The key conventions for a magazine is to have a master head which is the main title and is the title of the magazine. The magazine must have a main image which is in the centre of the mag and what the magazines main feature is. The magazine must have a bar code which is at the bottom of the page and usually contains the price of the magazine. Most Magazines have slogans which sell the magazine and the main attraction. The magazine must have cover lines which are what is in the magazine like the main features and they are all over the magazine. Lastly the magazine must have a date line. 

GQ Magazine

1. The first thing that I would like to use from GQ is way the image slightly blocks the logo. 
2. I would like to use their top right cover line which is in bold which tells the audience about a feature and it is on line with the title of the magazine
3. I would like to borrow the text boxes they use on the front page which contains facts 

Empire magazine
1. I would like to create a sticker which is used on the empire magazine. 
2. I would like to use their cover line which is used right at the bottom of the magazine cover which has bullet points of people who feature in the magazine. 

Four Four Two 
1. The one idea that I will like to use from this magazine is the Plus that they use to show tell the audience what is in the magazine and it only takes a small amount of space on the double page spread. 

Story board

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Ronald miller is a 20 year old boy who has been accused of video game addiction and is currently on bail waiting for his trial. He had time to speak with us about his experience and what happened on the day he killed somebody and we learn about something which was very important to him that got taken away in this exclusive interview. 

What inspired you to play video games in the first place? 

I've always played video games. when I was in high school, 8th grade, I wasn't addicted. My parents only let me play on: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. That's it. I was a good student and loved going to school and video games wasn't a problem. I was an average boy, at the time, playing weekends. Throughout my years in elementary school (High school) I can categorically deny I had no addiction in high school because I read in the UK tabloids this addiction occurred in high school. I was normal it might be hard to believe but that is the truth.  However there was an event that changed my life forever. 

Can you talk about this event...?

Yes, it was the death of my father and he was stabbed and he didn't make it and this happened when i was in college. This happened in the first year of college last year. This was the year GTA 5 was out and I really wanted to take my anger out because the person that stabbed my dad got away and grand theft auto was my only hope. Then I played this for many hours throughout the day and nobody told me stopped because I moved to California and my mother lived across the country in Detroit. So You cannot play my Mother because she wasn't with me.  

So what would you blame your addiction on?

I still don't know they're many things that caused me to take somebodies life away. I played a violent video game do you really believe it could be this when my dad was stabbed and justices wasn't done. Moving away from my one who I don't see anymore?

But this happened after you played Grand theft auto for days?

Maybe it did influence what I did to the person.. I don't know. I did use some of the actions that they do in the video game but I think other things did influence what I done. My father died, I moved many miles away from my mother and my Girlfriend dumped me. So I had nobody because I was playing the game all day and I didn't get to meet new friends and I was depressed. 

So can you tell us more about your dad and what happened on the day?

The day was a blur and I remember the whole day and it was the worst day in my life. I remember the time I was in the dinner place and I was with 4 friends and I got a phone call from my mum and she was crying it was at the point when she couldn't talk and she was just crying. So I quickly rushed home and when my mum opened the door she looked terrified and was crying and then I see the cops, standing in the hallway. I knew what was up because 9pm on a Friday my dad used to come home from work and have coco watching the TV set and it hit my mind straight away that something is up with my dad. Then when my mum told me I fell to the floor. 

What happened after this ?

This is when my life took a turn and I changed and I didn't do what you expect when you're depressed- taking drugs or drinking I just went non stop on video games. I played throughout the summer non stop I didn't come home in the summer back to Detroit because I was addicted and I didn't leave my house.

Was your mum worried?

I believe she wasn't because whenever she called me I put on a act that I was okay and I was chilling with my friends and going out with my friends, however this wasn't the case because I wasn't doing all them things because I was hooked on to the Grand theft Auto Video Game. So my mum was normal and didn't worry about my actions. 


Did GTA trigger you shouting somebody ?

I haven't thought about this and it's a valuable point but it might have played a part because I was playing it so much But I had to take my anger out because I couldn't keep it all in and I shot somebody. 

