In this week’s seminar of magazine production, we focused on the importance of how to create a magazine by taking aspects such as style and audience into consideration. We looked at readers profiles and demographics of some magazines such as GQ to help us formulate an idea of who we would be writing this magazine…Continue reading Week 2 – My Vision for TheYorkie
Week 1 – Introduction to magazines
In our first Seminar we were given an introduction in to magazines and their history. We also looked at the theory of magazines and factors for how to be successful when producing magazines which could prove to be useful when we produce our own magazine – theyorkie. By each analysing a different magazine we were…Continue reading Week 1 – Introduction to magazines
A new super flu vaccine to be introduced in 2018
The new injection is set to be introduced in Autumn 2018 where it will replace the current vaccine that was used as part of a £100 million campaign to combat flu. This comes as good news following the large increase of people contracting flu this winter with calls to the NHS 111 number reaching their…Continue reading A new super flu vaccine to be introduced in 2018
The driving test has steered in a new direction.
The driving test has undergone its biggest changes in over 20 years. The Driver and vehicle standards agency (DVSA) has introduced a new format to combat the number of young people who are involved in fatal road accidents. There were 1710 reported road deaths in the year ending June 2017 and with Road collisions…Continue reading The driving test has steered in a new direction.
£20 million fund created for new social housing in York
York city council are set to create a £20 million fund for social housing. The fund is being created to combat the high housing demand due to increased population. Over 1,100 applicants are on the waiting list with high housing need and the fund aims to increase the availability of affordable housing. According to…Continue reading £20 million fund created for new social housing in York
Studio Task
As a whole group we were tasked with creating a 10 minute studio segment with everybody assigned a different role. I believe that each role was as significant as each other in making this show successful as we all collaborated together in a professional manner to create the best segment we could with the allocated…Continue reading Studio Task
Audio Vox Pop
In this assignment I went on to the York St John University campus to ask people’s thoughts and feelings about student life. I carried out audio interviews and tried to ask a variety of different students to collect the best sample I could. During a 3 hour period that had been allocated for the task…Continue reading Audio Vox Pop
Video Vox Pop on the Trump Rallies
For this task I decided to obtain the reactions from the people of York about the Trump rallies that took place during the week commencing on January 30th 2017. I wanted to find out how effective people thought the rallies were in stopping Trump from visiting England and their general thoughts on him. To carry…Continue reading Video Vox Pop on the Trump Rallies
Cineroman Task
In this task we were asked to produce a short video sequence comprised of still images only. With this there had to be audio accompanying it and the maximum length of the video was 1 minute, a requirement I was able to stick to. Initially, I didn’t have a set narrative in mind that I…Continue reading Cineroman Task
Interview task with Amber Warren
For this task I had to produce a minute long interview on a topic that has a broad appeal to an audience with a person who has a wide knowledge on the specific topic. We were put into small groups and then allocated roles to carry out this interview. Our interviewee was Amber Warren an…Continue reading Interview task with Amber Warren