NEA Part 1 - Media Language and Representations Analysis

How is media language used in 2 media products to create meaning through constructing representations and following genre conventions?

The best way to answer this is by looking at the representations first, then look at how media language is used to create them... 

• What type of shot/music are they using? 
• What connotations do the colours they use have? 
• What does the set represent the time and place of the situation? 
• What does the make-up and hair used say about the characters/models? 
• What does the body language say about the attitudes of the characters/models used?
• What connotations can the type of lighting used in the shot/scenes have? How does it help create representation?

If you chose to do Brief 1:
Choose TWO front covers and TWO double spread articles from educational magazines.

This magazine cover is showing a colourful tiger which is eye catching and can show that the magazine would be fun and interesting. The magazine is formatted in a way that makes it look interesting and makes their target audience want to read and learn more of the magazine. The language used in this magazine is informative but simple and easy to follow. This magazine would try to eliminate the negative stereotype that learning is boring through its use of easy to read facts and statistics.This would change peoples mind about this stereotype by teaching kids facts with jokes and small puzzles.

Fun For Kidz is another colourful educational magazine 
showing the creativity of kids. Its colour is eye catching demonstrating that the magazine is going to be filled with interesting activities for kids to do. The magazine is formatted in a way where it looks interesting and full of pictures and colour. This magazine would try to eliminate the negative stereotype that learning and reading is boring and pointless through its use of bright colours and pictures. This would eliminate this stereotype by making learning seem a bit more engaging and colourful.