AICE Media Studies AS- Brasgalla, N

To begin with, I prefer to do my project with a magazine, and although the magazine industry is in a downturn, as one article states , in reference to the current state of magazines , “ Readership is painfully low, budgets are notoriously tight, and many journals are struggling to stay viable, let alone relevant ,” I still choose to do a magazine because I feel I can express my ideas through words, with an magazine, better than with a short film where every second of this film is up for interpretation from the audience.    Ho wever, telling a story with room for interpretation has been a part of our culture for generations. The author of  Our Place in the Universe: The Importance of Story and Storytelling in the Classroom ,  says that through generations our stories have been a part of our societal deve lopment, referencing how  we have used  Le Morte D’Arthur  as a metaphor for the “Dying age of chivalry,” and now we still use these storie s for guida...

       The first magazine that I found interesting was the Rolling Stone feature with Lil Baby, and how the magazine utilized their influence  to advocate for political change in the form of social justice. The magazine was a very left leaning article and utilized powerful image from  peaceful protests, and from those turned more violent. They chose Lil Baby as the feature for this article  because of his song “The Bigger Picture,” where he brings up many points as to how difficult it is for the way of life to change. As for the feature article in this magazine, it is less oriented towards  Lil Baby’s success in 2020 but uses Lil Baby as the link between the music industry and social justice so the magazine can more impactfully voice their opinion. In relation to  the article by Michael Scherer, the feature article does elaborate a lot and is very in depth on the protests, which many readers will not have the patience to read such an elaborat...

    To begin with, my favorite opening scene of the ones we have watched so far as a class is the Scream opening scene, which depicts a quiet night in a woman's household, where a flirty wrong number call turned deadly. What I found most compelling about this scene is that it establishes a pace for the movie by jumping right into the action and showing the viewer how fast the action scenes will move in the movie. I was also fascinated by the creativity in this scene because I had never seen a horror scene that was similar to this one. In addition, this scene appropriately introduced the villain as a dangerous, mysterious character who likes to have fun with his victims. I also thought the beginning of the scene was enhanced by the lettering in the title, bold red lettering beating red, to indicate the movie would be filled with bloodshed. The enhancing of the movie by these opening credits is supported by the article "First Frames: Titles in the Digital Realm," where the ...