magazine double page

On the right hand side of the double page spread we can see a very large image of what we believe to be the Chapman family, as it clearly states in the caption underneath. the colour scheme for this magazine sort of follows the logo which is blue black pink and purple which are a mixture of male and female colours so this magazine could be aimed at either gender. However saying that there seems to be a lot of text in this magazine to be a male one because usually there isn't much writing, this is because the stereotypical view on men is that they are lazy and would Rather look at the images. this could be why there is a large image on the right hand side. As we can see at the very beginning of the article/story it starts with a very large 'F' and we don't normally see this in magazines its normally found in newspapers, although it is sticking with the theme of purple!

magazine contents page

The house style for this magazine has three columns and we can tell this just from the contents page! Hopefully the house style will stay the same all of the way through; the third column is full of images of celebrities this would appeal to the female audience that this magazine is set for! We can also tell this by the fact that the colour scheme is pink, purple and white which are very girly colours! Also in the first column there is an image of a woman in a bikini this shows that it’s for woman because this is what women want to look like it could be considered as a role model, and there is a lot of images that are summery style which appeal to women as they want to get the perfect body for summer! There is quite a lot of writing on this page to say that it is only a contents page however, women like reading and that won’t put them off buying the magazine. The word ‘OK!’ is always in the same font as it is the logo/brand of the magazine, the mast head! finally at the bottom of the second column there is lots and lots of small writing this is the like copy right and manufacturing laws. this will be found on every magazine no matter what age, genre or gender!  

GCSE English Article

The GCSE results for English, were they right?

All the uproar about the GCSE English results can’t have escaped you’re attention! The fact they changed the grade boundaries just two weeks before the results were published. There has been resent concerns in the rise of C grades and this meant that the board quickly had to produce closer predictions for this subject.

After these particular concerns the board responded a day later and they said that the proposed grades were fair and they had no need to change them.

As a result of this, when the results of the letters were produced, Ofqual’s chief regulator, Glenys Stacey was faced with a call to resign, and many people strongly agreed with is for example John Townsley (a head teacher and former board member) told us exclusively that “Glenys Stacey should resign” this is all because Ofqual were seen to be applying too much pressure to the awarding body about bringing the amount of C grades down!

However, Ofqual said that the letters produced were correct and it was something that they had to do to make sure that the standard of results maintained but also that they reflected on the past years results.

Although at a school in Wales it came about that hundreds of students were expected to get higher GCSE English grades because of this the education minister demanded that they had a remark and in Wales this is allowed where as in England it couldn’t be any more different… Welsh pupils are seen as “victims” of an “injustice” this is because they got lower results than they would have had last month!

Following this, Dennis Opposs who is the director of standards at Ofqual wrote a letter to Edexcel on 7^th August because he was concerned about the results predicted as they were eight points higher and because of this they had to quickly change the results to make sure that they were a lot closer to the predictions, but they were moved a lot more than they normally are!

Now if Ofqual are still wanting to change the grade boundaries then the English requirement to get a C would be 65/96 and this is 10 marks higher than in January!!

magazine front cover

The target audience for this magazine would be females who are looking to get married. We can also tell this by the fact that some of the words are in pink this colour appeals to females. Also, by using the puff ‘new’ suggests to the audience that there is some new information in this magazine that no one has seen before this would therefore make them want to by it. As we can see the price is hidden under the mast head this is because they don’t want to attract the attention to the price as it may put off potential buyers.

The colour scheme stands out this is because by using a white background shows how sophisticated it is and that it appeals to older women. The main image is of a woman who is dressed in a wedding dress this shows what styles there is inside the magazine.  

definitions

Target audience - Particular group of people, identified as the intended recipient of an advertisement or message.

Genre – it is a French word for type this means that different types of films are put into categories this means that it is easier for the audience to make a choice.

Conventions – these are the key features of genres this means that you would expect in a horror film that there would be a hero and a villain and lots of blood and guts everywhere.

Codes – is a way of conveying meaning without using words.