AICE Media Studies AS- Brunsvold, K

 11/20 The feedback I received helped me think of what would make my magazine different from other sailing magazines. What will make "Reach" different is its inclusiveness of people of all backgrounds. The boats in this magazine can be sailed by ages 15-65 and these people don't need to be wealthy to sail them either. All other sailing magazines feature large expensive boats that only older wealthy people are interested in because they are the only ones that can afford them. My magazine will include boats that are cheap and can be sailed by everyone.      The article, "The Abundance, Joy, Beauty, Persistence, Power, and Potential of Independent Publishing: A CONVERSATION WITH SIX BLACK EDITORS", is filled with interviews with  leading Black editors about the business of bringing new writing into the world. I believe, as an editor, that my magazine will  " stretch our ability to see beauty and potential in new places and ways"(Dungy). My magazine will c...

               The importance of creativity when embarking  on  a new endeav or is grand.  The creative process allows us to be innovative and better at problem solving.  Ron  Beghetto  defines “creative self-efficacy" as our confidence to perform creatively on a particular task.  Beghetto  believes in strengthening our creative self-efficacy in order to become better problem solvers.  This skill can be very helpful when starting a project  such as the Media Studies portfolio project. After lis tening to  Duncan Wardle’s Ted Talk, “The Theory of Creativity”, I was certain that  Begh e tto  must have been  correct. Wardle speaks about how humans begin to think “reductively ”  over  time and what this means is that we become less creative. He then speaks about the lack of creativity at work, which is the place people need to  be creative in order to s...

             My initial reaction to  InDesign  and Premier Pro was confusion.  When testing Premier Pro,   my computer screen was flooded with various unknown buttons and features. As I went through the tutorial given to  me, I started to realize that many of these buttons I do not actually need to use.  After experiencing this and reading “ Our Place in the Universe: The Importance of Story and Storytelling in the Classroom”, I came to the conclusion that  Premier  Pro is simply a tool that I must earn to use to tell a story.  In the article, the author speaks about  how “stories have power” and how humans have used stories  “ to explain ou r world”.  This was inspiring to me. I feel that I can create my own story through film and that is  the reasoning for choosing film for my portfolio project. I should probably explain as to why I did  not choose to create a Magazine article. I d...

            My initial reaction to recognizing the themes of colors that play into stereotypes was surprised. Magazi nes like Cosmopolitan and  GQ  are great examples of this.  Cosmopolitan   played into the stereotype of women loving pink and doing “girly” things. The ir   cover page displayed this through their  color scheme of white and pink  text,   and they have statements about heels, nails, and other things that fit into the stereotype of women.  GQ ’s cover page has   white  and blue text with   very straightforward statements. These play into the stereotype of men.  They use these stereotypes and  celebrities  to  target a certain audience . Magazines that do this are Men’s Journal and  Vogue. Men’s Journal uses a photo of  celebrity  Patrick  Dempsey to attract  men that can be from age 20-60. Vogue magazine has Rhianna on the cover, who...