Layouts

These are some tests for different layouts I could have for my magazine front cover and contents page

 
 

Second Mock Up - College Magazine

Here is my final piece for my college magazine, I used the pictures I previously took and used the same layout from my mock up magazine as I found this worked well. This magazine could be improved as you cannot read the writing with ease as the white colour can clash with the picture. It could also have more detail such as more cover lines and plugs. I do like that I managed to keep a consistent colour scheme throughout the cover.

Gender Representation

Recently we have been learning about gender representation and these are my views on it displayed in the media.


Through the media, males are set with the way they have to look from a young age. Children are shown how they are supposed to act, look and live, and they are shown the consequences of them not doing so.

Young boys are told to be tough and strong through the Medias representation, they are shown boxing and violence in films which usually involves males. This is what they are brought up to think, that all men have to be powerful, strong, and independent to be masculine. If they don’t fit into this category they are verbally abused with the stereotypes of ‘fag’ and ‘mummy’s boy’ to name some. Showing men that they have to be violent will lead to more violence in the community because they believe that it is correct, and it is supposed to happen.

Young girls are also told how they have to act, look and live due to media representations. Through the unnatural pictures in magazines of women, they are shown to be stick thin, beautiful with flawless skin, with pin perfect hair, and just be the ideal woman. This sets them in the state of mind that makes them crave for this look, which leads to anorexia because the girls have to starve themselves. In films it is represented that if they aren’t ‘perfect;’ then they will never be good enough to find true love, and ‘the one’

Both males and females are told to act completely different, as in women are not allowed to swear, or take drugs, they must act extremely polite and ladylike where as men are allowed to swear, smoke, take drugs and be violent, because they are shown to be this tough violent person.

All this representation of the perfect female or male is leading to anorexia rates to increase greatly. Not only in girls but in boys too, because they have to starve themselves to get thinner, to then get this great muscular physique. Also girls anorexia rates are increasing because they ‘have’ to get that ideal look in order to be happy.