Media Studies OCR Exam Blog - Kate Ovington

The Big Issue was set up as a way for homeless people to make money in a way that acts as an individual business. They believe that everyone deserves a chance to get back on their feet and do it in a way that feels like an accomplishment. Their mission is to dismantle poverty by creating opportunity. 'a hand up not a hand out' They try to give a voice to the voiceless. They don't have a specific political leaning, but look to expose corruption and hold politicians and big institutions to account. HOUSE STYLE: // Top-left hand corner is the masthead, usually black on white or white on black, sometimes different colours and boarders but always the same font and format. // Price usually in top-right hand corner in the same font each time when being sold on the street. When in lockdown and sold in shops the price is instead replaced by a message indicating this situation. // Lots of bright colours, often featuring bright yellow, almost neon colours at times. Gives the magazine ...

In my version of THE SUN (above) I have adhered to the conventions of the tabloid genre. To start with, I have used a red-top masthead alongside a class-appropriate puff (targeted towards C2DE readers). Below the logo, I have included a typical secondary story which is a common theme I found when looking through previous covers, with it's headline below it in a red typewriter font, smaller than the main headline, but still noticeable as celebrity gossip in the paper' house style red. For the main headline, I used the same font as the sun with a simile and wordplay adhering to the Sun's usual style. The subheading is underlines also, typical of their covers. The large main image covering the cover paired with a short stand-first appeals to the lower class readership, focusing in more on the photo and intertextual Snapchat graphic than the actual story. I have altered the headline to the typical news story, almost twisting politics into gossip to reduce a boredom factor of...