Balance in Design

Balance in Design

Symmetrical(formal balance)


This magazine is symmetrical because of how the magazine front cover has been put together on the subject of how she is posed and the smoke beside her is perfect which can mean for her to be like a mirror line. The text beside her are all in different fonts and colours but are laid out equally. The position that the magazine is laid out in is symmetrical way from lettering to pose of model.





Asymmetrical (informal balance)

This magazine cover has an informal balance because the text is only covering one side of the magazine and Will Ferrell has one hand on the headphone showing more informal balance. The title font is shown as being out of this world which would link to the fact that he is dressed in a skin tight suit, having headphones with antennas on them.



Asymmetrical balance by shape

The magazine is asymmetrical by shape because her body posture is crooked and looks strange with her tattoos being different and not symmetrical. the title font shows that some of the capital letters and normal letters are different meaning that it can be asymmetrical.









Asymmetrical by position
His position of body is asymmetrical because he uses his hands to pull back on his collar in a suit giving this business and smart look. The pose of him pulling his collar would be the average pose when it,s getting hot or stressed.






Asymmetrical by texture
This photo is asymmetrical by texture because it is only directed at her body and nothing else so that your only focus is on her. She stares into the camera to show that she is directing herself at the target audience.







Asymmetrical by eye direction

This photo is asymmetrical by eye direction because she is directing her eyes,body and face away from the camera not directing any attention to the target audience.







Radial Balance

This magazine cover is a radial balance because the text is balanced by being all around the centre which is this women. The text is around her and balanced so that the text comes out and is directed a target the audience

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This is a good start and you have the basics here. However, this does not have a huge amount of detail and you will need to explain your answer more.

Lifestyle magazines

Lifestyle magazines

The magazine shows a women looking into the camera with a smug smile and a pose where she can reveal body parts such as breasts, face and legs. She has her hand pulling up her skirt to reveal more of her leg which can be shown as people who would envy which is mainly going to be women because what they must look like and the gossip on the side saying  "We've discovered the double orgasm" or "what men really think about in bed" which is all related with sex life. the language is mature and talks about adultery subjects which would mainly be read by middle-aged women who need tips or struggling.

This magazine shows a celebrity magazine of Britney Spears called "Shape" and the gossip and tips talking about how to make your body slimmer and look better. The text such as "a body built for sex" can be shown as offensive and putting peer pressure into someone who has to read the tips and do what they tell them. the facial expression of Britney is a happy smile with a tilted head of her only being in a bikini with her slim body also being shown as this person to envy.

Tulisa Contostavlos is shown in a Glamour magazine and smiling with chilled a out look but is revealing some body parts like legs but is in a mature manor on how that would be a suitable dress for something like a summers day. Her facial expression could be shown in an object of desire but she is looking like an average person on a summers day. The magazine is mainly on the fact the fact of fashion with some tips and gossip. The magazine target audience would be young aged women who are interested in fashion and tips   which would be more appropriate than talking about love life like the cosmopolitan magazine.

Here is a standard college lifestyle magazine on which the magazine talks about college life and how easy tips can help you through it. the photo is a man who looks like he is going though college with his books and looking standard for college. The magazine would have a target audience of mixed gender and aged at young people in college. The magazines have text that can be useful when in college such as how to make money, what the fashion is, how to have a good time.

The men's health magazine is mainly having a target audience of men to show what hey can role model from by flexing his muscles to show what you can look like which draws the target audience into how he go them. The magazine is mainly on the fact of looking better and being noticed more by female attention as said on the side as 'dressed for sex'. The Men's Health magazine has a range of different looking celebrities that the reader will know and trust with the people that are movie stars and are shown in the movies as being this strong and masculine person. his facial expression is this pose where he can show his muscles is a angry face with a tough-guy figure.

Laura Mulvey Essay Template

How does Laura Mulvey's theory apply to "Dirty" and "Do it like a dude"

In Christina Aguilera's video of "Dirrty" the use of the camera invites sexual gaze by having angles of the camera e.g. close ups on parts of her body. She is shown as being locked in a cage and dancing in front of men with a few other girls behind her looking similarly dressed to Christina Aguilera but the camera is mainly being shown at her and are just for background. The video attempts to show masculinity to the women in the music video by fighting, but they are dressed in very revealing clothes, shortly after they have women and Christina Aguilera in the shower.

Music videos like "Dirrty" can usually have a target audience of mainly men because it is appealing and can be known for being "Eye Candy"e.g. dancing half naked in front of men. The women in "Dirrty" interact with the men in a sexual movement especially when Christina has two men on both sides right next to her grinding and looking like an animal being locked in a cage and having to fight in front of men with very revealing clothes e.g. bikinis, Leather chaps, short skirts, bras and ripped tights.

In Jessie J's "Do it like a Dude" music video, she attempts to change views on how people see girls in music videos and challenges the stereotype. She does have close ups on the face like in "Dirrty" but she makes it different having dark and spiky lips which is not shown as an object of desire to people. The music video shows the men and women as being equal and not having any difference to opposite sex. The movement of the women are not appealing but aggressive to the camera e.g. aggresively grabbing and shaking the camera. Jessie J in the video is more appropriate because her clothes are less revealing and not being anywhere close to any other actor in the music video unlike Christina Aguilera in "Dirrty". some of the audience  still view the video in a voyeuristic way because Jessie J is still doing what an average music girl would do such as wearing partly revealing clothes, sexual dances and kissing scenes but does still make the video unique. The music video show to have been made for audiences like both male and females. This shows examples and links to the song of Katy Perry "Part Of Me" where both videos show that women are equal both women music artist representing themselves as violent, strong and independant.

In conclusion, Laura Mulvey's theory was correct in how women are presented in music videos as being objects of desire but there are people who are challenging the stereotype e.g. Jessie J "Do it like a dude" but music videos like Christina Aguilera "Dirrty" are making it worse for how people are going to see music videos but they can change but music video girls being shown as objects of desire are getting to ridiculous levels.