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Magazine Cover Review

   Magazine Cover Review: This is my initial impressions of printed magazines and the impact of the cover image and feature article. First, in the GQ Magazine the cover is meant to target rich men. For example, on the cover they have someone in an expensive suit to catch men's eyes. Also, just with the cover you know that this magazine is going to have a lot of expensive brands which can bring certain type of person to buy it (high class). Even the print on the magazine "GQ" in the big bold gold letters could bring people to look at the magazine just based off the logo. Lastly, almost all the pages in the inside of the magazine show expensive brands like Gucci, LV, and Off-White. It makes it seem like these are the brands you need to wear to be "cool". Which can bring people to come back to the magazine in a month to see what is cool to wear now. Secondly, in Rollingstone's magazine probably has the most impactful cover and probably what they spend the most ...

Title Sequence Clips

  Title Sequence Clips: All the movie trailers we watched had different or close to the same initial impressions of the impact of the opening sequences of the opening sequences of the film and the role these scenes play in developing the interest of the developing the interest of the audience, foreshadowing what is to come, and understanding of characters and/or plot. For example, In Jaws the beginning starts out with the scary music and the watcher starts to think something is about to pop up and scary you. But then it cuts to people on the beach having fun. Which I felt was very interesting, but if I were to do a movie trailer like this, I would not do that. I feel like in that time you stop the scary action and loose the scary on the edge of your seat feeling.  I feel like you waste time in the trailer and when the person in the ocean is attacked it feels expected. Also, in Pulp Fiction, I like how in such a short time they show how a lot of characteristics of the people in...