal
Image of a school child getting a jab to grab attention and because it links to the story
Galaxy
Slogan
'Why have cotton when you can have silk'
Marketing- the purpose of the advert
Sums up the advert
Catchy, easy for the audience to remember
Luxury vehicle and outfits
Suggests Galaxy is of a similar level/quality
Makes the advert more interesting, even fantastical
Audrey's oufit in particular reflects those of her film history
Stereotypical storyline
Man saves woman
Romantic interest
Ride off 'happily ever after'
Stereotypical
Easy for the audience to pick up and understand
Reminiscient of the era of film Audrey Hepburn is from
The Times
Typography
Formal font to set the tone of the newspaper
Bold font for emphasis of titles
Black text with a white background
Traditional ease of printing, cheap
Ease of reading
Colours
Black and white is serious and formal
Images are fairly common in colouring
A single coloured band of text to draw some extra attention
Images
Features Kate WIndsor
Royal family is a formal topic
Formal coat and hat
In fromt of some sort of old-fashioned large building
Iron man and Thor
Brand recognition
Grabs the attention of an entirely different audience to Kate Windsor
Dr Who
Setting
School
A place where both adults (teachers) and children (students) will be able to relate with the characters
A place almost everyone will have memories of
A relatively skilled profession the AB demographic will be able to get on board with
Very 'Earthly' and ordinary
The TARDIS
A spaceship in a scifi
Purposefully over-complicated
Makes it appear more scientific
Creates enigma
An alien contraption
The signature vehicle of the protagonist, akin to something like the Batmobile
Cast and characters
All the characters are white which would reflect views of Britain at the time
The characters are all middle class or higher, reflecting target audience
Alien characters from episode 1
Ian (male) present to back up barbara (female) and lead her
Props
Ian has a very ordinary car to fit in with his character
TARDIS controls are very high tech and sci-fi
Susan reads a textbook in the school