AICE Media Studies Blog

Cover layout of the November 20-27 2017 Sports Illustrated issue is very mysterious with fog in the background. What really catches ones eye is the contrast of Julio Jones against the fog, as if he's emerging victoriously. Utilizing the colors red and yellow against the grey background makes the text pop and turns a boring dark covered magazine into something more attractive to the eye. Julio Jone's name is in white and larger and bolder than any other text, so that it informs the reader that the issue is going to focus on Julio Jones in specific. The inside cover/first page features a Chevrolet ad which leads me to believe Chevrolet paid money to be featured, especially on the inside cover. The third page after a Breitling ad is the table of contents. Sports Illustrated did this so the reader has to go through a couple pages of ads to finally get to the content they want. There are various holiday inspired ads to get in the holiday mood and to promote their sales. A Giorgio Ar...

I decided to do the magazine for my AICE Media Studies project. I feel more inclined in photography skills rather than film skills, therefor bettering my results in the end. Although my aim for this class was to learn new skills, I can learn new skills in photography and article writing. I'd work alone unless someone wanted to work with me, but so far there's a sparse amount of people doing magazines, and the choices I have, I don't like. It's nothing personal, I just want to do good and pass this AICE paper and not have to worry about group members. I can also make the magazine more personal if I worked alone. The magazine genre I'd do is lifestyle because 1) I'm alive and know about lifestyle 2) I'm not an expert on other genres like sports 3) There's more I can do in lifestyle than restricting myself to a specific subtopic like fashion. I'm excited to start working and I have high hopes to nail this AICE paper.☺

My main goal for all my classes are to learn new skills, practice the skills, and successfully carry out those skills in life. I knew I would learn a lot of material when I signed up for this class, and filming is one of them. I have a little more than average knowledge on how to film, edit, produce, and upload videos. I make dumb videos of me sometimes and upload them to Youtube, spending an average of 30 minutes per video editing. Applying the terms we learned in Media Studies would benefit the film route better than they would benefit print journalism route. There's more potential to make the film really unique and really make it my own, which is limited if I did a magazine. We've watched a lot of examples of films, then diagnosed and analyzed scenes more than we examined magazines. The film route would make sense, but that's the basic and expected route.

The pro's of print journalism compared to film making is that print journalism is tangible. I'm the type of person who is more focused and immersed in what I'm doing if I can interact with it opposed to just watching things unfold. It'd feel more personal to me. I'm a strong follower in the belief that words have more power than action, and with that, print journalism would be a medium used to vocalize my thoughts and provide a thorough and cohesive project for AICE Media Studies. Although print journalism is a valid and strong choice, there are con's too. Applying what we've learned so far in class wouldn't be as applicable to print journalism. I can use different camera shots of course, but things such as transitions and sounds are non applicable. I can choose to italicize/bold/underline things I wish to emphasize in print journalism, but it's not to the extreme that a film can. I have mediocre photography and editing skills, but the aim of this co...