The document provides layout and design suggestions for an ancillary media project on the influence and manipulation of media. It includes ideas for: - Using familiar fonts, colors and layouts from social media to emphasize media's control of society. - Images and text styles that convey themes of lack of identity, brainwashing, and faceless audiences influenced by media. - Photograph styles like blurred faces and black and white to imply danger, vulnerability and insignificance of individuals compared to social media power.

1. Assignment 15 –
Ancillary Inspirations
By… Kaya Sumbland Rahel Fasil
Gledis Dedaj Joanne Aroda

2. Ancillary Theme/Content
Implying the false Show the manipulation and Showing audience
Implying the
interpretation and brainwash from the media realisation, but little effect
lack of identify
representation from media on how hegemonic they are to change
and being Frightening image
faceless in the showing media to
media but be demonic
those of a forcing audience
higher power to follow them,
and manipulating
is to participate
Shows a family
fixed on social
media –
emphasise
how much we Presenting our
use, showing first episode
perfect way to where media is
control society puppeteer of
our society
Implying the
Black and lack of identify
white shows from the
lack of identify audience – we
and with the are merely
TV head shows Lies come up more
what they
hegemony in dominant than the news – Mocking audiences Showing audience Implying again we are
create of us
the media news is black and white minds for being a re- to be a creation of what the media make
showing lack of identity, produce of what the the media us of, and enforce onto
life enforcing the one sided media regurgitate. us
portrayal on it

3. Ancillary Theme/Content
I like the theme of walking
into a book – could change
and link to walking into TV Enforcing the idea we are
or media – where you blind slaves to media, we
become someone else or are participate and they
manipulated in that world control us
Shows dominance – like
hegemony where media
dominate and manipulate
the audience
Shows lack of identify
and with the TV head
This seems like web 3.0, the shows hegemony in the
web become omnipresent, media
where although out
participation in media is
stronger, it makes it easier for
the industries to enforce
ideologies
Shows all the news,
ideologies, and other
Presenting our first
things on TV which
episode where media is
pressure and enforce such
puppeteer of our society
a strong impact on society
whereby it becomes too
much
I like the double meaning
in what she's written,
implying media is like a
dominator of the whole
world Enforce the faceless
industry behind media, but
Enforces being manipulated also how participants on
and influenced by media and media become faceless in
its ideologies their identity

4. Font Style
The Facebook font would be This font was used a lot
good to use – further if we in Web 1.0 sites and on
write our statistics on ‘notes’ on Microsoft so
Facebook, we would use this it would link to the web
font, familiar to our revolution
audience
This font from the iPad I like the broken text
we could use because it effect – it could imply
links to the the separation of the
technological media and its
convergence part of our audience – or the
documentary – show broken, and
familiarity with out influenced mind of
audience the audience from the
media
I like the simplistic
For the question on times new roman font
hegemony in the news, because its very
using bold big ‘breaking common to use on
new’ font would be good to blogs
gain audience attention
The use of embedding
images with mean or
interpret texts as they
are on social
Again this big bold font networking is probably
would be eye catching for more eye catching to a
readers – it would seem audience – and will
important and dominate on automatically show
the double page spread what our documentary
will be about

5. Photography Style
I like the grey colour scale in these three pictures, because it emphasises the I like the way it seems like
lack of originality and audience influence on the media. someone has graffiti on the
It takes away any life in media – portrays a darker and dull side, enforcing our wall – it shows a
point that info comes out, and not much really comes in. understanding from the public
of media
hegemony, and
enforces that
sense that we are
blinded even
though its right in
front of us
I like the way the
animation with the
way they used a
dark blue colour,
creating an eerie
and creepy
atmosphere
around this picture
– showing media
and TV not as
colourful and nice
as it seems
I like the way the newspapers have a I like the way it looks as though it has
grey scale effect, with the red ‘lies’ on been drawn then coloured in – also
the top – implying danger and the way the colours are quite dull and dark
it stands out above all the text the news enforcing something not so good
give out – make it seem obvious, yet we about the media
are still oblivious