How Did you get hold of the gun?

I brought it with my grants that I got and I had money so I decided to buy a gun because I was scared and thought I wasn't safe any more so I had to protect myself 

You killed a 33 year old father Jimmy James! Why Him 

He was the one who was in the wrong place at the Wrong time. His son wasn't with him but I am sorry because I had to take my anger out somehow and I shot anybody I saw.

This is something that will occur in GTA

Agreed and GtA did help me kill the man because I copied on of the character but I would've played this game if my dad was alive and I wouldn't kill anyone but I killed him because I need to take out my anger of the person who Killed my Dad. I know the media Blame Gaming Industry but they don't talk about my experience and what really happened.

Project schedule

Start editing and thinking about a Logo for magazine- 26th FEB
Have name done by End of Fridays lesson- 26th Feb
Finish the photo shoot by  6th March 
Then the rest of the time is used to edit and complete 5 pieces of work that need to be done
1. Front page
2. Double page spread 
3 Continue double page spread 
4. Contents page
5. Back Page 

Mis En Scene

Mis-en-scene 

Cast- Rohanvir Sing Sidhu

Costume- 
Nike hats
Black Jacket 
blue Jumper 
Black Joggers
Black Shoes 

Props- 

hat Nike
PS4 controller 

Magazine Shot's 

1- Photo shoot Completed 

1A- Sitting on the Chair Looking to the Camera 

2- Photo's To Be done 

Shot 1- Shot behind the steel gate

Shot 2- Shot With PS4 controller covering mouth and nose. 

Shot 3- Medium angle Close up to face 

Shot 4- Over the shoulder shot looking down at pavement  

Shot 6- Shot of the actor Looking sideways 
Shot 7- Leaning down looking side ways near the gate 

1, I picked GQ magazine because it links to what I want to do for my main linked production- Mens magazine.  As this magazine is only about males and it will be perfect for my topic.

2. The magazine was quite hard to produce and make it perfect. The first issue was to get the colours right and identical to the magazine I produced. The logo was hard to create and someone from the class had to help me to produce it.

3. The biggest strength of the production is the picture as it is almost perfect to the real one. Also the font I used was identical. When the logo was produced it was identical to the real one.

4. The first lesson I learnt was to never rush on Photoshop because it will not come out in the right way and to watch to tutorials to help you.

Name of the text you plan to recreate:

The text I plan to recreate is GQ magazine




Scene/section you will recreate:

The section I will recreate is the front cover 


Location you will use for your recreation:

In school photo shoot 




Actors you will require for your recreation:

I will need one actor in a suit to allow me to shoot for my front cover. 


Props/costumes you will require for your recreation:

Tie 
shirt 
blazer 
tie clip 


Equipment you plan to use:

Camera 
tripod 
green screen 

Critical investigation topic: 
Are video games like 'Grand Theft Auto' becoming increasingly violent and what effect to they have on audiences?

Your linked production brief: 

• Magazine/newspaper cover   
• double page spread 

Length of production:

3 pages

Front cover 

Double page spread 

Give an example of an existing media text this is similar to what you want to produce: 

GQ Magazine- Different types of front covers 

 

 

Give an example of an institution that would produce and distribute your planned production 

Conde Nast 

Advance publications 

How would your production reach its audience

Advertising 

The article is for men 

Who do you plan to work with:

Just myself  

Are video games like 'Grand theft auto v' becoming increasingly violent and what effect do they have on audiences?

