Kenian Media Exam Blog

Language: Media factsheet 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? - General Interest  - Special Interest  - Professional  2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? - Top Gear and Driven Women are both magazines about driving and an interest in cars. Top Gear clearly identifies its male audience by using iconography of the spy and action genres; elements such as James Bond and his iconic car the Aston Martin are included along with CGI explosions and a palette of red, yellow and black that create an intense and dramatic effect to the visual codes. This constructs a stereotypical representation of masculinity. Driven Women, however, takes the stereotypical idea that only men drive fast cars and subverts it slightly. Clearly aimed at women, it uses a stereotypical attractive model dressed in gym gear, leaning on the drivers-side door. 3) What does the factsheet say about GQ c

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. 3) Look at your answer and the mark scheme for Question 1 (Diamonds advert unseen text). List three examples of media terminology or theory that you could have included in your answer.  4) Look at your answer and the mark scheme for Question 2. What aspects of the cultural and historical context for the Score hair cream advert do you need to revise or develop in future? 5) Now look over your mark, comments and the mark scheme for Question 3 - the 9-mark question on Sephora Black Beauty Is Beauty. List any postcolonial terminology you could have added to your answer here.