My whole life I've played sports. I've played volleyball, flag football, and soccer. For some reason, being an athlete is not as easy as people believe it is. Athletes are represented as role models for others. Many athletes provide characteristics regarding performance, character, and the way they are admired by fans. In today's society, people believe that being an athlete is just training for their sport and contributing to the tournaments, games, championships, etc. However, being an athlete involves participating in the entertainment business. What people do not understand is that being an athlete is not as easy as people think. It requires a lot of dedication and love for what you play. Having to keep your body in a specific way, having to eat certain meals at certain times, training times, lack of sleep, lack of time; it all builds up. Being a professional athlete comes with a lot of rules.
        Today's world thinks that just because they're an athlete, they can not make a difference in the world. However, athletes have an incredible amount of power to influence the world positively. For example, the famous football player, Colin Kaepernick who refuses to stand for the pledge in protest for the social injustice against people of color.
       I personally believe that the characteristics being represented are stereotypical. I also think that if you were never involved in sports as a child, you would not understand the conditions and sacrifices that athletes go through.

Long time no see. It's been quite a while. I've been researching more and more regarding how fitness magazines are marketed into society. For a magazine to sell; the main subject has to be the primary focus on the cover page. For example, nowadays in society women are most likely to be captured in the best angles possible to create the illusion of a barbie doll.


The photographer captures the subject in her best angles. In this case since the magazine is targeting people who are interested in looking like the subject. The editors use bold letters most likely pink or red to catch the viewer's attention. The magazine includes sub genres and topics in which the targeted audience would be most likely interested in reading. Since it is a fitness magazine, the subject is demonstrated as a "muscular".

Magazine research

    To start off with my magazine, I first have to gather my research about my genre. I researched information that would attract and make an impact on the audience's life. In order to make the content  of the magazine appealing, I first had to research who is my target audience and how am i going to market my magazine. Of course, the very first thing people look at on a magazine is the cover page. If a cover page uses bright colors and big letters its chances are much higher to do well in the industry, than a magazine that uses dull boring colors. In the magazine world, the covers allow people to better understand the world. Knowing that my magazine will have to do with health and fitness, photography is an enormous part of the cover of a magazine. The shots of the models, the angels, the poses, all contribute to the cover.



This magazine cover is a well demonstrated example of how the cover should look like. The main focus of the magazine is in the middle. The headlines and subtitles all contribute to the main focus which is the woman.


This magazine uses a color scheme which is a good way of catching the target's eyes. The use of big bolded letters and the variety of fonts make it extremely pleasing to the viewer's eyes.

Introduction

       Hi, my name is Hanna Vera. I was born in Bogota, Colombia and I am a junior at Cypress Bay High School. I'm currently enrolling in a class called Aice Media Studies in which we are taught the production techniques of a film or tv show.
      My class was presented a project and we were given two options: it was either a magazine or film opening. My indecisive personality led me to explore both options. With the magazine, I can dive into different types of topics, while the film its more based on a single plot. I was also given a plethora of genres to choose from that being comedy, horror, action, etc. I thought about what genre would suit my ideas the best, but then I remembered that I should talk about a genre that interests me and catches my attention. Choosing a genre was even more difficult than the format. With the plethora of genres given, I took most interest in health and fitness.
    After I chose the genre, I was still faced with the decision if I wanted to do a film opening or magazine. I dove deeper into formats and I thought about what I would enjoy doing most; ever since an early age I took joy in posing for the camera. Although film openings has an abundance of opportunities, nevertheless choosing a magazine would allow me to work naturally and showcase my ideas.
   After a long process of conducting my research, I came to the conclusion that magazine was the right choice. I knew that with the format of a magazine, I could express my genre and my ideas through pictures, cover pages, headlines, and much more.