"Video games like grand theft auto have a corrosive effect on the behaviour of players"[1] This game has caused so many debates in recent years that the deputy prime minister has to get involved which shows how major the situation is.  Within this investigation I will be taking 2 sides the sides of the argument and I want to try staying neutral throughout the debate. The two sides that the whole essay will be based on will be if violent video games are becoming increasingly violent and do they have a negative effect on audience or if they aren’t having a negative effect on audience. Grand theft auto has broken so many records in 2013 and this shows how successful the franchise is. “Highest revenue generated by an entertainment product in 24 hours”[2] These figures shows how big the violent gaming industry is getting and more younger children are just going to start playing it when the next one comes out in 3-4 years. GTA 5 was the most expensive game in history to be produced at 170 million dollars.[3] This has to be one of the most popular video game series ever and probably has sold the most copies in a day of game day releases “Best-selling action-adventure video game in 24 hours”[4] . Analyst’s estimate 18 to 20 million copies of Rock star’s[5] GTA V will be sold worldwide by the end of March, 2014.The narrative of this video games is very similar to the ones of the previous, however they have had different characters in all the different games. Also the narrative in this game is very unique and is Multi- strand as the game isn’t just focused on one player there are 3 that you could play with and this hasn’t been done with any other game and this just shows how far technology has gone. Grand theft auto was the reason for change with its free open realistic world, however experts believe that Grand theft Auto iii had the biggest impact on violence in video games and changed the gaming industry forever. “It turned open-world games into a real genre”[6] "The problems with these video games is that violence they contain."[7] And this is the whole problem and what my essay will be about and indeed they do contain high amounts of violence; however does it really affect the audience in a bad way? 2 years before release Grand theft auto 5 was the most searched for video game and this shows the strength of the institution and how well their marketing was for the video game[8]

After months of research I think that my mind has been changed and in a neutral position because of the research. GTA V has been involved in many controversial factors in the Media and has been blamed for many tragedies in the months that it has been out.  I believe Grand theft Auto, the game, is a moral panic and parents are terrified of the game. Therefore blame the game if bad events occur with their children. In one case parents blamed the video game as an eight year old shot his grandmother and the parents blamed the video game[9]. The parents blamed the game and briefed the media that their child was affected by the game. Do we actually know if the young man played as much GTA?  As the tabloids made out to. Parents are pressurised to buy the game from their children and this is major problem and why don’t newspapers pick up on these issues which go deeper into the headline- which supports the blame game. No study has ever shown that violent video games result directly in actual violence, let alone mass shootings[10] Games’, like grand theft auto, will always be easy to blame as children play them massively and parents are concerned therefore want to blame the game and it opts to an easy way out.  Nevertheless it shouldn’t even be a headline because parents shouldn’t buy over age games for their underage children and I don’t see news outlets blaming the parents for purchasing this game which is a concern in modern society and as a society we want our news outlets to tell the truth and be realistic with their stories and we don’t want them to fabricate news stories which have no support to their points. In some cases this is a myth because worse scenes have occurred in Hollywood movies. “Yes, GTA 5 has a torture scene, but it also shows consequences of violence. Honestly, it's not much different from many movies”[11] And I think that younger children do watch these action movies which contain scenes like this.

"Mainstream media have never liked video games, but it's just getting silly lately," said Dr Vance.[12] And this is something that I agree with and what half of my essay is about on how mainstream media have never like video games and they blame it for violence and in our country the tabloids e.g. daily mirror and the sun they don’t like the institution therefore blame their game which has had the most sales and most views and this way they will get more media coverage which they really want where they can make more money. [“, a psychological researcher at the Rapture Institute for headline-inspired science, conducted a seven-year longitudinal study that monitored the anger levels of more than a thousand volunteers from gaming communities. The results showed statistically significant increases in overall aggression and violent tendencies that occurred very soon after tenuous mainstream media stories claiming video games cause violence.][13] This again shows the amount of time and effort that has been put in on this topic and shows the seriousness of the topic. Dr vance is trying to say that the aggression was increased when they stated that the violent video game causes the violence and don’t you blame the people who are being blamed because I wouldn’t want to be blamed about causing crime whilst playing my hobby so I would want to take my anger out and the way they take anger out is by playing the game and some occasions it will be taken out in real life if they get heavily addicted.

