Big Issue Profile

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bsLWp57Cp2yk8urvBWQvQ7NaeF2k_7gwxe2zCROXAPA/edit?usp=sharing

Magazine Distributors

IPC Media - Used to exist, Now known as TI Media Ltd. They were a consumer magazine and Digital Publisher in the UK. IPC reorganized themselves into 6 different Divisions. These were IPC (Magazines, Newspapers, Trade and Technical, Books, Printing and New Products.)
Time Inc took over in September 2014 making them a brand in the US and UK. This company is a subsidiary company. It is part of a conglomerate and is an International company.

Bauer Media Group - BMG manages a portfolio of more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations around the world. Their products include Multi-platform media: print, digital, radio, TV; print houses, postal services, distribution and marketing services. BMG is a European based company with it's headquarters being in Hamburg, Germany. It is a Limited partnership under German Law and is independent.

Dennis Publishing - An independent publisher founded in 1974. They are a National Company. Owned by Heart of England Forest Charity after the owner died. They were bought by Exponent in 2018. They are into the Magazine & Internet publishing industry.

History of Magazines and Key Terms

- Magazines Appeared in the UK in the late 1700s
- Early Magazines include The Gentleman's Magazine
- Late 19th century/ Early 20th century the mass media started to take off. There was wide access to magazines and newspapers. Easy to buy and affordable.
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Vanity Fair - Similarities and differences between 1896 and Today. 
- Masthead (Serif Font makes it high classed)
- Focus on the female model
- Male Gaze
- Coverline
- One's Hand Drawn the other is a picture


Magazines Today

- They lose on average 4% of circulations each year
- Only 60 of 422 audited in 2015 grew in sales.
- Price cuts and give away copies help cosmopolitan lead growth in women fashion and lifestyle
- There is aprox. 8000 magazine titles in the UK
- TV choice and Guides are the UK's biggest selling title at 50p, the Radio Times cost £1.80

Key Terms 

Circulation - Number of copies a magazine sells

Readership - Not just who buys a magazine but the total number of people likely to read it

Mass audience - Readership on a very large scale

Niche audience - Narrow group of readers with a particular interest

Subscription - Where a reader pays for a set number of copies of a magazine in advance at a lower price and receives them by post

Planning Website

Task 3 Planning: Shot List

Shot List

Shot no.	Shot / description	Lyric
1	Establishing shots
2	Low angle Shot of Dancer 2	“Oh yh”
3	Close up shot of Dancer 2
4	Medium shot of Stand in Samantha
5	Medium Shot of Artist	“I say my baby de give me ginger”
6	Wide Shot of Dancers	“Number 1 for de matter”
7	Slow Motion shot	*Inaudible
8	Two shot of artist and stand in Samantha	“God dun bless me my brother”
9	Long shot of Dancer	“I’m locked up, don’t let me out”
10	Long Mid shot of stand in Samantha	“Samantha oo”
11	Shot of artist legs (Dancing)	*Inaudible
12	Jump Cut	Instrumental
13	Close up of Artist	“Samantha oo”
14	Two shot of artist and stand in Samantha	Outro
15	Long Shot into Slo Mo of artist and stand in Samantha	Outro
16	Low Angle shot of artist	Outro

Wix Website

https://oreofeayeni.wixsite.com/mysite

Statement of intent

• Media language- how your magazine or video follows typical form, codes and conventions to make meaning. How does it follow the rules, in terms of shots, mise en scene etc.? What makes it typical (or unusual)?
• Media representations- how the magazine or video portrays events, issues, individuals or groups.  Who or what is portrayed? How do we know?
• Media audience- how the magazine or video targets and  addresses audiences; and how the audience responds. What message should the audience get and how? How do they feel?
• Media industries- how your magazine or video would be produced, distributed and circulated in the real world. Which record label or publisher would produce it? Which platforms / shops would distribute the magazine / video? Would it be shared?

Media Language - My music video is going to be classed under the genre of Afrobeats. A conventional afrobeats music video would consist of female dancers, mainly of the black ethnic group, and a male artist. In most of the popular afrobeats videos, there's little use of studio shots. Most shots are done in public places. This is why I have decided to make my location in a park as it is a public place. What makes this typical is that most afrobeat songs focus on dancing or girls. Mine will be focusing on girls as the song is called "Samantha". There will be solo shots of the featuring girl and also and most importantly shots with the featuring artist.


Media Representations: My music video will portray a sense of the Male gaze. At the beginning of the song I plan to have a slow motion shot of the featuring girl in order to show that the song is focusing on her.


Media Audience -

Media Industries - I will be publishing the video on Youtube. This is because Youtube is the best place to share videos and get views. The song will be shared, however it will be restricted to only those given the url.