6. Layout Design
Recurrent on all these spread they
have the whole background as the The placement of the title They way the they had the
image with text on top and preview to article on title name on the side, put
This type of design I would want to the top right corner is think vertically not to distract but
put on my double page spread is a nice way of laying out e read before the preview
the spread was effective in that sense
Here they
added images
on top to
show more
angles of the
car – doesn’t
take away
form the main
image – this
could be an
option if we
wanted to add
more than Similarly we could layout our title to show a meaning or connote
one image something with media like ‘Showdown’ and ‘James Brown’
because it makes there article hint a story before reading

7. Text/Paragraph
The manipulation of size to visually The title here shelters the preview
Bold black drop enforce the drama of something on the paragraph which looks more creative
quotes would be title – creates more of an effect when than the others- also our title is long so
good to include beginning to read article this could be something we would do
on the double
page spread as a
preview to the
subjects opinion
The use of
colour coding in
this paragraph
would be able
to highlight the
The symbolism of major key in the
the B in the text article – like
applying to the here stands out
preview below the directors
would be eye- name
catching for a title
I like the way the title is a different I like the format of putting the large title directly
font to the paragraph text above the preview paragraph to the article – so
underneath you look at title then the article

8. Gledis Dedaj
Text Paragraph style
• Although the paragraphs are
at the bottom which is quite
simplistic they are still
effective as the images lead
your eyes down to the
bottom of the page thus
drawing more attention to
what is written.
• The style consists of
• The old fashioned joined the paragraphs/text
up writing emphasises a being at the bottom.
vintage feel.

9. Gledis Dedaj
Font Style
• The font appears to be • The bulky text reminds people of campaign
in a hand-written style. posters or army posters thus subliminally re-
enforcing the importance.
• The font style • The font is
resembles simple and
similarities with the not very
‘Twitter’ logo. eye-
catching.

10. Gledis Dedaj
Image connotations
The media single-handedly Out thoughts and opinions are
controls us. The media feeds us
whatever it wants. shaped by a higher power.
Everything we do
on the internet is
being watched.
We are shackled to our
Social networking is as media addiction. We
addictive as a drug. are trapped and cant
break free.
It is society that fuels
We have become so We are being fed social media sites.
consumed with the lies that are covered
media, its all we think up as the truth.
about. A higher unknown power
has a hold on society.

11. Gledis Dedaj
Photography Style
The person is blurred
You cannot see who's hand is caught The black and white effect emphasising their
thus implying we are all victims. implies a sense of danger. Her insignificance and the
identity is hidden emphasising importance of social
her vulnerability. networking.
The black and white The motion blur effect
effects makes it more emphasises how much
dramatic and serious. we can do at one time
due to technological
convergence.
The extreme close-up
Their hidden The brightness and white colours resemble a very increases the intensity
identity implies cold and sterile atmosphere which reminds us of of addiction to social
they are subjects to hospitals and illnesses, thus our addiction to networking.
a higher power. media is an illness.

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15. Text Paragraph Style
Italicised heading –
feminine audience
Quote at the top
to grab attention The text is very
chunky and small
intended for an
educated and
interested audience.

16. Font Style
Fancy writing for
Pink font displaying females and
Capital letters highlighting
femininity and numbers showing
Importance and capture’s
capitals showing them the amount of
the attention of the readers
voices wanted to be things that they
heard ‘will’ like

17. Image Connotations
Connotes that we are
Connotations that addicted and obsessed
social media is so with social media
hegemonic that we
are prevented from Connotes that
having the freedom social media is very
of our own time consuming
opinions and dominating

18. Photography Style
Social media
images bursting
out of the phone
is very effective as
it shows that we
are bombarded
with this media
The use of chains is
interesting as it shows the
Different words highlighted in different sizes idea that we can’t escape
from social media, it’s
associated with hegemony of social media
everywhere we go