The Guardian

Before starting my A2 Media coursework, I attended a trip to The Guardian with my class. Here we were able to analyse the layout of a typical article, as well as understand how various genres of articles are written in specific tones. After this, we were asked to create our own individual articles. Mine was of the Christmas genre. When creating this, I was shown how to search for an image related to my article on the Guardian database and place it into the allocated image box. There were several layouts for a person to choose from when creating their article, introducing me to the different styles and layouts of articles. From this trip, I understood that articles are written in columns, include images and image captions, and display enlarged quotes from the article itself. I will apply this knowledge to my film review when I planning it's creation.