Sunday, October 24, 2010

Magazine Analysis- SNOWBOARDER


THESIS: This magazine has one motive- keep a snowboarding magazine just about snowboarding.

FIVE FACTS (from the magazine):
1. "Sicktionary"- SNOWBOARDERS own little dictionary.
Example, layback- a layback entails sliding frontside on a feature base-down while literally laying back and dragging one's trailing hand. Variations include the layback air and the look-back layback.
2. Random fact, After Venice, Pittsburgh has the most bridges then any other city in the world.
3. A 2 disc dvd calls "right brain, left brain" by Think Thank is in stores now or on www.ThinkThank.com
4. Keegan Valaika won their contest for highest ollie, in the Americas next top pro model contest.
5. The movie Out Cold, was one of the most successful snowboard themed movies that has made it to theaters.

TRIUNE BRAIN: SNOWBOARDER magazine is a very "limbicly" based magazine because of all of the pictures throughout the whole issue. Almost every other page is an awesome picture of a mountain with someone snowboarding on it or just a creative or colorful advertisement.
It also comes with a few posters in every issue which is pretty cool.
The Lizard brain is also used because for girls at least, a lot of the snowboarders are really cute so you are attracted to them so there are pictures of them for the advertisements





8 TRENDS: Snowboarder mag recently made it possible to access a lot of the magazine online, making it follow the Analog to Digital trend. Also having video interviews on the website that are in the actual magazine.

7 PRINCIPLES:
The pacing in this magazine is very interesting because like i said before, every other page pretty much is a photograph so you read an article and then can look at the pictures.

29 PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES: Plain folks is used in this magazine with the interviews they have with the amurature riders throughout the magazine. They also do this because at the beginning of every issue they have the list of all of the people who work on the magazine. Humor is also used all throughout this magazine from the stories, to the advertisements. This magazine is very good at keeping everything light hearted and funny. The advertisements are always pretty funny with the pros and their gear and are always doing something crazy in the pictures.



Sunday, October 17, 2010

Mid term, wish me luck!

1. That there is a lot behind just media in general.Messages van be widely spread throughout the world, discreetly and indiscreetly. Also how specific production techniques can sway someones opinions, and just the amazing progress over time.


2. The class makes you think a lot specially with our quizzes you really have to analyze them and think how is this video directly made to make the viewer think or how to catch their attention.

3. The only thing I could think of to do differently is like literally memorize the power tool packet.

4. Honestly nothing. By giving us quizzes everyday on the same stuff is really helpful and always being able to access the homework is good.

5. Power tools- After this class the information will be permanently burned into my brain. . It is very helpful and very nicely organized and explained well.

Course blog- Very awesome. Always being able to see what the homework is and stuff related to class that day is convenient. Also being able to just post the homework there is cool. (and green, no paper)

personal blog- I never thought i would make my own blog but its kinda off cool. Im still learning how to use it but its a great way for you as our teacher to really actually learn the opinions of your students.

quizzes- on the class quizzes is the beginning were annoying but now i understand why you were doing it because now i can remember it better due to all the repetition.

Flims- I liked most of the films and videos shown so far. Some were kind of and weird but they were really helpful in seeing the true details of why videos are the way they are. But i really liked the one you were in!

books- I like our text book there are pictures and all the info isn't like boaring info like in a normal text book. It is all about the progression of media which is very interesting to me.