A-Level Media Studies: Revising media language and Woman magazine

Thursday, 25 May 2023

Media Language front cover checklist:

Have you explored how the front page uses the following media language devices?

· Layout/composition of masthead, strapline, cover lines, images etc

· Masthead

· Cover lines

· Font size, type, colour etc

· Images/photographs (shot type, angle, focus)

· Mise-en-scene

· Language/anchorage

· Narrative established

How does the combination of these different elements of media language:

i) Communicate messages and values?

ii) Reflect the social/cultural context the front cover was created in?

iii) Establish the brand identity of the magazine?

iv) Construct and appeal to its target audience?

Media Language feature article checklist:

Have you explored how the feature article uses the following media language devices?

· Layout and design

· Positioning of headline, standfirst, pull quotes/sidebars, columns, images

· Font size, type, colour etc

· Images/photographs (shot type, angle, focus)

· Mise-en-scene- colour, lighting, location, costume/dress as appropriate

· Anchorage of images and texts

· Language (headline, standfirst, copy, captions)

· Mode of address (direct/indirect, formal/informal)

· Specific devices e.g. emotive language, rhetorical questions, hyperbole, use of fact/statistics

· Narrative established

How does the combination of elements of media language communicate meanings?
How does the article reflect typical codes and conventions for this type of magazine?
How does the article appeal to the target audience?
What messages and values are communicated in this article?
How are representations constructed in the article?

Media Language advert checklist:

Have you explored how the adverts use the following media language devices?