Research proves that video games don’t cause violence in the long term and research has been done to prove this [14] Lots of research has been put in to prove the outcome and find a final outcome on this line- does it cause violence. I have been during research over the last 4 months and I have found statistics which prove differ on what mainstream outlets think.  I think that research is the only way to find the conclusion do this topic. “Other studies suggest that computer games have little or no effect on children’s aggressive”[15] this is the first part of the research which is about other studies conducted about this topic which shows how much time and cost has been put in and this shows that it doesn’t affect them and this is the research that I’ve done which has made me change my mind on this case and made me think deeper into the whole newspaper articles and the main question on why these games are being blamed- then came to the conclusion that parents blame the game and mainstream outlets start the blame game.  Jessica Harris does put some positive about playing video games in her research saying Video games positive outcomes: Relaxation, High self-esteem, Education, sociability. Evidence is sparse, various studies[16] this shows that there are some positive effects of video games which never get brought up with the newspaper outlets and they are quick to blame the game and parents blame the game and they never seek the positives about the game- especially tabloids outlets.  Overall I think some mainstream media need to bring up the positives as well as the negatives because video games may have helped younger children with anti-social behaviour[17]

However, research has been done in broadsheet newspapers which back the video game Grand theft Auto. Video games are not making us more violent, study shows[18] this report, which was published in the guardian in 2013, shows that not everyone in our country is playing the blame game.  The guardian as a whole is backing the video game grand theft auto more than blaming it on the violence. You could link this to Marxist and pluralist as the whole topic has 2 parts and some believe that the game is blamed and the others believe it’s the own children’s fault and different people believe the different views and that’s why this topic has gone big over the last few years and has dragged on because this is a problem in society which people have different theories to.  Marxist will believe that the game does have a negative effect on the consumers and the big mainstream players ideologies will be believed by their readers as they maintain the control. However a pluralist has a group of people trying to prove them wrong with their own research and have supporters and there theory is valuable to the topic. “Major new research into the effects of violent movies and video games has found no long-term links with real-life violence”[19]  which show that people will think mainstream media are just playing the blame game and the question could be know why are they blaming the game? I assume that it is quite easy to peg the blame on a violent video game. “In the second study, consumption of violent video games was measured against youth violence rates in the previous 20 years. The study concluded that playing video games coincided with a fall in violent crime perpetrated by those in the 12-17 age groups”[20] this shows that violent games can help younger audiences as they can take their anger out on video games. Children exhibit addictive behaviour towards computer game playing[21] this goes to the point that most of these children take out their anger in the video game and on people in the virtual world and is this a positive?  From the institution because they help children and anti-social behaviour as what you cannot do outside you can do it in the game and we will not see mainstream media bring up these arguments against.

Many cases, reported in mainstream media, have been reported about violence in video games involving younger children. Nick Clegg stated "Video games like grand theft auto have a corrosive effect on the behaviour of players"[22] and as a neutral I will have to agree on some children it does have a corrosive effect which is really bad for them at a young age and the point I’m trying to make is that is really this really the fault of the institution as they have age warnings for the game, why do the parents buy the game for their children?  Then this exposed the children to explicit viewings and when they see something they would want to do it and act it out in real life and produce moments in school and this exposes other children to the game and then they want to go on and buy and pressure their parents and parents can’t say no on some occasions which is tough- even though i am not a parent.   I believe the game reputation is the way parents seek insurances to the game. Breaking world records over 7[23]and this way the institution have built up their reputation to persuade parents. However children see this game as thrill seekers and escapism and parents don’t know there are becoming victims of the hypodermic needle theory as there are other affects which parents and children don’t know but it gets injected that they aren’t problems.

One the biggest scene and one of the biggest parts of the game sparked a row in the media. The first scene was the torture scene which sparked rows in the media and mainstream media outlets and the institution and teachers were calling for the game to be banned. GTA 5 torture row: Teacher slams scene of extreme violence in most expensive game ever.[24] Again this game is so big and caused so much that even school teachers are getting involved and this wouldn’t of happened in 2005 because it wasn’t as big the whole violent topic. I believe  that the teacher does have point because it may be effecting her school and her lessons and she wanted to talk about it to tabloids who will make a big thing and it will gain media coverage. “The 18-rated violent crime game’s most shocking scene yet, the player is instructed to pull out his victim’s teeth with a pair of pliers”[25] and I have to agree with the teacher as this is one of the most shocking scene I have ever seen in a video game and it was disturbing, however this is the game equilibrium and by completing this part and this will start the new equilibrium.  However somebody who is against video games causing violence will say that there have been more shocking scenes in movies[26] and they have and this doesn’t get brought up in the mainstream news. However this was a very bad scene and I understand why it caused rows because imagine if students, who’ve played the game, have fights in schools they will try to repeat the actions. This could lead to bad moments and potentially death

