AICE Media Studies Blog

Describe the cover layout- The layout of the cover is a sitting robot, with its arms wrapped around its legs. The large title to the left of the robot reads, 'THE FUTURE OF ROBOTS in a straight 'robot looking' font. Below the large title is the subtitle that reads,' here Comes the Walking, Talking, Pie-baking, Humanoid Machine. There are 4 other blurbs around the cover page. There is a banner across the top that read, '300 Miles Per Gallon!' with a photo of some motor vehicle. There is a small outlines box in the upper right of the cover with a picture of the 'Gadget of the Month'. The box is captioned surround sound for your iPod.  What colors or text features are utilized? The cover at first is overwhelmingly busy, but once you take your time to read the title and subtitles, they all go well together. The color scheme of the cover is black grey and orange. With the magazine title in a bold black following with the lead story on robots again...

Describe the cover layout- The layout of the cover is an image of Albert Einstein working on a white board. The title is clean cut and written directly under is the question, 'what is genius?'. There is a reflection of his face on the board that he seems to be writing on. However there is no clean cut outline of the board.  What colors or text features are utilized? The background of the cover is a galaxy, the use of purple, blue and white specks is calming and hypnotizing. They keep the color scheme with Einstein's jacket being in different shades of purple. The white writing on the board are different math equations and variables. Using the math equation and galaxy on the cover, ties to the question at the top, 'what is genius?'. This cover makes the reader's imagination stir as they think about the various science discoveries and scientist who had found them.   What kind of articles are included and on what pages do they appear? The articles feat...

Describe the cover layout- The layout of the cover has a huge picture of a neuron with the center connection point up front in the center of the magazine. To create the allusion that the neuron is three dimensional the stem of it is covering part of the title of the magazine.  From the cover we can assume that this edition of the magazine is about colleges and universities from the subtitle on the cover. What colors or text features are utilized? The neurons are purple, and the connection is bright orange, therefore the color scheme for the cover is purple and orange. They used other bright colors such as yellow in the text for the title of the features articles. What kind of articles are included and on what pages do they appear? The articles featured in this magazine are all related to colleges or universities. The first article listed on the table of contents is a question and answer piece. Next is a piece on finding you college match, and thirdly how to pay for col...

I have decided to do the Magazine for my project submission to Cambridge. I am an independent worker and feel that this would be the best option to fit my busy schedule. I would definitely work on my own for this project. I have a very creative side and I am excited to design and set up a magazine to show my creativity. I am most excited to create the cover of the magazine because I enjoy seeing all the covers on the magazines I have researched. Most are bright with minimal words and pictures that relate to each other and to the stories in the magazine. I am interested in creating a science magazine, featuring the future scientists of America. This would be close to my field of interest as I competitively do research. I most recently tested on stem cells at the University of Central Florida. If I do pursue this path I would like to interview those I worked with in the lab.  I am excited to further research and pursue my interests towards this project. While I am not a great...

After looking at examples from the previous years, I think doing a magazine will defiantly have its perks. I am an independent person and working by myself would best fit my schedule, making me lean more to the magazine. If I were to do this project I would do some sort of science magazine as that is what interests me.  I am creative in the planning and layout, so I am excited for that. One of my concerns is that I am not a strong writer, therefore will need many revisions on my featured article. We have gone over what features create a magazine and what keeps the readers attention. Therefore, I am excited to further explore magazines for inspiration and hints when creating my own. 

In watching the Newsroom and other films, I have come to think that I can create a film for my final project. From watching the angle cuts, to the sounds edits and the transitions between scenes the Newsroom has opened up my eyes to the film world. If I were to do the Film I would have to be in the creative process rather than the final process. I am very creative and would enjoy creating the lay out and shots to use for filming, however with my OCD I would not like to be part of the filming or editing process. It would take me too long to get it how I like and to not see the vision that was already in my head... it is hard to changed an already persuaded mind. If I were to do this project I would like to do a flash back movie of sorts where there is a cliff hanger in the front of the film and then the film will explain how the character got to that. Ultimately, while this would be fun, I do not think that this project would be a good fit for my personality and work ethic.