Wednesday, December 5, 2018

diamond in the rough

Two blog, in one day?! Exciting I know, welcome back to another blog. I hope you enjoy this one!

Teen life is often misinterpreted and represented in a stereotypical way within the media. With only nerds playing video games, or blondes being the dumb ones while Asians are the smart ones. These can, more than often, be false and misrepresented. There are multiple things I wish to represent in my magazine on teen life. Including cheerleaders and student leaders.

Almost every, if not all, high schools have some type of cheerleaders for their sports teams. Whether that be football, basketball, etc. They show the rest of the school what true spirit and excitement is. Cheerleaders have been represented in many different film and television series, but most the most iconic way is in Bring It On. This film shows two high school cheerleading teams quest for winning a state championship. The depict cheerleaders from one school, as rude, pretentious, and unintelligent persons. I believe this to be a misrepresentation of this group. Most of the time, they’re approachable and intelligent students. Another group sometimes represented by the media is student leaders. In the film Alex Stranglove, the main character Alex, is the student body president. He is depicted as someone who often, doesn’t like to have any fun. This is a misinterpretation as, like most highschoolers, student leaders want to both encourage the fun and participate in it. 


The media often misinterprets teen life in school and makes things sterotypical, although the do occasionally accurately represent a certain type. For example, they often represent cheerleaders as the spirited people on campus, and student leaders as the role models, which is often true. These types of representation characteristics I would retain. A representation I would challenge that the media often portrays is that blondes are dumb. This is often incorrect, blondes can be valedictorians and among the top percentage tiles in their class. Hair color has no correlation to intelligence. This is one of many representation characteristics I would challenge.

a fresh start

Hello world, and welcome back to another blog. It’s been a while, did ya miss me? Well, I hope you enjoy this blog!

Blog post #1
  1. Genre: Travel & vacations 
  2. Genre conventions(content): The magazine would depict some of the amazing sites in local cities; Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and the Keys. As well as around the world in pleaded in which the writer has traveled. The content would include things to do, places to eat, the best place/location to stay and sights to see.
  3. Genre conventions(techniques): Use original pictures from the writers journeys to places they’ve been. And things they personally did, places they stayed, and things they wished they had done. For local places, the writer can go and interview locals to see their point of view on things tourists should see.
  4. Film/magazine sample #1: National Geographic Traveler. National Geographic traveler is a perfect example of the message and story I am trying to convey. The feature galleries filled with hundreds of beautiful photos of places the writers and publishers have traveled. They also include stories about top ten places to go, if interested in a certain thing. For example, there’s a story about the top ten cities for cycling. They also provide a list of the best tours and how to book them in certain cities.
  5. Film/magazine sample #2: Afar. Afar is a magazine that helps people become informed on other cultures, countries, and unique places in the world. They provide news and help about countries around the world. Their main goal is to help people expand their horizons and travel to lands different and more unique than the place they’ve been to, while stilling assisting in providing an authentic experience.
  6. 1. Travel weekly https://www.travelweekly.com.               2. The Travel Magazine http://www.thetravelmagazine.net
       3. Travel and Leisure https://www.travelandleisure.com
       4. Budget Travel https://www.budgettravel.com

       5. Wanderlust https://www.wanderlust.co.uk

The final product.

Hey blog, this is the finished product of my magazine. After months of hardworking I'm very happy with the results and hope I get a g...