Overall they are many media debates with dr. and critics about this video game and they all have a different opinion to what the effects are really. Media outlets have their own view that the game does harm society and the children of society and that the game should be banned as the corrosive effects that it causes and the game has held responsible for the problems in society.  However researchers believe otherwise that the game doesn’t have an effect on children and that the game is just being blamed because mainstream outlets don’t like the game[27] does this show that people in society are variable to the media texts by media giants?  The uses and gratifications theory suggest that audience believe the big players ideologies and are parents victims to their ideology and having a bad effect on society? However many researchers and critics suggest that a virtual word is good for younger children as what they do isn’t real and they can take their actions out in a virtual world.

By doing this essay and research overall my prospective of violence in video game has changed dramatically. At the start of the project I was going along and believe the mainstream outlets ideologies without thinking deeper in the whole situation. When I did start going in deeper into the situation and the topic this changed dramatically as I believed it was common sense some of the articles and that the parents were blaming the video game. However I still do believe there are some showings that it could affect younger children as the children might repeat some of the action produced that they tend to like in the game.  Also I firmly believe that technology developments over the years had a part to play in the video game part as some of the viewing in the latest game are only possible because of the development that has taken place in the video game sector. “Not so long ago video games were just a fad with simple physics-based games like Pong. But as video game technology has progressed, so too has the popularity and limits that are associated with games in today's society” [28] and this backs my point about some of the footage that is in grand theft auto which is absolutely incredible and the reason why rows have been sparked in the media. Grand Theft Auto 5 breaks 6 sales world records[29] This just shows the development and this leads to the realism that is blamed for violence caused by younger people in society and I believe Grand theft auto is the pinnacle of the problems caused by video games in society.

Newspaper articles

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/video-games/gta-5-torture-row-teachers-2278689

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/grand-theft-auto-5-torture-violence-video-games

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/10/video-games-violent-study-finds

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/grand-theft-auto-5-torture-violence-video-games

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-a-video-game-lead-to-murder-04-03-2005/

http://www.polygon.com/2013/10/9/4819272/grand-theft-auto-5-smashes-7-guinness-world-records

http://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2013/sep/20/video-games-cause-violence-claims-cause-violence

(n.d.). Grand Theft Auto 5 Smashes 7 Guinness World Records. (tags: none | edit tags)

Bagot, M. (2013, September 17). Torture Row. (tags: none | edit tags)

Gimpel, D. (2013). Death and video games. In Violence in video games (p. 8). Minneapolis, MN: ABDO Pub. (tags: none | edit tags)

Gimpel, D. (2013). Games and tragedy. In Violence in video games. Minneapolis, MN: ABDO Pub. (tags: none | edit tags)

Gimpel, D. (2013). Death and video games. In Violence in video games (p. 10). Minneapolis, MN: ABDO Pub. (tags: none | edit tags)

Hern, A. (2013, September 20). Nick Clegg warns corrosive. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/20/nick-clegg-warns-of-corrosive-effect-of-grand-theft-auto (tags: none | edit tags)

Leung, R. (2004, March 4). Can A Video Game Lead To Murder? Retrieved from http://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-a-video-game-lead-to-murder-04-03-2005/ (tags: none | edit tags)

Marczely, D. (n.d.). Death and Video games. In Violence in video games (p. 5). Hot topics in media. (tags: none | edit tags)

Morris, J. (2013, December 31). Anyone claiming Grand Theft Auto 5 is just violence for violence's sake hasn't played it. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/31/grand-theft-auto-5-torture-violence-video-games (tags: none | edit tags)

