First Elements 11 Practical

 

While making this advert I learned the basics on how to use photoshop - such as how to import and crop a picture, how to adjust light levels, how to add different layers and how to add text and symbols. I used complimenting colours to the picture, with a slogan, a title, and a phone number to make the ad more interesting and appealing. 

Cultural Context in Media

 

This album cover for the Reytons album called 'Alcopops & Charity Shops' has cultural contextual representation. The band are working class from Sheffield and their music is relatable to the lower and working classes. 

The picture on this album cover looks like something you could take on any British, working-class high street (especially in the North). the mise-en-scene of the run down & boarded up shop with the graffiti of the album title is clever and works well to give people a good idea of what kind of music the band makes. 

The cultural context of this is working class, Northern Britain - Indie Garage Rock has always had ties to this, such as the Arctic Monkeys and the Courteeners.  

This picture of a British high street highlights how similar the album cover is and how it reflects the lives and 'culture' of British people. It is something that people resonate with and see in their daily lives. 

The use of this represents a lower demographic who do use charity shops, it highlights how it is normal. However, due to the fact that the band tries to have a 'bad' 'rock image' - it perpetuates the stereotype that the lower classes are rough and dirty. 

Historical Context in Media

 

This poster for Miley Cyrus' new cover of 'Heart of Glass' (originally by blondie) contains historical context. The original song was released in the early 2000s, but the band became popular in the 70s with the new wave scene. 

This poster for the 2020 cover has mise en scene which reflects that of the 70s & 80s - she has a mullet which was an extremely popular hairstyle from that time and bright red lipstick. She's also wearing a full mesh bodysuit which, while it is a more sexualised version that shows more skin, it reflects the mesh tops that were popularised in the 80s by both men and women. 

The red serif font for 'Miley' is very similar to that of 'Blondie', as well as the singers blonde hair, another ode to the original band and the historical context of it. Miley's media team have used all of these things together to create nostalgia for older audiences who listened to Blondie on records and cassettes. This also brings in a new audience who grew up with Miley on their tv and have seen her 'rebellious stage' turn into this where she turns out to have a great voice and image for rock. 

Blondie used more black and white binary opposition with the distinct parallel lines, this reflects the historical context of racism at the time that the band was popularised. This type of binary opposition was a fairly common art technique for albums at the time. Also, the lines directly link to the name of her album 'Parallel Lines'.

Fun With Fonts

 

The font on this poster is a serif font with a very curly 'g', this font is supposed to represent Rapunzel's hair in the film. Also, because it is a serif font it looks fairly old, which fits the film as it is set in a medieval era.

This font is very 1960s inspired with the 'groovy' curved letters. the letters are very rounded and larger at the bottom, which is usually accompanied by psychedelic colouring and patterns for the 60s vibe.

This font is supposed to be spooky and it achieves that with the skinny sharp lettering, it almost looks like some sort of knife of weapon and could very easily be used on a film such as Addams family.

 

Statista: most popular newspapers.

 

these images are snips taken from Statista, showing recent data for the most popular daily newspapers, and the most popular news papers in general, many of which are owned by the DMGT.