Rodenberg, C. (2013, December 27). Grand Theft Auto V makes it cool to pick up – even kill – prostitutes. Retrieved December 10, 2014, from http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/video-games/gta-5-torture-row-teachers-2278689 (tags: none | edit tags)

Rush, J. (n.d.). Model pupil,15, robbed bank with gun as if he was in a real-life video game. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2430643/Liverpool-pupil-15-robbed-bank-gun-real-life-Call-Of-Duty-Resident-Evil-video-game.html (tags: none | edit tags)

Journals used to help

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file:///C:/Users/Arvinder/Downloads/Computer%20games%20as%20educational%20tool%20(1).pdf

file:///C:/Users/Arvinder/Downloads/Effects%20of%20playing%20violent%20video%20games%20(6).pdf

file:///C:/Users/Arvinder/Downloads/The%20educational%20benefits%20of%20video%20games.pdf

http://pss.sagepub.com/content/12/5/353.short

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[1] Nick Clegg

[2] Jenna pitcher

[3] Dave cook

[4] Jenna pitcher

[5] Erik Kain

[6] GamesRadar

[7] Diane Gimpel

[8] Sehran Shaikh

[9] Jason Schreier

[10] Erik kain

[11] John Morris

[12] Dr Vance.

[13] Dr Vance

[14] Jessica Harris

[15] Jessica Harris

[16] Jessica Harris

[17] Jessica Harris

[18] Keith Stuart

[19] Keith stuart

[20] Keith Stuart

[21] Jessica Harris

[22] Nick Clegg

[23] Guinness world records

[24] Martin bagot

[25] Martin Bagot

[26] John morris

[27] Dr Vance.

[28] Daniel Millions

[29] Guinness world records 

Viral digital media most viewed videos

http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2014/dec/24/viral-video-chart-the-best-on-the-web-in-2014

This article is a special new year article on the guardian website which shows the best viral videos. 

1. devil baby attack
2. 10 hours walking as a NYC women 
3. Famous tech ice bucket challenge 
4. Mutant spider dog
5. My cat saved my son 

Out of these 5 videos my fav video has to be the devil baby attack the way this is scripted and acted out is fantastic. The most interesting video was the second highest rank 10 hours of walking as this is reality and has a message behind the video. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2894191/Sony-extends-PlayStation-Plus-memberships-gamers-affected-Lizard-Squad-hack.html




This article is about how the major gaming industries got hacked by lizard squad a hacking group.

• The consoles rely on an internet connection for many of their functions. 
• Parents were so angered by the issues with the machines, that they wrote hundreds of messages to both companies on Twitter accompanied by the message '#christmasruined'.
• Ros Bruce said her ten-year-old son had spent weeks planning what games he and his friend would play together ahead of receiving an Xbox One for Christmas. 
• The boy was sorely disappointed when he tried to download a game and was still unable to play it more than 15 hours later.  
• A Twitter user from Scotland also called for a refund and said: '£450 later and the kids have an expensive plastic paperweight.'

I believe what Playstation has done is very good as they have extended playstation plus for its consumers which extends their online gameplay which is a benefit to everyone. 

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/29/facebook-apologises-over-cruel-year-in-review-clips





The social network apologised after it showed one user a photograph of his recently-deceased daughter in its ‘Year in Review’ feature; many others had similar complaints. The company’s latest blunder stems from a seemingly innocuous feature it rolls out to its users shortly before Christmas every year, called the Year in Review.
 it lets users automatically select photos, wall posts and other content from a user’s past year, offering those which gained the most responses in likes or comments as “highlights”. Facebook users can then piece together a scrapbook of the past year, and experience instant nostalgia.

• Many complains made after this feature was enabled. 
• The feature has already been tweaked following feedback: it initially ended the slideshow with the words “It’s been a great year! Thanks for being a part of it.” It now uses the more neutral language “See you next year!”

I believe Facebook aren't in the wrong for this as this is up to the consumers if they want to watch the video. Also this shows Facebook do care about their active users as they made a whole section for their consumers